Pettitte ready for rehab start
NEW YORK— The New Hampshire Fisher Cats are a Double-A baseball team with a 22-year-old ace, a 21-year-old shortstop and not a single player born before 1981. They finished second in their division and will open the Eastern League playoffs on Wednesday. The next night, they will face Andy Pettitte.

Coyote killed in Rye Brook after series of attacks
RYE BROOK— A mangy coyote that bit the head off its own pup was shot dead in a residential neighborhood Monday morning after police linked it to attacks on two children, a father, a trapper and a police officer.

Stein, Weinberg battle for Democratic nomination for judge in Ramapo
RAMAPO— Ramapo Justice David Stein is being challenged for the Democratic line in the Sept. 14 primary by Republican Noah Weinberg, a former Rockland County Department of Social Services commissioner.