When first-time documentary director Leonard Manzella premieres his award-winning “Shoe Shine Caddie” at the Portobello Film Festival in London on September 16, it will represent a kind of return to ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Three hours and 45 minutes. That’s how long my round-trip commute took every day to Manhattan in the late ’80s/early ’90s as a college student. Bus to the Staten Island Ferry, ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column reminiscing about the "shoe shine guy," Carmine Rizzo, who polished shoes for more than 30 years on the Staten Island Ferry. It received ...