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Traffic impact

Rivertowns, NY
Police & Fire
Car Engulfed By Flames On Saw Mill Parkway In Irvington, Impacts Traffic Car Engulfed By Flames On Saw Mill Parkway In Irvington, Impacts Traffic
Car Engulfed By Flames On Saw Mill Parkway In Irvington, Impacts Traffic A car fire on a busy parkway in Westchester sent plumes of smoke into the air and impacted traffic. The blaze broke out on Sunday, Dec. 1 just after 6:30 a.m., when a vehicle caught on fire on the northbound Saw Mill River Parkway in Irvington, according to the village's fire department. The flames completely consumed the car as firefighters raced to put it out.  The Elmsford Fire Department helped with the effort and the Westchester County Police Department helped direct traffic at the scene.  The cause of the blaze was not released. 

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by Ben Crnic
Reading, PA
News
Videos Show Crowds Waiting For Trump Hours Ahead Of Reading Visit, Traffic Disruptions Expected Videos Show Crowds Waiting For Trump Hours Ahead Of Reading Visit, Traffic Disruptions Expected
Videos Show Crowds Waiting For Trump Hours Ahead Of Reading Visit, Traffic Disruptions Expected Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump won't be in Reading for another eight hours or so, but crowds of people are already lining up to see him. Trump will be holding a campaign rally at Santander Arena Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. (scroll for traffic impacts). Videos posted to X show the crowds waiting outside of the area. Big line in Reading, PA to see President Trump more than eight hours before he’s scheduled to speak tonight.Reading is a Latino-majority city.Trump is scheduled to speak in Scranton earlier today. pic.twitter.com/1npqA8yIjI — Daniel Baldwin (@baldwin_daniel_) …

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by Merriell Moyer
West Chester, PA
News
Here's Livestream For Gaudreau Brothers' PA Funeral Here's Livestream For Gaudreau Brothers' PA Funeral
Here's Livestream For Gaudreau Brothers' PA Funeral A funeral service for brothers Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau is underway. UPDATE: John Gaudreau's Wife Announces Pregnancy With Third Baby At Funeral The Calgary Flames are streaming the Pennsylvania service. Click here for the link. The brothers were struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver while riding their bicycles on Aug. 29 in New Jersey. The service began at 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at  St Mary Magdalen's Church in Media, PA.  Police said that the event will cause major impacts to traffic.

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by Cecilia Levine
Armonk, NY
Traffic
Lane Reduction To Slow Traffic On I-684 In North Castle: Here's Where Lane Reduction To Slow Traffic On I-684 In North Castle: Here's Where
Lane Reduction To Slow Traffic On I-684 In North Castle: Here's Where Traffic on a stretch of I-684 in Westchester and Fairfield counties is set to be affected by a series of lane reductions, officials announced.  Both directions of Interstate 684 in North Castle and Greenwich, between Exit 2 (Route 120) and Exit 3 (Route 22) will be reduced to one lane on Wednesday, Sept. 4, and Thursday, Sept. 5, the New York State Department of Transportation announced.  The lane closures will be put into place between 8 p.m. on Wednesday and 5 a.m. on Thursday.  The traffic impacts will allow crews to perform bridge work, officials said. 

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by Ben Crnic
Rivertowns, NY
Politics
President Biden To Visit Irvington: Here's When President Biden To Visit Irvington: Here's When
President Biden To Visit Irvington: Here's When President Joe Biden will soon be making a stop in the region as part of a celebrity fundraising event. New, updated report: Biden's Irvington Visit To Impact Traffic, Cause Closures Biden will make his visit on Thursday, April 25 in Westchester County to a fundraising event in the village of Irvington-on-Hudson hosted by actors Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, according to the event's webpage.  The exact location of the event has not yet been announced. The cheapest tickets for the fundraising events will cost $3,300, while the most expensive will cost as much…

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by Ben Crnic
Bowie, MD
Traffic
Gas Line Struck By Contractors Working On Prince George's County Project Ties Up Traffic: PD Gas Line Struck By Contractors Working On Prince George's County Project Ties Up Traffic: PD
Gas Line Struck By Contractors Working On Prince George's County Project Ties Up Traffic: PD There will be “significant impact to pedestrian and vehicular traffic” along a busy roadway in Prince George's County after a gas line was struck by a contractor working in the area. At approximately 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1, the Prince Georges’s County Fire/EMS Department issued an alert advising that units were dispatched to the intersection of Lakeland Road and Baltimore Avenue in College Park for a reported gas leak after a line was struck. Officials said that there will be a significant impact on pedestrian and vehicular traffic along Route 1, which was also closed as of approxi…

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by Zak Failla
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
6 Students, Driver Injured In Morning School Bus Crash In Watertown: Officials 6 Students, Driver Injured In Morning School Bus Crash In Watertown: Officials
6 Students, Driver Injured In Morning School Bus Crash In Watertown: Officials Six students and a driver are in the hospital following a school bus crash in Watertown, school officials said. The crash happened in the area of Belmont and Lexington streets just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, Superintendent of Watertown Public Schools Dede Galdston said in a statement.  Please avoid the area of Belmont St. & Lexington St. @WatertownPD & @WatFireDept are investigating a M/V accident. Traffic will be impacted.@watertowngov — Watertown Police (@WatertownPD) October 19, 2022 Forty-four elementary school students were on the bus at the time of the crash.…

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by David Cifarelli