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Two local bus routes — the N14 Rockville Centre Loop and the N17 Hempstead to Rockville Centre Long Island Rail Road train station— and some trains on the Long Island Rail Road’s Babylon branch — will experience service cuts that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's board made official in a March 24 vote. more

Lee Landor | 3/31/10

Large police presence kept Rockville Centre from boiling over

"The parade was very orderly, and even the after-parade event at night in our downtown business district was orderly," said Police Commissioner Charles Gennario, who attributed the relative peace last Saturday to a heavy police presence that included 30 officers on foot and what he described as the "good cooperation" his department received from village bar owners. more

Judy Rattner | 3/24/10

The Babylon branch of the LIRR is among those that could be subject to service cuts this spring and fall.

MTA cuts lead to less LIRR service

As a series of public hearings addressing proposed mass transit reductions throughout the New York metropolitan region came to a close on March 8, concerned commuters anxiously awaited news of what would result. more

Lee Landor | 3/10/10

The Long Island Rail Road will suspend service on the Long Beach branch for five weekends to rebuild this bridge that spans Powell Creek, connecting Oceanside to East, as well as a second bridge that crosses Hog Island Channel in Island Park.

LIRR trains suspended for five weekends

Long Island Rail Road commuters who use the Long Beach branch on weekends must take a bus to a local train station as the LIRR constructs new bridges from now until May. The LIRR will suspend … more

1/28/10

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 2010 budget includes the elimination of weekend service at the Long Island Rail Road's West Hempstead branch. The MTA board is expected to vote on the budget early next year. The line also serves Malverne and Lakeview.

Locals pan MTA’s cuts

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority passed its 2010 operating budget last week, which includes among its massive service cuts the elimination of weekend service on the Long Island Rail Road's West Hempstead branch. more

Dana Williams | 12/23/09

A car crashed though a fence and knocked down two utility poles before landing on its side on the Long Island Rail Road tracks Tuesday morning. Service on the Long Beach branch was interrupted.

Errant car ends up on LIRR tracks

A driver lost control of her 2008 Ford Explorer just after 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, hitting two parked cars, crashing through a fence and knocking down two utility poles before coming to rest sideways on the Long Island Rail Road tracks just west of the Centre Avenue train station. more

Mary Malloy | 9/15/09

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