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Elementary students play time
A group of parents whose children will enter the Veterans Elementary School kindergarten program are arranging times for their children to play together and make new friends. The school's main playground, to the right of the school on the big blacktop, is...Tags: Game Playing, Football, Schools, Chess Playing, Transportation
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Oldest running mate ever had Md. roots
Sun ReporterIf the age of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is of some concern to voters, how about the case of Henry Gassaway Davis, who was 80 when he was nominated to be Democratic nominee Alton B. Parker's vice presidential candidate in 1904? While...Tags: Elections, Railway Industry, Dwight David Eisenhower, Deer Park (Suffolk, New York), West Virginia
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We should look to Amsterdam for a glimpse of our future transit plans
So Americans bedeviled by $4-plus-a-gallon gas want more transportation choices? They have no idea of what real choices are. For a taste of our necessary future — driven by rapid energy cost inflation and climate emergencies — check the...Tags: Vehicles, Transportation, Public Transportation, Telecommunication Service, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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Rail line between Ionia and Lowell being shut down
After more than a century of use, a railroad line between Ionia and Lowell is being shut down. Once an area rail hub with two depots and two train lines running through, an era ended Tuesday when a train engine hooked up a train car and pulled out of...Tags: Michigan, Transportation
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As gas prices rise, LIE traffic declines
steve.ritea@newsday.comThe number of drivers on the Long Island Expressway has dropped to unprecedented low levels for this time of year, state officials said yesterday, citing the rising cost of fuel. The state Department of Transportation reported a 4.8 percent decline...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Transportation, AAA, Road Transportation, Local Authority
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LIRR conductor stops man's assault of woman on tracks
Special to NewsdayA Long Island Rail Road conductor, alerted by passengers to cries for help near the tracks, stopped the sexual assault of a woman in broad daylight at the Freeport station, railroad officials said. Assistant conductor Eugene Chino said a female passenger...Tags: Police, Sexual Assault, Long Island Rail Road, Crimes, Assault
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Conductor stops attempted rape on LIRR tracks
Special to NewsdayA Long Island Rail Road conductor, alerted by passengers to cries for help near the tracks, stopped the sexual assault of a woman in broad daylight at the Freeport station, police said. Assistant conductor Eugene Chino said a female passenger told him...Tags: Police, Prosecution, Long Island Rail Road, Freeport, Transportation
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Construction temporarily halts some light rail service
By a Sun reporterLight rail service between Timonium and Hunt Valley has ceased until August to accommodate the construction of a rail crossing on Warren Road, according to the Maryland Transit Administration. Shuttle buses will service the stops between Timonium and...Tags: Hunt Valley, Timonium, Transportation, Glen Burnie, Public Transportation
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Time for Chicago-Milwaukee commuter line has come, employees, companies say
Special to the Chicago TribuneThree times a week, Deanna Ver Steeg begins her commute shortly after 6:30 a.m. She takes a Metra train from Chicago to Kenosha, then boards a large van that takes her and other co-workers to Racine. On most days, she's at her desk by 8:40 a.m., more than...Tags: Lake Shore Drive, Bucktown, Evanston, Glenview, Skokie
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Thomas H. Everett Jr.
Sun ReporterThomas H. Everett Jr., former owner of a Towson beauty supply company who accumulated thousands of volunteer hours as a Baltimore County auxiliary police officer, died of heart failure June 26 at his Lutherville home. He was 78. Mr. Everett was born in...Tags: Transportation, Sales, Police, Passenger Cars, Vehicles
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