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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…
Recently an unnamed Pearl River woman was allegedly observed by Clarkstown police weaving in and out of car traffic on south little tor road. She was stopped by police officers and arrested and taken into custody.
Summer is a wonderful time of the year! But July and August were problematic for residents in their everyday lives. The heat and humidity could be oppressive, especially in the 19th century for folks before air conditioning. There is some scientific evidence that heat and humidity with its ability to impart uncomfortable conditions can affect sleep,…
I have heard of the harness racing museum hall of fame located at 240 Main Street in Goshen, New York, for many years but never had visited it before. I started to think of visiting this museum a couple of years back when researching one of my books about the history of Pearl River. I…
My wife Rasa and I were in the mood to eat something different from the usual dinner fare. As we could not decide, she suggested dining in Westwood, New Jersey. Arriving in Westwood we decided to dine at an Indian restaurant at 266 Center Street called Downtown Dhaba. When we entered, we were asked by…
June is coming and the anniversary of Pearl River’s only train wreck is on June 25th. On the afternoon of June 25, 1907, a train carrying grain, wood, and gravel broke loose in Spring Valley and slowly started south down the tracks, picking up speed with each ¼ mile. The station master of the Pearl…
The road repair work slated between Townline road and the south entrance of route 304 is complete. As for the straightening of Washington Avenue at the Pascack Brook, this project, which includes replacing the bridge, will take some time. It has already caused delays for those commuting to job in New Jersey and vice versa….
In Pearl River the Pascack Brook is the best place to catch a rainbow or brown trout in springtime. The original native stock of brook trout had been fished out by hungry folks who had to endure subsistence living during hard times. It is surmised that the depression of 1893 and 1907 put the last…
The legal wrangling over the ability for the Van Houten family to continue operating their cider mill/music venue on the family farm is in limbo as the town board did not discuss the matter further after the February 23 meeting. More when the matter is put before the town board.
