Pearl River News

PEARL RIVER - Firefighters quickly extinguished a small fire in a home on Griffith Place this morning.

Eight men face felony drug charges after a lengthy police investigation into cocaine distribution in the village.

NANUET: People to People is asking shoppers to donate free turkeys they've earned through supermarket promotions if they're not planning to use them.

When Paul Phinney led a moment of silence during Wednesday morning's Veterans Day ceremony, he didn't need to dig deep into the past to find an example of sacrifice.

PEARL RIVER Pfizer, which had considered shutting down its Pearl River facility, will be keeping it open as one of its five worldwide research and development centers, but it plants to impost layoffs.

The new owner of the Sebastian Marina and Tiki Bar was shoved when movers for the previous owner showed up there to claim property Thursday, police said.

Fire calls were reported between 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday by 44 Control: 1:11 a.m., Monsey, trash bin/garbage can fire.

It will shut down its R&D operations at: Princeton, N.J.; Chazy, Rouses Point and Plattsburgh, N.Y.; Sanford and Research Triangle Park, N.C.; and at Gosport, Slough/Taplow in the United Kingdom.

First-time homebuyers gained a few extra months to take advantage of an $8,000 tax credit - but they're not the only ones benefiting from an expanded version of the popular stimulus program.

PEARL RIVER - Experts in autism from all over the nation will be in Rockland to speak at a conference Monday that hundreds of parents, teachers and others plan to attend.

A Comfort Inn is expected to open next month in Travis and new mattresses are piled up inside an adjacent building where a Holiday Inn Express should debut in the new year, according to developer Sam Chang.

Republicans swept the Orangetown races, according to unofficial results Tuesday night from the Rockland County Board of Elections.

State police today announced several additional drunken-driving arrests troopers made over the weekend.

ORANGETOWN - State investigators have tracked down a Pearl River man they say killed a Siberian husky with an arrow while hunting illegally in Blauvelt State Park.

A top-performing female trader has sued RBC Capital Markets for gender bias over her dismissal, which she said stemmed from her dating a hedge fund manager later charged with fraud for running a Ponzi scheme.

Edgemont 3, Briarcliff 0: At Briarcliff, Kasey Heyda had six kills and five digs to lead the Panthers to the 25-21, 25-22, 25-21 win.

Re Suffern Village Trustee John Meehan's Oct. 22 letter, 'Still supporting Keegan in Suffern': I find it interesting that he is supporting current Suffern Mayor John Keegan in a race in which Keegan has stated he was not actively campaigning after his Democratic primary loss to Trustee Dagan LaCorte.

An Oct. 1 article, 'Best-seller stokes interest in Masons,' addressed how Dan Brown's new novel, 'The Lost Symbol,' is renewing interest and generating curiosity about the age-old fraternal group, the Freemasons.

PEARL RIVER - Pearl River 13-year-old Annie Loftus' favorite songs to sing are a medley of Abba's tunes.

Too many landlords across Rockland illegally construct extra apartments inside rental buildings that are often unsafe for tenants and emergency responders.