Weekend: Your guide to entertainment in Northeast Pennsylvania - Scranton Times-Tribune

Weekend: Your guide to entertainment in Northeast Pennsylvania
Scranton Times-Tribune
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Carmel Ardito School of Dance Peckville Senior Company, June 8, 7 pm, Scranton Cultural Center at The Masonic Temple, 420 N. Washington Ave. 689-4565. CHIPPENDALES: June 9, doors open 7 pm, show 8 pm, Mount Airy Casino Resort, ...

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Multi-million dollar contract awarded for long-planned expansion of New York's ... - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Multi-million dollar contract awarded for long-planned expansion of New York's ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
By Steve Strunsky/The Star-Ledger NEW YORK — A Queens company was awarded a $147.7 million contract to construct the first phase of an expansion of New York's Penn Station that will improve access to train platforms for Amtrak, NJ Transit and Long ...

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Review: Book chronicles quirky, complex railroad history - South County Independent

Review: Book chronicles quirky, complex railroad history
South County Independent
Chapter two describes Rhode Island's "railroad geography," emphasizing Narragansett Bay's influence over how tracks could be laid. Later chapters illuminate the railroad as a regional entity, noting how concerns in Boston, New York and elsewhere would ...

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For Davenport train, Santa Cruz may look to Chicago - San Jose Mercury News

For Davenport train, Santa Cruz may look to Chicago
San Jose Mercury News
The closest passenger line is the Mount Hood Scenic Railroad in Oregon, and a line along the Hudson River in upstate New York includes a publicly owned track, similar to the Santa Cruz County project. Iowa Pacific's plans include running seasonal ...

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AATA Board OKs Key Countywide Documents - The Ann Arbor Chronicle


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AATA Board OKs Key Countywide Documents
The Ann Arbor Chronicle
The two key documents approved or endorsed by the board were the articles of incorporation for a possible new transit authority, and a four-party agreement establishing a framework for possibly transitioning AATA to that new authority – now with the ...

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Hope for the Chokepoint City? - DC Velocity

Hope for the Chokepoint City?
DC Velocity
The answer to Chicago's rail congestion problem may lie in a '90s-era Los Angeles public works project. By Mitch Mac Donald Jim Oberstar's run ended 18 months ago. After 36 years of representing the Land of 10000 Lakes on Capitol Hill, the Minnesota ...

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Montrose Group Supports Historic Commision Ordinance - Patch.com

Montrose Group Supports Historic Commision Ordinance
Patch.com
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad train line and Mountain Station made it possible for businessmen to commute to Newark and New York while their families enjoyed the “salubrious climate” of Montrose Park. Thomas Kingman, William F. Havemeyer ...

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WSET.com - ABC13RFK Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary, found dead in NY - WSET

WSET.com - ABC13RFK Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary, found dead in NY
WSET
A railroad engineer near Philadelphia has been killed by a roll of newsprint that fell out of a boxcar and crushed him. Quebec's provincial government passed an emergency law Friday that sets restrictions on demonstrations and shuts some universities ...

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This Week in the Civil War - WSET

This Week in the Civil War
WSET
An airline pilot is accused of trying to board a flight at Buffalo for New York City with a loaded revolver in his bag, and authorities believe he'd been flying with it for two days. An airline pilot is accused of trying to board a flight at Buffalo ...

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National Train Day: Should We Be Celebrating? - SmarterTravel.com (blog)


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National Train Day: Should We Be Celebrating?
SmarterTravel.com (blog)
Meanwhile, poor old Amtrak drags along, begging every year for enough money to keep going, operating infrequent, slow, but pleasant long-haul trains. The US is doing a bit better with commuter rail. Boston, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia enjoy ...

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