People, places, things. Suffern is a cornerstone to a healthy Ramapo Valley and helps anchor western Rockland County — along with the circle that is Sloatsburg (and Hillburn). The Village of Suffern appears to have weathered the down draft of the last few budget-tightening years. Continue Reading

Sloatsburg — While it was rainy in Rockland, there was lots of action in Albany.

So many issues are in play for residents, parents, home owners and tax payers, small and large. Budget cuts, debt service, investment. People, places, things. Many village, town and county issues revolve around budget decisions and legislation made in Albany. From school mandates to wage and tax legislation, what gets put into state budgets (or gets cut) via legislation usually makes its way into village, town and county practices: school budgets get adjusted, social service agencies can or can’t do things, infrastructure grants are available. Down from Albany go money and mandates to town and village halls and county seats. Continue Reading

Suffern High School experienced its usual bustle of activity this past week. On Thursday, the school hosted the rest of the county for the annual Rockland County Academic League Invitational. Continue Reading

Saturday in Sloatsburg is sunny with a lot of activity going on around the village.

All eyes were on Ramapo Central Assistant Superintendent for Business Kelly Seibert as he ran through school district budget facts and figures, projecting them on a big screen for the crowded room to see. It was not a pretty picture for a school district that has experienced personnel and program growth and stability over the last few years.

One thing is certain, the current crop of candidates running to lead Rockland County are out to reshape how the county does business. And there are the proposals to prove it. Whether it’s adding a water district here, shrinking the size of departments there or reducing the number of legislators, or standing tall in the face of gun control, candidates are trying to find policy separation. Continue Reading

With money tight and every education dollar accounted for these days, Suffern High School has posted scholarship information online for students and parents to delve into and discover what’s available. Continue Reading

The Suffern Mounties, who were reigning state hockey champions, got dethroned 3-2 in a bang-the-boards game against the Saratoga Blue Streak in a Division 1 state quarterfinal Saturday night at Sport-O-Rama. For the first time since 2009, Suffern won’t be making the trip to Utica for the state tournament. Continue Reading

March is upon us and some people are seeing red over the way the Irish are portrayed by many of those ubiquitous green-themed products.

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