Category: Staten Island

The New York Mets have not played their first spring training games, but they’ll already be without their top starting pitcher when they do so — and likely much longer. President of baseball operations David Stearns told reporters Thursday in Port St. Lucie, Florida, that Kodai Senga has a “moderate right posterior capsule strain” in…

A number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data from Downdetector. AT&T had more than 73,000 outages around 9:30 a.m. ET, in locations including Houston, Atlanta and Chicago. The outages began at approximately 3:30 a.m. ET. The carrier has more than 240…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Many families with children have been waiting to file their taxes until changes to the Child Tax Credit are finalized in Congress, but the IRS commissioner says there’s no need to wait. Recently, the House of Representatives passed the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, which includes an expansion…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City is adding nearly 2,000 public school seats to Staten Island at the former St. John Villa Academy property in Arrochar — and additional plans have been shared regarding traffic mitigaton, parking for school staff and more. Read the full article here

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married three years, and we generally trade off spending holidays with each of our families. Because neither set of our parents is willing to travel to us, we go to them. My mother-in-law takes great pride in hosting and sets a beautiful table. She’ll spend an entire…

It’s time to grab your tickets and check to see if you’re a big winner! The Powerball lottery jackpot continues to rise after one lucky winner in Michigan won $842 million in the January 1 drawing. Is this your lucky night? Here are Wednesday’s winning lottery numbers: 04-27-33-41-42, Powerball: 14, Power Play: 2X The estimated…

Much of the discussion around the Giants’ offseason thus far has focused on Saquon Barkley – will the Giants franchise tag the running back? Extend him? But there’s another question mark – the future of a young player on the other side of the ball who is coming off an impressive contract year. That’s safety…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Eight people have been charged with carrying out a multi-million-dollar life insurance fraud scheme using terminally and seriously ill people, Staten Island District Attorney Michael E. McMahon announced on Friday. Steve Miller, Jim Miller, Edward Kern, Shmuel Goldberg, Manuel Krausz, Gabriella Klein, Charles Lamantia and Julie Quick face multiple charges, including…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — JAR of Hope, an organization that raises funds to research a cure for kids with Duchenne muscular dystrophy — that’s recently expanded its mission statement to include kids on the autism spectrum — has donated $11,702 to Crimson Rise, a Staten Island foundation for young autistic adults. The gift will help…

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Mets starter Kodai Senga was nowhere to be seen on Wednesday. “After his side session yesterday, he came in and experienced some arm fatigue,” Mendoza told reporters. “So, he stayed inside and we’re taking a look at him.” Pressed about what this means for the starter, Mendoza added, “We’ll see.”…