BY CHAYIM TAUBER In one corner, Hurricane Sandy; a natural disaster the likes of which New York has never seen, which has left nothing but chaos and destruction in its wake. In the other corner, a 4’10 mother of four from Rockland County. Rachel Katz decided roughly a year ago that she was going to […]
BY MIRIAM EDELSTEIN On August 11, 2012 the Jewish War Veterans elected a new national commander. His name is Sheldon Ohren and he’s one of Rockland’s own–a resident of Monsey. Ohren is the fourth Rocklander to hold the post, the prior Rocklanders being Edwin Goldwasser, Warren Dolny and Monroe Mayer. “The purpose of JWV is […]
California Based Text Message Scam Put Out of Business Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a settlement last week with Game Theory LLC, a mobile-content corporation based in San Jose, California. The settlement comes following an investigation that revealed the company was sending spam text messages to New Yorkers, and then tricking them into signing […]
Keren Avisrur of Monsey (right) was one of two featured speakers at the May graduation ceremony of the first class of the Touro College of Pharmacy in New York City, where she was joined by 62 fellow graduates earning their PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy) degrees. Pictured with fellow speaker Charysh Randolph, Ms. Avisrur received the Excellence in […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Shaul Spitzer, the 18-year-old who lit fellow New Square resident Aron Rottenberg on fire last year, has plead guilty to first degree assault, a class A felony, and will face seven years in state prison On Tuesday, Spitzer told Supreme Court Justice William Kelly that he knew he erred and “must be […]
Moishe Turner, age 58, of 5 Dana Road in Spring Valley was indicted on April 11, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of Criminal Sexual Act in the 2nd Degree, a felony (4 Counts), Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree (4 Counts) and Endangering the Welfare of a Child, misdemeanors. District […]