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Never had a chocolate-covered pickle? Its combination of sweet and salty flavors makes it a uniquely tasty treat, says Marvin Baum of Valley Cottage, producer of this weekend's Chocolate World Expo at the Westchester County Center - where you can taste a chocolate pickle and sample the wares from a wide variety of vendors just in time for ...

Share + Comments Dec 3, 2009 4:54 pm US/Eastern Reporting Tony Aiello NEW CITY, N.Y. More than two dozen young adults were arrested in Rockland County, charged with illegally selling prescription drugs.

A year-long undercover investigation into the sale of prescription drugs to teenagers outside a local elementary school and in the mall has resulted in the arrest of 23 people, authorities announced this morning.

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 their search of the victim's home in the quiet Lake Road Condominiums complex on Church Lane.

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.

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Clarkstown police are looking for a neighbor who may have heard or known about the murder of a popular 32-year-old gym teacher found slain inside a Church Lane condominium on Sunday night.

When people find out that I have never hosted a Thanksgiving, the first thing they do - after they stop scratching their heads - is ask what I bring.

Tappan Zee Bridge work Thursday and Friday: No work scheduled due to the holiday.

ADOLPH H. SCHREIBER HEBREW ACADEMY OF ROCKLAND: Students from the Adolph H. Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland in Monsey hosted a group of 75 Israeli students from the Sherut Leumi program for a weekend.

Here's a recap of the Nov. 5 Town Board meeting. Supervisor Alexander Gromack and Town Board members Shirley Lasker, John Maloney and George Hoehmann were present.

RAMAPO - Alyssa Axt leaped off her chair and hurled her tissue into the trash.

Forged prescription charge: Edward Bond, 40, of Congers was charged with six felony counts of second-degree possession of a forged instrument and six felony counts of second-degree forgery of a medical prescription.

Last week was kind of a blur while I worked at the paper and, in my spare time, planned the end-of-season party for Touching Bases, a fall baseball league for adults with disabilities that I founded eight years ago.

Cal Mart Enterprises has dropped its pursuit of a special permit for a landfill in Congers after heavy criticism from residents.

The town of Clarkstown will host a foreclosure prevention seminar from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Town Hall, 10 Maple Ave., New City.

Monday: Left lane Westchester-bound closed for bridge maintenance beginning at milepost 16.2 to 13.1, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday: Right lane Rockland-bound closed for bridge maintenance beginning at milepost 13.1 to 16, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday: None scheduled.

Daniyel Baron marched Sunday afternoon with fellow Marines of many generations in the sunny backyard of the Kearsing-Edwards American Legion Post off Pomona Road in Ramapo.

One of Rockland's most enduring Thanksgiving traditions is the annual Turkey Trot around Rockland Lake in Clarkstown. Mike Greco has been its race director for the past 14 years.

CONGERS - A 22-wheel tractor-trailer carrying gravel crashed into a utility pole and overturned on Route 303 Tuesday morning after the driver said he swerved to avoid a car.