Sullivan County, Fallsburg, NY +3rd Alarm Fire+ A large 3 alarm fire which is fully involving a private structure at 15 Laurel Park Drive near Brickman Road has fire departments from numerous engines responding...

Westchester County, Bedford Hills, NY - A Bedford Hills criminal accused of weapon possession and other crimes, was living - and working - in a home rented from a nearby yeshiva. Sandra Chemero, 46, was arrested after an undercover police officer went to her Haines Road house in the hamlet, located in upscale northern Westchester and did a sting operation, after a three-month investigation by...

Brooklyn, NY +Heavy Smoke in School Bldg+ Fire Department on the scene at 25 Waverly Avenue and Flushing Avenue for heavy smoke condition inside on the 3rd floor of a school building, sprinkler system in operation. U/D: 20:23 Books were on fire in class room and was put out by sprinkler's. Batt marking it (10-41-1)...

Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY - The Sovereign Bank on 16th Avenue in Boro Park, formerly known as Independence Savings Bank, is under an investigation for missing cash from their own account holders as their deposits were being made. In one of the incidents, a bank teller that processed the deposit of a 28-year-old woman, consisting of various checks and two thousand dollars in cash, gave her the...

New York, NY - A City Council committee unanimously approved a citywide symbolic ban of the the "n" word. "We're not looking to punish people, what we're trying to do is stimulate talk," said Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), the principle sponsor of the proposal, after the Civil Rights subcommittee voted 5-0 to approve it. The full Council is expected to approve the measure on...

New York, NY - The Empire State Building announced that it will permanently extend the hours of its observatories, allowing late night visitors to enjoy the view of the city from the building until 2 a.m., seven nights a week. Beginning tomorrow, the observation decks on the 86th and 102nd floors will be open until 2 a.m. Officials say the decision was made after the new hours proved to be...

Jerusalem, Israel - Government bodies have been promoting a preliminary plan over the past few weeks to build a neighborhood of 11,000 units for the ultra-Orthodox near the East Jerusalem airport. MK Otniel Schneller (Kadima) said that the Housing Ministry is the body that developed the plan to erect the massive new ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in East Jerusalem. But the ministry denied any...

Brooklyn, NY - The investor that wants to buy Starrett City, for $1.3 billion has tried to reassure tenants and elected officials that there will be no vast displacement of occupants, because most residents would qualify for federal rent vouchers. But in fact, David Bistricer, who leads the investment group, has refused to rent apartments to some applicants with such vouchers — known as...

Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY - Fire officials Division-8 shut down an illegal garment factory at 1156 60th Street between 11th Avenue 12th Avenue in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn, ordering approximate 15 workers to leave because of safety hazards posed by piles of cloth and other materials in the basement and insufficient access to the exits. A Buildings Department official said citations were...

Israel - Linguistic Agents, a Jerusalem-based company, announced the launch of a new SMS service, InfoJew. The SMS service will allow Jews to use their cell phones to find synagogues, kosher restaurants, mikvehs as well as the exact times for prayers, Shabbas and holidays anywhere in the world. InfoJew's services will be launched in March and will initially include information on all...

Marlboro, NJ - Police are using dogs and a helicopter in their search for a missing man who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Efrain Chagash, 76, who lives with his daughter on Leonard Drive in the Morganville section of town has been missing since about 2:30 a.m. today, said Lt. Steven Mennona. Police have been searching for him for hours, and are getting help from the Monmouth County Sheriff's...

Lakewood, NJ - The long-delayed cases against members of Lakewood Landlords Association, which involve numerous summonses for housing code violations, are moving forward in Municipal Court. Municipal Court Judge Scott Basen ruled on about 100 summonses, and the remaining 100 should be wrapped up at the next court session, said Larry Loigman, attorney for the landlords. About 40 landlords are...

Dania Beach, FL - Freedom will come soon, in the form of a handwritten paper with 12 lines called a "get," a Jewish divorce document that permits her to remarry. Even though 35 year-old Karen Gruber-Colp's 2003 marriage ended a year ago, her ex-husband has failed to give her a get. But she appealed to Broward Circuit Judge Jack Tuter to force her ex-husband to give her the document. Tuter's...

Israel - Embattled Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz faces criticism after photos of him trying to watch military maneuvers with the lens caps still on his binoculars. The Defense Minister was inspecting Israeli troops in the Golan Heights, near the Syria border, along with the Israeli army's chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi. The photograph shows the Defense Minister gazing through...

Port Jefferson, L.I., NY - A wealthy Long Island woman hit her estranged daughter with a lawsuit, demanding visitation rights with a grandchild she's never met.Gabrielle Karr, 61, whose grandparents were killed by the Nazis, says in court papers she wants to teach her only grandchild the family's history. Karr filed the lawsuit after sending two letters to her daughter, Melissa Black, 34...