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President Obama meets with tragic Moore family in Staten Island - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:11:32 PST

By: JAMES O'SHEA

President Obama met with Damian and Glenda Moore during his visit to Staten Island yesterday to survey Hurricane Sandy damage. The Moores lost their two sons Brandon and Connor Moore, aged 4 and 2, who died after being swept away in Hurricane Sandy.

Childhood Staten Island memories shattered by Hurricane Sandy -- Superstorm dubbed the Katrina of New York by locals (IrishCentral)

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 04:15:58 PST

Homes and lives destroyed in Staten Island after Hurricane SandyWhen I was younger, if I had a Sunday morning baseball or soccer game, I attended Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Cedar Grove Avenue in the New Dorp Beach section of Staten Island The church was conveniently located right next to Miller Field, where thousands of kids and parents congregate on weekends for sports, picnics, sunbathing and moreRight now, if you ascend the steps of Our Lady of Lourdes, a landscape of breathtaking devastation unfolds before you Muddy water READ MORE

NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly makes surprise visit to Sandy ravaged Staten Island (IrishCentral)

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 05:00:08 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly made a surprise trip to one of the most badly affected areas of New York, Staten Island, which was slammed by Hurricane Sandy last week.

Father of little boys swept away in Staten Island horror was Irish-born (IrishCentral)

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 04:09:30 PST

By: JAMES O'SHEA

Staten Island Pride hosts "St. Patrick’s Gay Dinner Dance" next month (IrishCentral)

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:18:31 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

Staten Island Pride Events will be hosting their fourth annual St. Patrick’s Gay Dinner Dance on Saturday March 10th in Richmond on Staten Island. The event is one of the very few LGBT events scheduled for St. Patrick’s Day.

Sailor suspended for stamping shamrocks on Staten Island Ferry (IrishCentral)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:50:24 PDT

An Irish American who stamped shamrocks on the Staten Island ferry to celebrate St Patrick's Day was suspended for 16 days for the "infraction"If this isn't bureaucracy gone mad, I don't know what isJared Largo, a half-Irish Brooklynite, wanted to help spread some St READ MORE

Cardinal Egan memorializes forgotten Irish immigrants on Staten Island in New York (IrishCentral)

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:52:38 PDT

By: MEGAN FINNEGAN AND ELEANOR MILLER