Over the past week a large Black Bear has been sighted in the Monsey/Wesley Hills areas of the Town. Town and Police officials advise residents to do the following: 1) If you see the Bear and/or if it comes onto your property call the Ramapo Police Department (357-2400) or Ramapo Animal Control Officer (Cathy […]
Less pain, less blood loss, less infections, and less scarring BY LAUREN KATE ROSENBLUM Children from local schools descended on Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern for the results to a naming contest for the new da Vinci Si- Surgical System, a revolutionary robot that dramatically reduces risks associated with traditional surgery techniques. Excited children were […]
On October 20, the Ramapo Police Department, in conjunction with the Rockland County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (SPCC), conducted an alcohol sale compliance check of businesses located in the Town of Ramapo. An undercover agent who is less than 21 years of age, the legal drinking age, attempted to purchase alcohol […]
BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL For the Village of Sloatsburg, the impact of Hurricane Irene on August 28 has made lasting impressions. The village was cut off from the rest of the county by washed out bridges, blocked roads, lost electricity and much more. Mayor Carl S. Wright and the village board took time during last […]
Shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday, November 5, a U.S. flag, which until recently flew over a hospital in Iraq, will be hoisted on a new flagpole to fly over the graves of American veterans of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War buried at the Historic Monsey Cemetery. The cemetery, located […]
Today, October 26, 2011, Shaul Spitzer of New Square was arrested on a charge of second-degree criminal contempt, a class A misdemeanor. The arrest resulted from an incident which occurred on October 4, in front of the Rottenberg family home on Truman Ave in the Village of New Square. Spitzer violated an order of protection […]