“LIRR’s command upgrade will make ‘rail’ difference” , Newsday, August 29, 2010
How ’bout this for Command No. 1 at the LIRR’s new state-of-the-art Command and Control Center?
Don’t. Catch. Fire.
Unplanned conflagrations like the one that knocked out a 1913 switching room at Jamaica station can be truly catastrophic. Nearly a week after Monday’s cable fire, train service [...]
“Henican: Holding pattern on E. Hampton copter flight plans” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 7, 2010
It’s as key to Hamptons-weekend extravagance as Diva vodka martinis and Lamborghini golf carts: The Friday-afternoon helicopter ride east.
Wasting half the cocktail hour in LIE backups? Getting stuck on Route 27 behind a pokey landscaper’s truck? Only a schlub would suffer [...]
“School closure better prompt plain talk in Huntington Station” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, July 25, 2010
No one is saying the Jack Abrams School wasn’t educating its students. No one is claiming the teaching was shoddy, the building was crumbling or the discipline was lax. The Huntington School Board voted 4-3 on Monday to shut down what, [...]
“Are we still the ‘burbs if our lawns are brown?” – Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, July 18, 2010
Will the suburbs still be the suburbs if the people can’t water their lawns?
That question is suddenly impossible to ignore as Suffolk County officials announced that water consumption surged to an all-time record on Friday. Robo-calls are urging conservation. A [...]
“Never underestimate the value of kids,” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, June 19, 2010
On your mark, get set – breed!
In the past decade, Nassau and Suffolk counties have experienced a sharp, 10 percent decline in the population of children 9 and younger. These are big numbers when you add them up: 40,500 fewer children than we had [...]
“Cultural disparity or diversity? It’s up to new, old LIers,” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, June 13, 2010
When he drew up the legal documents for America’s first modern suburban community, Levittown, homeowners were prohibited from reselling to anyone who wasn’t white. And even in later years, as more and more Americans abandoned urban neighborhoods, their journey to the [...]
