Staten-Island News

The Staten Island Railway will lay on extra trains Friday for those looking to get a jump on their Memorial Day weekend.

Police have identified the victim in a shooting outside the Park Hill Apartments complex in Clifton Wednesday night as Roland Dowe, 45, of Brooklyn.

Floodwaters from Superstorm Sandy destroyed the first floor of this house in Staten Island, New York.

Staten Island Republicans made expected nominations for borough president, mayor and South Shore City Council on Tuesday night, but the sizzle came when North Shore Council candidate Mark Macron came out swinging against incumbent Democratic Councilwoman Debi Rose.

On Saturday, just in time for Memorial Day, Gateway National Recreation Area will open the Great Kills Park's boat ramp to the public for the first time since Hurricane Sandy, said Gateway Superintendent Linda Canzanelli.

Outside a Livingston home one recent Friday night, balmy breezes hinted of warming weather to come on Staten Island.

The Annual Ruffminster Dog Show & Spring Fair will take place this Sunday at the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds on Manor Road a week after it was canceled due to rain.

A Midland Beach teen accused in a knifepoint mugging in Tottenville says he's the victim, not the culprit, in the May 7 incident.

Cicada mania has arrived on Staten Island, as the creepy crawlers finally showed up after 17 years underground, and some residents wish the short-lived winged insects would just disappear.

On the turf of former State Senator Carl Kruger and embattled State Senator John Sampson, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch came before a group of concerned citizens with a message: don't despair, not everyone is corrupt, be you must be active and involved to ensure the best from your elected leaders.

The New York Wheel and Empire Outlets project has cleared one of its first major planning hurdles -- it has been certified into the city's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

"We really feel that the only way to get rid of the SAFE Act is to get rid of Cuomo," said Bobby Zahn of the Richmond County Tea Party Patriots A 2nd amendment supporter holds a sign at the Richmond County Tea Party Patriots rally Sunday at the corner of Richmond Avenue and Arthur Kill Road.

Con Edison restored power to the nearly 4,000 customers in West Brighton and parts of New Brighton as of 3 p.m., a spokesman for the utility said.

Vaccines "would defile God's creation of the immune system" and interfere with His plan "to supply each human with a pristine immune system," Dina Check of West Brighton wrote in an affidavit to the court.

New York has some of the best beaches on the Atlantic seacoast, with every borough but Manhattan sporting at least one.

"Our bill is a long-awaited measure to help protect those people in New York state who are particularly vulnerable," said Sen.

Prosecutors have declined to pursue charges against a 17-year-old from Mariners Harbor arrested in the aftermath of a stabbing at the Great Kills train station Thursday morning.

The final remnant of Staten Island's former Victory Diner was dismantled over the weekend at its outdoor storage area in Midland Beach and is being disposed of, said NYC Parks spokesman Phil Abramson.

Police on Monday arrested Vincent Garcia, 17, of the 500 block of Lincoln Avenue, charging him in connection with a mugging and theft of a cell phone , which took place in Tottenville on May 7. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Midland Beach teen is accused of shoving a man off his bike and taking his cell phone at knifepoint.

"Can you imagine having an opportunity to have a hands-on with something like ? I'd love that," says Greg Hansen of Tottenville when asked about visiting Africa after his cross-country bike journey.