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PHOTOS: Five Missing Bochrim In Ellenville At Camp Kasho Have Just Been Found [UPDATED 6:01AM]

[PHOTOS BY JDN IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] UPDATE 6;01AM MONDAY MORNING: After a massive search involving Hatzolah and local law enforcement, the five missing Bochrim were just found and safely removed from the forest. The search was coordinated by Catskills Hatzolah, and the Ulster County Sheriff Department - including its Chaplain, Rabbi Joel Gold. A Misaskim command center was used by emergency personnel to coordinate the search. Hundreds of volunteers from Hatzolah, Chaveirim and Shomrim gave ...

Photo Essay: Levayah Of 3-Year-Old Aharon Follman A"H Killed In Fire At Camp Mareh Yecheskel Karlesburg (Photos By JDN)

TEHILLIM - Man Remains In Critical Condition Following ATV Crash In Catskills

A man was critically injured while riding an ATV this past Friday, and the family has added a name for Tehillim. The accident happened on Friday afternoon at Evergreen Estates in Loch Sheldrake, NY. The man's daughter was on the ATV at the time of the crash. It appears the ATV overturned, ejecting both of them from the vehicle. Catskills Hatzolah had a medevac respond and the man was airlifted with a serious brain injury to a trauma center. The daughter is reportedly in stable condition, but ...

PHOTOS: Oxygen Tank Explodes In Catskills Hatzolah Garage Forcing Evacuations During Dispatching

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The Catskills Hatzolah garage was temporarily evacuated Sunday evening, after an oxygen tank exploded. Sources tell YWN Catskills that a member was changing an oxygen tank, when it suddenly exploded. Making things difficult was that at the time of the incident, all Hatzolah emergencies for NYC and the Catskills were begin dispatched from the Catskills garage. Thankfully, a dispatcher was available at another dispatch center in Brooklyn, and the lines were ...

Sullivan County Sheriff To Crack Down On Route 17B Problem Drivers

Sheriff Michael Schiff gathered fellow law enforcement officers, the district attorney, and the county public safety commissioner on Wednesday to announce a crackdown. Schiff said the road, a major connector between the Monticello area and Bethel Woods and the rest of western Sullivan, is not to blame. “The physical road itself is not inherently dangerous,” Schiff said. “The state DOT does a great job in maintaining it. It’s the volume of traffic and the habits of the drivers who ...

WARNING: NYSP Conducting Speed Crackdown From August 6-12

In an effort to reduce speed related crashes and improve safe travel for drivers and passengers on New York roads, the New York State Police will conduct a week-long enforcement initiative targeting speeding and aggressive drivers across the state. The summer “Speed Week” campaign runs from August 6 through August 12, 2014, and coincides with the NASCAR racing event scheduled from August 7 – 10 at Watkins Glen International Raceway. Speed remains one of the leading causes of ...

Bloomingburg: NYSP Make Arrest in Glass Breakage Of Jewish Storefront

On August 3, 2014 State Police investigated the breakage of a large plate glass window at 79 Main St in the Village of Bloomingburg. After an investigation, Michael Essig, age 38 of Wurtsboro, NY was arrested in connection with the damage. Essig was charged with Criminal Mischief in the 3rd Degree, a felony and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, a violation. He was arraigned in the Village of Bloomingburg Court and remanded to the Sullivan County Jail with no bail set. (YWN Sullivan County ...

PHOTOS: Fatal Crash On Route 17B In Bethel

[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] On Saturday evening (8/2/14) at approximately 8:40pm, deputies from the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office responded to a two car head on collision on State Route 17B near Pucky Huddle Road in the Town of Bethel. Upon arriving at the scene deputies found that a red Toyota Camry, which had been traveling eastbound toward Monticello, crossed over the pavement markings into the oncoming lane and struck a Ford passenger van with 8 occupants. The driver of the Camry was ...

PHOTOS: A Visit To Camp Ohel Baruch Krasna (Photos By JDN)

 

PHOTOS: Catskills Hatzolah Meets With NYS Troopers & Thruway Authority At the Catskills Hatzolah Garage (Photos By JDN)

 

PHOTOS: Vach Nacht For Einikle Of The Krula Rebbe In The Krula Camp (Photos By JDN)

PHOTOS: Novaminsk Rebbe in Camp Novaminsk (Photos By JDN)

PHOTOS: A Visit To Camp Ohr Shraga (Photos By JDN)

PHOTOS: Chaverim Pulls Out a Vehicle Stuck in a Ditch in Machne Beis Ruchel

 

PHOTOS: The Pupa Rebbe Visiting The Pupa Camps (Photos By JDN)

PHOTOS: A Hungry Bear Visits The Garbage Dumpster In Camp Me'or Hatalmid (Photos By JDN)

PHOTOS: Fixing The Eiruv in Camp Chaya Sarah (Photos By JDN)