Click HERE for photos taken as the buses left Monsey heading to the Massive Asifa in CitiField. More than 100 buses reportedly have left Monsey. Full Story »
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Click HERE for photos of people in Monsey buying tickets on Motzei Shabbos to the 2nd stadium in the upcoming CitiField Asifa. (Photos by JDN). Full Story »
[Click HERE for photos] The vibrations from workers jack-hammering an old school administration building’s balcony for removal caused an asbestos-insulated ceiling to partially collapse Friday, showering laborers with debris and causing them to suffer cuts and bruises, authorities said. The building’s owner, United Talmudical Academy religious school, lacked a village permit to take down the mezzanine level of the South Main Street building and has been issued violation notices and a stop work order, authorities said. Full Story » Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe announced two guilty pleas following the massive explosion that demolished part of a neighborhood in West Haverstraw back in January. Contractor Fidel Padilla, 53, of 97 Croton Avenue, Cortlandt Manor pleaded guilty to felony reckless endangerment. His company, FGC Communications, Inc. pleaded guilty to felony assault. Padilla’s company was hired as a . . . → Read More A rock slide took out a big section of the Palisades Cliffs, destroying a popular trail. The massive chunk of rock came crashing down and fell on top of the trail through a scramble of boulders called the “Giant Stairs” in Alpine. The rock slide was seen best by rattled residents on the New York side of the Hudson River and now everyone is talking about it. Full Story »
[Click HERE for photos] FIRST REPORT 1:05PM: The Provident Bank on Route 59 and Airmont Road has just been robbed, MonseyScoop.com has learned. Sources tell us that a man walked into the bank, displayed a handgun, and demanded that the teller hand over money. Ramapo Police are looking for a Hispanic male wearing Rutgers sweatshirt, dark jeans, and a black baseball cap. An unknown amount of cash was taken. A large police response is on the scene. Further details will be published when they become available to us. UPDATE 3:30PM: Detective Lieutenant Mark Emma tells MonseyScoop.com, that there was one other customer and around 6 employees in the bank, at the time of the robbery. The suspect passed the teller a note demanding cash, and made off with around $3,000 in cash. He then fled out of the bank and into the parking lot next door, and then ran eastwards towards Airmount Road. Further details will be published when they are available to us.
Now that taxpayers in East Ramapo have rejected a proposed $191.9 million spending plan for next year, anything’s on the table at the school district — including a revote on the same budget, a revote on a modified budget or a contingency plan. The solid “no” vote Tuesday night — 7,798 to 5,742, according to unofficial results — makes East Ramapo the sole district out of 54 in Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties to have its budget defeated. This is the third year in a row the district has faced a budget defeat. The budget as it stands includes the elimination of full-day kindergarten and nearly 100 layoffs on top of the 256 staff positions axed in the past four years. It also means fewer high school elective courses and less funding for sports, extracurricular activities and elementary music lessons. Full Story »
If this is of interest to you, please email Chaim@theyeshivaworld.com to discuss further. Full Story » 15,049 people voted in the School Board elections in the East Ramapo Central School District: 7,798 voted no on the budget; 5,742 voted yes; while 1,509 were under votes (2/3 of them likely non-Jewish voters who out of peer pressure do not want to “join the Jews” in the budget fight, yet don’t want to see their tax going up either). In percentage, the budget was defeated by 57.5 vs 42.5%. Salamon won 8,343 Votes vs 6,181. Lefkowitz 8,355 vs 6,214. Rothman defeated an incumbent 8,410 – 6,233. Full Story »
Turnout in the Jewish Community was lower by approximately 20% compared to last year’s 9,700-vote showing. However, turnout among other groups also fell. Last year’s split was 9,700 to 7,800. This year’s difference between both sides is likely closer in actual votes. Eli Salomon won another three-year term to the nine-member Board, while one Jewish Candidate won the seat of outgoing Board president Moshe Kohn. In addition, the Jewish Community picked up a seat held until now by union-friendly member that was appointed by the majority Jewish Board members last year yet lost the confidence of the tax paying, pro-special education Jewish Community. Full Story »
According to News12, a public meeting is being held in Rockland tonight about the possible addition of noise barriers when construction for the new Tappan Zee Bridge begins later this year. Many residents have expressed concern about the noise from the $5 billion new span as well as traffic congestion in the area. The state Department of Transportation says it is aware of the fears and sent out letters to some residents asking them to vote on if they want noise barriers and where they should be. Full Story »
Participants at a Monday evening meeting of Preserve Ramapo followers, Union activists, and rabble rousers in the East Ramapo Central School District, plotted a major Voter Intimidation campaign against Jewish voters during Tuesday’s School Board/Budget elections. The above forces registered a countless amount of people as “Poll Watchers,” placing them next to voters with a “right” to raise objections to any person’s vote. Such votes may need to be placed “aside” until the dispute is settled. During the 2011 School Vote, poll watchers demanded that women with strollers or fathers with younger children should stay outside the voting buildings with the excuse that it’s not legal to enter. As a result, dozens of Jews were disenfranchised from voting. Making things worse, the voter rolls books will not have the signature comparisons available as it usually does. This may give yet another reason for the detractors to delay the voting, and cause long lines with the goal that Jewish Voters whose strongest turnout accumulates late afternoon and into the evening, will leave polling stations before actually voting. Jewish Community Activists – in preparation to this chaos – lined up attorneys to ensure that voters don’t get disenfranchised from their voting rights. In addition, Activists are urging people to vote earlier than regular to dilute the expected backup in the final hours of voting. Full Story » |
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Police are investigating a possible connection between an armed robbery at a Central Nyack gas station on Monday and a robbery at the gas station on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Orangetown. State Police at the Haverstraw barracks said that the clerk at the Citgo station on the parkway was robbed at gunpoint at about 1 a.m. The description of the gunman, who fled from the gas station on foot, is similar to that of the man who held up the Shell station on Route 59 at 2:48 a.m. Monday. In the first incident, the gunmen got away with $800 cash, and the clerk was not injured. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken in the parkway incident. 
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Entergy plans to test the Indian Point siren system between 10:30 and 11 a.m. today. The 172 sirens in the four counties within 10 miles of the plants are supposed to sound at full volume for about four minutes. 
Police in the Hudson Valley are investigating a number of gas station robberies. Police in Orangeburg are looking for the armed suspect who robbed a Citgo station on exit 5 of the Palisades Parkway around 1 a.m. today. They say the suspect ordered the attendant into the bathroom and then stole $500. Meanwhile, police in Clarkstown are hoping surveillance video will help them find the teenager who robbed a Shell gas station on Route 59 in Central Nyack. They say a teen with a gun made off with around $800 on Monday morning. 
Early estimates of the elections held for the East Ramapo Central School District (ERCSD) show that the three Jewish candidates won their respective seats against forces backed by unions, environmentalists and anti-Hasidic activists. Tonight’s elections mean that the pro-union forces on the Board will have only two seats instead of three seats on the nine-member Board.
