The Pearl River Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its 2nd annual 5k race on Saturday, April 23rd.
Pearl River Chamber to host 2nd annual 5k
Pearl River
Pearl River is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, United States. It is east of Chestnut Ridge, south of Nanuet, west of Blauvelt, New York, and north of Montvale and Old Tappan, New Jersey. The population was 15,876 at the 2010 census.
Pearl River is 20 miles (32 km) north of midtown Manhattan and just north of the New Jersey border. It is the first (traveling north) of three New York stops on New Jersey Transit's Pascack Valley Line.
In 2011, CNNMoney.com ranked Pearl River 78th on its annual "100 Best Places to Live" list.
St Patrick’s Day parade in Pearl River on Sunday
The weekend we have been waiting for has finally arrived! Both spring and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Pearl River are here. For the parade, please be advised that the streets along the course will start to close around 12:00 pm. See the press release below from the Orangetown Police Department for more information. If you go, make sure you wave to me as I go marching by.
Senior Clubs in Orangetown resuming meetings
Due to the decline in COVID-19 cases, many of the senior clubs in the Town of Orangetown are now excited to resume their monthly meetings.
Membership is open to persons 60 years or older that live in the Town of Orangetown.
Orangetown is home to seven senior clubs – Blauvelt/Orangeburg, Nyack, Pearl River “A”, Pearl River “B”, Piermont, Sparkill and Tappan.
Orangetown Supervisor Teresa M. Kenny said, “I have been fortunate enough to visit with a few of the clubs, and I must say, their trips sound fantastic. If you are interested in joining one of the clubs, please check out our Senior Community page.”
Nyack Mayor stands with student athletes
Nyack Mayor Don Hammond has released the following statement:
The Village of Nyack Board of Trustees wishes to express our support for the student-athletes of the Nyack School District, who were subject to a sad and shameful display of racist behavior by some spectators at Wednesday’s night’s basketball game at Pearl River High School.
We fully support the request made by the Nyack Board of Education to the Pearl River School District for a full investigation and report, and the request made to Section 1 Athletics to review the incident. We applaud the Nyack School District for their quick action on this matter, and for making counseling available to any Nyack students needing that support.
Further, while we appreciate the Pearl River Superintendent’s quick action in releasing a letter deploring the conduct, we were disappointed that the Superintendent did not extend an apology to the student-athletes involved, an apology that they deserved for the way they were mistreated at the Pearl River High School. The behavior is unacceptable at any level, but is particularly egregious at a scholastic event for children.
We hope that the Pearl River school administration and school board will look upon this as an opportunity not just to address and correct the offensive behavior, but to educate and enlighten those students and community members about the underlying causes and effects of racism in our schools and society. We encourage them to take this terrible incident and turn it into something positive for the students in the Pearl River school district, to help them see just why this conduct is so hurtful and wrong.
Certainly, we hope that they will accept the offer from the Nyack NAACP to meet with their leadership and administration to start an open and constructive dialogue on the incident.
Moreover, an incident like this should serve as a wake-up call to those who question the need for ongoing efforts to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion in our school systems. We thank the Nyack Board of Education for leading the way in their Strategic Plan for Excellence Through Racial Equity, and for their ongoing work to dismantle systemic racism in our schools.
We often hear that we have come a long way in establishing racial equity and understanding in our community, but incidents like these show us that we obviously have a lot more work to do.
The Board of Trustees stands ready to join the efforts to build a stronger, more inclusive community in Rockland County.
Statement from County Executive Ed Day
The type of racist and reprehensible behavior displayed during Wednesday night’s high school basketball game between Pearl River and Nyack has no place in our community and I condemn it in the strongest terms possible. As a former youth coach myself it’s particularly disturbing to see our young people subjected to type of racist abuse.
While the actions of a few do not define the mindset of the many it is up to our entire community to treat others with the respect we all deserve and speak out against any and all acts of intolerance.