Fred Chieco

In just a few moons, little ghosts and ghouls will be ringing doorbells trick and treating for Halloween.Check out these 7 tips from the Center for Disease Control to help make the festivities fun and safe for trick-or-treaters and party guests1. Costumes need to be flame-retardant, highly visible, and allow for clear unobstructed vision and safe walking2. Be sure that face paints and costume make-up are non-toxic.3. Young children should be cautioned to avoid strangers and dark unlit places.

An NYPD patrol officer riding a two-wheeled scooter was seriously injured when he collided with a motorist in the Bronx Sunday morning.Police say that at 10:25 a.m., the male officer assigned to the 43rd Precinct was riding southbound on East 180th Street at East Tremont Avenue in the Van Nest section when one of the wheels of his patrol scooter was clipped by a vehicle heading north on Rosedale Avenue.The injured officer was transported to Jacobi Medical Center, where he is being treated for...

U.S. Marine Private Joseph C. Carbone was only 18 years old when he left his home in Brooklyn, joined the US Marines, and shipped off to the Pacific where he gave up his life fighting the Japanese military on the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.On Friday, with proper military escort, his body will return to his native home, 44 years after his death.