Harmony Hall is currently in a perfect condition of disrepair for a ghost story party. Local author and paranormal investigator Linda Zimmerman will entertain with strange tales of the supernatural Saturday when the Friends of Harmony Hall host a Haunted House Party on the Day of the Dead. Continue Reading

Election day is around the corner, coming this Tuesday, November 4. Rockland’s congressional District 17 representative, Democrat Nita Lowey, has found herself in a tougher race than first anticipated. Chris Day, son of Rockland County Executive Ed Day, has shown himself to be a nimble and tireless political opponent, using digital media to offset Lowey’s huge campaign financial advantage to communicate his message. Continue Reading

It’s easy to forget that the Ramapo Central School District is a big operation. With five elementary schools, a middle and high school, the Hillburn administration building, plus hundreds of RCSD employees, all supported by a budget of more than 100 million dollars. Continue Reading

Sloatsburg’s Annual Halloween Parade takes place Saturday, October 25, with walkers due to hit the road promptly at 5 p.m. / Photo by Geoff Welch

Celebrate Saturday when the Village of Sloatsburg hosts its 29th Annual Halloween Parade. The sky should clear from rainy weather with temperatures expected to hover around 60 degrees until sunset. Continue Reading

NEW CITY – Rockland County’s police chiefs have called for the county government to reject a plan revealed last week by County Executive Ed Day that would eliminate the Sheriff’s Department’s 37-member police patrol division. Continue Reading

If you plan to eat out this week, think about Tuesday evening when Characters Bar & Resaurant in Sloatsburg holds a fundraiser to support the local Sloatsburg UMC Food Pantry. Continue Reading

Friday was Spirit Day at Suffern High School, with many students dressed their spirited best. The Mountie football team didn’t fare well in its Friday night homecoming game under the lights, losing to Marmaroneck, but there’s always the Homecoming Dance Saturday night. Continue Reading

Suffern Mayor Trish Abato had just told the audience at its recent meeting that Orange Avenue Associates would not be pursuing a zone change from the village. The audience in the Suffern Auditorium was quiet a moment as if everyone exhaled, momentarily unburdened while calculating the news. Continue Reading

As sewer construction work creeps up hill in the Pine Grove Lakes neighborhood of Sloatsburg, lead contractor Montana Construction clipped a hidden water line Wednesday morning at 8 a.m.

Montana Construction and United Water work Wednesday to repair a water main break that took place during sewer construction.

The main sprayed water into the air at the top of Council Crest Road until Montana and United Water New York were able to shut off the flow.

Water in the Pine Grove neighborhood was shut down throughout the morning (currently water service for many PGL residents is still off) while United Water worked to repair the water main.

The Sloatsburg sewer project in Pine Grove is due to run through the end of 2014, with possible road paving scheduled for sometime in the spring, after the road settles from construction.

For more information on water service, call the Village of Sloatsburg office at 845/753-2727.

The long, winding Orange Avenue road came to a dead end Tuesday when developer Orange Avenue Associates withdrew its request for a zone change from the Village of Suffern. Continue Reading