Monsey News

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.

RAMAPO - As Election Day approaches, Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence is battling former Legislator Bruce M. Levine in a campaign that has featured sharp language and disagreements on development, land purchases and other polices.

This is a story of a high school ring that belonged to a girl from New Jersey, disappeared 40 years ago on Coney Island, somehow landed in Spring Valley, was discovered by a Chicago man, and finally ended up with its rightful owner in Texas.

A Ramapo grass-roots political party has filed a complaint with the state Attorney General's Office accusing the Rockland District Attorney's Office of failing to investigate nearly 4-year-old accusations of election law violations in New Square.

A college student from Monsey is the first statewide winner of the $3 million top prize in the state Lottery's "Money" instant game.

Charges have been dropped against a former police officer from Ramapo and another man accused of sexually assaulting a woman.

Haiti-born Jemps St. Fleur immigrated to the United States seven years ago with dreams of going to college and becoming financially secure.