Staten-Island News

Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds of Brooklyn, N.Y., will headline a major music conference in the Harrisburg area this weekend.

Police are looking for the driver of a hit-and-run accident that took place a short time ago on Grymes Hill.

Adele , who has received six nominations this year, is performing for the first time since having surgery on her vocal chords.

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis looks to be the biggest winner, but none of Staten Island's state lawmakers is complaining about their proposed new legislative district lines.

The market value of some Staten Island homes increased. Others decreased. Either way, the assessments have spiked and so too will the property taxes.

Rep. Michael Grimm isn't letting his fund-raising troubles get in the way of bringing in more money to his re-election coffers.

I'm madder than a cockroach who bought land in Bigfoot's cave, and now spends his days and nights avoiding those big feet over the fact that I don't know anything about basket-ball, except the fact that the players today where much baggier pants then they did when I was a Little Screecher.

The Academy of Art University fashion show featured the best and brightest talent of its graduating class of designers during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

Some call it Shrove Tuesday, others Fat Tuesday, and still others, Mardi Gras. But whatever the title given the day before Ash Wednesday, one thing remains constant: Pancakes will be on the menu.

A Valentine's Day caravan of volunteers organized by the United War Veterans Council is spreading the love to soldiers and veterans from West Point to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center during the next few days showing appreciation for all that America's heroes do for their country.

Relatives of a man who jumped off the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge last month are calling for construction of a fence on the span to prevent suicides.

Just when it seemed that Old Man Winter was on the ropes, Staten Islanders awoke to a snowfall that could amount to three inches.

An International Longshoremen's Association local headed by one of ILA President Harold Daggett's sons has bombarded four New Jersey container terminals with grievances alleging more than 100 safety violations.

Brooklyn state Sen. Velmanette Montgomery isn't the first person to casually insult Staten Island and the people who live here, and she won't be the last.

A little-known provision of the Port Authority's new Staten Island Bridges discount plan could give residents a reason to sign up for it.

A Stapleton man pulled over during a traffic stop was discovered to be carrying a bag full of a drug more commonly found in East Africa and the Middle East, police allege.

Karen Gravano landed a multimillion-dollar deal with St. Martin's Press for "Mob Daughter," the ghost-written tome, which tells of her life growing up in Graniteville "as the daughter of one of the Mob's most feared executioners," according to the publisher.

Northfield Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Northfield Bank, has reported basic and diluted earnings per common share of $0.10 for the final quarter of 2011 and $0.42 for the entire year.

The borough's City Council contingent gave kudos to Speaker Christine Quinn's State of the City address yesterday, including her call for mandatory kindergarten for 5-year-olds, which would need state OK.

The free-of-charge event will feature musical and spoken word performances, speeches and workshops from a roster of local and citywide groups, and plenty opportunities to speak openly about the challenges of urban life in this borough.