The clink and clank of shovels could be heard early morning in parts of Sloatsburg Tuesday as the Department of Public Works continued its spring effort to patch worn roads.

Area high school students are hunkered down this week studying for the always ominous New York Regents tests, which begin Tuesday. Meanwhile, this past week saw a small uprising to the teach-to-the-test mentality. Continue Reading

The two acre plus site at Datar’s Crossing along Rt. 17 in Sloatsburg is roomy and wide, and will eventually accommodate gardens and exotic plant and fountain displays to go along with its current big mulch bins and terraces cut into the hills. Arden Hill Nursery is both a labor of love and family business that is betting Sloatsburg is the perfect place to grow. Continue Reading

As the school year winds down, students are stepping up for awards and inductions.

The Suffern High School chapter of the National Art Honor Society held its awards ceremony last week, inducting almost 40 new members into the honor society — which, next to the National Honor Society itself, is the only Suffern High School honor society. Continue Reading

Monday night features scholarships aplenty for Suffern High School students as the annual Evening of Excellence awards dinner and ceremony takes place at the William L. Ransom auditorium at Suffern High School. Continue Reading

Cap off the nice weekend weather with a stroll down Lafayette Avenue in Suffern Sunday, June 2, during the second in a series of Street Fairs.

“We’re calling it the New Suffern Street Fair because we were getting feedback that the fair was getting a bit stale,” explained Greater Suffern Chamber of Commerce President Suzanne Daycock. “We’re working hard to freshen things up a bit in an effort to attract visitors to the area and to its business community. There is so much history in western Rockland, and so many great places for people to eat and to shop,” Daycock said. Continue Reading