Fire at the Klozenburg Camp now
Kluzenborg CampFire 06/2005
Originally uploaded by Shloma Shamos. Woodbourne, Sullivan County at 218 FireHouse Drive a large working fire at a 3 story structure building, fire fully involved from an ...
NYS Thruway Traffic Alert
NYS Thruway all lanes South Bound of Town of Woodbury at MM 49.7 have been closed do to a double fatal MVA with very heavy delays.
Rubashkin Kosher meat plans new plant in Gordon, Nebraska.
Local Pride Co. owned by the Rubashkin family, which also owns Agriprocessors, a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. has bought an old packing plant in Gordon, Neb. which has been closed for ...
Brooklyn +2nd Alarf Fire+
Brooklyn +2nd Alarm Fire+ 1400 Ocean Ave and Ave J, Fire on the 2nd floor of a 6 story 250X250 MD, fire out of the windows with people trapped on the fire escape. Hatzolah transporting 2 victims and 2...
Brooklyn, +Thunder Storm Warning+
Brooklyn, +Thunder Storm Warning+ The National Weather Service has
issued a warning for a line of storms with hail, and 60 MPH winds until 4:30 PM
Chortkover Cemetery being dug up by State Hospital of Ukraine
Chortkover Cemetery
Originally uploaded by Shloma Shamos. A hospital in the Ukrainian city of Chortkov has dug up an the oldest Jewish cemetery existing in Chortkov dating back to the early 17th cent...
Jewish Inmate Files Suit Over Rules on Shaving
An Orthodox Jew imprisoned in the Toledo Correctional Institution prison, and is serving a life sentence for murder, accused the state of interfering with his religious practices by forcing him to sha...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn +People Ingested Halon Gas+
Williamsburg, Brooklyn +People Ingested Halon Gas+ On Broadway Ave and Boerum St. FD on scene and requesting EMS with a rush for 4-5 people who ingested halon from a system accidental activating and d...
Williamsburg +Fire Truck VS Motorcyclist+
Williamsburg Brooklyn +Fire Truck VS Motorcyclist+ A serious MVA involving a fire truck with a motorcyclist, aided pinned and in serious condition with severe leg trauma but not in likely condition, h...
NYC Snapple Promotion Gone Bad
. Snapple wanted to break some record today by having the largest popsicle ever, and decided that Union Square and 17th Street in Manhattan would be the right place to have this giant popsicle ...
One of the Potholes in our City, Managed by Bloomberg
One of the potholes in our City, managed by Bloomberg
. Big hole in the street is talk of the town, not only the town, the nation.
The NY Times Calls It The Grand Canyon of Potholes
Mother of Yankel Rosenbaum said: Money was not the issue.
Mother of Yankel Rosenbaum said: Money was not the issue. She said the justice her family won when the city admitted fault in her son's death was a bittersweet victory.
Fay Rosenbaum, 71, said she wa...
Voting Today on MonDroe $12.9M Library
Voters will decide today if the Town of MonDroe should spend $12.9 million to build a 40,000-square-foot home for the MonDroe Free Library and Town Hall.
Polling stations have been set up in two place...
Restoration of the Eldridge Street Shul
The synagogues of New York's Lower East Side
The first great house of worship built in America by Eastern European Jews.
How was this historic synagogue saved despite prohibitions against government f...
Queens +Mosquito Spraying Tonight+
To reduce mosquito activity, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) will spray pesticide from trucks in parts of the Rockaways, Bayswater, Queens from 8:30 P.M. tonight, Jun...
NYC police reportedly confirm ticket quotas
Two city police sergeants have testified they were ordered to meet a quota.
The testimony came during a closed door grievance hearing.
Sources say that one sergeant even produced a memo from a comma...
Brooklyn. +BQE Traffic Alert+
Brooklyn. +BQE Traffic Alert+ B.Q.E. South bound traffic alert an MVA involving a truck VS an ambulette with several injured on the ambultte, numerous EMS and Highway units on the scene.
U/D:
Flushin...
Boston — Protesters greet hundreds celebrating Israel’s 57th anniversary
BOSTON -- For the fourth straight year, protesters greeted hundreds of people who gathered Sunday on Boston's City Hall Plaza to celebrate the 57th anniversary of Israel's independence.
Joining the p...
Will the Town of Woodbury give a builder his way, or will Kiryas Yoel get their way?
Bill Brodsky and another developer hope to build 450 homes and are planning costly water and sewer improvements that would benefit the town. All they ask in return is a simple zoning change, one that ...
Judge Allows Yeshiva Suit in Ramapo
A state Supreme Court justice has rejected an outright dismissal of a lawsuit against Ramapo's adoption of special zones for "adult student housing" connected to religious schools.
In a decision relea...