UPDATE: Due to weather, this event has been rescheduled for January 28 @ 6 p.m.

Raise your glass to Charles Dickens, the master storyteller and chronicler of a Scroogian Christmas. Continue Reading

Update: As of December 19, the Boil Water Alert for Johnsontown Road and two streets in Sloatsburg has been lifted. Residents living in the effected areas may resume normal water consumption.  

Boil, boil, toil, and trouble.

Rockland County Emergency Management has issued a United Water Boil Water Advisory for Johnsontown Road in unincorporated Ramapo, adjacent to Sloatsburg along Seven Lakes Drive. The NYAlert went out at 7:15 p.m. Saturday. The boil water alert concerns a water main break — residents on Johnsontown Road and #68, #70, #72, and #101 Seven Lakes Drive are advised to boil all water used for food preparation, cooking and drinking. Bath at your leisure.

For additional information regarding the boil water advisory please visit the United Water website.

Pore Jud is daid.

The drama crowd from Suffern High School will put on their boots and bonnets next week as they audition for this year’s Spring Musical, which will be the Rogers and Hammerstein classic Broadway musical Oklahoma! Continue Reading

Remember way back when Seven Lakes Drive was flooded from Hurrican Irene? Both the main bridge that crosses the Ramapo River and the old Waldron Terrace bridge that spanned Stony Brook were washed clean out.

The old Waldron Terrace bridge was taken out during Hurrican Irene in August 2011.

Built in approximately 1910, the old Waldron Terrace span was a crashed and tangled mess from rushing waters and uprooted trees. December 2013 marks the official opening of the new Waldron Terrace bridge, which opened to traffic Thursday, December 12. Hudson Valley Bridge, the state subcontractor that built the new span, still has to dismantle parts of the old bridge and finish landscaping, but the new solid wide span is open to traffic. The final landscaping will take place in the spring. Continue Reading

The Suffern High School Select Choir serenades at the Sloatsburg Senior Center with some special holiday songs.

Sloatsburg seniors were serandaded Wednesday by students from Suffern High School.

The Suffern Select Choir, led by Debrah Phelps, visited the Sloatsburg Senior Center, bringing holiday cheer and big voices. The Select Choir is made up of students in the Suffern chorus. Continue Reading

Bill Sweet and Lisa Favia sat patiently at the spacious Tuxedo Train Station, afternoon light brightening the interior, town Christmas tree towering at one end. The Tuxedo Chamber of Commerce dynamic duo were open for business for the day at the chamber’s new public digs.

The Ramapo Central School Board has experienced some topsy turvy this year with the departure of two board members.

Ramapo Central BOE during 2013 budget meetings. Board President Craig Long sits in the middle of the table.

The recent resignation from the BOE of Suffern Police Chief Clarke Osborn caused some community concerns about the district’s direction, especially coming in conjunction with the recent NY State Comptroller audit report that stated the district   had some $16 million dollars on books in “excess funds,” representing some 13% of the “subsequent school year’s budget.” Continue Reading

New Suffern Mayor Trish Abato talks shop at Village Hall. Original photo by Carucha L. Meuse.

At the beginning of December, there was a significant changing of the guard at the Village of Suffern. Mayor Dagan Lacorte handed the presiding gavel over to longtime Village Trustee and newly elected Mayor Trish Abato. Continue Reading

The Greater Suffern Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the holidays Wednesday — and you’re invited.

If you’d like to meet and greet those fellow folks in the surrounding business community, take out a $20 bill and visit Ole Ole at the corner of Lafayette Avenue & Orange Turnpike in downtown Suffern Wednesday at 6 p.m.

The popular Latin food restaurant — which also happens to be a member in good standing of the Greater Suffern Chamber — hosts this year’s holiday mixer. Find out what the chamber has planned for the new year. Big plans are afoot to unite local businesses. Visit Ole Ole and see what the chamber can do for you.

The Chamber’s Annual Holiday Celebration takes place Wednesday, December 11, from 6-8 p.m. at Ole Ole Restaurant. Cost is $20 at the door, or $25 which will include a raffle. For more information, email mateocomm@aol.com.

The best and brightest gathered this past week as Suffern High School passed the candle and welcomed new National Honor Society members.

Junior and senior inductees proceeded down the auditorium aisle to music from the SHS Chamber Orchestra, conducted by music wizard Daniel McCarter. After the procession, some of the orchestra students themselves took their place with other National Honor Society inductees.