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Plan to ease LIRR train pain
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Buses, ferries offered; no fare cut BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN MTA oďŹƒcials announced on Monday a multifaceted plan to accommodate LIRR commuters aected by Penn Station’s planned summer construction, but did not oer a fare reduction. The construction, set to take place from July 10 to Sept. 1, is expected to disrupt LIRR rushhour service. The repairs will close three of the station’s 21 tracks, forcing oďŹƒcials to cancel or divert 15 LIRR trains during the morning rush hour. OďŹƒcials said that by adding 36 more cars to trains and three trains to the rush-hour commute, they could accommodate the 9,600 customers expected to be aected. As a trade o, the MTA said it was canceling some trains between 2 and 4 a.m. OďŹƒcials also said that three LIRR trains will terminate at Hunters Point, ďŹ ve will be diverted to Atlantic Terminal and another ďŹ ve to Jamaica. Morning commuters can Continued on Page 57
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HERRICKS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Students in kindergarten through third grade at the Herricks school district’s Denton Avenue School kicked off a summer of reading on May 31, when the Scholastic Summer Reading Road Trip RV visited and provided an educational “pop-up� festival celebrating literature. See story on page 21.
Sewanhaka sees light with panels Solar energy, other cost-cutting projects could save district $950K annually B Y N O A H M A N S K A R projecting that they will cut its in September, the district said. A little light could mean big bucks for the Sewanhaka Central High School District. With the installation of solar panels at its ďŹ ve high schools in the ďŹ nal stages, the district is
energy costs by $250,000 each year, according to a news release. The district has ďŹ nished installing the panels at New Hyde Park Memorial High School, Elmont Memorial High School and H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square. Floral Park Memorial High School and Sewanhaka High School will have them before the start of the next school year
The panels are part of a larger project to cut the district’s energy costs under an energy savings performance contract, an arrangement in which future savings pay for the necessary hardware and construction. Altogether the work could save the district nearly $950,000 annually, the district says. “The goal of all of these measures was to be environmentally conscious and to save money,�
Ralph Ferrie, the district superintendent, said in the news release. Other cost-cutting projects include installing new energy-efďŹ cient lighting, revamping heating and air-conditioning systems and using other strategies to cut electricity use, according to district documents. Some of the savings are showing up already. In April 2012, before the work started, Continued on Page 57
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