Maybe There Are So Many Mosquitoes This Summer Because We're All Drunks

07/18/11 Make no mistake about it: we're at war with the mosquitoes this summer. It's so bad that some people in Rockaway are actually hoping they carry West Nile so they can get the city to come spray. (So far, the virus has only been detected in mosquitoes on Staten Island .) Enter: the Hartford Courant . They're here to tell you all about what will and won't work in preventing mosquitoes from eating ...

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David takes on Goliath and loses -- again: Mann v. Ford

07/18/11 The HBO documentary "Mann v. Ford" premieres tonight, Monday, at 9 p.m. EST. When I lived in Staten Island, N.Y., in the 1970s, I remember waking up many mornings, breathing deeply, and saying to the other nuns, "Ah, smell New Jersey."

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Somewhere over the rainbow in St. George, Staten Island

07/14/11 Staten Island Advance/Hilton FloresIf John Sterling had been doing the game, he no doubt would have broken into song: "Somewhere, o-ver the rainbow!"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Staten Island Yankees pummelled the State College Spikes 9-2 in a NY-Penn League...

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