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Police & Fire
Area Shopping Center Blaze Sends Six Firefighters To Hospital Area Shopping Center Blaze Sends Six Firefighters To Hospital
Area Shopping Center Blaze Sends Six Firefighters To Hospital First responders are still on the scene of a stubborn, dangerous shopping center fire that has sent six firefighters to the hospital in Rockland County. The blaze broke out at The Rise, a gun range located in the basement of a shopping area that includes a Dollar General store and a Dunkin Donuts coffee, around noon on Sunday, Nov. 28 in Pearl River, said Lt. James Sullivan, of the Orangetown Police. Related Story: Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center According to Sullivan, when police patrols arrived on the scene at 120 N. Middletown Road, officers found an …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Rockland Scooter Driver Airlifted, Passenger Taken By Ambulance After Crash Rockland Scooter Driver Airlifted, Passenger Taken By Ambulance After Crash
Rockland Scooter Driver Airlifted, Passenger Taken By Ambulance After Crash A Rockland man was airlifted to the hospital after he and a female passenger were struck riding a scooter in Northvale, New Jersey. The 48-year-old victim from Piermont was heading north on Livingston Street around 10:30 p.m. when the driver of a sedan made a left into the Citgo gas station and hit the Vespa, Borough of Northvale Police Chief Howard J. Ostrow said. Air Med 1 flew him to Hackensack University Medical Center with traumatic injuries after landing at John L. Hogan Memorial Park. His female passenger was taken to the hospital by ambulance, Ostrow said. The sedan driver, a 40-y…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Phillip Hayward, Lab Chemist In Area, Dies At 23 Phillip Hayward, Lab Chemist In Area, Dies At 23
Phillip Hayward, Lab Chemist In Area, Dies At 23 Quick wit. Sharp humor. A bright light and unique character. This is how Phillip Hayward, a lab chemist in Rockland County, is being remembered. The native of Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey died on Monday, Aug. 24 at 23 years old -- but his legacy lives on, thanks to a GoFundMe launched by Gabrielle Rodriguez in his memory. The $11,800 that had been raised as of Tuesday morning will be donated to "The Trevor Project" in Phillip's name. The American non-profit organization focuses on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth.  A Northern Hig…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Teen Behind Bars After Felony Assault Charge In Rockland Teen Behind Bars After Felony Assault Charge In Rockland
Teen Behind Bars After Felony Assault Charge In Rockland A teen is behind bars and facing a felony charge after injuring an older man by allegedly punching him in the face at a home in Orangeburg, police said. The Orangetown Police responded to a report of a dispute at the residence on Friday, June 22 at 8:30 p.m. It is alleged that Ross struck the man "about the face with a closed fist causing physical injury," police said, noting that the difference in age between Ross and the victim increased the charge from a misdemeanor to a felony. Ross was arrested and transported to the Orangetown Police Headquarters where he was processed and …

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by Joe Lombardi