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Railroad’s third track project shifts train times By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
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It took nearly four years, but according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, construction of the $2.5 billion third track project, connecting the Long Island Rail Road with Manhattan’s new Grand Central Madison station, is now complete. The new 9.8-mile track runs from Floral Park to Hicksville, and transit officials say it will increase LIRR service by 41 percent systemwide and give the railroad more flexibility to minimize service disruptions when Grand Central Madison opens later this year. “The completion of the historic Third Track project connects commuters with a
ThE NEw lIRR train schedules could impact Rockville Centre commuters.
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Water that’s too blue leads to a high-level house call By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
Turning on the tap only to discover discolored water can be alarming, and if it’s brown, that’s always an unpleasant surprise, but what do you do if your water is coming out blue? That was what happened to Lauren Kaminker, of Rockville Centre, last month when she began to fill up her bathtub one evening and noticed that the hot water had a bluish tint. Concluding that something was amiss, Kaminker contacted the village Water Department,
which had never encountered such a problem before. Hoping to get to the bottom of this cerulean surprise, Kaminker shared the details of her situation on social media, with the hope that someone could help her figure it out. She was told by the Water Department that since it supplies homes with cold water, the discoloration was most likely caused by a problem with her heating system. “We called a plumber who agreed it looked blue,” Kaminker wrote on Facebook. “He replaced the anode rods in the water heat-
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er, which were corroded, and we drained the entire hot water heater, flushed out the brown water and after it settled, we still have blue water from multiple faucets.” She added that she had tested the water using two home kits to
see if the pH level was too low, because, she said, excess acidity could cause a reaction with the old pipes and result in the blue discoloration. “I called the RVC water department again to ask if I could have a copy of the water report, because I believe I might have an issue with the pH and
am trying to get to the bottom of it,” Kaminker continued. “He suggested I run the cold water at the lowest level in the house until it flushes.” Water Department representatives assured Kaminker that the pH balance was fine, and said that if they had supplied Continued on page 15