🌱 Patch AM: How Pearl River firefighters helped contain this late-night garage fire

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• How Pearl River firefighters helped contain this late-night garage fire

Also on today's calendar: Enjoy Our Holiday Dinner Followed By Bingo and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 44 and low of 42 degrees.
• Friday: Windy; morning rain, temps: high: 55, low: 27.
• Saturday: Some sun, then clouds; colder, with a high of 37 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Working Smoke Detectors Alert Family To Late-Night Garage Fire In Park Ridge, Responders Say (dailyvoice.com) — Pearl River firefighters were among several departments that rushed overnight to help Park Ridge crews contain a late-night garage fire on Terrace Street. Thanks to working smoke detectors, the family evacuated safely and the blaze was confined to the garage and part of the basement while the cause remains under investigation.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pearl River

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Monroe-Woodbury Girls Varsity Basketball @ Pearl River
  Pearl River High School, 275 E Central Ave, Pearl River
  4:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 17

• Enjoy Our Holiday Dinner Followed By Bingo
  Beth Am Temple, 60 E Madison Ave, Pearl River, NY, 10965
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Gift Wrapping Volunteers Needed! Rockland Relay For Life
  1000 Palisades Center Dr , West Nyack
  2:00 pm
• Celebrate Hanukkah Twice With Beth Am Temple
  Beth Am Temple, 60 E Madison Ave, Pearl River, NY, 10965
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Baby Lap Time (Pre-Walkers)
  Finkelstein Memorial Library , 24 Chestnut St , Spring Valley
  10:30 am
• Book: Songs of Summer with Author Jane Rosen
  JCC of Rockland , 450 West Nyack Road , West Nyack
  1:00 pm
• Teen Game Day
  Nanuet Public Library , 149 Church St , Nanuet
  3:15 pm
• Cocktails for Charity
  Rotary Club of Nyack Nyack, NY 10960
  5:30 pm
• That Kid Film Screening
  Finkelstein Memorial Library , 24 Chestnut St , Spring Valley
  6:00 pm
• English Class
  Finkelstein Memorial Library , 24 Chestnut St , Spring Valley
  6:00 pm
• Citizenship Test Preparation Class
  Finkelstein Memorial Library , 24 Chestnut St , Spring Valley
  6:00 pm
• Teen Makers for a Cause (Grades 7-12)
  Finkelstein Memorial Library , 24 Chestnut St , Spring Valley
  6:30 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Nanuet

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West Nyack

• The most wow-worthy Westchester, Rockland lohud food openings of 2025 (lohud.com)
• Meteora AHEPA Ch. 455 & DOP Nikifora Ch. 457 Host Their Annual Christmas Dinner (thenationalherald.com)
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Orangetown

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