updated Sun. February 4, 2024
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Monsey.com
April 24, 2018
A pair of Rockland County first responders have found a new way to save some lives. The community is rallying around New City residents Carol and Marc Ackerman, who have agreed to take in a pair of teenagers who lost their mother to brain cancer earlier this month at the age of 37. In response, the Ackermans – Carol isÃâà...
Monsey.com
April 23, 2018
A national alert has been issued as an urgent manhunt is underway for the 29-year-old man who fled after shooting and killing four people at the Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee, on Sunday, April 22. Travis Jeffrey Reinking is 6-foot-4, 180 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He should be considered armed andÃâà...
Monsey.com
April 20, 2018
Several commercial vehicles were taken off the road by police in Ramapo this week as they conducted a special detail targeting those drivers. On Tuesday, the Ramapo Police Department's commercial vehicle inspectors teamed with the New York State Department of Transportation to conduct an enforcement detail in theÃâà...
Rockland County Times
April 5, 2018
To the Editor,. Why did Monsey grow in the later part of the 20th century? Because at that time it was a Makom Torah, a place of Torah, in a suburban setting instead of on crowded city streets. But what has happened to Monsey and the entire Town of Ramapo in the 21st century? It ceased to be a place ofÃâà...
News 12 Hudson Valley
March 30, 2018
Hundreds of families are taking part in a bread burning ritual in Rockland County to mark the start of Passover. The burning of the bread is a Jewish religious ritual for Passover known as chometz, where Hasidic and Orthodox families toss bags of bread into fire. Jewish people are forbidden to eat or ownÃâà...
Patch.com
March 29, 2018
Spring Valley and Monsey are ready for a Jewish ritual that takes place just before Passover. The search for leavened food items — or chametz — will happen Thursday night and families will bring them to annual communal Passover burns Friday morning. The Spring Valley Hook and Ladder company hasÃâà...
News 12 Westchester
March 14, 2018
Police say the 12-year-old boy was hit by a livery cab on the corner of Maple Avenue and Suzanne Drive. He was taken to Nyack Hospital for a leg injury. A 7-year-old girl was hit by a car in the same location last month. No summonses were issued or charges filed at this time.
Patch.com
February 28, 2018
At about 10:10 p.m. Sunday, Ramapo Police officers received a report of an attempted robbery that had just occurred on Concord Drive in Monsey. Officers met the victim who stated that he was walking on the street when he was approached by two men, one of whom demanded that the victim empty hisÃâà...
Ramapo Daily Voice
February 28, 2018
A pair of children were struck by cars in Monsey on Monday afternoon within a half hour of one another, Ramapo Police said on Tuesday morning. Officers from the Ramapo Police Department were busy on Monday afternoon, responding to the two pedestrian strikes, including one that sent a 7-year-old girlÃâà...
Rockland County Times
February 22, 2018
Fourteen years ago the Town of Ramapo produced a Comprehensive Plan and the only mention of Seniors living in single family homes is to say they “no longer need or want the responsibilities associated with maintenance of a single-family home” while completely ignoring that many seniors in theÃâà...
Forward
February 21, 2018
Police in a suburb of New York City suspect arson in a December house fire on a property tied to Moshe Lax, a longtime friend and former business partner of Ivanka Trump who is the subject of several lawsuits and a multi-million-dollar IRS judgment. The home in Monsey was owned by Lax's family until itÃâà...
Jewish Link of New Jersey
February 15, 2018
After working extensively as a physical therapist at local residential facilities, Dr. Sternberg launched his own practice, TLC Physical Therapy of Rockland PC, over four years ago, but he soon outgrew his home office and relocated to a larger facility on Monsey's Route 59. With a forward-thinking approachÃâà...
News 12 Westchester
February 9, 2018
The Town of Ramapo is suing a Monsey school for girls that's been apparently operating without running water and a slew of other violations. School officials say they're fixing several safety violations at the Congregation Bais Chinuch Ateres Bnos, which has more than 300 students. Just last weekÃâà...
Monsey.com
December 31, 1999
Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 225 during a six-day period that ended on Saturday, April 14 in the New York City area, including four counties in the Hudson Valley. The 225 were apprehended for violating U.S. immigration laws, officials announced on Tuesday, April 17. Of thoseÃâà...
Monsey.com
December 31, 1999
Police on both sides of the state border were looking for the owner of a white pickup truck that lost two rear wheels on northbound Route 17 in Upper Saddle River near Rockland County — one of which smashed into a store window and the other which caused two minor vehicle crashes. Surveillance video ( above ) showsÃâà...
News 12 Westchester
December 31, 1999
Thousands gathered Friday for the funeral of a grand rabbi who was a pillar in the community and had deep roots in Monsey. Grand Rabbi Mordechai Hager passed away Friday morning at the age of 95. Hager is believed to be the world's oldest Hasidic leader. He moved to Monsey in 1964 and in 1972 heÃâà...
Monsey.com
December 31, 1999
Beauty may in the eye of the beholder, but an upstate media outlet took their best shot at naming Rockland County's most beautiful location. Bear Mountain State Park was named as Rockland's most beautiful spot, according to a report released by newyorkupstate.com, which took a look at each county statewide andÃâà...
Monsey.com
December 31, 1999
Federal immigration authorities last week arrested 225 people in New York, including 20 in the Lower Hudson Valley. Nineteen people in Westchester and one person in Rockland were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of its Operation Keep Safe, a six-day sweep that ended on April 14 andÃâà...
Ramapo Daily Voice
December 31, 1999
A pair of teenage suspects were apprehended in Rockland County after allegedly attempting to rob a man on the street late on Sunday night. The Ramapo Police Department received a report of an attempted robbery on Concord Drive in Monsey at approximately 10:10 p.m. on Sunday night, where twoÃâà...
