Lakewood Won’t Pursue Proposal To Build An Arena For The NJ Devils, Due To Lack Of Support From The Jewish Community
Lakewood, NJ - A $40 million to $50 million proposal to build an arena for a New Jersey Devils farm team has been put on ice.
Two Devils owners — who confirmed the project is shelved — said lack of su...
Crown Heights – Gets A Dozen New Cops
Crown Heights - neighborhood that saw murders double last year amid a citywide drop in homicides has added a dozen new cops to battle the rise in violence.
The rookie cops assigned to the 71st Precinc...
Brooklyn +Very Serious MVA/Pedestrian Struck+
Brooklyn +Very Serious MVA/Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident on Nostrand Avenue and Avenue L with a pedestrian that was struck, is now a confirmed A.I.S. Job by Hatzolah on the scene, Highwa...
Jerusalem – Prime Minister Sharon Underwent Emergency Surgery
Jerusalem, Israel - Hospital officials say Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was undergoing emergency surgery after brain scan showed rise in cranial pressure, now the surgery has ended, and hospital offici...
Glendale – Work On A New Yeshiva Is Under Way, Renewing Concerns By Neighbors
Queens - Construction workers began excavating a large hole in front of the site of the United Talmudic Seminary’s planned two-story yeshiva, renewing concerns from neighbors about the project.
Dorie ...
Bronx +Cross Bronx Epwy Traffic Advisory+
Bronx +Cross Bronx Epwy Traffic Advisory+ A MVA in the right lane on the eastbound of the Cross Bronx Expressway at Jerome Avenue, is causing heavy traffic delays all the way to the span of the George...
NYC – Mayor Trying To Calm Rabbinical Leaders At Gracie Mansion Yesterday On the Issue Of Metzitzah B’Peh
The dispute on metzitzah b'peh, between the Orthodox Jewish community and the city's Health Department has some in the jewish communities say that the city is infringing upon their religious rights. T...
Appliance Diversity Like ‘Shabbas-Mode’ Stoves Arrives In The American Marketplace
Jewish law forbids changing the oven temperature or the lighted display during Shabbas, so orthdox jews have to turn on the appliance before sundown so they could heat their food the next day. But the...
Florida Supreme Court struck down voucher program.
Florida Supreme Court struck down the nation's first statewide voucher program.
In its ruling in Holmes v. Bush, the court noted that the voucher program "diverts public dollars into separate private...
Edgware, UK – Construction Work On New Eruv Will Start Soon
After a seven-year wait, construction work on the Edgware eruv, which will allow Orthodox Jews to carry items and use such apparatus as pushchairs on Shabbas, is expected to start next week.In Decembe...
Brooklyn +Attempt Bank Robbery+
Brooklyn +Attempted Bank Robbery+ An attempt bank robbery with gun of the Dime Savings Bank at 2172 Coyle between Avenue's U and V, PD has one perp under arest, 2nd perp fled, level one mobilization r...
Suffolk Police Have Different Opinion On Who Vandalized The Menorah At The Plaza Shopping Center
Holbrook, L.I. - Police received a report on Dec. 14 that the large Menorah at the Plaza Shopping Center on Main Street was damaged by vanals and lying on the ground.So they went and looked at surveil...
Staten Island +Verrazano Bridge MVA+
Staten Island +Verrazano Bridge MVA+ A motor vehicle accident involving 5 vehicles on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge Brooklyn bound has PD shut doun the upper level Brooklyn bound of the bridge, Hatzola...
NYC – 2nd Avenue Deli Shuts Down
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New York City Second Avenue Deli, one of the most famous delis in New York City's lower east side is shuting down and possibly for good, due to a lease dispute
Palm Harbor – Stolen Menorah Returned
Palm Harbor, FL - A mammoth menorah stolen from a local synagogue has been anonymously returned.
But the Sheriff's Office will continue to investigate the incident as a theft, authorities said Wednesd...
Town of Woodbury’s New Supervisor Plans on Maintaining His Position Regarding Kiryas Yoel.
The new Town of Woodbury supervisor Burke said, "I plan on maintaining my positions," he said yesterday. "I've not given up my right to make an individual vote on things I feel very strongly about."
A...
Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office Rocks Of Aide-Payout Scandal.
Brooklyn - Long-term financial mismanagement is dogging Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes' office, with a slew of employees drawing far larger salaries than their positions entitle them to, an ...
Queens +L.I.E. & G.C.P. Traffic Alert+
Queens +L.I.E. & G.C.P. Traffic Alert+ A 3 car MVA on the eastbound of the L.I.E. and the Grand Central Parkway with a large spill of anti-freeze on the roadway is causinf heavy traffic on both di...
Brooklyn +B.Q.E. Traffic Advisory+
Brooklyn +B.Q.E. Traffic Advisory+ A motor vehicle accident that's being cleard at this time on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway right before the Kozkiosko Bridge is causing heavy traffic delays through...
Manhattan +F.D.R. Traffic Advisory+
Manhattan +F.D.R. Traffic Advisory+ Southbound of the F.D.R. Drive near 96th Street heavy traffic delays due to a MVA that is blocking left and center lanes, numerous PD, EMS on the scene, delays all ...
