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LIRR ticket tech

By Sabrina Garone
Published December 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM EST
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Passengers board a Long Island Rail Road train, in New York's Penn Station.
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Passengers board a Long Island Rail Road train, in New York's Penn Station.

LIRR stations will get new ticket machines. New York will add new driving violations and increased points for others beginning in February. Environmental officials celebrate a Long Island Sound water quality milestone. Plus, a Connecticut photographer losing his sight finds new ways to see again.

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Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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