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• Abandoned Long Island Rail Road station may reopen

  - 2008-05-01

  The Metropolitan Transit Authority will study the feasibility of reopening of the Long Island Rail Road's Republic station in East Farmingdale. The station at Route 110 and Conklin Ave. used to be a stop on the LIRR's Main Line when the Fairchild Republic aircraft manufacturing company employed hundreds...

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• MTA Long Island Rail Road carried 86.1 million passengers in 2007, its highest level since 1949

  - 2008-03-01

  MTA Long Island Rail Road LIRR carried 86.1 million passengers in 2007, its highest level since 1949. Passenger numbers were up 4.9%, or 4 million journeys over the previous year and punctuality reached a record-breaking 94%.

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• The Great Neck Difference

  - 2008-02-01

  The elegant suburb that seems to have it all. One of Long Island's original suburbs, Great Neck retains the kind of 1920s-era elegance that has made it a cherished hometown for generations of affluent North Shore families. Just over the Nassau County border from Queens, Great Neck - actually a...

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• Commentary: The railroad is on track for a bright future

  - 2008-01-04

  In this era of significant environmental concerns including global warming, $3.50-per-gallon gasoline prices and substantial traffic congestion, one of the most important issues facing our community is the ability for the Long Island Rail Road to provide more substantial services to our community. While the railroad has always been a...

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• The Editor’s Desk

  - 2007-12-03

  Brother Peter Bonventre was an assistant principal at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn in the years its most notable alumnus, Rudy Giuliani, studied there. Nearly 50 years on, Brother Peter is a guidance counselor at the school, and was happy to see our Suzanne Smalley in the course...

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• East Side Access project gets funding boost

  - 2007-12-01

  The East Side Access tunneling project that will give Long Island Railroad commuters easier access to Manhattan's East Side received the single largest transit investment in American history from the federal government in November."The federal government will deliver $2.63 billion in funds," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters.The funding is...

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• Long Island Real Estate Briefs: September 28, 2007

  - 2007-09-28

  Rentals rise on ruling against Rockville Centre An $85 million luxury apartment building on the former Darby Drug site in Rockville Centre will be built after all, despite prolonged opposition from the Village of Rockville Centre. The New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court,...

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• The Long Island Rail Road and the case of the exploding package

  - 2007-07-13

  Helen Palsgraf got her day in court, again, in the case of the exploding fireworks on the Long Island Rail Road. Unfamiliar with the case? Perhaps you also don't know that Lenin has died, Washington is plagued by the Teapot Dome Scandal and Babe Ruth hit 46...

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• MTA Long Island Rail Road

  - 2007-07-01

  MTA Long Island Rail Road Acting President Raymond Kenny has handed over the reigns to Helena Williams, former president of Long Island Bus (1993-1998). Kenny, a 34-year LIRR veteran, took over the post in September 2006, following the resignation of James Dermody, who headed LIRR for nearly three years. The...

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• The Long Island Rail Road wins again

  - 2007-06-28

  Helen Palsgraf finally got her day in court-again-in the case of the exploding package of fireworks on the Long Island Rail Road. Unfamiliar with the case? Perhaps you don't know that Lenin has died, or that Washington is plagued by the Teapot Dome Scandal,...

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