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  • OPINION: As MTA considers lopping off North Fork, we can lop, too

    ...Today, 46 years later, we don't have more transportation options, we have fewer. Way fewer. And if the MTA has its way, North Fork residents will soon have nothing, or the next thing to it.Of course, we wouldn't even be having this conversation if scientists... |more

  • Immigration officials nab 6 on LI with gang ties

    ...raids "works because they get some of the bad guys," said Sister Margaret Smyth of the Hispanic Apostolate of the North Fork . "So the question becomes, How can they do it better so they're not also pulling in people who have no problems?"With Sumathi Redd... |more

  • EDITORIAL: MTA cuts to North Fork are off track

    ...year in operating costs, plus another $100 million for safer signals the federal government wants before 2015. But the North Fork lacks alternatives, unlike urban areas with overlapping service.The ultimate insult is the MTA's March 10 hearing on proposed... |more

  • Lawmakers rip MTA for proposed service cuts

    ...spokesman Jeremy Soffin shot back that the agency isn't expecting more funds from state government. He said the North Fork service on the Long Island Rail Road was being reduced because average weekday ridership is fewer than 200 people."We clearly understand... |more

  • LIRR eyes transportation authority plan for East End

    ...pressures forcing service cutbacks also create an opportunity to take a new look at public transportation needs on the North Fork .MTA chief executive and chairman Jay Walder said the daily Ronkonkoma to Greenport service was targeted for elimination because... |more

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  • 2 tails with happy ending

    ...we find them all homes." Pultz said her modest shelter was flooded with inquiries about the dogs as news of their North Fork wilding incident began to spread. Small blasted the heartless hunters who discarded his beloved new family member with no regard for... |more

  • OPINION: As MTA considers lopping off North Fork, we can lop, too

    ...Today, 46 years later, we don't have more transportation options, we have fewer. Way fewer. And if the MTA has its way, North Fork residents will soon have nothing, or the next thing to it.Of course, we wouldn't even be having this conversation if scientists... |more

  • Immigration officials nab 6 on LI with gang ties

    ...raids "works because they get some of the bad guys," said Sister Margaret Smyth of the Hispanic Apostolate of the North Fork . "So the question becomes, How can they do it better so they're not also pulling in people who have no problems?"With Sumathi Redd... |more

  • EDITORIAL: MTA cuts to North Fork are off track

    ...year in operating costs, plus another $100 million for safer signals the federal government wants before 2015. But the North Fork lacks alternatives, unlike urban areas with overlapping service.The ultimate insult is the MTA's March 10 hearing on proposed... |more

  • Lawmakers rip MTA for proposed service cuts

    ...spokesman Jeremy Soffin shot back that the agency isn't expecting more funds from state government. He said the North Fork service on the Long Island Rail Road was being reduced because average weekday ridership is fewer than 200 people."We clearly understand... |more