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Two burglaries in Orangetown are under investigation and may be connected. Orangetown Police say they happened in the early-morning hours on Friday in Pearl River and Orangeburg. The first was at a residence on Pinto Road in Pearl River around 4:13am. The suspects got in through a lower-level window, but fled the scene empty-handed. The second incident occurred a short time later on Howard Avenue in Orangeburg. The suspects got in through a kitchen window, and took key fobs to several cars. The suspects were wearing dark-colored, hooded sweatshirts and ski masks. They fled in a dark-colored, four-door sedan, and may have targeted high-end cars. Anyone with video from these locations or other information, is asked to call Orangetown Police at 845-359-3700.

While some have aligned themselves with the alleged killer in the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case, others are shocked it happened at all. Our friend Bulldog, host of “The Rude Awakening” show at radio station WOCM Ocean 98 down in Ocean City Maryland, says the family of alleged killer Luigi Mangione is well-known and respected among their listeners…

Family patriarch Nick Mangione was born in Baltimore in 1925, served in the Navy, spent years as a bricklayer and contractor, and became a powerful local businessman. Luigi Mangione is one of his 37 grandchildren. He’s hired a New York City attorney, and remains held in Pennsylvania, fighting extradition to New York.

Demolition is near complete at the former retail shopping center on the westbound side of Route 59 by College Avenue in Nanuet that’ll make way for a future Chick-fil-A. Clarkstown’s and Orangetown’s supervisors had had an informal little battle going on as to which town would get one first. The horse that emerged as the winner turned out to be the town of Ramapo, which earlier this year got the county’s first, and so far, only, Chick-fil-A in the village of Sloatsburg. The Thruway Authority opened one at the redesigned rest area on I-87 in September. Ramapo supervisor Michael Specht says it’s unfortunate that neither the town nor the village directly benefits financially from their high-volume sales…

Though he playfully teased Orangetown supervisor Teresa Kenny over his apparent win, Clarkstown supervisor George Hoehmann did need to be reminded, he wasn’t actually first. Hoehmann however is looking at cornering the market on fast food in the fried chicken category…

And technically Orangetown could still emerge as the second town to get a Chick-fil-A, possibly at the empty pads in the Stop & Shop Plaza in Orangeburg, though at this stage it’s not likely. But if not, Kenny told “The Morning Show” recently something else could go there…

No word on whether Haverstraw or Stony Point might enter the Chick-fil-A fray as well. The Nanuet location isn’t slated to be completed until next summer.