Category: Staten Island

The unseasonable warm temperatures might have you yearning for spring and reality is, the start is right around the corner. Springtime, of course, means baseball. And the new high school baseball season will soon commence and what a better way to celebrate than to view a brand new ‘Head Shots’ featuring Staten Island’s baseball players…

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse home where 11-year-old Ashton DeGonzaque was found dying of a suspected drug overdose has been declared unfit. The first-floor apartment of 604 E. Division St. had urine and feces in the tub and sink, so much that both were backed up, according to a report by Syracuse Code Enforcement. There…

A house on Staten Island that sold for $1.5 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales on the Mid-Island in the past week. In total, 25 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $698,724. The average price per square…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 25-year-old man apparently lost control of his motorcycle before it careened into a light pole in a fatal, fiery crash on busy Richmond Avenue in Bulls Head on Tuesday night. Police responded at about 7:46 p.m. to a 911 call of a vehicle crash on Richmond Avenue in the vicinity…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The reopening of the landmarked Port Richmond branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL) after a seven-year, $20 million renovation is in jeopardy as a result of proposed city budget cuts, library officials said this week in a plea to the City Council to restore funding. NYPL President Anthony W.…

DEAR ABBY: Years ago, I sat over lunch, reading your mom’s “Definition of Maturity.” It was shortly after my dad died, and reading it made me realize how lucky I had been. Those were all lessons I learned at home from my parents. Perhaps this item is in your booklet. But could you print it…

Are you tonight’s lucky winner? Grab your tickets and check your numbers. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot continues to rise after someone won the $395 million prize on December 8. Here are the winning numbers in Tuesday’s drawing: 02-16-31-57-64; Mega Ball: 24; Megaplier: 3X The estimated jackpot for the drawing is $735 million. The cash…

Beyonce fans have reason to dance a jig as on Tuesday, Bey herself dropped the name of her upcoming country album: “Act II: Cowboy Carter,” the Associated Press is reporting. Rumblings of a new album began in February when the singer left various breadcrumbs in both a Verizon Super Bowl commercial and on Instagram, the…

If there’s no such thing as a free lunch, there’s definitely no such thing as free gas. A Nebraska woman apparently didn’t think so however, as she figured out a way to get free gasoline by double- swiping a rewards card at a gas pump, the Associated Press is reporting. The 45-year-old woman was arrested…

The Giants signed a quarterback Tuesday, the second day of free agency. But the cheap addition — Drew Lock, on a one-year contract worth up to $5 million — changes nothing about the reality that they could still draft a quarterback at No. 6 next month. And that quarterback — not Lock — would be…