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Some 120 feet below the streets of Manhattan, thousands of workers contracted by MTA Capital Construction have been drilling and blasting through bedrock since September 2007 to build a set of Long Island Rail Road tunnels that will eventually connect the Island, including the South Shore, with Grand Central Terminal and the Metro-North Railroad. Tunneling on the Manhattan side of the “East Side Access Project,” as it’s known, is complete, and work on the Queens side, which began in May, is well under way.
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By Scott Brinton
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8/9/11
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Officers from the Rockville Centre Police Department, in conjunction with Metropolitan Transportation Authority police officers, have begun conducting expanded enforcement around the Long Island Rail Road Station in the village, according to Lt. Christopher Romance of the Rockville Centre Police Department.
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Aaron Axelson
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7/27/11
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Six officers from the Rockville Centre Police Department joined Nassau County detectives in responding to a request from MTA police for assistance in quelling a disturbance on an eastbound Long …
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Judy Rattner
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6/10/11
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Two state Assemblymen received a warm welcome in Malverne last month, where they held the village’s first town hall meeting in more than a decade.
Some two dozens residents filled the …
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By Lee Landor
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6/8/11
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To the Editor:
Following a number of significant Long Island Rail Road service disruptions and cancellations caused by Amtrak maintenance recently, I am calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to explore taking over maintenance of the rails in and out of Penn Station and the East River tunnels.
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5/16/11
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According to a press release issued by the rail road Wednesday, "the Long Island Rail Road continues to closely monitor the progress of Amtrak’s repair work in the East River tunnel stemming from …
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5/12/11
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Commuters can expect Long Island Rail Road service to be fully restored by Friday morning, LIRR officials announced on Wednesday, the third day of disruptions caused by crews working to repair …
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By Lee Landor
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5/11/11
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A man who was struck by an LIRR train at the Baldwin station on Wednesday evening died of his injuries on Thursday, say officials from the railroad.
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By Chris Connolly
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2/23/11
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Long Island Rail Road riders should expect cancelations and delays on some of Monday's evening rush-hour trains due to the derailment of an Amtrak train in Queens.
According to the MTA, the …
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2/7/11
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Several Long Island legislators have hopped aboard the no-smoking train, supporting legislation that would ban smoking on all outdoor Long Island Rail Road platforms.
Assembly members Harvey …
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By Lee Landor
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2/2/11
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