Monsey News

Saturday: Work will begin at 8 p.m. resulting in the closing of one left southbound lanes, with two additional left southbound lanes closing at 11 p.m., and another at 1 a.m., until 8 a.m., from milepost 13.8 to the west abutment.

Fire calls were reported between 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday by 44 Control: 1:11 a.m., Monsey, trash bin/garbage can fire.

A 58-year-old Monsey man has been charged with stealing $156,000 from welfare programs.

NEW CITY Benjamin Ruttner, 58, of 5 School Terrace n Monsey was arrested for allegedly bilking the federal government and the county out of $156,000 over five years.

Roxana Virgo is the veterans coordinator at Monroe College, where veteran enrollment spiked from an average of 70 to 129 this year, due at least in part to updated benefits in a revised GI Bill.

NEW CITY - On an Election Day that saw many incumbents get tossed from office amid a sputtering economy, voters re-elected County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef by a comfortable margin.

On Tuesday, Oct. 6, Rabbi Shmuly Goldstein held a musical educational program for Sukkoth for the residents at the Jewish Home Assisted Living in River Vale.

A Rockland judge today sentenced a county businessman to state prison and ordered him to pay $226,000 for stealing ownership of a house he had co-owned with his live-in girlfriend.

The Rockland cases have all occurred in religious communities in Monsey and Spring Valley, according to an alert issued this week by the state Department of Health.

A Monsey dentist and a Nanuet certified public accountant have both been sanctioned by the state Office of Professional Discipline for violating professional ethics, according to state records.

Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence has needed some real competition.

The U.S. State Department has secretly brought about 60 Yemenite Jews to the United States since July, the Wall Street Journal reported.

UNDER SIEGE: The State Department has resettled about 60 Yemeni Jews in the U.S. since July amid rising violence; more are expected to arrive.

NEW CITY - In a continuing crackdown on welfare fraud across the county, 15 more people have been charged with stealing thousands of dollars in benefits and potentially face jail upon conviction, county officials said Thursday.

Sal Prezioso was superintendent of recreation from 1955 to 1960. He was not Westchester parks commissioner and never served as county planning commissioner.

A mattress fire reportedly started when a cat knocked over candles inside an Airmont Gardens apartment, sending many seniors citizens out into the chilly air this morning.

The Rockland Board of Health held its regular monthly meeting Wednesday and fined numerous businesses and individuals for violating the county sanitary code.

Rosemarie Scandura's Oct. 15 letter, 'School districts must tighten belts' mentioned that Ramapo Central School District's high property taxes are partially due to school buses not fully occupied.

Ramapo town lawyers will urge a state judge Thursday to close down a school operating illegally inside a Highview Road house with safety violations that endanger more than 65 children.

After serving four years in the Army, including a 15-month stint in Iraq, Bethsaida Encarnacion came home in the fall to begin classes at Monroe College.