Category: Staten Island

Dear Annie: How can I get people who visit me to wash their hands after they use the bathroom? I have provided pump soap so they don’t have to use a bar of soap. I have put in decorative paper towels so they don’t have to use a cloth towel and a sign that says…

A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 7:45 a.m. for dense fog until 10 a.m. for Albany and Rensselaer counties. “Areas of patchy dense fog this morning around the immediate Capital District, as seen on area web cameras, have resulted in reduced visibility. Use caution if traveling through late…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Going back to work following childbirth can understandably be a difficult time for parents but single mother Lynsey Rinelli took it extra hard. Following a three-month maternity leave, Rinelli, an emergency room veterinarian by trade, felt guilty leaving behind Gracelyn during 12-hour shifts away with those feelings only amplified during the…

DEAR ABBY: A while ago, as I was standing in line at the grocery store, a young woman with seven or eight items tied up the checkout process by leaving her groceries on the belt, and then running back to grab something she forgot. It happens. I get it. She was buying name-brand food items,…

A report was issued from the National Weather Service on Sunday at 10:48 p.m. for dense fog until Monday at 8 a.m. for St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton and Essex counties. “Areas of fog have developed across the region tonight. Some of this fog may be locally dense, reducing visibility to one quarter of a mile…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 33-year-old New Dorp man faces multiple charges following an incident in which he allegedly menaced several people with a machete in Eltingville shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday. Following an initial police response regarding a woman having had a machete swung at her, Joseph Mason barricaded himself inside a home on…

Chris Mortensen, an ESPN reporter who covered the NFL, died Sunday at the age of 72, ESPN is reporting. Joining ESPN in 1991, Mortensen spent nearly three decades as a regular contributor to the network’s NFL shows and “SportsCenter,” the report said. Mortensen who received the Pro Football Writers of America’s Dick McCAnn award in…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD is investigating the shooting death of 13-year-old Troy Gill in Crown Heights on Thursday, according to a report by CBS News. After neighbors called to report gunfire, police found Gill with bullet wounds at the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and St. Mark’s Avenue on Thursday night. Read the full…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Bars and restaurants along Forest Avenue appeared busier than ever Sunday afternoon during the 60th Staten Island St. Patrick’s Parade. In years past — with fear of COVID-19, coupled with recent pushback from Islanders regarding the exclusion of LGBTQ+ communities — crowds seemed to have dwindled along the parade route. But…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Twelve units comprising 60 firefighters responded to a call of a warehouse fire in West Brighton Saturday night. The all-hands blaze was reported just after 9:30 p.m. on the second story of a two-story building located at 1016 Castleton Ave. and Broadway, an FDNY spokesperson said. The fire was brought under…