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Two people were arrested this weekend after a report of shots fired in Pearl River. No one was hurt in the early-morning incident on Saturday, which a report on DailyVoice.com says took place on West Central Avenue. Orangetown Police reportedly recovered a firearm. The incident is under investigation by the Orangetown Police Department’s Detective Bureau. No other information was available.

Also in Pearl River, at least six firefighters were hospitalized during a blaze yesterday and early this morning at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education gun range on North Middletown Road. That’s according to News 12. Around 100 firefighters from two dozen fire departments in the region responded. The blaze is under control but firefighters are still on-scene. DailyVoice.com says the fire spread through the shopping center which includes Dollar General and a Dunkin’ Donuts. No word yet on the cause of the fire.

And several were displaced following a blaze this weekend in Spring Valley. The cause of the fire at the Regency Village apartments is still under investigation.

COVID has taken another life here in the county since hitting the 1,000 mark two weeks ago. The total now stands at 1,001 since the pandemic began. Other coronavirus statistics are slowly creeping up again, with 15 hospitalized and 802 active cases.

Police have captured a man they believe was responsible for the fatal hit-and-run on Route 9W in Haverstraw near Fairmount Avenue early Tuesday morning. Haverstraw Police say they arrested 43 year-old Sugundo Landi-Lucer of Queens. He’s been charged in the death of 75 year-old Haverstraw resident Juan Alberto Germosen. Germonsen reportedly lived at the Green Hills Home for Adults nearby. He was found lying in the roadway, rushed to the hospital, and later pronounced dead.

“My thanks to the Town of Haverstraw Police Department and the Town of Clarkstown Police Accident Reconstruction Team for their quick work processing the crime scene and to the NYPD and NYSP for their assistance in apprehending the suspect in this tragic case. As a former police commander, I understand and appreciate exactly how much hard work went into securing this outcome. It is my hope that the family of Juan Germosen can rest more easily tonight knowing the person allegedly responsible for his death is now behind bars and that justice will be quickly served in this case,” said Rockland County Executive Ed Day in a statement.

Thursday is Thanksgiving, then there’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Saturday has the distinction of being Small Business Saturday, and the Suffern Chamber of Commerce is pulling out all the stops to help the downtown area. Nicole Russodivito is with the Chamber, and says Rocklanders can start by picking up a 4th Annual “Small Business Saturday” Scavenger Hunt map…

For more information, visit the Chamber’s website at https://www.SuffernChamber.org/shoplocal

A Suffern High School student will serve up to six months in prison and five years probation after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a fatal drunk driving crash earlier this year in Montebello that killed a Suffern High School freshman. News 12 says 17-year-old Joseph Debellis admitted he drove drunk and smoked pot the morning he crashed into a pole on Route 202. 16 year-old Jacqueline Zangrilli died at the scene. Debellis will be sentenced in March next year.