BY DYLAN SKRILOFF MONSEY – Following the horrific machete attack at Rabbi Rottenburg’s shul on Dec. 28 weekend Anthony Mele of AMI Global Security provided weapons and training to several members of another local shul. Mele, aware of open carry laws in New York, instructed the Orthodox men, several of whom were infantry members in the […]
Two O&R employees raced into a burning building yesterday morning in Monsey and rescued an elderly man, who had been sleeping and was unaware of the blaze. The O&R employees, Ted Ryder and James Lynch, were driving down Old Nyack Turnpike, followed by a third O&R employee, Ross Dailey. Ryder spotted the burning house and […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH Lately much of the news regarding Rockland County’s attempts to get code compliance addressed lawsuits involving building and zoning codes. Now, Rockland County has gone to Court asking a judge to force a property owner to allow an inspection to determine if public health and safety issues are present at a residential […]
BY MAURA MONAGHAN The FBI arrested seven people on Wednesday, including six Ramapo residents, for allegedly stealing $14 million from a federally subsidized program meant to provide technology to underprivileged students in local yeshivas. Prosecutors say the seven arrested – Peretz and Susan Klein of Spring Valley, Ben Klein of Monsey, Simon Goldbrener of Monsey, […]
FROM BROOKLYN DA Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez last week announced that a 56-year-old Brooklyn mas was sentenced to up to four years in prison for stealing over $17,000 during a three-day period from a Citibank account belonging to a businessman who resides in Rockland County. District Attorney Gonzalez said, “The defendant seized on an opportunity […]
To the Editor, Why did Monsey grow in the later part of the 20th century? Because at that time it was a Makom Torah, a place of Torah, in a suburban setting instead of on crowded city streets. But what has happened to Monsey and the entire Town of Ramapo in the 21st century? It […]