Staten Island teacher — a Monsignor Farrell alum — wins ‘Jeopardy!’ with Princess Diana...
Rocco Graziano, a substitute teacher from Staten Island, and Monsignor Farrell High School alumnus, emerged as the latest Jeopardy! champion after an impressive performance on the June 26 episode. Spoiler alert for June 26 Jeopardy! episode: Despite an unexpected Final Jeopardy outcome where none of the contestants...
Staten Island family fights city to keep Lucy the emotional support pig
A Staten Island family is fighting to save their beloved emotional support pig after city health officials threatened to take her away.
Staten Island food truck festival has everything: 19 vendors, classic cars and the singer...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Catholic Charities of Staten Island is revving up for its biggest Food Truck Festival yet, transforming The Mount into a weekend destination for food lovers, music enthusiasts — think the “Numa Numa Song” — and car aficionados from June 27-29. This year’s expanded event at 6481 Hylan Blvd....
More than 100 shoppers line up for Aldi’s grand opening, as grocer opens its...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Barney Robinson loves Aldi. So, when he heard that a new location was opening in New Dorp, the Bath Beach resident packed a bag, crossed the Verrazzano and hopped in line at 4 a.m. on Thursday in anticipation of the discount grocer’s grand-opening events. He was the first shopper to enter the...
NYC cracks down on hundreds of Airbnb hosts over illegal rentals, may yank licenses
The Big Apple is cracking down on hundreds of rogue Airbnb hosts who legally registered their apartments for home sharing – but who have since run afoul of strict rules that were imposed by the city in 2023 . Some rented out their entire apartments for less than 30 days — a typical Airbnb arrangement outside the city...
How Staten Island hit-run murder suspect and ‘Mob Wives’ husband were linked in 2008...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 54-year-old Fort Wadsworth man, who was charged with murder in a hit-and-run crash in Queens this week, has a unique link to a “Mob Wives” husband due to their involvement in an attempted bank heist dramatically thwarted by authorities on Thanksgiving Day 2008.
These 10 speed cameras issued more than $2M in fines, nearly 41K tickets on...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y — Ten speed cameras on Staten Island were responsible for generating more than $2 million and nearly 41,000 tickets in a roughly three-month span, according to new data from the city. The cameras — part of a network of roughly 240 permanent and mobile speed cameras...
Video shows Grasmere man chased by aggressive turkey in own driveway
Staten Islanders are used to seeing turkeys pretty much everywhere they go. And while turkeys make a lot of noise and sometimes cause minor traffic jams, it’s startling to see them actually going after a human. But that’s what happened to Noel Colon, a Grasmere resident who recently had...
‘Delay after delay after delay’: MTA promises action for Staten Island express, local bus...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After a pattern of canceled bus service on Tuesday and Wednesday morning, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) says it is looking at new ways to improve service on Staten Island. Between the two days, official alerts from the MTA warned that 12 of the borough’s...
Staten Island teacher retires after 32 years at school she once attended
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A beloved Staten Island educator is retiring after 32 years of shaping young minds at the same school she attended as a child. Sabrina Fleming, a kindergarten and pre-K teacher at PS 42 in Eltingville, has been teaching at the school — which also happens to be her alma mater.
