There’s an old legend about Lake Ronkonkoma that, each year, the ghost of a Native American princess appears mysteriously to claim the life of a man. And I thought I had problems with women. No matter: The community at the end of the LIRR’s electrified tracks was once a thriving…
Lynbrook village officials unanimously voted to approve a $42.2 million budget for 2018-19 on April 16 at a public meeting led by Mayor Alan Beach and the board of trustees. The budget is a $1.5 million increase from 2017-18, and includes a 1.49 percent tax increase for residents. It is…
New Hyde Park is one of Long Island’s oldest communities, dating back to an 800-acre land grant given in 1683 to Thomas Dongan, royal colonial governor of New York, who built a mansion overlooking “Dongan’s Farm” on what is now Lakeville Road. Sold to provincial secretary George Clarke in 1715,…
Crews will work April 28-29 on the Double Track Project on the Ronkonkoma Branch, in addition to performing PTC tests on the Port Washington Branch. Work will also be done on a rail replacement project along the Atlantic Branch. The planned work will require changes to train schedules, which are…
Mineola is considered one of the healthiest housing markets in New York State, according to a new study by SmartAsset, a Manhattan-based financial technology company. The study ranked nearly 160 of the state’s communities on the health of their housing markets by looking at the average number of years residents…
THE SCOOP With development plans in the area and with homes throughout the hamlet being renovated, Wyandanch is undergoing a transition, says Antonio Martinez, deputy supervisor of the Town of Babylon. “The people that live in Wyandanch have been working very hard to improve the area,” says Martinez, a resident…
A proposal for a 17,500-seat arena designed to lure a professional sports team to Suffolk County has been selected as the centerpiece for development of a 40-acre parcel between MacArthur Airport and the Ronkonkoma train station, a county spokesman said. A committee overseeing a request for qualifications to develop the…
MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) this month will test a new signal system as part of its East Side Access project to connect to Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The tests will be performed at the Harold Interlocking in Queens, New York. Based on microprocessor technology with…
The train station on Railroad Avenue, which shelters Long Island Rail Road passengers, is currently undergoing renovations. According to Aaron Donovan, deputy communications director for the LIRR, construction officially began on March 19, and the work is expected to be completed by March 2019.
The Town of North Hempstead has applied for a $30,000 grant in hopes of using the money to replace playground equipment at Martin “Bunky” Reid Park in New Cassel.
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