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Conference on autism is Monday in Rockland
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.
Comfort Inn, Holiday Inn Express nearing openings on West Shore
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 emerge as winners in Orangetown
Republicans swept the Orangetown races, according to unofficial results Tuesday night from the Rockland County Board of Elections.
Troopers charge 5 with DWI on Taconic, Bear Mt. parkways, Rts. 6, 9
State police today announced several additional drunken-driving arrests troopers made over the weekend.
Pearl River man charged in arrow slaying of Siberian husky
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.
Trader claims RBC fired her for dating
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.
Volleyball: Suffern tops Pearl River; more matches
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.
Dems, unite behind one mayoral candidate
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.
Masons make road easier for Hospice
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.
St. Margaret's School students will sing with Irish orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall in Manhattan
PEARL RIVER - Pearl River 13-year-old Annie Loftus' favorite songs to sing are a medley of Abba's tunes.
Rockland targets slumlords, seeks tips
Too many landlords across Rockland illegally construct extra apartments inside rental buildings that are often unsafe for tenants and emergency responders.
Widow of N.Y. man killed on N.J. Turnpike to get $9.75M
The widow of a New York man killed on the New Jersey Turnpike has settled a lawsuit for $9.75 million.
Memory Walk for Alzheimers planned for Rockland
PEARL RIVER - Joyce Simons, a college professor and administrator who has earned a doctorate and other advanced academic degrees, was puzzled more than two years ago when she suddenly began having trouble spelling simple words.
Orange and Rockland customers to pay more for natural gas
PEARL RIVER - Orange and Rockland Utilities' customers will pay more for natural gas delivery after the state Public Service Commission approved a rate hike Thursday.
Contractor Is Accused of Cheating Minority Workers Out of Wages
During the city's recent construction boom, developers could not build fast enough to meet the demand for luxury housing and hotels, contractors had more work than they could handle and many union workers made a lot of money.
Tappan Zee's impacts discussed at Historical Society of Rockland
NEW CITY - The Tappan Zee Bridge has been impacting life in Rockland since it opened in 1955.
Pearl River High School is moving the prom to a school night. Students are expected to be in class the next day, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as usual.
Neighbor helps rescue woman, 91
NANUET - Normandie Gateau was getting ready to go meet her boyfriend Monday when she looked out of her second-floor window and saw flames shooting out of the roof of the apartment building across the parking lot.
Volleyball: Ursuline defeats New Rochelle; more matches ...
Ursuline 3, New Rochelle 1: At Ursuline, Nellie Boss had 14 kills and 11 digs in a 13-25, 25-13, 25-16, 2-22 win.
Tumour-initiating cells: challenges and opportunities for anticancer drug discovery
The hypothesis that cancer is driven by tumour-initiating cells has recently attracted a great deal of attention, owing to the promise of a novel cellular target for the treatment of haematopoietic and solid malignancies.
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