Earlier this morning, a car overturned near 671 Rockaway St. in Tottenville and an accident on the upper level of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge slowed the morning commute until crews were able to remove the car.

Published by SI Live on October 10, 2008.

* Nov. 11 - Tottenville, St. Paul's Methodist Church AARP, 7558 Amboy Rd., 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Published by SI Live on October 2, 2008.

Community Board 3 voted unanimously Tuesday evening to allow a new group home for the developmentally disabled at 184 Carteret Street.

Published by NY1 on September 25, 2008.

As for oversaturation, "Honestly, I don't see [it]," he said, just before the board voted 25-0-0 in favor of the proposed residence at 184 Carteret St. The residence, to be operated by the state Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD), will house eight men ages 25 to 65.

Published by SI Live on September 24, 2008.

Early Saturday morning, police arrested, Marvin G. Garcia, 27, of the 200 block of Brighton Street, Tottenville, after he was pulled over at the Goethals Bridge toll plaza with a .190 percent blood alcohol level, cops allege.

Published by SI Live on September 16, 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.

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.

Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home, 460 Brielle Ave., Sea View; 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 123rd Police Precinct stationhouse, 116 Main St., Tottenville.

Published by SI Live on September 7, 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.

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.

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.

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

Published by SI Live on September 3, 2008.

where builders ran out of money; even a few that fetch up in bustling downtowns of one sort or another. From the marshy lowlands of Tottenville to the lush hills of Riverdale to the ceaseless clangor of Flushing, the end of the line manages to take in the entire breadth of the city beyond Midtown Manhattan.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 29, 2008.

Maps of surveillance data culled by the city Health Department indicate West Nile activity in the following Staten Island ZIP codes: 10301, 10302, 10303, 10305, 10306, 10307, 10310, 10312 and 10314.

Published by SI Live on August 28, 2008.

A horseback rider died while out on a ride this afternoon near the Clay Pit Ponds Preserve in Staten Island's Charleston neighborhood.

Published by SI Live on August 28, 2008.

"I don't see why they can't be opend to the public," he stated. "I don't see anyone using the courts in Sunnyside at Petrides or in Huguenot at Tottenville sometimes. The courts are there. Why let them just go to waste?"

Published by SI Live on August 28, 2008.

A Staten Island teen sobbed in court today while denying charges that he and another suspect robbed a Richmond Valley deli before a victim ripped off his mask and recognized him as an ex-employee.

Published by SI Live on August 27, 2008.

"I find it absurd," said Lisette Spadaro, a Richmond Valley mother who applied to PS 6, PS 1, PS 3 and PS 4 but was rejected from all of them. "You want your children to have the best education -- it's our job to make sure they get the best. So I find it ridiculous they don't have enough seats."

Published by SI Live on August 26, 2008.

It was not the desired effect of the lawsuit, but it got the attention of Robert Bob Schweikert, a Tottenville resident and civic leader.

Published by SI Live on August 25, 2008.

The Manhattan firm of Debevoise & Plimpton drafted the letter and has agreed to take the case pro bono. The same firm sued city officials in 2004 in an attempt to shrink the size of the big box shopping center planned for Charleston, where the city was selling its land to a private developer.

Published by SI Live on August 25, 2008.

Ms. Gargiulo reflected on a national trend that finds many animal shelters -- including Animal Care and Control's Charleston shelter --filled to or above capacity to deal with an abundance of cats and dogs without permanent homes.

Published by SI Live on August 25, 2008.

Two people have been extricated from their cars following a crash in Richmond Valley.

Published by SI Live on August 23, 2008.

Fresca's name surfaced this week in federal documents linking him and his restaurant, Fresca's on the Bay, to the mob, and specifically to Joseph (Joe Black) Young and jailed Bonanno soldier Gino Galestro.

Published by SI Live on August 23, 2008.

Then the man who has lived his entire life at 142 Fisher Ave., Staten Island, U.S.A., noticed the intended recipient of the card: Mr. and Mrs. P. Jones, shared his name and lived at a similar-sounding address,141 Fishers Yard, ST. NEOTS.

Published by SI Live on August 22, 2008.

In a separate incident, cops arrested Alexis R. Hernandez, 29, of Perth Amboy, N.J. at about 2:40 a.m., after he was pulled over at the intersection of Tyrellan and Boscome avenues in Richmond Valley with a blood alcohol content of .10 percent, police allege.

Published by SI Live on August 22, 2008.

In a separate incident, cops arrested Alexis R. Hernandez, 29, of Perth Amboy, N.J. at about 2:40 a.m., after he was pulled over at the intersection of Tyrellan and Boscome avenues in Richmond Valley with a blood alcohol content of .10 percent, police allege.

Published by SI Live on August 22, 2008.

Authorities identified the teens as Diana Ryzhik, 18, of the 100 block of Surf Side Plaza in Tottenville, and Roy Criscione, 19, of the 500 block of Genesee Avenue in Great Kills.

Published by SI Live on August 21, 2008.

The thieves also hit a neighboring development owned by builder John Levenrock, removing copper valves from gas testing lines at the five two-family homes located at 5279 Arthur Kill Rd.

Published by SI Live on August 21, 2008.

Islanders said they love area views, watching boats pass R.H. Tugs in Livingston, the Alice Austen House in Rosebank, the Postcards Memorial in St. George and the Conference House in Tottenville.

Published by SI Live on August 21, 2008.

Builder Ed Nucci was going to show one of his houses on Wood Lane in Tottenville to a prospective buyer late in the afternoon when he discovered the copper baseboard heaters had been ripped out of the basement.

Published by SI Live on August 21, 2008.

The Tottenville man accused of strangling his ex-girlfriend and burying her body in the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey has dropped his Staten Island-based lawyer and hired a defense attorney from the Garden State who once prosecuted one of the Island's most notorious murderers.

Published by SI Live on August 18, 2008.

Biegenwald was convicted of murdering six people, and burying two of the victims in the front yard of his mother's house on Sharrots Road in Charleston. His death sentence was twice overturned on appeal, and he died this March at age 67 in a New Jersey hospital.

Published by SI Live on August 18, 2008.

"New York City has done its best to keep pace with the population boom on Staten Island, but residents from Tottenville to Rosebank to West Brighton know that a heavy rain means flooded streets, basements and cars for too many Staten Islanders," the North Shore Democrat said.

Published by SI Live on August 15, 2008.

Christopher Orientale, 18, of Sprague Avenue in Tottenville, and another man who's still on the lam walked into the Convenient Food Mart at 289 Page Avenue with masks on their faces and robbery on their minds at 2:30 a.m. Monday, according to police.

Published by SI Live on August 12, 2008.

That's the idea behind a fund-raiser tonight in honor of 21-year-old Army Specialist Jesse Murphee hosted by the Applebee's restaurant in Staten Island's Charleston neighborhood.

Published by SI Live on August 12, 2008.

Police say Eduardo Garcia, 23, of the 5,400 block of Arthur Kill Road, appeared intoxicated after they were summoned to the scene shortly after 3 a.m.

Published by SI Live on August 11, 2008.

A dad from Staten Island's Tottenville neighborhood faces child endangerment charges after cops say he fell asleep on a bench at the Stapleton train station with his eight-month-old daughter in a stroller, then walked away when a passerby roused him early yesterday morning.

Published by SI Live on August 11, 2008.

Morano, a Tottenville resident and former health insurance company executive was flanked by Richard Hoffmann, the 25-year-old vice president of the Staten Island Young Republicans, who endorsed him while echoing the theme of change and innovation in the campaign.

Published by SI Live on August 10, 2008.

The larvicide treatment will take place from Wednesday through Friday, between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. each day. Areas scheduled for spraying are Arlington, Chelsea, Old Place, Bloomfield, the former Fresh Kills landfill and Port Mobile. Affected zip codes are 10314, 10303, 10308 and 10309.

Published by SI Live on August 4, 2008.

Four slayings this month, including Wednesday morning's slaying of 66-year-old Tottenville restaurateur Frank Fresca, have pushed the number of murders on Staten Island to 14 -- two more than the total number of murders in all of 2007.

Published by SI Live on August 3, 2008.

A day after the 66-year-old owner of Fresca's on the Bay was found riddled with bullets on the grounds of his Tottenville surf-and-turf restaurant, his 29-year-old girlfriend discussed the slaying during a brief interview with the Advance.

Published by SI Live on August 1, 2008.

There were 682 domestic violence arrests on Staten Island during the six months from October 2007 to March of this year, according to data Donovan provided to analysts in the mayor's domestic violence office. The crime cuts across race, class and geography, according to the analysis. Mariners Harbor saw the most arrests during the interval, with 280, but Tottenville's 180 arrests wasn't far behind.

Published by SI Live on August 1, 2008.

Frank Fresca, 66, who dodged death three years ago in another attack, was blown away by nine bullets steps from Fresca's on the Bay in Tottenville just after midnight, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on July 31, 2008.

He hadn't made the payroll at Fresca's on the Bay in a month. He had a temper, and was quick to fire employees who didn't do things just the way he wanted.

Published by SI Live on July 31, 2008.

W's Bar and Restaurant. 7001 Amboy Rd., Tottenville. There may not be an official beer garden on the South Shore, but with...

Published by SI Live on July 31, 2008.

Police are investigating the circumstances behind the execution-style slaying of a man in Tottenville early today. The victim was reportedly shot numerous times. His bullet-ridden corpse was found on the grounds of Fresca's on the Bay, 225 Ellis St. Police are now

Published by SI Live on July 30, 2008.

The bullet-riddled corpse of Frank Fresca Sr., 66, was discovered by his employees near a ramp leading to an on-site trailer at posh Fresca's on the Bay, 225 Ellis St., at 12:25 a.m.

Published by SI Live on July 30, 2008.

Police say employees found the body of Frank Fresca Sr. early Wednesday outside Fresca's on the Bay

Published by amNY.com on July 30, 2008.

Police say Frank Fresca Sr. was shot up to nine times in the upper body at Fresca's on the Bay at 225 Ellis Street just before 12:30 a.m. this morning. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 30, 2008.