Train Service To Hamptons Suspended After Derailment, LIRR Says Train Service To Hamptons Suspended After Derailment, LIRR Says
Train Service To Hamptons Suspended After Derailment, Lirr Says All Long Island Rail Road service to the Hamptons has been suspended after a Montauk train sideswiped a work train, derailing both, early Saturday morning, May 25. "Service is suspended east of Patchogue on the Montauk Branch after a train due in Montauk at 4:09 a.m. sideswiped a non-revenue train east of Speonk as part of a passing maneuver," the LIRR said in a statement. "Customers are advised to use alternate branches or other means of transportation." The closure is expected to last throughout the day, the LIRR said. "We expect service east of Patchogue, including to the Hamptons a…
This Suffolk School District Is Second Highest Spending In New York This Suffolk School District Is Second Highest Spending In New York
This Suffolk School District Is Second Highest Spending In New York New York is home to some of the nation’s finest schools and school districts, but which are spending the most and least to educate students? A newly released report from syracuse.com evaluated the upcoming budget numbers for hundreds of districts in the Empire State to determine how much each is proposing to spend on each student. The report found that the average spending is approximately $19,155, with some districts spending as much as $152,539. In Suffolk County, the Fire Island School District ranked second in the state at $105,135 per student, followed by Quogue ($97,311, third overa…
Where's 'Cabot'?: Great White Shark Spotted In Long Island Sound Heads Out East Where's 'Cabot'?: Great White Shark Spotted In Long Island Sound Heads Out East
Where's 'Cabot'?: Great White Shark Spotted In Long Island Sound Heads Out East "Cabot," the great white shark spotted off the coast of Long Island Sound, has headed east. His latest pings, around 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 21, show he is southwest of Montauk, according to researchers at ocean research group Ocearch.org. It had been tracked off the shore of Fairfield County in Greenwich. The news Monday, May 20 that a great white had been spotted off the coast of Long Island for the first time ever, was a shock.  So much so that for a while so many people logged onto to the site's tracker that it crashed, the group said on Twitter. Researchers made light of th…
Legendary Lobster Roll, Affectionately Known As 'LUNCH', Opens For Summer Season In Amagansett Legendary Lobster Roll, Affectionately Known As 'LUNCH', Opens For Summer Season In Amagansett
Legendary Lobster Roll, Affectionately Known As 'Lunch', Opens For Summer Season In Amagansett At nighttime you see the familiar LUNCH sign lit in white, a signal to Hamptons visitors their summer has begun and the Route 27 staple Lobster Roll Restaurant is back in business. The restaurant, now world-famous thanks in part to having episodes of the Showtime TV series "The Affair" filmed there, is located on the East End of Long Island's south fork in Amagansett. "The sign is "iconic" because it's been there since1965. We say we're affectionately known as LUNCH because it's become an identifier for the restaurant," said co-owner Andrea Anthony. And though locals and summer visitors to…
'Facebook Twins' Awarded State Approval Weeks After $100K Cuomo Donation, Says Report 'Facebook Twins' Awarded State Approval Weeks After $100K Cuomo Donation, Says Report
'Facebook Twins' Awarded State Approval Weeks After $100K Cuomo Donation, Says Report Weeks before New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration granted approval to an exchange run by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss of Fairfield County to trade a new cryptocurrency, the twins donated a combined $100,000 to Cuomo's reelection campaign, according to this report by Sludge.  The Winklevoss twins, made famous by their portrayal in the film “The Social Network,” which focused on the launch of Facebook, donated $50,000 apiece to Cuomo’s campaign in late April, finance records filed with the state Board of Election show. Three weeks later, the state’s Department of Financial Services—cont…
Small Plane With Four Aboard Crashes Off Long Island Coast Small Plane With Four Aboard Crashes Off Long Island Coast
Small Plane With Four Aboard Crashes Off Long Island Coast Click here for an updated story: IDs Released For Four Aboard Plane That Crashed Off Long Island Coast Two bodies have been recovered after a small plane with four people on board crashed during a thunderstorm late Saturday afternoon off of a beach on Long Island. The aircraft went down one mile off the shore of Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett just before 4 p.m. Saturday, the Coast Guard said. Coast Guard Cutter Bonito, homeported in Montauk, recovered a second person from the water. Earlier, the East Hampton Life Guards located and recovered the first person from the aircraft. Coast G…