Nyack to send direct notification to residents during times of emergency Following the failure of NY-Alert to notify thousands of residents after local water was found to be tainted back in June, the Village of Nyack began to look elsewhere for a means of efficient communication. Now, while continuing to use NY-Alert, the village will […]
On December 31 at around 1:30 a.m. the Ramapo Police Dept. received a call reporting a fight involving a group of youths on the lawn of 3 Aron Ct., in the Village of New Hempstead. Officers arrived and discovered an injured party on the lawn with four to five other young men who appeared intoxicated. […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE I bravely took my seat inย the second row at the fabulous Lafayette Theatre in Suffern last Thursday morning at 11 a.m., anxiously awaiting my milk and cookies and surrounded by hundreds of very excited kiddies, mommies and daddies, and grandmas and grandpas, as the Bossy Frog Band came on stage and […]
On Thanksgiving most people are focusing on cutting the turkey. Unfortunately for 20-year-old Alonzo Loaiza of Hillburn, he had to contend with a gang of four men focused on cutting HIM.ย Loaiza was stabbed in the stomach twice in a fight that took place near Brook and 7th St. Fortunately he survived. The Town of Ramapo […]
Alleged child molester Hershel Taubenfeld of New Square has turned himself in to Ramapo Police as of 10:30 a.m. this morning. Previously he had fled the area when his impending arrest was announced by police. Recently a victim of Taubenfeld came forward willing to go through with the prosecution of the case and sources said […]
Longtime councilwoman honored at this week’s board meeting, Jewish Life Night also celebrated BY EVAN WECHMAN It was not business as usual for Councilwoman and Deputy Supervisor Frances M. Hunter during this past Monday night’s board session. ย Hunter was sworn into office on Jan 1, 1988, serving under then Supervisor Herbert Reisman. Over 20 years […]