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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A New Brighton woman is applauding two industrious boys who she said dug her car out of large snow drifts after last weekend’s powerful blizzard. Joan Kamienowski-Coogan, 74, had neighbors help her shovel her property on Monday, but her car remained buried until Tuesday, when she had a visit...

This is snow impressive! A Manhattan wedding dress designer went viral this week for sculpting an uncannily realistic mannequin out of snow. Upper West Sider Colette Komm headed to Central Park Tuesday afternoon with only two serrated bread knives — and in just three hours, had carved out the snowy work of art. Dress...

Animal activists claim a Coney Island principal is a real-life Cruella de Vil for failing to protect a pair of stray cats repeatedly buried by snow blowers this year. Coney Island animal lover Suzanne Hernandez had been feeding a then four-member cat colony at IS 303 on Shore Parkway for 12 years, without issue,...

A woman was fatally stabbed and her teenage son was badly hurt after her beau allegedly attacked them with a knife Saturday morning in the Bronx, cops said. Yesenia Hall, 42, was stabbed in the neck and torso and her 16-year-old son in the neck and back around 6:30 a.m. in their apartment on Sherman Ave. in...

On the far eastern point of Long Island, about 120 miles from Manhattan, lies Montauk, a dreamy bohemian hamlet with world-class surf and seafood. While Montauk is known as a popular summertime getaway, its prime position occupying New York's easternmost point was also used for another purpose. During World War II,...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The man accused of hitting and seriously injuring a 70-year-old crossing guard wept during a courthouse hearing on Long Island, according to sources. Saying as he was placed into a police vehicle: “It was an accident. I slid on the ice…. It was an accident.” Joshua Alvarado, 30, of Queens, faces […]

The Pakistani government is screwing New York City taxpayers – again. After pocketing $146.6 million to run the Roosevelt Hotel as a migrant shelter for two years, Pakistan’s state-owned property is now stiffing the city for $13.6 million in overdue property taxes and nearly $1 million in unpaid water bills, The Post...

A three-alarm warehouse fire sent heavy smoke over Bergen County on Friday, Feb. 27, authorities said. Moonachie firefighters were dispatched to 1 State St., at 5 p.m. for a reported water flow alarm, the department said (click here for photos). A responding police officer reported heavy smoke coming from the...

Walking into Carlo’s in Hoboken feels like a warm, buttery hug from 1910 that survived the fame of reality TV. The scent of vanilla hits you like a brick wall of nostalgia before you even lay eyes on the legendary glass cases. While Buddy Valastro turned this corner into...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Newark, NJ – A surge of unseasonable warmth could sweep across New Jersey within days, accelerating snowmelt and increasing the risk of standing water on highways ahead of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations...