04.05.2024 News Jitney scores exemption from MTA congestion pricing fees After calling on its ridership to offer feedback to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Hampton Jitney was spared from paying extra fees — and doubling its fares — when...
02.27.2024 News Buses to fill in for trains east of Ronkonkoma Trains running on the eastern end of the Long Island Railroad’s Ronkonkoma branch between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays will be temporarily replaced with buses starting...
10.24.2022 Police Pedestrian killed by train in Peconic Monday morning A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train on the tracks in Peconic Monday morning, according to a spokesperson for the MTA. The incident...
03.21.2022 News Cops: Southold man fatally struck by LIRR train near Hicksville A 29-year-old Southold man was fatally struck by a Long Island Rail Road train east of the Hicksville station last week, according to the MTA and Southold Town police....
12.03.2018 Government Greenport’s ‘biggest problem’: Noisy trains idling Parking? Traffic? Those problems have gotten a lot of attention from the Greenport Village Board in recent years. But Flint Street resident Mike Osinski thinks Greenport’s biggest problem is...
02.28.2018 Government Resident-only parking sticker on hold in Greenport Village The idea of establishing a parking sticker for village residents is on hold for now, according to Mayor Hubbard.
05.27.2017 Government Village Board delays vote on Hampton Jitney contract The Greenport Village Board held off last week on voting on a proposed contract with Hampton Jitney that would require the bus company to pay a $15,000 annual maintenance...
03.21.2017 News MTA: Buses to replace midday trains The Long Island Rail Road announced that buses will substitute midday trains at Mattituck, Southold and Greenport on Wednesday, March 22 and March 29 as maintenance crews replace switches...
02.16.2017 Police MTA employee airlifted after accident in Laurel An MTA employee was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital after suffering a hand injury while on a “working train” that was clearing snow off the track in Laurel...
02.02.2017 Editorials Editorial: Riding is believing with North Fork train service promises It’s time for words like “could” and “might” to be stripped from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s vocabulary when discussing additional Long Island Rail Road service to and from the...