The week ahead includes the New Year's holiday on Wednesday and a possible snow and ice storm toward the end of the week.
1. The LIRR is adding extra trains if you're inclined to going into Manhattan on Tuesday night. See the story here: Ball drop temperatures in Times Square expected to be below 30 degrees.
2. Wednesday is New Year's Day, 2014, a national holiday.
3. Do you have an announcement that your group or institution needs to make to the public? Post it directly to our "Events" calender here.
4. Farmingdale schools return to regular session beginning Thursday Jan. 2., that is unless....
5. The National Weather Service week-long models indicate a major storm, perhaps with heavy snow, could smash into the East Coast around Thursday. The forecast for Plainview is a wintry mix of freezing rain and snow, beginning sometime early Thursday and continuing into Friday.
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