Executive director of Sundog Theatre honored for dedication to the arts
Updated Jan 17, 2021;
Posted Jan 17, 2021
Susan Fenley, executive director of the Sundog Theatre, is being honored with a Louis R. Miller Leadership Award. (Photo courtesy of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce/Dom Provenzano)
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By Michael Anderson | Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Susan Fenley knows that the arts leave an indelible mark on people’s lives.
“When I talk to people about the arts, almost 90% of the time, they’ll remember a play from high school. They’ll remember the lines, and they’ll remember what they did. You don’t remember the test you took on Einstein back then, but you will remember the arts that you did or the band you played in or the dress you created and won a prize for,” she said. “It’s not that arts are the
Rev. Dr. Daniel Mercaldo, the charismatic minister who founded Gateway Cathedral, dies. He was 81.
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
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They gathered in private homes, an American Legion post, and even the basement of a bank. For 16 new Staten Islanders back in 1965, prayer, not the meeting place, mattered most.
They would become the first congregants of today’s Gateway Church in Richmond Valley, inspired by a charismatic young minister destined to be a force in the borough’s spiritual community.
The Rev. Dr. Daniel Mercaldo, 81, Gateway’s founder and senior pastor for more than five decades who dedicated his life to helping others navigate challenges and celebrate successes, died Jan. 7 in NCH Baker Hospital, Naples, Fla.
Attorney honored for his many accomplishments
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Posted Jan 10, 2021
Attorney Thomas J. Hall, partner in the Law Firm of Hall & Hall LLP, Stapleton, is being honored with a Louis R. Miller Leadership Award. (Photo courtesy of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce/Dom Provenzano)
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By Michael Anderson | Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Thomas J. Hall readily admits that he didn’t have dreams of growing up and becoming a lawyer.
“When I went to Georgetown undergrad, I started in the business school. However, during my junior year, I took a Constitutional Law course, which I loved,” recalled Hall. “I went on to attend Vermont Law School, found my passion, and never looked back.”
‘Never say die!’: Paralyzed businesswoman always had fight, has been there for her community
Updated Dec 25, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
Friends and family gathered in the parking lot of Historic Richmondtown on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 for a candlelight vigil for Diana Petrone was seriously injured in a car crash. (Staten Island Advance/Paul Liotta)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Years prior to a horrific crash that left a beloved Staten Island business owner paralyzed, she described herself in an Advance/SILive.com interview as a “tenacious” person who “strives to be better.”
Diana Petrone, former owner of Not Just Bagels in Dongan Hills, will need every bit of that tenacity in the months and years ahead, following the Dec. 12 incident in New Springville.
N.Y. businesswoman paralyzed in crash after driver slammed into tree on purpose: police
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Posted Dec 23, 2020
Diana Petrone is shown inside Not Just Bagels in Dongan Hills in this file photo. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)Staff-Shot
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A beloved businesswoman has been paralyzed after a disturbing crash where the driver of the car she was riding in intentionally slammed the vehicle into a tree, authorities allege.
Robert Mustari, 48, of Slater Boulevard in Midland Beach, was driving with Diana Petrone in the passenger seat around 1 a.m. on Dec. 12 in New Springville when the crash occurred, according to a criminal complaint.