After many interruptions and delays and local complaints of inconvenience, the final asphalt was put down and the long wait is over for the Montebello Road Bridge. Now it’s off to the backroads through Suffern and Montebello once again. Continue Reading

There are spooky sights and sounds in store for kids in Sloatsburg Thursday evening. Call it the dimly lit room. Call it the Haunted Library. Folks from the Friends of the Sloatsburg Library are presenting an evening of Halloween-related Haunted Happenings, part of which is converting the Library’s Community Room into bump and knock scary room. Continue Reading

The 30th Annual Sloatsburg Halloween Parade got underway Saturday evening at Eagle Valley Road and Rt. 17, with the Suffern High School Marching Band leading the way, naturally.

There’s no real picture here of the Suffern Marching Band rising up from the street as it crossed over the Ramapo River bridge on Seven Lakes Drives.

The drums hammered in syncopation Saturday evening, with band members stepping down Seven Lakes Drive as they led the parade to its final destination at Sloatsburg Elementary School. Continue Reading

Photo by Suzy Allman and courtesy of MyHarriman.com — a basic trailhead kiosk from Letchworth State Park in central New York State that shows trails, amenities, and pictures of viewpoints. A roof keeps you dry in the rain and a stamped concrete floor keeps your boots from getting muddy. On the opposite side is a description of park wildlife.

Sloatsburg as a community means something different to nearly anyone who might be asked to describe the village.

It’s a bedroom community. It’s a nice place nestled in the surrounding Ramapo Mountains and adjacent to woody Harriman State Park. To some, Sloatsburg’s just a drive through along the highway. Continue Reading

Jason Livanis wears several hats as cosmic tribe tarot card reader, home stager, and presenter of the past, present and future. 

Learn about your hidden life journey. Didn’t know you had one did you. Well, liven up your Halloween (or any party for that matter) by inviting Tarot card reader and all around home stager Jason Livanis, who relocated from Tuxedo to an historical Sloatsburg property in the process of renovation. Continue Reading

It’s been 30 years now that Sloatsburg’s celebrated the turning of the leaves in October with a good old fashioned Halloween parade. Continue Reading

Join in the fireman fun Saturday, October 17 down at Sloatsburg’s Village Hall when the the Sloatsburg Fire Department holds its annual Open House for Fire Prevention. Continue Reading

Let’s call him award winning. Call him legend. Most call him Mr. Woj, and he’s worked his gym magic in the Ramapo Central Schools outpost of Sloatsburg Elementary School for a few years now. Continue Reading

The halls and quiet stained-glass interiors of St. Mary’-In-Tuxedo Episcopal Church will be losing it’s energetic leader soon. The Reverend Elizabeth McWhorter recently announced her retirement to the church’s congregation and community. McWhorter has led the church through many a seasonal Blessing of the Animals, yard sale and pre-school class, all while tending to St. Mary’s buildings and grounds and congregation. Continue Reading

Author and Ghost Detective Michael Worden visits the Sloatsburg Library Tuesday, October 13, at 7pm to discuss the ABCs of ghost hunting and other paranormal encounters and crimes. For more information, call the Library at 845/753-2001.

The Hudson Valley area is busy with the bones and colorful history of odd characters and unsolved crimes. It would take a paranormal detective to make sense of some things. Of course, author and self-described Ghost Detective Michael J. Worden happens to fill that bill. Continue Reading