Monthly Archives: November 2011

‘Open’ Season For Commuters

Posted on November 30, 2011 by TJ

It is that time of year again. The chill is in the air, the frost is on the lawn, blown up Santas and snowmen dot the lawns and, yes, it is Open Enrollment season at work. My company allows us … Continue reading →

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Port Jervis Up and Running

Posted on November 29, 2011 by TJ

Metro-North’s Port Jervis line started rolling again yesterday, three months after Irene decimated the west-of-Hudson line, and a month ahead of schedule. Port Jervis rumbles through Orange and Rockland County, and is sort of the Daniel Baldwin of the Metro-North … Continue reading →

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Train Delay Cafe to Open…Soonish

Posted on November 28, 2011 by TJ

I got it from a good source over the weekend that the long awaited coffee shop going in the Hawthorne train station is well underway, after the project manager got a good bollocking from the town for taking so long. … Continue reading →

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The Key to Snagging the Best Seat on the Train

Posted on November 22, 2011 by TJ

Many daily commuters have a little bit of “That’s MY seat!” O.Seat.D. in them, but perhaps no one has it worse than a man I’ve written about before, who simply has to have the folding 1 3/4-seaters that are completely set … Continue reading →

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Taking Amtrak to Virginia, and a Subway to Westchester

Posted on November 21, 2011 by TJ

Upon our return from Big Sis’s place in Virginia Beach in September, after a combined, oh, 19 or so hours on Amtrak, Little G was nearly inconsolable to no longer have his cousins around to play with. So we asked, half … Continue reading →

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You’ve Not Heard the Last of Richard Gagliardi

Posted on November 21, 2011 by TJ

Former Mount Pleasant town supervisor hopeful Richard Gagliardi thanked his supporters on his friendsofrichard.org site last week–and also announced the launch of a site designed to keep tabs on local politicans and their presumed missteps, while offering a forum for … Continue reading →

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Station Tour Hits Larchmont

Posted on November 17, 2011 by TJ

IRidetheHarlemLine Emily’s weekly tour of Metro-North stations ventured to the lower Harlem line this week, and Larchmont station. She’s got some wonderful photos, both archival shots of the station back in the Mad Men/Dashing Dans days (left), and her own … Continue reading →

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The Trainjotting Product Review: 4G Blackberry Torch

Posted on November 16, 2011 by TJ

  So my old 3G Blackberry died last week, and the workplace gave me the brand new 4G BlackBerry Torch in its place. Most notably, it’s a considerably larger phone. It’s bigger in the hand, and heavier in the pocket. I … Continue reading →

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Pretend Train Bomber Collared At Pelham Station

Posted on November 15, 2011 by TJ

MTA police yanked a man off the train yesterday after he said he had explosives in his backpack The 12:57 pm train from New Haven was stopped in Pelham to evacuate passengers, and let the cops on board. The man … Continue reading →

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Debilitating Disease Begins With a ‘Mole’

Posted on November 14, 2011 by TJ

When it comes to video games, I am–like the dude from “A Beautiful Mind”–of two minds. I loved Atari games when I was a kid (Pitfall, Adventure, Activision’s brilliant Skiing), but the video game thing did not follow me to … Continue reading →

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