Staten Island's Mystery Noise: Fireworks After All

The Monday night strange noise puzzling Staten Islanders has been cleared up by the police: Fireworks, the police tell the Staten Island Advance. The Advance spoke to witnesses who said it was a "professional 'Macy's-style' aerial explosive launched from somewhere near Richmond"—guess it wasn't on a scale where the police clashed with residents. A resident said it could have been fireworks, "but it sounded like a lot more than that." And a sanitation worker pointed out, "The only people that saw it say it was fireworks, but still no one wants to believe it."