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Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens.
Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens.
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LIRR schedules extra service prior to Yom Kippur
The Long Island Rail Road is providing extra eastbound train service Wednesday afternoon in observance of Yom Kippur. Eight additional eastbound trains will leave from Penn Station between 2:09 p.m. and 3:48 p.m. for customers traveling home early for...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Yom Kippur, Babylon (Babylon, New York)
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ISLANDWIDE: LIRR plans extra trains for Yom Kippur
The Long Island Rail Road is providing extra eastbound service tomorrow afternoon in observance of Yom Kippur, which begins at sundown tomorrow. Eight additional eastbound trains will leave from Penn Station between 2:09 p.m. and 3:48 p.m. to allow...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Yom Kippur, Babylon (Babylon, New York)
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Service suspensions on LIRR this weekend
john.valenti@newsday.comTrack work will cause a suspension of some service on the Long Island Rail Road this weekend, forcing riders onto buses, railroad officials said. The Port Washington branch, Far Rockaway branch and West Hempstead branch will all see service affected....Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Valley Stream, West Hempstead, Hempstead (Hempstead, New York)
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Enforcement
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges Monday against a former Boca Raton stockbroker, accusing him of defrauding a number of his customers causing them to lose more than $2.7 million, while he earned more than $700,000 in commissions and...Tags: Prosecution, Florida, Boca Raton, Securities
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Cops: Far Rockaway woman, 80, beaten to death by son
An elderly woman was beaten to death by her son in her Far Rockaway apartment early Friday, police said. The son, Sergevi Mamontova, 56, who was being evaluated late Friday at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan, tried to kill himself by cutting...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Police
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Bike rider, cyclist killed in separate accidents
Newsday Staff WriterA bicyclist and motorcyclist were killed in two separate accidents in Nassau County on Sunday, police said. Nassau homicide detectives are investigating the death of a bicyclist struck by a car in Seaford Sunday afternoon, police said. The crash occurred...Tags: Road Accidents, Crimes, Vehicles, Police Investigations, Police
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Long Beach firefighter tells of being beaten by 3 men
matthew.chayes@newsday.comLong Beach firefighter Brian McNamara's bloodshot eyes are so swollen from being kicked and punched, allegedly by off-duty NYPD cops, that even his big sunglasses don't cover up the black, blue - and purple. "This has been a total nightmare," he said...Tags: Crimes, Fires, Virginia, Long Beach (Nassau, New York), Beach Vacations
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Three men, including 2 NYPD cops, charged in beating
matthew.chayes@newsday.comTwo off-duty New York City police officers, and a third man, beat up a local firefighter who objected when the men made a rude remark to the firefighter's sister outside a row of bars on a Long Beach street, the Long Beach city manager said yesterday in...Tags: Crimes, Police, Fires, Virginia, Police Arrests
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DA: Counselor tried to smuggle drugs into Rikers
carl.macgowan@newsday.comA former Rikers Island drug counselor faces felony charges after he was caught trying to smuggle heroin and cocaine into the jail when he worked there, authorities said Thursday. Juan Delarosa, 56, of Far Rockaway, was charged with felony and misdemeanor...Tags: Richard Brown, Prosecution, Prisons, Trials, Organized Crime
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2 NYPD cops pleaded not guilty to assault charges
matthew.chayes@newsday.comTwo NYPD officers accused of assaulting a Long Beach firefighter while they were off-duty pleaded not guilty yesterday in Long Beach City Court and were ordered to stay away from the victim. The officers, Douglas Rome, 25, and Jason Ragoo, 26, were...Tags: Crimes, Fires, Police, Virginia, Prosecution
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Extreme Commuter: Poconos to NYC
MNaanes@am-ny.comWhen most people are sound asleep, Michael Castle is waking up in his home in the Poconos, readying himself for a lengthy commute to Manhattan. Castle, of Tobyhanna, Pa, wakes up at 1:45 a.m. every morning, gets to a local bus station at 3 a.m. to hop on...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Pennsylvania, Bank of America Corp., New York
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Inwood gas station robbery suspects arrested
matthew.chayes@newsday.comTwo men were arrested after fleeing an Inwood gas station they'd robbed Saturday morning at gunpoint, Nassau County police said. Freddie Anderson, accompanied by accomplice Steve Marthone, is accused of pulling a handgun on a 52-year-old attendant at the...Tags: Prosecution, Crimes, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Police, Nassau County
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