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Staten Island Advance

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    January 18, 2013

    Lights Out: MTA Turning Off Blue Lights on Select Buses

    Today, the MTA issued an order rescinding the use of flashing blue lights on all Select Bus Service or SBS buses. These lights are used to distinguish the select buses from local buses. Flashing blue lights are particularly useful at a crowded bus stops or when you're squinting up Second Avenue hop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2012

    Representative Michael Grimm Defends Himself Against Allegations of Illegal Fundraising

    Staten Island Republicans opened their brand-new headquarters this weekend, and local leaders took the opportunity to defend Congressman Michael Grimm. The rep was recently accused of raising illegal funds by an article in The New York Times. Grimm gave a speech about his dog Sebastian, which brings ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Frank Console, 49, Just Too Frank: Locked Up for Making Lunatic Death Threats

    ​In one of the noisier, and sadder, cries for help heard in a long time, 49-year-old Brooklynite Frank Console was nabbed after making a series of death threats against various state and local politicians and the Staten Island cops. Calling by phone to 911 from the St. George Ferry Terminal on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Staten Island Teen Dealer Can't Outrun a Horse or Legally Sell Weed Out of a Mayo Jar

    ​A Staten Island teenager was given a summons for carrying a mayonnaise jar filled with weed. We didn't realize that "Hellmann's Medical Strength" had come out yet, but it sounds great. The teen was meeting with a group of kids his age in a shady part of Miller Field on Staten Island and the cops ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Joe and Linda Naimo, Staten Island Elderly Couple, Lick Wounds After Vicious Mugging

    Linda Naimo (Photo: Julia Xanthos/Daily News)​While an elderly Staten Island couple tries to recover from a vicious assault last Sunday, the man and woman who did it are still on the loose. Cops say Joe Naimo, 81, and his wife, Linda, 75, were near their thrift shop, 3J's Variety Store in Tompkins ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    The Search Is On for Dan Donovan's Record on Mortgage Fraud

    Morgan Schweitzer​Would-be state Attorney General Dan Donovan says that the reason he hasn't had any public corruption cases as Staten Island District Attorney, is that the borough's too small to have its very own corrupt officials. The Voice pointed out that for years you could walk into rest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Staten Island Citizen Poets School Fancy-Schmancy Versepeople in Freshkills Park Haiku Contest

    ​The second annual Freshkills Park Haiku Contest (what, you didn't know about it either?) took place in April, and the highly literate judges have now tallied the results, awarding three adult winners and one kid, probably for using the word "mounds" (heh heh). A sampling of the winners, for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    John McCloskey Found with Nail Bomb on Staten Island, Arrested

    ​Najibullah Zazi isn't the only mad bomber in town. On Saturday night Staten Island cops responded to a call on a "confirmed homemade device" at an intersection in Stapleton. It appears to be the work of John McCloskey of Burton Avenue, who claims the bomb was meant as a prank, but which poli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Staten Island Man Threatens Suicide on Facebook, Goes Through With It

    ​"I can't go on anymore. I just hung myself." An unnamed man in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island put this and other disturbing notes on his Facebook page this afternoon, the Staten Island Advance reports. Friends saw the notes and, unable to reach him by phone, contacted authoritie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Cargo Ship Ruptures in Gravesend Bay, Causing Evacuation

    ​A 443 foot cargo tanker, the Sichem Defiance, suffered an internal rupture yesterday morning in Gravesend Bay. The rupture occurred while the vessel was being loaded with 55,000 barrels of ethanol. Rescue boats from the NYPD, FDNY and the Coast Guard rushed to the scene, where they found the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Staten Island Bank Robber Caught

    ​Last week we showed a picture of a man who robbed the Northfield Bank at Hylan Plaza in Staten Island. So did the Staten Island Advance, and one of its local readers recognized the perp as a "homeless man suspected in a number of recent petty thefts in the New Dorp area," says the paper. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Staten Island Wastewater Plant Evacuated, Fumes Sicken 3

    ​Early this morning a sewage plant in Port Richmond, Staten Island was evacuated after a DEP worker and a couple of electricians were overcome by fumes there. Investigation suggests that the ill effects werre caused by a petroleum product that smells like gasoline and was not supposed to be i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2009

    Staten Island hit and run was a family affair

    Staten Island Advance photo/Michael Oates​It makes a sort of twisted sense that Allmir Lekperic would try to find a way to wiggle out. Lekperic, 26, was driving with a suspended license when he allegedly struck and killed an elderly Staten Island couple on their way to Thanksgiving Eve mass ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Staten Island Dumbasses Pose for Camera While Robbing Dunkin' Donuts

    ​ We love Staten Island. These two guys broke into a Dunkin' Donuts in St. George in the wee hours of November 13, and stole about $3,000. However, they did not take precautions as to the security cameras, as this still from the Staten Island Advance shows. (Guy #2 is in the lower right hand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Staten Island D.A. Turns to Shame to Halt Drunk Driving

    ​It's the magical holiday season, and you know what that means: drunk driving crackdowns! On Staten Island, D.A. Daniel Donovan hopes to scare the many hard-drinking readers of the Staten Island Advance by running mug shots of some guys his office sent away for DUI. "These three drunk drivers, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Council Gives Veto-Proof Vote to Parking Meter "Grace Period"

    Despite threats of a mayoral veto, the city council approved a five-minute parking ticket grace period in some circumstances. As their vote was 47 to 2, it is expected they will override the mayor's veto. Daniel Garodnick of Manhattan and Tony Avella of Queens voted no. Maria Baez, as is her custo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Somebody Got Murdered: Murder in Staten Island

    View Larger Map DATE: Nov. 14, 2009, 5:37 a.m. LOCATION: 23 York Ave., Staten Island. Staten Island isn't known as a murder hotbed, but this weekend, two men were shot and killed in the borough. The first of the fatal shootings took place early Saturday outside of the above address. The victim, id ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Somebody Got Murdered: A Second Weekend Homicide in Staten Island

    View Larger Map DATE: Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 12:27 a.m. LOCATION: In front of 44 Yale Street, Staten Island. In the second of two weekend murders in Staten Island, two men were shot, one of them fatally, while they sat in a Lexus outside the above address early Monday. One victim, a male, 24, was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Quick Hits

    ​ Avenue D and 10th Street ca. 1937. h/t The Bowery Boys. Four men dressed as the Super Mario Brothers beat up and robbed a cabbie in Staten Island on Halloween. The Staten Island Advance has the story and some bizarre footage. A mysterious powder was found on the floor of a New Jersey Tra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    New York's Representatives in D.C. Stand United for Staten Island Toll Relief

    Never fear, Staten Island -- your votes are still important. New York's elected representatives in Washington are muscling through H.R. 3960, the Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2009, which finds that some citizens are "forced to endure significant or undue toll burdens," and thereby ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Post-Parade Chaos on the Staten Island Ferry

    Not necessarily happy with today's Yankee parade: some Staten Island commuters caught in the crush of revelers who were making their way back to the Forgotten Borough afterwards. "'It was chaos,' says commuter who was stuck in overcrowded Whitehall Ferry Terminal," reports the Staten Island Advance. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Verrazano Toll-Taker Skimmed $1,093, D.A. Charges

    Joseph Ryan Sforza, the Staten Island D.A. charges, wasn't happy with his earnings as a tool-booth attendant on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, so he started pocketing some of the money drivers handed him. His clever plan was allegedly to take the higher tolls charged for trucks, count them as cars an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    Staten Island Town Brawl Goes Pretty Much As You Would Expect

    Local tea party people warned in advance that Monday's Staten Island health care town brawl with Congressman Michael McMahon would be lively. And voila -- "Health care reform foes dominate meeting with Staten Island congressman," writes the Staten Island Advance. The peeps seem to have gone for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Rap Sheet: Method Man Arraigned in Staten Island, Jim Jones Pleads Out in Manhattan

    ​Today "with obscene gesture, Method Man brushes past photographers at court," says the Staten Island Advance. The member of Staten Island's Wu-Tang Clan was there to be arraigned for tax evasion. The Advance further reports MM "used an 'Ultimate X-Men' graphic novel to shield his face" as he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    New School Bus Policy Terrifies Parents on Staten Island

    This year some public grade school students are not eligible for school bus service, which prompts concern on Staten Island. "City forces seventh- and eighth-graders from their comfort zone -- namely, the yellow bus," reports the Staten Island Advance. "At 7 a.m. in the wintertime," they lede, "Anna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2009

    Vendor crisis averted at Richmond County Fair

    The Staten Island Advance reported yesterday that health inspectors were shutting down food vendors at the Richmond County Fair (warning: blinking type), and that a local politician on the scene was not happy with the situationIn a telephone interview direct from the fair, State Senator Andrew Lanza ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Lady Steals Salvation Army Bucket from Staten Island Store

    The Corporate Grind Cafe at the West Shore Plaza in Staten Island keeps a Salvation Army bucket on its counter, and its employees drop any tips left for their service in it, to be regularly delivered to a charity the owner favors. They also keep surveillance cameras, which is how the Staten Island ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Local Papers' Rhythmic Gymnastics Slideshows a Bit of a Stretch

    ​We realize the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships are in session, but we also realize that the sport is not popular in the U.S. except as a source of derision. Nonetheless both the Daily News and the Staten Island Advance have photo features on it. In the slot where the News normally run ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Cash for Clunkers Drove Car Sales -- Now It's Time for the "Hangover" Stories

    "Staten Island's car dealers brace for post-'Clunkers' letdown," says the Staten Island Advance. Wait a minute -- we thought the program was a failure! Certainly rightbloggers like to say so. Wizbang called it "a complete failure" -- because it hadn't disbursed most of its funds. (And you thought th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Staten Island, Anthony Weiner Town Brawls Bring a Little American Rage to Our Communist City

    ​That Staten Island Health Care Town Hall seems to have had some of the now-traditional bellowing, but not enough to work up a good segment for Glenn Beck. The Staten Island Advance said the New Dorp event was "a chance for many to vent frustration over the plan," which sounds promising at fir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Health Care Forum in Staten Island Tonight, Excitement Predicted

    ​Oh great: they're going to have another Health Care Town Meeting in New York this evening. But it's not going to be a set-up like the ones Anthony Weiner tried to put over on us in Queens. This one's in our most American borough, Staten Island, sponsored by the Staten Island Family Health Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Giuliani Speaks at Staten Island Golf Event, Criticizes Obama and "Nationalized" Health Care

    Staten Island golf events are tumultuous affairs, apparently. Last week a local golfer sued because he perceived he'd been tossed out of a tournament unfairly. This weekend, Rudolph Giuliani, a good friend to Staten Island, spoke at the Richmond County Country Club event to raise funds for the CIAO ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Vox Populi: Staten Islanders Complain of Bad Drivers, "Guidos," "Doot-Da-Doots"

    ​We love the Staten Island Advance. Today they asked readers, "what are your most annoying encounters with road rudeness?" You may not know this, but Staten Island is much like Jersey, and its inhabitants rely mostly on motorized vehicles to get around. While the first commenter says, "get a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Staten Island Pol Gets Real Estate Taxes Frozen; Staten Islanders Attack Pol, Russians, Etc.

    One thing we love about our Staten Island paisans: they aren't easily appeased, especially by politicians. Today the Staten Island Advance gave credit to local assemblymember Janele Hyer-Spencer -- last noted here for winning funds for a new community center, and thus stirring up Staten Island's st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Suspect Arrested in Staten Island Baseball Bat and Bias Attack

    Police have made an arrest in that Staten Island bias attack we told you about yesterday. The Staten Island Advance says cops have responded to tips and picked up Joseph Sweeney, 23, on charges of second-degree assault as a hate crime, second-degree assault, and criminal possession of a weapon. Luis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Bank Robbery Twitter Person Draws Criticism for Using Twitter

    Annemarie Dooling, known as TravelingAnna on Twitter, recently texted updates on a bank robbery and its aftermath for which she happened to be on premises ("police just arrived. maybe theyll let me go now"). As the Staten Island Advance (her hometown paper, and a former employer) reports, this "spar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Poor People Fishing Leads Senators to Call for More, Better Warnings

    Yesterday the Daily News told us about the jolly, impoverished fishermen who cast for possibly poisonous bluefish, bass and flounder off the piers of the outer boroughs, for eating and sometimes for distribution to beggars ("They come here with a plastic bag and hope that people put a fish in it"). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2009

    Somebody Got Murdered: Possible Mob Hit on Staten Island?

    View Larger Map DATE:Thursday, July 2, 2009, 4:33 a.m. LOCATION: Corner of Arthur kill Rd & Ilyssa Way, Staten Island. The police say a man was shot to death at the above intersection last Thursday. He was reportedly waiting for the bus early in the morning. As of this writing, three days aft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2009

    Mayor, Cops Warn Against Illegal Fireworks, Rooftop Parties, Fun

    We know homemade fireworks are illegal in this town, but we were hoping that, with tourism down this summer, they might go a little easier on 4th of July street pyrotechnics. Alas, Mayor Bloomberg and the cops remain on our ass about it -- in fact they're even against rooftop parties to watch the Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Advance: Staten Island Ferry Incident Caused by Transformer Failure

    Yesterday's Staten Island Ferry crash hard landing was caused by a transformer malfunction, the Staten Island Advance reports. One of the John W. Marchi's transformers went out, which we would have thought meant the vessel would rely on the other three transformers on board. But these, apparently in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Staten Islanders Displeased with Bike Lanes

    People complain about bike lanes elsewhere in the city, too, but Staten Island seems to have more trouble with them than most. The Staten Island Advance tells us that new bike lanes are planned for the borough even as "half of the paint forming the Bay Street [bike] route has worn away" because of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Staten Island Girl Stuck in Egypt with Expired Passport

    There's a little girl who wants to come home to Staten Island, but can't. Five-year-old Jennah Farag, an American citizen, is in Egypt with her mother, naturalized citizen Rasha Farag, and has been detained by authorities because the girl's passport has expired, reports the Staten Island Advance. Cu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Staten Island School Excludes, Scars Kids with Poor or Cheap Parents

    It was the kind of scarring childhood experience that might be discussed at length in a therapist's office someday: When I was growing up on Staten Island and didn't have enough money to attend my school's end-of-the-year carnival, I pressed my face against the school-yard fence and watched all the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Carter Center Latest Staten Island Development Catastrophe

    Staten Island seems to have the kind of problems with development that the rest of the city had years ago. We mentioned in passing the troubled state of the Lighthouse Museum, which the Staten Island Advance and others consider a frustrating boondoggle. Recently the paper covered the magnificent but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Cow-Pony (or Pony-Cow) Sighted in Staten Island

    A lot of animals seem to be making a break for it these days -- from Molly the Cow, who bolted from a Queens slaughterhouse, to that walleroo that has been bouncing around fields upstate after escaping from a petting zoo. Yesterday, a stray pony joined the club after it was spotted galloping around ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Prisoner Tape Offered as Evidence Against Rockefeller Drug Law Reform

    The Staten Island District Attorney's office posts, and the New York Post and Staten Island Advance circulate, a tape of a prison inmate bragging that when he gets out, thanks to the misguided repeal of the Rockefeller Drug Laws, he will return to a life of crime. "Now that I know that I'm never gon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Dottie Saved!

    The tabby caught in that Staten Island tree has been saved! "Jose," a "Samaritan/tree-service owner," has climbed the tree and rescued the kitty, announces the Staten Island Advance. The paper further reports that Dottie was "taken without permission last week by a neighborhood teenager interested i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    Why Don't Staten Island Tourists Get Past the Terminal?

    Did you know that Staten Island had tourism? It makes the attempt, anyway, via SINY, Staten Island USA, and NYC & Co. But the Staten Island Advance frankly admits that it hasn't been working -- tourists may take the ferry over, but they don't wander too far inland. Part of the reason is poor sal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    Quick Hits

    Twitpic by bethofalltrades. We love Staten Island. These stories appear in today's Staten Island Advance: a 20-year-old who "opened fire" with a .45 on his street, an 18-year-old who slashed his 14-year-old brother in a dispute over TV volume, and a young couple who took their baby out for a joyri ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2008

    A Staten Island Trombonist Breaks a 64-Year Silence About a Military Race Riot

    A violent tale of justice and injustice from America's uglier racial past

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