Category: Local News

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…

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…

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.

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…