Vincent Capodanno was born on February 13th, 1929, in Staten Island, New York.

In a forgotten NY tour of Travis james Sarlo said he was in the process of writting "The Lost Redoubts. Staten island's Forgotten Brittish Forts" Does anyone know if this was published?

My ancestor Winifred King Benham was tried three times as a witch in Connecticut but never convicted. Known as the "Witch of Wallingford", she was the last woman tried as a witch in New England.

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My father played both baseball and football on the Island pre 1960. I've been told he even played for the Stapleton Stapes. I would appreciate any info on this. His name was Edward Stoltzenberg.

Does anybody remember that great old bowling alley in Richmond Terrace "Madalones" - It was right down the block from the Bayonne Ferry Pier.

Did anyone happen to catch Cropsey last night? Just wondering what people thought of it.

But somehow the horrible 'midling' name of Midland Beach became the name of the neighborhood instead of the much more genteel Woodland Beach/Woodland Terrace!

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In 1924, Arthur Tuttle took aerial photos of the entire Island from an airplane.

I am writing a book and one of the stories is about Melvin Dean Nimer the 8 year old boy who had confessed to the murder of both his parents, to cut to the chase, I researched another story about Rich

The following is an accounting of New York State Historical Markers placed on Staten Island.

(Does anyone know if any of them are still in place?)

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