Staten-Island News

Matthew Hess, 15, of Tottenville was among those who practiced before members of the Staten Island YMCA Youth Baseball Leaguea s Senior Division played an exhibition game yesterday at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St.

A Staten Island man who nearly drowned last week down at the Jersey Shore has been identified as former Advance All-Star John Benedetto , who excelled for the Tottenville Pirates.

A license plate check has led to a variety of charges including disorderly conduct, receiving stolen property and possession of cocaine, against two New York City residents.

The Manor Deli, at 927 Manor Rd. in Castleton Corners, was robbed yesterday at 3:20 p.m. Detectives are still searching for three men, who took part in a brazen afternoon robbery at a deli in Staten Island's Castleton Corners section, terrorizing the cashier.

A Staten Island dog-walker survived a bullet to the head after, police said, an argument with a driver who almost ran over his pooch ended in gunshots.

The U.S. office market vacancy rate reached 15.9 percent in the second quarter, its highest in four years and rent fell by the largest amount in more than seven as demand from companies and other office renters remained weak, real estate research firm Reis said Inc.

A Staten Island man admitted in federal court yesterday to operating an illegal loan-sharking operation that used tactics like beatings and threats of leg-breaking to coerce debtors to pay up, said Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra Jr.

Jonathan D'Onofrio leaves Stapleton Criminal Court after an appearance on Jan. 31, 2008.

DATE:Thursday, July 2, 2009, 4:33 a.m. LOCATION: Corner of Arthur kill Rd & Ilyssa Way, Staten Island.

Reporting from San Francisco and Albany, N.Y. - As California lawmakers stay locked in partisan gridlock, residents might take small solace in one fact: There is a legislative body even more divided, more hapless and more dysfunctional than the one in Sacramento.

Still, the blazing sky paled in comparison to the "war zone" conditions of 2005, which led to hundreds of 911 calls, or the ugly battle between police and revelers in 2007 that led to 19 arrests.

The Mariners Harbor Home Depot is located at 2501 Forest Ave. A contractor from Staten Island's Eltingville section tried to bilk Home Depot of more than $1,000 by switching price tags on several doors he bought, authorities allege.

The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years began the arduous climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism of freedom and national pride."I feel like I was just born today," said Andrea Balfour, 38, as she prepared to ascend the 354 steps with her daughter, Mona.

With her piano-fueled songwriting, witty wordplay, and slight vocal vibrato, Ingrid Michaelson carries the tradition of the female singer/songwriter into the 21st century.

Authorities say the failure of a transformer caused a Staten Island ferry to lose power and slam into a pier.

Against an electric blue backdrop, the chunky, multi-hued typography sprayed across the three-story exterior of NYC Arts Cypher pops like nothing else on the block.

The FDNY, NYPD and Coast Guard responded to a Staten Island Ferry accident at the St.

A police car blocks off Ilyssa Way at Arthur Kill Road as officers investigate a fatal shooting.

Visitors to a Staten Island's Von Briesen Park stumbled on a grisly scene twice this week: a mutilated animal wrapped in a white sheet.

A police car blocks off Alyssa Way at Arthur Kill Road as officers investigate a fatal shooting.