TOT has learned of the petira of the Route 59 accident victim, Alta Sheindel Mashimsky A”H, 18, a daughter of one of the pillars of chessed in the Monsey community, Rabbi Yosef Mashimsky Shlita.
Three of the developers allegedly given breaks on permit fees by Anthony Mallia, Ramapo’s building inspector, were major donors to the campaign committees of Mallia’s boss, town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence.
An FBI informant at the center of a political corruption probe that brought down the former state Senate majority leader says he helped elect Rockland Family Court Judge Sherri Eisenpress by using her money to bankroll an illegal campaign finance scheme and by bribing a public official.
The FBI raids this week on Ramapo-area yeshivas have given new ammunition to critics who question both the quality of secular education in that slice of the Jewish educational system, and how those private religious schools spend public money.
VILLAGE OF MONROE – An Oregon man who claimed early Wednesday morning that he was on his way to leave explosives at LaGuardia Airport has been charged with falsely reporting an incident and making terroristic threats.
Monroe, NY – Hoping for help from the public, police have released a sketch of a man wanted in connection with a Tuesday holdup at a Monroe store selling fresh fruit arrangements.
Monroe, NY – A three alarm fire tore through a Kiryas Joel home in the early morning hours, with firefighters from several agencies responding to the blaze at the three story building.
Drama unfolded on Tuesday morning as authorities were in pursuit of a spider monkey that escaped from the Haif Kef zoo in central Israel’s Rishon Lezion.
China has established a secret police presence in Israel as well as dozens of other countries around the world as part of an effort to monitor its citizens abroad, and in some cases spirits them back to the country against their will, a watchdog has said. The 35-page report by Madrid-based Safeguard Defenders, published Sunday,…
DetailsA Brazilian street robber ended up pleading for mercy from the woman he tried to hold up – after she took him down in a jiu-jitsu move then held him in a leg grip until the police arrived.
