Couple charged with bilking kids program

Millions of dollars were supposed to buy food for preschool kids, but instead paid for a Staten Island couple’s Manhattan properties and business interests, federal prosecutors said.

Smoking drops faster in Staten Island than anywhere else in NYC

… And smoking has dropped pretty far throughout New York.

Plea deal may fail for fake hedge fund leader

The judge said he would give Kenneth Marsh a much longer sentence than expected.

S.I. pro-life priest suspended by bishop

Father Frank Pavone, who leads a nationally noted group against abortion, has been ordered back to Texas. The bishop has questions about how the anti-abortion leader handle donation money.

Trader Joe’s opens on Staten Island in three weeks

A branch of Trader Joe’s means not only shopping, but jobs.

Police say 2nd shoplifting trip is what got ‘em

Police say the same couple had been shoplifting the same store three days before.

Match.com – Other boros just not that into us

A Match.com survey says singles from Staten Island are much more willing to date people in other boroughs than people elsewhere are willing to date here.

Rain isn’t over, neither are the hurricanes

Yes, more rain. Yes, another hurricane. But it won’t be that bad this time – mostly just an added hindrance for construction crews trying to rebuild after the last floods. …

The Twin Towers remain a part of us

In two short weeks, the nation will reflect on the 10 years since the day our world changed forever. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, on New York City and Washington, D.C., changed our future, but it changed our past, too. Iconic images such as the Twin Towers live on in Hollywood.

Some buy flood insurance, don’t get much back

Why exactly do people have to pay flood insurance when the insurance doesn’t actually pay for most flood damage? It’s not that the idea originally lacked merit. The government wanted …