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The zoo said it happened around 2:30 p.m. when the wild animal keeper was cleaning an enclosure.

A standing-room-only spot at Madison Square Garden costs $800 in the playoffs. Courtside chairs are pushing $42,000. For most New Yorkers, the outdoor watch parties outside MSG were not simply a nice addition to the postseason experience; they were the postseason experience. And now they are gone, six arrests into a Co

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Elvira Russo was 14 when she first stepped behind a bakery counter in Brooklyn. These days, she’s the one calling the shots. At Rispoli 2 Pastry Shop & Cafe on Hyatt Street—just steps from historic Borough Hall and about a block from the Staten Island Ferry—the St. George storefront buzzes with co

Formed 60 years earlier and disbanded in 2023, the Newark Boys Chorus was a world-renowned choir that performed regularly in New Jersey’s largest city and throughout the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia. The group’s young male sopranos, or “trebles,” and slightly deeper-voiced altos, or “meanes,” were global ambassado

Newark, NJ — A New Jersey woman wanted on warrants connected to Ocean County has been arrested and booked into the Essex County Jail, according to inmate records released Sunday. Nicole Hamm, 37, was committed to the Essex County Correctional Facility on May 24 and is currently being held at the jail’s main facility in

At its May meeting Thursday night, the Jersey City Board of Education voted to approve 55 transfers of Jersey City Public Schools teachers, many from non-classroom to classroom roles. It also voted to renew its contracts with nearly three dozen vendors for next school year and heard a year-end report from the Jersey Ci

For over 20 years, residents of Port Liberté say the quality of life at their Greenville condominium complex has been seriously degraded by a nearby metal recycling facility. On Friday, a Superior Court judge signed off on a settlement that Port Liberté’s attorneys hope will bring relief to the condominium’s residents.

Being abandoned can leave a dog shaken long after the moment has passed. Losing familiar people and places can make them frightened, confused, and unable to understand what went wrong. That was what happened to Mia, a three-year-old Pit Bull from Newark, New Jersey. One night, she fell asleep as...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island residents should prepare for a dreary Memorial Day weekend as rain, gusty winds and hazardous beach conditions continue through Sunday before improvements arrive early next week. The National Weather Service forecasts persistent rain through the remainder of Saturday, intensifying o

For nearly four decades, the boxy yellow workhorse roamed the streets of New York and became a symbol of the city itself.