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Residents of Pearl River have been seeing the same drones which have been plaguing South Jersey. Last night an orange rod like light was hovering over the Pfizer plant at a 45 degree angle, not moving. Residents are worried, although the Department of Homeland Security has not given any cause to fear saying there is no evidence that a…
Town supervisor Theresa Kenney has issued a warning to lock doors and windows as someone gained entry to a house twice in Orangetown while the owners were home. No one was injured and the Orangetown Police Department responded in professionally adroit fashion foiling the robberies. Remember to be careful and keep your guns ready! An armed citizenry is the…
After almost a year of construction, Washington Avenue will be open to two lane traffic on a new bridge crossing the Pascack Brook. This construction will greatly reduce the chances of accidents in bad weather when driving down the hill toward Pearl River. This project has taken 10 months and has taken some large oaks down…
On Wednesday December 11, 2024, at approximately 5:10 pm, a 45 foot tractor trailer tried to navigate the sharp curve in front of 20 Crooked Hill Road and became wedged for 15 minutes, snarling after work traffic with cars being unable to pass the truck from western Crooked Hill Road and the stop sign at North Main Street…
Now that October has arrived, many Pearl River residents have memories of patronizing the farms along Chestnut Ridge Road. The Van Riper, Tice, and DiPiero families had large acreage holdings in that area where the peach and apple orchards stretched as far as the eye could see in all directions. These farming families would line chestnut ridge…
On Saturday October 12, 2024, residents of the west Crooked Hill Road Area were ordered by the Orangetown Police Department to shelter in place as they had been called to handle a situation which could have become tragic. A hand Grenade was found lying on the side of the road. it was unknown at the time…
Governor Kathy Hochul has approved the restriction of banning phones in school classrooms. This is a much needed requirement to be enforced. As Americans of all ages have become addicted to the phone, it has become an integral part of life. There are good and bad aspects of this technology, as is the case with all technology,…
September is a time of change, leaves turning, weather cooling, and the start of school. Many years ago in Pearl River, the only school in this section of Orangetown was the Orangetown Public School Number #7 also known as the School Down the Hill. It was first located on the property of George Bush who…
Pearl River high school student Layla So passed on after a serious long term illness.As a student, Layla was a member of the high school varsity bowling team, studied Karate, was a member of the marine science club where she indulged an intellectual interest in biology that she possessed, and she was also a Scout in…
in July of this year local residents noticed an unusual amount of traffic parking along Main Street and franklin avenue along with young men filing in and out of a building at 2 Franklin Avenue across from the Pearl River Post Office.this building once house the Martha Knight Gifts store until the 1980s. originally it had been built…
