Three other motorists were arrested on drunken driving charges after getting into car wrecks: Donna M. Coppa, 38, of Weiner Street in Richmond Valley; Joseph Adinolfi, 25, of Brooklyn; and Erik Oftedal, 22, of the 300 block of Getz Avenue in Eltingville.

Published by SI Live on October 6, 2008.

On Friday afternoon, Brian Pair, 25, of the 300 block of Ridgecrest Avenue in Eltingville, rear-ended an SUV at a stop sign at the corner of Amboy Road, cops said. He smelled of booze, and admitted that he had been drinking, but refused a blood test, police said.

Published by SI Live on October 6, 2008.

An 18-year-old from Staten Island's Meiers Corner neighborhood was arrested after being caught red-handed while spray-painting the tag "DOPE" on a mailbox and an electrical box at the intersection of Stieg and Barlow avenues in Great Kills on Thursday.

Published by SI Live on October 3, 2008.

* Oct. 17 - Eltingville, King Kullen, 4343 Amboy Rd., 9 to 11:45 a.m.

Published by SI Live on October 2, 2008.

* Nov. 19 - Eltingville, King Kullen, 3251 Richmond Ave., 9 to 11:45 a.m.

Published by SI Live on October 2, 2008.

* Monday - Bay Terrace, Pathmark, 3501 Amboy Rd., 9 to 11:45 a.m.

Published by SI Live on October 2, 2008.

9:30 a.m. Labor leaders campaign for Democratic congressional candidate Mike McMahon, at 4456 Amboy Road, on Staten Island.

Published by The New York Observer on September 26, 2008.

Michael Cesalo, 16, of the 100 block of Timber Ridge Drive, Bay Terrace, was arrested yesterday by Police Officer Okelie Bently following an investigation by Lt. Jeffrey Schneider and the unit, police said.

Published by SI Live on September 24, 2008.

On Friday, police arrested Matthew J. Pinto, 19, of the 200 block of Pacific Avenue in Eltingville.

Published by SI Live on September 23, 2008.

Noon. Assemblyman Lou Tobacco hosts a Community Fair and Family BBQ at his district office, 4062 Amboy Road, Staten Island. (Until 4 p.m.)

Published by The New York Observer on September 19, 2008.

Douglas Mercereau was shot three times in the head with his department-issued weapon as he slept in the couple's Tarring Street home in Oakwood, on the morning of Dec. 2 last year. Both girls were sleeping in a nearby bedroom when their father was shot to death.

Published by SI Live on September 19, 2008.

Next Molinaro and Ignizio's crusade is to reclaim more of the mapped width at the Amboy and Richmond Avenue.

Published by SI Live on September 18, 2008.

As part of an effort to build some of the borough's busiest and narrowest main roads out to their intended widths, Borough President James Molinaro and City Councilman Vincent Ignizio had been working separately for years to improve the high-traffic Nelson Avenue and Amboy Road.

Published by SI Live on September 18, 2008.

Nicole R. Garcia, 32, of Brookfield Avenue, had a blood alcohol level of .185 percent, more than double the legal .08 percent limit, when she got into the wreck at the intersection of Katan and Colon avenues just before 9:15 p.m., cops allege.

Published by SI Live on September 18, 2008.

A day earlier, police arrested Nicole Garcia on drunken driving charges after, police allege, she crashed her Chevrolet Suburban a block away from her house, at the Katan and Colon avenues. Her blood alcohol level measured at .185 percent -- more than twice the .08 legal limit.

Published by SI Live on September 18, 2008.

Joseph Bernardo, of the South Shore's Eltingville community, teaches tree prunning, points out Dawn Redwood trees outside the Excelsior Grand in New Dorp.

Published by SI Live on September 18, 2008.

Law enforcement sources say Julio Diaz, 31, choked Jason Garcia to death after Garcia showed up unwanted at his wife's house on Brookfield Avenue in Great Kills on May 10.

Published by SI Live on September 18, 2008.

An Oakwood woman who took a buyout from Merrill Lynch in July said Merrill was a good company to work for before this year, when a sense of impending doom permeated the office.

Published by SI Live on September 16, 2008.

"We're not holding any bank stocks. . It's a matter of working it all out, seeing who is going to survive," said Fazio, of Annadale, a financial planner for downtown boutique investment firm Joseph Gunnar. "Our clients are like everyone else, they just want this to end."

Published by SI Live on September 16, 2008.

Ms. Baran's staff recently surveyed business owners based near train stations in Huguenot, Pleasant Plains, Eltingville and Great Kills. She said most complained about their energy bills and property taxes going up, but she expects to hear more gripes in the future if less commuters are traveling by train to get to financial jobs in Manhattan.

Published by SI Live on September 15, 2008.

There are also radio reports of a possible brush fire in the vicinity of 4455 Amboy Road.

Published by SI Live on September 15, 2008.

Ms. Baran's staff recently surveyed business owners based near train stations in Huguenot, Pleasant Plains, Eltingville and Great Kills. She said most complained about their energy bills and property taxes going up, but she expects to hear more gripes in the future if less commuters are traveling by train to get to financial jobs in Manhattan.

Published by SI Live on September 15, 2008.

Firefighters are also investigating a brush fire at 4455 Amboy Road.

Published by SI Live on September 15, 2008.

Before his alleged charade was revealed, Maniscalco was one of the most popular residents along Adelaide Avenue in Oakwood.

Published by New York Post on September 11, 2008.

A flame, encased in an inconspicuous street lamp, burns eternal in Great Kills. Atop a pathway of prayer that is compose of pavers with names of parishioners inscribed on top, the torch lights the walkway at St. Clare's R.C. Church.

Published by SI Live on September 11, 2008.

Nancy Schimenti, Frank's wife of 41 years, operates Todt Hill Travel from the site.

Published by SI Live on September 11, 2008.

The Mariners Harbor store was born of a business partnership between West Brighton's Socko and one Miss Jenny "Sparkel Plenty" Jones, a 60-something of Annadale. The entrepreneurs met when he was making a living as a dog-sitter, and she needed a companion for her aptly named, late pup, Lucky.

Published by SI Live on September 11, 2008.

For nearly two years, authorities say, an Oakwood man posed as a cop -- wearing a realistic-looking NYPD uniform replete with sergeant's insignia, sporting a police badge and outfitting his mock police car with tinted windows and flashing lights.

Published by SI Live on September 10, 2008.

McMahon and Straniere will face Independence Party candidate Frank Morano of Tottenville and Brooklyn Conservative Paul Atansio on the ballot Nov. 4. Advance Political Editor Tom Wrobleski takes a look at what's ahead.

Published by SI Live on September 10, 2008.

The older Maniscalco said that Ciancimino apparently had been speeding through the neighborhood, and since cops from the 122nd Precinct hadn't showed yet, his brother decided he would talk to him

Published by SI Live on September 10, 2008.

A vagrant who hacked a man to death with a machete during a Christmastime robbery spree in Flushing Meadows Park pleaded guilty to murder yesterday.

Published by New York Times on September 9, 2008.

Dina Tush of Great Kills is composing a victim impact statement as sources today told the Advance a grand jury is set to hear evidence this week against Jessica Tush's alleged killer, Tottenville resident Thomas Paolino. About 50 friends and relatives are writing similar letters to the Office of Victim Witness Advocacy in the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.

Published by SI Live on September 9, 2008.

Authorities discovered the body of 40-year-old Carlos Flores, an Ecuadorean immigrant, in December 2006. His body _ stabbed numerous times with a machete _ was found half-submerged in a pond at Flushing Meadows Park.

Published by amNY.com on September 9, 2008.

A vagrant who hacked a man to death with a machete during a Christmastime robbery spree in Flushing Meadows Park pleaded guilty to murder yesterday.

Published by New York Post on September 9, 2008.

Dina Tush of Great Kills is composing a victim impact statement as sources today told the Advance a grand jury is set to hear evidence this week against Jessica Tush's alleged killer, Tottenville resident Thomas Paolino. About 50 friends and relatives are writing similar letters to the Office of Victim Witness Advocacy in the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.

Published by SI Live on September 9, 2008.

Last month, two other South Shore homes were hit within days of each other. An unfinished home on Rathbun Avenue, Prince's Bay, had its copper piping completely ripped out and a new house on Wood Lane in Tottenville was hit shortly thereafter. In addition, on June 17, two men broke into a first-floor Mariners Harbor apartment and stripped it of copper and metal siding; they were later caught with shopping carts filled with goods.

Published by SI Live on September 8, 2008.

Robert Colvin of Princes Bay, who was heading toward St. George and chewing on a toothpick, said the walkers failed to account for their subway fares once they reached Manhattan — there is a free transfer from the Staten Island Railway to the subway when riders step off the ferry.

Published by New York Times on September 6, 2008.

The coastal areas of Coney Island, Brooklyn, City Island, the Bronx, the Rockaways, Queens and Tottenville, Staten Island, will suffer the most flooding, said Bruno.

Published by New York Daily News on September 6, 2008.

“Can’t you get away with anything nowadays?” Maria Popolano, 22, of Great Kills said the other day as she was hurrying along Bay Street, a wide view of the Manhattan and Brooklyn shores ahead and to her right.

Published by New York Times on September 6, 2008.

A lifelong Islander and Richmond Valley resident, Mr. Fortunato had been dogged by health problems recently, and fell ill after spending an afternoon in his prized vegetable garden Tuesday. The entrepreneur and benefactor died today in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, at the age of 76.

Published by SI Live on September 5, 2008.

Tina Galante of Great Kills, who came by with her husband and friends took similar pause.

Published by SI Live on September 4, 2008.

Mike Fortunato, 76, of Richmond Valley, a lifelong Staten Islander and entrepreneur known for his infectious enthusiasm and passion for helping others, died this afternoon in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, his family said.

Published by SI Live on September 4, 2008.

No one really uses the word "love" when they describe their feelings toward Great Kills, Staten Island.

Published by amNY.com on September 4, 2008.

The areas include the zip codes 10314, 10303, 10308 and 10309.

Published by SI Live on September 3, 2008.

At 7 a.m. Christopher Frangipane was cozy in his Batman pajamas, watching cartoons and not touching the Pop Tart his father had toasted him. By 7:15, breakfast was only a few bites smaller, and there was still an hour to go before it was time to enter room K-103 at Public School 53 near Great Kills Harbor on Staten Island. When the cartoons came to an end, Christopher announced: “I don’t want to go.”

Published by New York Times on September 2, 2008.

At 7 a.m. Christopher Frangipane was cozy in his Batman pajamas, watching cartoons and not touching the Pop Tart his father had toasted him. By 7:15, breakfast was only a few bites smaller, and there was still an hour to go before it was time to enter room K-103 at Public School 53 near Great Kills Harbor on Staten Island. When the cartoons came to an end, Christopher announced: “I don’t want to go.”

Published by New York Times on September 2, 2008.

LaGanga, a Todt Hill resident, has spent his adult life looking after needy residents, supporters say.

Published by New York Post on September 2, 2008.

Doing the work at night will have a minimal impact on residents and students at PS 42, at the intersection of Richmond and Genesee Avenue, said DOT spokesman Craig Chin. The milling work is expected to take about a week, followed by a week of paving.

Published by SI Live on August 30, 2008.

Officials will spray pesticide from trucks on Wednesday, between the hours of 7:15 p.m. and 6 a.m. in the following neighborhoods: Midland Beach, New Dorp Beach, New Dorp, Oakwood, Oakwood Beach, Bay Terrace, Grant City, Old Town and Grasmere.

Published by SI Live on August 29, 2008.

Authorities were looking into the possibility that one of the dozen kids who lived in the Annadale home had been playing with matches, a source said.

Published by New York Post on August 29, 2008.