Staten-Island News

As a cement mixer rumbles by and impatient motorists lean on their horns, a little piece of history on Richmond Road seems choked by modern life.

Ten years after his semi-autobiographical "My Big Gay Italian Wedding" opened off-Broadway, playwright/actor Anthony Wilkinson has a sequel, "My Big Gay Italian Funeral," in the wings.

A Staten Island supporter of the blind cleric, Omar Abdel Rahman, who masterminded the 1993 World Trade Center bombing has been arrested as part of a sweeping, multimillion-dollar scheme to flood New York with untaxed cigarettes, the state attorney general's office announced Thursday.

Some 2,500 people turned out for the 1012 Touch-a-Truck event at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St.

A visitor at the opening of "They're Baaack: Return of the 17-Year Cicadas" takes a snapshot of some of the Staten Island Museum's 35,000 specimens.

A ceremony to honor the Rev. Vincent R. Capodanno was conducted inside the Chapel that bears his name at Fort Wadsworth last Tuesday.

That's about the only thing going for the generation under 40 here in the US, according to a new study on wealth building over the last 30 years.

Today, May 19 at 2 p.m., Staten Island Museum Art Curator Robert Bunkin will present "Fresco: A Modern Perspective," at the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum.

The "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" franchises have captivated science fiction fans on Staten Island and beyond for generations.

Staten Island artist Dominick Denaro's paintings of Italy will be among the featured works at June 1's 46th Annual Conference House Art Show.

New York Lottery spokesperson Gretchen Dizer, left, and Lottery representative Jenny Garcia Friday introduced six new Lottery millionaires.

The architect and owner of this house at 44 Labau Ave. in Sunnyside is asking neighbors to be patient as he and his wife rebuild the home.

Berkeley, Calif., landscape architect Jeni Webber created a floral wreath that resembles a color wheel.

Mornings are great for morning people, and you know who you are. You're ready with or without the two shots of espresso that everyone else needs- to just pull out of the driveway.

New details emerge on two Ocean City brothers, Basel and Samir Ramadan arrested for their alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling ring.

Tenor Benjamin Robinson is among the guest soloists joining Richmond Choral Society for "Divine Light." "DIVINE LIGHT" Richmond Choral Society under the baton of Marina Alexandar STATEN ISLAND, NY - People shopping for transcendence and spiritual refreshment can look to churches and temples, 12-step sessions and yoga classes.

New York State Assemblyman Vito Lopez has announced his resignation Friday morning - a major development after months of speculation and accusations into sexually harassing his own staff members.

The Maygar Reformed Church in Charleston will be participating in the New York Landmark Conservancy's Sacred Sites Open House Weekend.

The trees and wild shrubs in an untouched, 8-acre lot near the corner of South and Forest avenues changed from bare twigs to thickets of green a few weeks ago, just as they have every Spring since the land was bought and then sat idle for more than four decades as its owner held out for the perfect deal.

Island artists are invited to particpate in the South Shore LDC's "Art in the Towns" program, highlighting the beauty of Annadale, Great Kills and Eltingville.