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Staten-Island, New York is located in Richmond County. Zip codes in Staten-Island, NY include 10308, 10314, and 10301. More Staten-Island information.

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1 hr ago | Sheepshead Bites

Study: Speeding Is Worst In Brooklyn

Here's a story that I think most area residents can file under "No shit." Still, while we knew the truth through our own experience, there's now some data that proves Brooklyn has some of the city's most reckless drivers.

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6 hrs ago | SILive.com

Suit: City repairs sparked Staten Island home fire

The city's attempt to rectify a heating complaint at a Huguenot home met with disastrous results, a lawsuit alleges.

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6 hrs ago | SILive.com

Unbreakable bond between boy and his bugs: 5-year-old befriends cicadas on Staten Island

Although the season of the cicadas is coming to an end, these crusty critters made a lasting first impression on an young out-of-town visitor to Staten Island.

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7 hrs ago | SILive.com

Four who'd be mayor visit Staten Island to pitch woo

From Snug Harbor Cultural Center to St. George and West Brighton, it was a night of mayoral politics on Staten Island on Tuesday, with four City Hall hopefuls touching down in the borough.

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11 hrs ago | SILive.com

Smoother ride ahead for thousands of motorists on Staten Island's Hylan Boulevard

Work crews are preparing to repave two stretches of Hylan Boulevard between Oakwood and Great Kills, as a $6 million project to reconfigure four intersections on the street draws to a close.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

SILive.com

Video/Poll: Pilot food-recyling program to move beyond Staten Island, Upper West Side

When the city came knocking in late April -- with a petite, brown trash can to be set at the curb every week, an oversized pail for kitchen scraps and instructions on how to recycle organic material -- Chris Silva signed up.

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SILive.com

New arrest for slain restaurateur's girlfriend -- police allege DWI in Staten Island graveyard crash

The girlfriend of a slain mob-connected restaurateur has racked up her third drunken driving arrest in the five years since his death, this time crashing her car in the same cemetery where he's entombed, according to authorities.

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SILive.com

Teen nabbed in savage stabbing on Staten Island

A stare-down in South Beach Monday afternoon ended with a 17-year-old stabbed six times, and his 18-year-old assailant behind bars, according to authorities.

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SILive.com

Staten Island dance studio students to perform at Walt Disney World

If you're heading down to Disney World at the end of the month and plan on staying into the month of July, watch for a mega-event on Main Street USA, at which time 150 dance students - who attend Mrs. Rosemary's Dance Studio - will sashay and strut their stuff down in the "Land of Make-Believe."

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SILive.com

Check your zone, Staten Island: New NYC hurricane evacuation maps announced

New hurricane evacuation maps mean an additional 600,000 New Yorkers could be subject to leaving home the next time a massive storm barrels down on the city.

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SILive.com

Five more Staten Island schools get salad bars; Chancellor Walcott celebrates healthy eating at PS 50

Borough President James P. Molinaro had a "tremendous salad" Monday night, after returning home from work at about 11 p.m. Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott also had a salad with homemade dressing and a piece of grilled chicken for dinner last night, after enjoying a salad fur lunch.

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SILive.com

Lowest gas prices on Staten Island -- Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The lowest gas price on Staten Island over the last 24 hours is $3.70 for a gallon of regular unleaded.

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SILive.com

Death toll on the rise: Diabetes killed 237 Staten Islanders in 2011, NYC reports

Regular exercise and healthy eating -- as encouraged in the Staten Island Slim Down community fitness challenge -- are the keys to preventing type 2 diabetes.

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SILive.com

Cops increase presence in Staten Island's Sandy-ravaged neighborhoods

They swooped in like vultures over just a few weeks, stealing brand new copper pipes, or sometimes contractor's tools, from homeowners struggling to make their houses livable after Hurricane Sandy.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

SILive.com

Motorcycle fire on Belt Parkway ties up traffic

Brooklyn traffic was snarled in the vicinity of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge late Monday night when a motorcycle caught fire and generated a big police response.

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SILive.com

Two more shot in spate of gun violence on Staten Island

Two shootings four miles apart capped a weekend of gun violence on the borough's North Shore, leaving a 28-year-old waitress and a 29-year-old reputed gang leader wounded in separate incidents early Monday morning, Marisela Vazquez, 28, was headed back from her job at a Port Richmond pool hall about 4:30 a.m. when she found two men waiting outside ... (more)

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Albany Times Union

After meeting, Klein holds out hope for his bill

The four senators of the Independent Democratic Conference just huddled with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, defending their legislative tactics as the governor himself joined a pile of advocates who have criticized them for not securing floor votes on progressive priorities including abortion.

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SILive.com

Staten Island eviction ruckus results in arrest of 70-year-old landlord and his wife

An eviction at an Elm Park apartment erupted into a melee that sent two tenants to the hospital and resulted in the arrests of three people, including the 70-year-old landlord and his wife, said authorities.

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SILive.com

Police seek man for questioning in connection with attempted grand larceny on Staten Island

Police seek the public's help in finding a man wanted for questioning in connection with an attempted grand larceny incident last month in Great Kills.

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DNAinfo.com

Staten Island Tennis Players Ready to Hang Up Rackets Amid Run-Down Courts

Staten Island tennis players said that there's very few playable public courts in the borough, because most of them have large cracks in the playing surface.

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