Expect delays on the LIRR Montauk Branch week of 3/12/13 …Greeting Hamptons Mouthpiece readers…Last week we were informed that County Road 39 would be closed in Southampton in the evenings for 2-3 days March 12-15th 2013 7pm-5am, for road repair. The LIRR released this information on their website that there would be some changes on the Montauk branch and buses will replace trains from Speonk to Montauk for 72 Hours from Tuesday, March 12 thru Friday, March 15, 2013, for Bridge Rehab Work . The Latest Phase of $22.4M Project of rehabilitation of the three east end Bridges which includes AM & PM Peak Outages.
With train service suspended along this segment of the Montauk Branch, the LIRR will take advantage of the track time to reconstruct the railroad crossing on Montauk Highway near Flying Point Road to accommodate future plans of the Town of Southampton to widen Montauk Highway. As a result, Montauk Highway will be closed to vehicular traffic at that juncture on Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13.
Add 40 minutes to your commute in the morning for commuters from Montauk-Speonk if you need to take to bus that will be replacing the trains this week or you can carpool with some of your train buddies and drive to Speonk in the morning to avoid this craziness. Here is your schedule for this week on the Montauk branch.
click on link for revised PDF schedule for this week only or take a look at the scheduled listed below.http://mta.info/lirr/Timetable/MontaukEastEndBridgesSpecialMarch12_15_2013.pdf
The following information listed below taken from the LIRR website ..
For More Information:
Customers can call 511, the New York State Travel Information Line say: Long Island Rail Road. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, use your preferred relay service provider for the free 711 relay to reach the LIRR at 511. Montauk branch customers can also consult the MTA website at mta.info/lirr. At the website, they can sign up for free email service alerts, the fastest and most accurate way to monitor LIRR `trains.
It really does not surprise me that they are seeking a smaller space and downsizing, the increase of the E-book, Kindle and the iPad are dominating the market and possibly decreasing the book sales. Are more people reading on their electronic devices? The other obstacle that small local bookstores like BookHampton face are the online bookstores like Amazon, Barnes & Noble and a variety of other deep discounted online bookstores. It might be increasingly difficult for bookstores to be able to compete with online cost, at least that is what Julie Bosman from the New York Times says in an article she wrote titled 
April is Autism Awareness month …last year 2012 the Flying Point Foundation for Autism along with Southampton Hospital and Suffolk County Department of Emergency Medical Service offered a free workshop called Autism Awareness for the First Responder. It was so well-received they are doing it again this year on April 6, 2013 Free Workshop Interacting with Individuals with Autism at Hampton Bays Middle School. First responders will receive credit toward mandatory professional training.
Come enjoy and celebrate the festival of diversity here in beautiful Sag Harbor…I attend every year and I just love the various types of food displayed. I have to say I am biased, I love the Caribbean table:
