Federal Jobs Finally Here: Economic Stimulators, Mount Up!
Gothamist.com
One of the first projects funded by stimulus money got underway this week, building new retail space for much-needed restaurants and shops at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. And yesterday the big two in NY politics announced that stimulus...
Ruehl, Chalfant, Goodman and More Read Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell at Bay Street
Playbill
Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell, an evening of personal monologues by the late writer, featuring Mercedes Ruehl and Kathleen Chalfant, is offered Nov. 28 at Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, NY.
Local Schools from Maine to Florida Receive a Library Week Surprise
PR Newswire
P.S. 21 Margaret Emery-Elm Park School 168 Hooker Place Staten Island, NY 10302 NY\Richmond Co ... Francis T. Evans Elementary School 6720 Old Alexandria Ferry Road Clinton, MD 20735 MD ...
WTC Provides Back Story For Colum McCann's 'Spin'
NPR
McCann's novel, Let the Great World Spin , won the National Book Award. He tells Steve Inskeep that his book — set in New York on the day a man walked on a tight-rope between the towers of the World Trade Center — is an attempt to reconstru...
Staten Island Commuter Report Update -- Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009
Staten Island Advance
It's getaway day for many Staten Islanders and be prepared for lots of traffic this afternoon as the rush hour gets started early. SILive will try to help you get in to work smoothly. This morning's commute is a...
Thanksgiving Day traffic and transit tips for Staten Islanders
Staten Island Advance
Associated PressThe "Dora the Explorer" balloon moves through Times Square during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in 2007. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Happy Thanksgiving! If your plans include traveling to Manhattan to catch the Macy's Thanks...
Country mouse
Berkshire Eagle
Brooklyn Heights is an amazing neighborhood. The promenade along the East River has views from Lower Manhattan to the Statue of Liberty; it's the perfect spot to stroll while watching the Staten Island ferry pull into the pier. You can see ...
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: Mundelein High School students take the Euro ...
Mundelein Review
While they were in New York from April 28 through 30, the group saw Times Square, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rockefeller Center and took the Staten Island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty. They also attended a reception that overlook...
Sunday's NYT : The Drive-by Edition
Mediabistro.com
At some point we imagine 'The Cruise Issue' will include a piece on the glories of riding the Staten Island ferry. WE ARE NOT ALONE. Honestly, once we got to the phrase 'gated community' we decided we were willing to stick with the one we h...
Five Boro Bike Tour Comes with Street Closures
1010Wins
After enjoying the live entertainment, exhibits, and food concessions, riders take a free ride on the Staten Island Ferry back to Manhattan, completing the ultimate of New York experiences. “This premiere car-free event is an exciting intro...
'Tycoon' examines Cornelius Vanderbilt's epic life
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Born to a Staten Island farmer during George Washington's presidency, Vanderbilt (1794-1877) embodied the ruddy ascent of the ... As a teenager, Vanderbilt began running a packet ferry to New York before the War of 1812, in an era when the ...
Madoff secretary: His silence is protecting others
Washington Post
This photo supplied by Vanity Fair shows Eleanor Squillari, Bernard Madoffs personal secretary of twenty years, on the Staten Island ferry in New York, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. In the June 2009 issue of Vanity Fair, Squillari speaks for th...
Cyclists glide to finish on Staten Island after Five Borough Bike Tour
Staten Island Advance
... Road, Bay Street, Edgewater Street, Front Street, Hannah Street and Richmond Terrace near the St. George Ferry Terminal are closed to vehicular traffic. Tompkins Avenue, Van Duzer Street, Victory Boulevard, St. Mark's Place and the Sta...
Disabled riders among most affected by fare hike
Columbia Spectator
Edith Prentiss, who uses an electric wheelchair, took a bus, three trains, and a ferry to get from Washington Heights to Staten Island for a Metropolitan Transit Authority public hearing on fare hikes and service cuts. Prentiss, vice presid...