Briefs: New LIRR timetables, Southold water main work

ISLANDWIDE / New LIRR timetables

New timetables for the Long Island Rail Road are in effect from next Monday and through March 6, the commuter service said Monday in a news release.

Included in the new schedules are additional eastbound "sundown" trains on Fridays on the Port Washington and Far Rockaway lines for those who must be home before sundown for religious purposes.

Also, on weekday midday trains along the main line Oyster Bay, Huntington and Ronkonkoma branches, track work will lead to daily schedule adjustments of one to three minutes, the LIRR said.

The sundown service is in response to customer requests, the LIRR said, and will be offered on the Far Rockaway branch and, for the first time, on the Port Washington branch. The additional trains are for those passengers who must be home by sundown over the next few months - November through March - when sunset occurs earlier.

Customers can get a copy of the new Nov. 15 to March 7 timetable at their stations or at all terminals. They also can call the LIRR's 24-hour Travel Information Center at 718-217-5477 in New York City. Information also is at www.mta.info/lirr.

- GARY DYMSKI

SOUTHOLD / Water-main work begins

The Suffolk County Water Authority has begun extending an existing water main in Southold town, bringing public water east along Main Road in East Marion.

The line will run for 2,200 feet, from Truman's Path to Dam Pond, and has the potential to serve about 30 existing homes. A dozen homeowners have already signed up for the new water service, according to the Water Authority. The work will take about two weeks, and conforms to the Southold Town water supply plan.

Earlier this year, an attempt to run the water line east to Orient was rejected by local officials, after local residents complained it could lead to more development in their small rural community.

Once the longer line was rejected by the community, the SCWA proposed increasing the water rates for Browns Hills to cover more of the cost of maintaining those special filters. A proposal that would raise the rate in Browns Hills from $500 to $1,500 a year per home is scheduled to be voted on Nov. 23, at the next SCWA meeting.

- MITCHELL FREEDMAN