The Ageless Al Magnatta – Legend of Rockland County Firefighting 

The Ageless Al Magnatta – Legend of Rockland County Firefighting 

BY SCOTT WATERS When a Congers house fire was called in to dispatchers last week, Deputy Coordinator Al Magnatta, 44-2, headed to the Alert Hook, Ladder & Engine Company #1, Congers FD Station, put on his gear, boarded one of the company’s fire trucks and operated on the scene of the blaze. It is a […]

Local Officials to Call for Statewide Moratorium on Criminal Justice Laws Set to Take Effect January 1, 2020

Local Officials to Call for Statewide Moratorium on Criminal Justice Laws Set to Take Effect January 1, 2020

In numerous locations across the state tomorrow, including Rockland County, prosecutors, sheriffs, police chiefs, police unions and elected officials will join together to urge state lawmakers to authorize a moratorium on changes to criminal justice laws set to take effect January 1, 2020. Officials are asking state lawmakers to carefully examine the full impacts of […]

Timelines – November 21, 2019

Timelines – November 21, 2019

School Threat Wednesday night at approximately 11 p.m. the Clarkstown PD received a report of a possible threat phoned in to a crisis hotline from a male claiming to be a student at Felix Festa Middle School in West Nyack. The name and all of the information provided by the unidentified male does not match […]

Pedestrian is victim of brutal knife attack in Monsey – Cuomo demands hate crime investigation

Pedestrian is victim of brutal knife attack in Monsey – Cuomo demands hate crime investigation

MONSEY – A man walking to a yeshiva school at 5:49 a.m. on Wednesday was found alongside the road with multiple stab and slash wounds.

The victim, whose name was not released by Ramapo Police, was found along Howard Drive in Monsey. At about 5:49am police responded to Howard Drive in Monsey for a report of a pedestrian struck by a car, but investigation quickly determined he had been stabbed several times by one or more assailants.

Two Suffern townhouse units swallowed by flames Sunday night

Two Suffern townhouse units swallowed by flames Sunday night

PHOTOS BY SCOTT WATERS SUFFERN – Two townhouses at the Ramapo Cirque complex on Chippewa Court in Suffern were enveloped in flames Sunday evening, November 9. Suffern Fire Department responded to the scene of the inferno, which sparked around 6:30 p.m. Additional mutual aid was provided by Hillburn, Mahwah, Sloatsburg, Monsey and Tallman fire departments. […]