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District 51

Joseph C. Borelli

Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis, Freshkills Park (North), Oakwood-Richmondtown, Great Kills-Eltingville, Arden Heights-Rossville, Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow, Tottenville-Charleston, Freshkills Park (South), Great Kills Park

Published: Aug. 15, 2024, 1:30 p.m.

By Carol Ann Benanti | benanti@siadvance.com

Vito Picone, left and The Elegants. (Courtesy/Vito Picone) Staten Island Advance

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Borough President Vito Fossella’s “Sounds of Summer Concert Series,” a series of free musical events that round out each week from July to late August, is all set to unfold on Saturday, Aug.

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Published Aug. 10, 2024, 11:09 a.m. ET

By Matthew Sedacca and Georgia Worrell

They’re blowing up patriotism.

Drones should replace fireworks at the annual Macy’s Fourth of July show, according to a scientist and co-author of an explosive new study bashing the cherished holiday tradition as a public health concern.

“In the ideal situation, if we wanted to protect our health as best as possible, let’s replace fireworks with drones,” said David Luglio, a postdoctoral fellow at Tulane University who co-authored a new pollution study, published this week in the Journal of Exposure Science &

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