BY GEORGE J. DACRE I bravely took my seat in 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. 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. Hunter was sworn into office on Jan 1, 1988, serving under then Supervisor Herbert Reisman. Over 20 years […]
BY MAUREEN MOLLAHAN The Nanuet Mall was the center of discussion at last Wednesday’s meeting of the Clarkstown Town Board. Plans remain to tear down and rebuild the mall starting January of 2012. Tom Schneider, an Executive Vice President of Simon Property INC. explained a few designs of the changes that would be made to […]
DA REPORT: Elias Atkins-Dobie, age 34, residing at Farrell Street, South Burlington, VT, was sentenced November 22, 2011, before New York State County Court Justice William K. Nelson to a state prison term of 2 years and 3 years post release supervision after pleading guilty to Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 3rd Degree. […]