The Pine Grove Lakes neighborhood in Sloatsburg is encountering some heavy construction on very narrow roads. With an Orange and Rockland crew channeling up Torne and Council Crest to Hillside Road to replace an old gas line, residents are getting a taste of the construction zone most other Sloatsburg residents experienced during recent sewer work throughout the village. Continue Reading

The Sloatsburg Fire Department recently expanded into a second station, taking over the building on village property at Village Hall that formally housed Curves. Originally built for Sloatsburg’s sanitation trucks, before the village contracted garbage collection services out to the Rockland County Solid Waste Authority, the building has now come full circle as newly operational Station 2. Continue Reading

Rockland County’s Nov. 8 elections had something for everyone in the Town of Ramapo — something old, something new, something red, something blue. Unofficial results from the Rockland County Board of Elections demonstrated it was good to already hold office as most incumbents throughout the county won re-election. Results also showed strong support across party lines from third party ballot affiliations such as Working Families, Conservative and Preserve Ramapo. Continue Reading

Eight days after a powerful snow storm hit Sloatsburg, knocking out power to hundreds of residents, cleanup crews from the Village of Sloatsburg Public Works were busily clearing downed tree limbs and branches, especially focusing on the Pine Grove Lakes neighborhood. Orange and Rockland reported restored power to more than 128,698, or 96%, of the estimated 134,000 customers who lost some form of power from the late October storm. Continue Reading

Weird Halloween weather blew through Sloatsburg Thursday, October 27, dumping more than a foot of off-season snow on the village. Trees full of autumn yellow and green leaves bent from the burden, and the pop and snap of breaking branches could be heard throughout the night. By sunrise Friday, Sloatsburg was at a standstill. Many throughout Rockland County lost power, cable and even cell phone service. One of the hardest hit Sloatsburg neighborhoods was heavily-wooded Pine Grove Lakes. Continue Reading