In an attempt to be a bit more politically correct about the holiday season, officials have removed a nativity scene from the St. George Ferry Terminal, leaving the more pagan-friendly Christmas tree to hold its own against Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and celebrations of the solstice. One commuter told CBS 2, "Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Christmas, everybody should be able to celebrate." And the Catholic League isn't too happy, especially because they can't counter the "attack" with a billboard. more ›

In the wake of yesterday's Staten Island Ferry crash, many are wondering why the Andrew J. Barbieri—the ship also responsible for a crash in 2003 that killed 11—is still in commission. The second-oldest ship in the Staten Island Ferry fleet, the Barbieri had engine failure problems on its christening in 1981. The ship was named for a Curtis High School coach who died in 1979, but yesterday his son told the Times, "Papa would be concerned about the ferry. He’d say, ‘If the boat has safety problems, get rid of it.’ ” more ›

The police arrested five Brooklyn teenagers for, per the Staten Island Advance, "allegedly attacking another teenager then trying to escape on a ferryboat." One of the teens, all 16 years old, supposedly punched someone a block away from the St. George Ferry Terminal and then fled, with four friends, on the Guy V. Molinari ferryboat. The victim pointed out the attacker and cops had to follow the group onto the ferry, eventually taking them into custody on at the Whitehall terminal. The Advance's earlier story reported, "Police called for reinforcements because they did not have enough handcuffs." more ›