Story and photos by Kathy Kahn Traffic was crawling by Chestnut Ridge’s Village Hall Tuesday as voters packed the polls throughout the day. The majority voted to reelect incumbent trustees Grant Valentine and Paul Van Alstyne, who had drawn strong competition due to a January vote by the Village Board of Trustees to allow houses […]
Statement from Help Rescue Our Children In response to the guilty plea of Moshe (Moishe) Turner (of Monsey) last Friday, Jan. 18, Help Rescue Our Children (HROC), an Orthodox Jewish children’s advocacy organization, released the following statement by HROC founder, Rabbi Noson S. Leiter: “We thank the Ramapo Police once again for the painstaking and […]
After a series of religious Jews charged with sex abuse crimes evaded prison time, law enforcement finally appears to be turning the corner in the effort to provide equal protection to children of the community. David Kohn of Monsey pled guilty on Monday of performing oral sex on a then 12-year-old girl who was friends […]
Funeral for Judge Edelstein Retired Judge Harry Edelstein, who served as a Rockland County Court Judge and Clarkstown justice for more than three decades, died Saturday, June 9. He was 87. The funeral was at 11 a.m. on Monday at the New City Jewish Center. Shivah, a Jewish period of mourning, will be held at […]
BY EVAN WECHMAN The morning after the Ramapo Planning Board approved the controversial Patrick Farm project, the Community Design Review Committee (CDRC) met to evaluate which proposals would be coming before the planning board in the new year. The CDRC, which is headed by Anthony Mallia, director of Building, Planning, and Zoning, meets at least […]