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New Nassau county area code to launch in January
The new Nassau county 363 area code is set to launch in JanuaryPhone service carriers can begin assigning 363 to the start of new phone numbers issued in Nassau County at some point after the area code goes into service Jan. 20.For more than 70 years, 516 has been the only area code assigned to…
Suffolk gas tax holiday expires
Gas in Suffolk County could go up now that the county’s gas tax holiday is no longer in effect. The tax break started in June when gas prices were around $5 per gallon. The holiday was saving drivers a few cents on each gallon of gas. Tax breaks from New York state and Nassau County…
Congress votes to avert rail strike
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to avert what could have been an economically ruinous freight rail strike won final approval in Congress on Thursday as lawmakers responded quickly to President Joe Biden’s call for federal intervention in a long-running labor dispute. The Senate passed a bill to bind rail companies and workers to a proposed settlement…
MTA could raise subway and bus fares
The MTA proposed a $19.2 billion budget Wednesday that requires massive cost-cutting and fare increases that could potentially see the cost of a subway or bus ride rise above $3. The agency would still have a $600 million budget gap with the plan. Ridership on subways and buses are still only about 60% of pre-pandemic…
House votes to avert rail strike, impose deal on unions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved. The measure passed by a vote of 290-137 and now…
Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies at 79
NEW YORK (AP) — Christine McVie, the British-born Fleetwood Mac vocalist, songwriter and keyboard player whose cool, soulful contralto helped define such classics as “You Make Loving Fun,” “Everywhere” and “Don’t Stop,” has died at age 79. Her death was announced Wednesday on the band’s social media accounts. No cause of death or other details…
Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies at 79
NEW YORK (AP) — Christine McVie, the British-born Fleetwood Mac vocalist, songwriter and keyboard player whose cool, soulful contralto helped define such classics as “You Make Loving Fun,” “Everywhere” and “Don’t Stop,” has died at age 79. Her death was announced Wednesday on the band’s social media accounts. No cause of death or other details…
Big Duck lighting postponed due to weather
The annual Big Duck lighting in Flanders originally scheduled for tonight has been postponed until Thursday due to weather. The holiday tradition will take place at the same time from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This is the 34th year the tradition is taking place. Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)
Big Duck lighting postponed due to weather
The annual Big Duck lighting in Flanders originally scheduled for tonight has been postponed until Thursday due to weather. The holiday tradition will take place at the same time from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This is the 34th year the tradition is taking place. Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)
Big Duck lighting tonight
The 34th annual Big Duck Holiday Lighting celebration is tonight in Flanders Suffolk County and Town of Southampton officials are expected to attend the ceremony, which begins around 7 p.m. at 1012 Flanders Road. The Riverhead Middle School Choir will sing holiday “duck carols” from the main stage, and Santa Claus will arrive for a…
Ex-director of food services at Hempstead schools pleads guilty to receiving kickbacks
The former director of food services at the Hempstead Union Free School District admitted to receiving over $120,000 in kickbacks for vendor contracts. Sharon Gardner of Lindenhurst pleaded guilty for her role in the scheme that went on between 2017 and 2019. Prosecutors say she spent the money on international travel, home furnishings and a…
US advances in World Cup with 1-0 win over Iran
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Christian Pulisic gave his body for his country, scoring the goal that advanced the United States in the World Cup while crashing into the goalkeeper Pulisic’s 38th-minute goal lifted the U.S. over Iran 1-0 on Tuesday in a politically charged rematch of their famous meeting a quarter-century ago. The American star…