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Railroad Commuters 'Feel Like Unwanted Stepchild,' Due To Poor Service, Rockland Officials Say Railroad Commuters 'Feel Like Unwanted Stepchild,' Due To Poor Service, Rockland Officials Say
Railroad Commuters 'Feel Like Unwanted Stepchild,' Due To Poor Service, Rockland Officials Say Rockland County Executive Ed Day blasted Metro-North and New Jersey Transit officials on Wednesday for frequent cancellations and overall poor express train service "West of the Hudson." Day held a press conference on Aug. 15 at which his criticism was echoed by a state senator, assemblymen and town supervisors who detailed the plight of Rockland County's railroad commuters who Day said continue to suffer during the "crisis" at New Jersey Transit (NJT). NJT continues to cancel Rockland County's only two express trains on the Pascack Valley Line, despite Metro-North Railr…

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by Jon Craig
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ID Released For Westchester Woman Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train ID Released For Westchester Woman Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train
ID Released For Westchester Woman Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train The woman hit and killed by a Metro-North train on the Harlem Line in Westchester on Sunday has been identified. Susan Singer, 57, of Ossining, was hit around 7 a.m. between the Hawthorne and Valhalla stations, said MTA officials. Initial delays of between 30-40 minutes were down to 10-15 minutes by 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Service was back to being on or close to schedule later in the morning. The incident is being investigated as non-criminal nor accidental in nature, MTA officials said. It was the second time in three days a person was struck by a Metro-North train. A man was struck and kille…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Open Road, Cashless Tolls Will Soon Be Complete For All Area Thruways Open Road, Cashless Tolls Will Soon Be Complete For All Area Thruways
Open Road, Cashless Tolls Will Soon Be Complete For All Area Thruways More cashless tolls are coming to the lower Hudson Valley. Officials in New York announced on Tuesday that cashless tolling will begin on the Thruway Authority's remaining fixed toll barriers in the lower Hudson Valley by the end of the year, in an effort to improve traffic flow and limit gridlock throughout the state. "New York is rebuilding and reimagining our state's infrastructure and ushering a new era of toll collection that will save time and reduce congestion on our roadways," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. "Cashless tolling is already a reality in Grand Island and …

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by Zak Failla
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Waze Aims To Provide Metro-North Rail-Crossing Alerts Waze Aims To Provide Metro-North Rail-Crossing Alerts
Waze Aims To Provide Metro-North Rail-Crossing Alerts Long overdue, but will it save lives at dangerous area railroad crossings? Time will tell. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced it is partnering with Waze to improve safety at railroad crossings of Metro-North commuter railroad and Long Island Rail Road. “Safety is a core value at the MTA and its commuter railroads -- for our customers and our employees -- as well as for those in the communities we serve," MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota said.  This is the first feature of its kind to debut on the app and is tied to an ongoing collaboration with Waze as part of the Conn…

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by Jon Craig
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Body Discovered Near Metro-North Tracks Body Discovered Near Metro-North Tracks
Body Discovered Near Metro-North Tracks Metro-North officials suspended service on the Wassaic Line after a body was discovered near the tracks in Putnam County, according to MTA officials. The body was found around 9:15 a.m. Thursday near the Dykeman Road railroad crossing in Brewster, said Aaron Donovan, deputy communications director for the MTA. "MTA Police are investigating as a potential case where the person may have been struck by a train, but it wasn’t immediately clear if that was the case," Donovan said. Harlem Line train service between Southeast and Wassaic was suspended for the police investigation around…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Meet The Roman Twins: Widowed Dumont Dad Hopes Girls Will Remember Mom Meet The Roman Twins: Widowed Dumont Dad Hopes Girls Will Remember Mom
Meet The Roman Twins: Widowed Dumont Dad Hopes Girls Will Remember Mom It's been nearly three months since Dumont's Julia Roman died giving birth to twin girls Grace and Isabella. Her widowed husband and the girls' dad, Victor Roman, says he has his ups and downs. But there's one thing that has yet to get easier. Unlike Julia's older children Dwayne and Valeria, and 5-year-old Victoria with whom she shares with Victor, the twins will never know their mom. "I'm still dealing with that one," he said, teary-eyed. "It's difficult." Victor has been out of work as an MTA employee in New York City since Julia's death Nov. 16 of last year. He's…

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by Cecilia Levine
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ID Released For Man Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train ID Released For Man Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train
ID Released For Man Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train Officials have released the identity of the 60-year-old Westchester man who was fatally struck by a Metro-North train in Westchester on Monday afternoon. The MTA investigation into the fatal strike of Jeffery Cooney of Bronxville,  the unauthorized man who was on the tracks of the Fleetwood station concluded, a Metro-North spokesperson said on Tuesday morning. Shortly after 1:15 p.m. on Monday, the 12:47 p.m. Harlem Line train from Grand Central Terminal that was due in Southeast at 2:16 p.m. struck Cooney at the Fleetwood Metro-North station in Mount Vernon, a Metro-North spokesperson said…

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by Zak Failla
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ID Released For Teen Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train In Westchester ID Released For Teen Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train In Westchester
ID Released For Teen Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train In Westchester A Valhalla teen has been identified as the young man struck and killed by a Metro-North train in Valhalla just north of Commerce Street, according to the MTA. Aaron Dannenbring, 19, was on the tracks around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday when he was struck by the northbound train, said MTA Spokeswoman Nancy Gamerman. The incident was not an accident, and no criminality was involved, she added. There were about 200 passengers on the train at the time, no one was injured. Service was temporarily suspended between North White Plains and Pleasantville until about 12:45 a.m., with trains, single tracking …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train Identified Man Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train Identified
Man Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train Identified This story has been updated. A Valhalla teen has been identified as the young man struck and killed by a Metro-North train in Valhalla just north of Commerce Street, according to the MTA. Aaron Dannenbring, 19, was on the tracks around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday when he was struck by the northbound train, said MTA Spokeswoman Nancy Gamerman. The incident was not an accident, and no criminality was involved, she added. There were about 200 passengers on the train at the time, no one was injured. Service was temporarily suspended between North White Plains and Pleasantville until about 12:45 a.m.,…

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by Kathy Reakes