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Off Tanzania, Serene Mafia Island
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:45:39 -0800
The beachfront Mafia Island Lodge, inside the 510-square-mile Mafia Island Marine Park; with fishing curtailed, the preserve offers some of most magnificent diving and snorkeling in the region.
Next Stop: Off Tanzania, Serene Mafia Island
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:12:56 -0800
This East African isle has built a small but passionate following among travelers drawn by its simple charms.
Conservancy to branch out with Bond Lake Park project
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:03:07 -0800
LEWISTON — The Western New York Land Conservancy’s effort to protect the Niagara Escarpment is moving into Bond Lake Park.
Faster South Shore commute begins Monday
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:50:35 -0800
New York City Transit to launch experimental 'super express' bus service to Manhattan
Aiming to bridge gulf, Port Authority chief meets with Staten Island legislators
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:35:25 -0800
Associated PressPatrick Foye, says Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, has agency moving in the right direction. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Port Authority's new chief doesn't come bearing additional toll relief, but he is making the rounds on Staten Island to...
Michael and Brian Farley are the Louis R. Miller Business Leadership awards winners
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:20:25 -0800
Advance File PhotoMichael FarleySTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- They have made elevators their passion and, in doing so, Michael and Brian Farley have provided a much smoother ride for millions who never even think twice about stepping inside an elevator and...
New RI emergency director wants to focus on basics
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:32:12 -0800
Near the top of the to-do list of the new executive director of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency is a lesson learned from the Sept. 11 attacks.
A serene isle (for now) off Tanzania
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:13:00 -0800
Mafia Island is hardly a tourist hot spot, and has few of the high-end accouterments that draw hordes of honeymooners to other Indian Ocean isles like the Seychelles, Mauritius and Zanzibar. Over the past decade, though, it has built a small but passionate following among travelers drawn by its simple charms and serene atmosphere.
City commits to a new Cromwell Center on Staten Island's North Shore
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:50:25 -0800
Parks Department slates $700G study, rules out Tompkinsville pier reprise
New York Personal Injury Lawyer from The Perecman Firm Supports More Bicycle-Pedestrian Accident Prevention Measures ...
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:12:31 -0800
New York personal injury lawyer David Perecman supports more bicycle-pedestrian accident prevention measures in Prospect Park. Late last week, a cyclist reportedly hit a pedestrian, causing him to break his hand. This was the latest in a number of pedestrian-bicycle injuries in the New York park. The New York personal injury lawyers at The Perecman Firm have handled a number of bicycle ...