Category: Staten Island

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, who took office aiming to steady a nation convulsed by the coronavirus pandemic and the Jan. 6 insurrection, clinched a second straight Democratic nomination Tuesday and set up an all-but-certain rematch with the predecessor he blames for destabilizing the country. Biden became his party’s presumptive nominee when he won enough delegates in…

Grammy-nominated, singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha walked off mid-performance at Sports Illustrated’s “The Party” Presented by Captain Morgan in Las Vegas, after complaining about technical issues, as reported by TMZ. Rexha was originally born in Brooklyn but moved to Staten Island when she was six years old. She attended Tottenville High School and was part of the…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — “Traumatized.” That’s how two neighbors who live on Jules Drive in Graniteville described themselves after they witnessed the horrific aftermath of a crash that obliterated their backyard fences and furniture, and left a fatally wounded passenger ejected onto the debris. One homeowner had just gotten back inside his home after taking…

A California man being paid $8,000 to drive more than 12 pounds of heroin from Los Angeles to New Jersey was arrested last week after blowing through a stop sign in Fort Lee, federal prosecutors said. Timothy Alan Blank, 54, told investigators he picked up the packages — containing $195,000 in heroin and fentanyl —…

Stanley Raymond Wrobleski, 95, a proud U.S. Army veteran who served in the Army of Occupation in Japan following World War II and who moved to Staten Island from Brooklyn before the opening of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, died on March 10 at Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Mr. Wrobleski was born in Brooklyn, one…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In honor of those who have died, here is a compilation of obituaries posted on SILive.com. Viewing times and guest books can be seen here. Wallace David Katz, a beloved husband, father, and grandfather, peacefully passed away on Saturday, Mar. 9, at the age of 92. His diverse and fulfilling life…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 63,000 baby swings sold by Jool Baby are under recall for possible suffocation risk and failure to meet federal safety standards, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The swings pose a suffocation risk because it was marketed, intended, or designed for infant sleep, and it has…

South Beach from above in an image circa 1970. Some might remember The Caterpillar ride from the former amusement park in the neighborhood. Does anyone remember the pizza in the area, including one called the “Flying Saucer”? It hailed from LaRocca’s Seafood on Sand Lane at Cedar Avenue. Read the full article here

Following the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the iconic Wu-Tang Clan is set to grace a Las Vegas stage this month, at a residency at the Theatre at Virgin Hotels in Sin City. ‘The Saga Continues… Wu-Tang Clan: The Las Vegas Residency’ returns to The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas for two shows scheduled…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Six months after deciding to go all in on comedy, a then-26-year-old Wellie Jackson found himself performing a set at Madison Square Garden in front of a packed crowd. The born-and-raised Staten Islander had been invited by comedian Tu Rae Gordon, one of Jackson’s mentors, who was opening for R&B group…