A major development project for its waterfront could give Staten Island a much-needed boost, but the tide is taking young people from its shores.
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Big City: Hoping a Project Will Lift Staten Island
A small white tent in Staten Island offered elite runners a place to meditate, receive massages and talk with other top athletes before being escorted to the starting line.
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New York City Marathon: At the Starting Line, Meditation and Anticipation
The Greenbelt Native Plant Center on Staten Island safeguards local species of plants, and Ed Toth is its own Johnny Appleseed.
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New York City Native Plant Center’s Seed Is for the Future
A Bravo executive smilingly delivered a withering critique of the involvement of a chorus of fifth graders from Staten Island in the Academy Awards broadcast; City Room wants your opinion.
Judge Philip S. Straniere of Staten Island Civil Court has built a following for entertaining judicial writing that tends to take some twists and turns.
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One Judge’s Biggest Decision: Which Movie to Quote
Neil Bucken’s little sister said that all she wanted for Christmas, and her 11-year-old birthday, was her brother. But Bucken, a native of Staten Island, is stationed in Afganistan for two years–so he arranged to have a 7-foot replica of himself…
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Marine Sends Family Ice Replica of Self
George Burke fell in love with a Staten Island mansion when he was a youth and eventually became its owner and protector.
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Habitats: A Mansion’s Ardent Admirer and Devoted Steward
Eric Bellucci had fled the country after fatally stabbing his parents in their Staten Island home Wednesday, the police said.
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City Room: Arrest in Staten Island Double Murder
To prepare for the composer Magnus Lindberg’s “Kraft,” members of the New York Philharmonic have scoured a junkyard in Staten Island for pieces of metal to play.
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From Heaps of Junk, a Melodious Clang
New York City Marathon: At the Starting Line, Meditation and Anticipation
Monday, November 7th, 2011
