Geoff Welch said he was preparing for the upcoming Ramapo River Watershed Conference when he received word that there was something funny with the fish in Four Corners Pond. Welch got the report about dead fish along Warwick Brook, which eventually finds its way into We-wah Lake and then into the Ramapo River. Continue Reading

The Ramapo Central School Board meets Tuesday evening and one item on their agenda is recognition of the Suffern High School boys hockey team’s recent Div 1 NYS Championship run. Continue Reading

Tryouts took place back in mid-December. Rehearsals began shortly after the new year and have been going on most evenings after school and weekends since. Now, with a cast, crew and pit orchestra of nearly 120 students involved, Suffern High School’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s classic thriller, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Continue Reading

Tuxedo Reserve, the massive development planned by Tuxedo Reserve Owner LLC, recently won its case against the Tuxedo Land Trust, a non-profit group that organized against the development. When built, Tuxedo Reserve will straddle both Tuxedo and Sloatsburg Continue Reading

The Sloatsburg Senior Center is getting a makeover, but first the Village of Sloatsburg is seeking bids for the job.

A notice for proposals to replace the center’s existing roof, with ancillary work, has gone out to bid to interested contractors. Sealed bids are due on or before Tuesday, March 27 at 2 p.m. Continue Reading

The mornings are dark now but the days are stretching longer. More light. Spring has sprung early this year, with temperatures going all wobbly. This coming week will see them range from the 70s down to the 40s and 50s. But then who cares Continue Reading

Students take a day off Friday, March 16 for the Superintendent’s Conference Day while teachers still work. Sloatsburg Elementary School and both Suffern Middle School and Suffern High School students will be out for the day. Continue Reading

For more than five years now Sloatsburg’s Charlene Vasilik has helped parents and students of Sloatsburg Elementary School as head of Ramapo Central School District’s Family Resource Center. Vasilik develops FRC educational programming specific to Sloatsburg students and families Continue Reading

The Suffern Mounties boys hockey team gets officially feted by the Village of Suffern Wednesday evening, with a parade down Lafayette Avenue that ends at the Monument. Sunday night’s impromptu street party organized after the hockey team’s dramatic state championship run was just a dress rehearsal. Continue Reading

The Suffern Mounties boys are the 2012 New York Division 1 State Champions in hockey for the first time in 20 years after coming from behind again Sunday afternoon to beat Pittsford at Utica Auditorium. Continue Reading