Monsey News

Police this evening were searching for a man they say brandished an ice pick and threatened security officers at Pathmark on Route 59.

Fifteen men were arrested yesterday morning on charges that they solicited an undercover female cop and three transvestites for prostitution, police said today.

The feds have much more than just a five-count indictment against Rabbi Israel Weingarten.

MONSEY - County Health Department officials will continue to inspect the site of a controversial chicken slaughtering ceremony that has drawn fines and prompted fears in the community.

MONSEY - With each mouthful of her morning coffee today, Peggy Hatton felt nauseated, fearing that her drinking water could be contaminated with chickens' blood and fecal material that was improperly disposed ...

MONSEY - The county's Department of Health yesterday issued a violation to a Monsey group for organizing a ritual involving the slaughter of chickens that resulted in blood and feces running into storm drains ...

Federal agents arrested Rabbi Israel Weingarten Monday morning after he barricaded himself in his Monsey home.

In an age of civility and objection to animal cruelty, we are faced every year with the news of the kapparot ceremony.

A Rockland County man who pretended to be a rabbi was arrested at his Monsey home Monday, accused of having sex with minors -- including his daughter, authorities said.

Federal agents today arrested a Monsey-based rabbi on accusations that he had sex with a female relative over the course of a decade, starting when she was 9 years old.

A New York rabbi was arrested early Monday on federal charges involving sexual abuse of a minor, WNBC.com has learned.

MONSEY - A rebuilding of one of the busiest traffic spots in Ramapo is likely to be completed by spring or early summer.

The organizer of a ritual involving live chickens was fined by the Rockland Department of Health yesterday for leaving the site littered with feces, feathers and trash, officials said.

Many Jewish residents will gather in a school parking lot this week to take part in an annual ritual that dates at least to 800 A.D. The kapparot ceremony, in which a chicken is held over a person's head and ...

Members unanimously voted to: - Enter an agreement with the United Haitian American Caucus that the town is supplying space in the Cultural Arts Center in Spring Valley.

Many Rockland residents walked out of a forum yesterday on the mistaken bombing of a U.S. spy ship more than 40 years ago, accusing the group holding the talk of fomenting anti-Semitism in a largely Jewish ...

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Tappan Zee Bridge repairs - Today: Right lane Rockland-bound closed for bridge maintenance from milepost 13.1 to 16.1 between 9:30 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. - Tomorrow: Right lane Westchester-bound closed for bridge ...

A religious organization has asked the county for permission again this year to hold a ceremony involving live chickens on a piece of land off Route 59 where a drive-in theater once stood.

Health inspectors will continue to monitor a Monsey restaurant that was fined for numerous health code violations and if the situation doesn't improve the county might consider revoking the establishment's ...