Staten Odd-land: These 160 pictures show how coronavirus turned our world upside-down in 2020
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
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People crowded onto sidewalks. They filled bars and restaurants. There was eating and drinking, sometimes to excess.
There was controversy too over the fact that members of the LGBTQ+ community were not allowed to march in the parade under their own banner. Miss Staten Island, Madison L’Insalata, who’d announced that she was bisexual, was among them.
It seems like a lifetime ago, right? It was our last normal day.
Two weeks later, Staten Island was under lockdown because of coronavirus and nothing has been the same since.
Which were Staten Island’s best hills to hit on a snow day? A look back at sledding fun over the decades
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
This 1995 Staten Island Advance file photo shows Bill Person and his daughter Cheryl, 11, of New Brighton enjoying the snow as they slide down a hill next to Clove Lakes Park. (Staten Island Advance/Hilton Flores)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Whenever a major snowstorm heads for Staten Island, children and some parents make the trek to the borough’s best hills to go sledding.
A massive snowstorm is approaching New York City on Wednesday into Thursday, and it’s expected to dump up to 12 inches of the white powder across the five boroughs, including Staten Island. The snow will be wet, heavy snow, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tyler Roys previously told the Advance/SILive.com.