BLAUVELT  - Close to 50 firefighters battled a brush fire early today on Clausland Mountain.

NANUET - Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef beat back a challenge by Democrat Thom Kleiner on Tuesday and won election to a fifth four-year term.

Re Saturday's article, 'Man faces hunting charge after dog slain by arrow in park': I paid close attention to this story because I live in Blauvelt, and because of my run-ins with dogs not on a leash.

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.

One morning last week, Austin Bridges set out from home to walk his dogs in Tackamack Town Park, just as he did many mornings.

The state has fined a Rockland doctor who has been the subject of inquiries in four states $145,000 less than a year after stripping him of his medical license due to his "total lack of integrity," according to records.

Here's a recap of Tuesday's Orangetown Town Board meeting. Supervisor Thom Kleiner and Town Board members Nancy Low-Hogan, Marie Manning and Denis Troy were present.

The North Countryman has been around since the 1920s, far before the invention of the Internet.

NEW CITY: Republican incumbent C. Scott Vanderhoef, who is seeking re-election as Rockland's county executive, and Democratic challenger Thom Kleiner will debate at 8 p.m. Thursday at Clarkstown Town Hall, 10 Maple Ave.

NANUET - So many people have taken the advice to get vaccinated to prevent seasonal influenza that supplies of the shot are beginning to run low, Rockland health officials said Wednesday.

When Marge Cooper of Nanuet set out to watch her niece Ashley play basketball in the Bronx, she had no idea how far the trip would lead.

ORANGETOWN: Peter Cocker, a Tappan father and retired police officer, made a short appearance in court Tuesday on felony charges accusing him of entering a Blauvelt school armed with a gun and going after the superintendent.

The Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt are having their annual Autumn Festival for the 59th year.

FISHKILL - Training seminars in 'green' leadership are planned locally by the Hudson Valley Technology Development Center, based here, in cooperation with Workforce Investment Boards in the region.

A large crowd gathered Sunday at the Blauvelt firehouse around a big sheet cake displaying a picture of the Blauvelt Free Library, a few years younger.