Teen Saves Classmate From Choking, Taught By SpongeBob SquarePants

On October 28, 2015, 13-year-old Jessica Pelligrini began choking on an apple during lunch. The emergency could have turned fatal had fellow classmate Brandon Williams, also 13, not rushed to her side and successfully performed the Heimlich Maneuver. Marveling at Brandons’s heroism, his father Anthony Williams asked…
Man Petitions for Trial By Combat (In New York City, in 2015)
A Staten Island man is so annoyed with a lawsuit he thinks is unjustified that he’s demanded trial by combat to settle the issue, if the courts insist that there’s an issue to settle. Name your champions, because it looks like we’ve got a DUDEFIGHT!
Woman Who Was Walked On A Leash Was Very Cool, Says Eye Witness
Last week, news broke that a couple had been kicked out of a Staten Island mall due to the fact that the man was walking a woman on a leash. While many were confused about what was going on, some were upset that they’d have to explain the scene to their kids (it is called make-believe, did it for you) and some were…
Staten Island Very Upset About Woman Being Walked on Leash at the Mall
There’s no word on whether the below couple enjoying a nice walk through the mall together are doing some sort of art project or participating in something sexual, but concerned folks in Staten Island are shaking their heads at the photo of a man walking a woman on a leash. The shot, which was snapped on Saturday, has…
Bar Serving a 'Roofie Colada': C'mon Guys, It's A Joke!
Staten Island, known to most in the tri-state area as a mecca of subtlety and restraint, has in its borders a liquor depository/social gathering place called The Phunky Elephant, a bar that, until recently, boasted on its menu something called a "Roofie Colada." Some patrons, it turns out, were not pleased with their…
Drita From Mob Wives Shot Scenes for Her Reality Show on Staten Island While Volunteers Cleaned Up
Staten Island has been hit very hard by Hurricane Sandy, but on Friday, volunteers showed up to help. Drita D'Avanzo of the reality show Mob Wives, also showed up, camera crew in tow. One volunteer and witness tells the Observer:
Mother's Two Sons Die During Hurricane After She Is Refused Help by Staten Island Neighbors
Two little boys who were literally swept out of the arms of their mother during the hurricane have been found dead. But that's not the whole story, and it gets even sadder: 39-year-old Glenda Moore, the mother of the two boys (pictured above with her husband, Damian), knocked on doors in her Staten Island…
The MTA Doesn't Give a Crap About Your Stupid Staten Island Cleanup Efforts
This morning, my fiancee and I were discussing the horrible post-Sandy situation in Staten Island, how people don’t have places to sleep, how kids don’t have hot food to eat, and how they’re still pulling bodies from houses. Since he’s a freelancer and his schedule is a lot less “manically hunched over a laptop for…
Beleagured Staten Island Residents Not Thrilled That NYC Marathon Still On
A heart-wrenching segment from last night's Rock Center shows residents in the Staten Island borough of New York City, still without power, shelter, clean clothes. And they're also without answers about why, in just two days, the city is going on with its plans to divert resources away from cleanup efforts in order to…
The Best Way to Steal Prawns From Costco Is Not to Shove Them Up Your Skirt
Stealing something by stuffing it up your skirt is an age-old criminal trick, but for some reason a woman in Staten Island recently decided to employ it to steal a bunch of prawns from Costco, which just seems nasty. After all, who wants to eat a prawn that's been between your legs? Apparently Krystal Douglas, 26, and…
Woman Sues New York City for $900 Trillion
A 46-year-old Staten Island mother has filed suit against the city of New York, claiming that the emotional and physical trauma of being forcibly separated for her children by the Administration for Children's Services entitles her to $900 trillion. If she wins, Newt Gingrich's Moon Colony Dreams will be all but…
Nightmare Bridezilla Hates "Poor" People
Last night's episode featured Karen, a bride-to-be from Staten Island, NY, who — despite talking gauchely about how rich she is — believes that she is the epitome of class, and too important to be polite to "poor" people.
Vintage True Life: Staten Island Wedding
In 2002, MTV aired True Life: I'm Getting Married. One couple from Staten Island made this episode a classic, particularly when the groom threatened the tardy limo driver's life, saying he would gut him.
