Valley Cottage News

Share + Dec 8, 2009 5:45 pm US/Eastern Reporting Tony Aiello NEW CITY, N.Y. 1 of 4 Jami Erlich, 32, was found murdered inside her apartment on November 29, 2009.

NEW CITY - As Eric Lau remained behind bars Friday, a Rockland grand jury began reviewing evidence accusing him of murdering a popular Suffern elementary school gym teacher.

Share + Nov 30, 2009 5:40 pm US/Eastern Reporting John Slattery 1 of 1 32-year-old Jami Erlich was found dead in her home in Valley Cottage around 9:15 p.m. Police are treating her death as a homicide.

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A popular Ramapo elementary school gym teacher was beaten and stabbed to death inside her Lake Road condominium on Sunday night, as Clarkstown police searched today for a neighbor who may have heard or known about the murder.

A Rockland grand jury today began hearing evidence in the fatal stabbing and bludgeoning of Suffern elementary school gym teacher Jami Erlich.

NEW CITY - The Rockland County Legislature restored some funding to county contract agencies and halved the property tax increase called for by County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef Thursday night.

Sources confirm to Fox 5 News that second degree murder charges will be filed against the neighbor of the teacher found dead in her Valley Cottage apartment on Sunday.

NEW CITY - A Valley Cottage man charged with killing a Suffern teacher has dismissed his lawyer and is now a non-paying client of the Rockland Public Defender's Office.

The Valley Cottage man charged Wednesday with killing a popular Suffern elementary school gym teacher has a history of emotional problems, along with a criminal record that includes several violent incidents.

VALLEY COTTAGE - Just hours after the man charged with the brutal slaying of a Suffern gym teacher pleaded not guilty, half-a-dozen plainclothes detectives concluded a search of the victim's home in the quiet Lake Road Condominiums complex on Church Lane.

The next-door neighbor who disappeared for two days after the killing of a grade-school gym teacher was charged Wednesday with her murder after being tracked down in the woods by a police dog.

Friends and co-workers of Jami Erlich found it difficult to reconcile the brutality of her death with the sunny and outgoing personality that she was widely known for.

Counseling is being offered to schoolchildren following the beating and stabbing death of a teacher in her suburban New York condominium.

A car belonging to a man wanted for questioning in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 32-year-old teacher was found this morning in New City, police said.

Police are investigating the killing of an elementary school teacher at her suburban New York home.

VALLEY COTTAGE - A 32-year-old woman was found slain inside a Church Lane condominium last night, Clarkstown police said today.

In an early touch of winter, a brisk west wind swirled orange and yellow leaves around the front lawn of Palisades Community Center.

NANUET - This time of year can be stressful and expensive for parents with good jobs, but it can be truly overwhelming for people out of work who want to fulfill their children's holiday wishes.

UPPER NYACK - It's probably the ultimate in 'green' recycling. Take a dead or downed tree, use a two-man saw and traditional tools to craft a rustic bench, then place the seating in a public setting.