The Hudson Valley has a long tradition and large population of local men and woman serving as police officers and in the military — sometimes both at the same time. Continue Reading

NY/NJ Trail Conference volunteer crew worked all day recently to build stone steps at Sloatsburg’s Liberty Rock trailhead. Crew members included John Mack, Stephen Zubarik, Richard Lynch, Joan James, Noel Schulz, and Gay Mayer.

In late December, amid a foggy cold mist, a New York/New Jersey Trail Conference crew spent a day building stone steps for a new Sloatsburg trailhead. Continue Reading

The Ramapo Saltbox in Torne Valley marked the the Winter Solstice at sundown on Sunday.

The shortest day of the year has arrived which means a long night.

While many Britons celebrated the warmest Winter Solstice on record at England’s famed Stonehenge at Tuesday’s sunrise, the Ramapo Saltbox in Torne Valley hosted a gathering of its own Sunday at sundown to mark the occasion. Continue Reading

The Suffern PBA/DARE Holiday Toy drive brought the community together and filled up the Suffern Community Center with good things for area kids in need. Photo via the Suffern PBA/DARE Holiday Toy Drive

Sunday, December 20, was the announced deadline for this year’s Suffern Police Department holiday toy drive, and the local community responded by filling the Village of Suffern Community Room with lots of gifts for girls and boys in need. Continue Reading

Local veterans and those who served in the armed forces will once again get a holiday give with a Christmas turkey and food basket at Sloatsburg Municipal Building on Saturday, December 19, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The Village of Sloatsburg will again join with the Veteran Angels Association to support veterans this holiday season. Sloatsburg’s and other veterans will receive holiday foods Saturday morning, December 19, from 9 a.m. through 11 a.m. at the Sloatsburg Municipal Building. Any local member of the armed services qualifies for the food giveaway. Continue Reading

Sloatsburgers have something to be thankful for this holiday season — a budget gift from the Village Board. Continue Reading

The holiday season is getting underway this coming weekend in and around Sloatsburg, NY.

Town of Tuxedo annual Tree Lighting at the Tuxedo Train Station.

The Town of Tuxedo kicks things off Friday, December 4, at the Tuxedo Train Station with its annual tree-lighting ceremony. The event also includes a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Continue Reading

Buses, trucks and cars whiz through Sloatsburg’s village center, barely slowing for pedestrians attempting to safely cross Rt. 17. Why would a pedestrian try to get to the other side?

Pick a day in Sloatsburg and lines of cars and trucks race from traffic light to traffic light through the center of the village along Orange Turnpike (Rt. 17). Pedestrians attempting to cross the street anywhere between those traffic lights (one at Eagle Valley Road and the Municipal Plaza) must dodge cars to safely cross the road. Continue Reading

Young Suffern speedster Mary Hennelly continued her cross country success by placing 4th at last Saturday’s New York Federation Championships, the big cross country meet held at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls.

Suffern’s Mary Hennelly a remarkable 4th in state Federation Championships. North Rockland’s Katelyn Tuohy 5th. Both are 8th-graders. Wow!

— Nancy Haggerty (@HaggertyNancy) November 21, 2015

Mary Hennelly at it again today – 4th at NYS XC Federation Meet, fastest time for an 8th grader ever at this meet!!! — Suffern Sports (@SuffernSports) November 21, 2015

An 8th grader at Suffern Middle School, Hennelly already is considered a state and national standout. She and her brother Patrick Hennelly, a senior at Suffern High School, became the first brother/sister duo in Rockland County history to win county championships back at the end of October.

It’s easy to see where Mary gets her speed as brother Patrick took the boys county championship in 16:17.25. In the county meet, Hennelly outpaced North Rockland’s Katelyn Touhy (also just an 8th grader) to win the three mile race and become Rockland’s female champion in a blistering 17:21.67.

Rockland County history-makers, brother and sister county cross-country champions Suffern’s Patrick & Mary Hennelly. pic.twitter.com/ic2lH9fYBQ

— Nancy Haggerty (@HaggertyNancy) October 29, 2015

Congrats to Suffern High School and the local running community which will get to witness four more years of Hennelly/Touhy races.  

Congrats to Mary and Patrick Hennelly, 1st siblings to win #Rockland cross country varsity championship in same year https://t.co/Yl0jE6VHcM — David Carlucci (@davidcarlucci) October 30, 2015

The Tuxedo Town Council recently voted to adopt its 2016 budget. The good news is that the town’s administration has finally gotten to the heart of the money matters — a combination of an apparently incompetent auditor that helped produce a conga line of uninformed fiscal decisions by the municipality over time.

The bad news is that the average Tuxedo homeowner will see a property tax increase in 2016 of between $365 to $389.

There will not be any Genting gifts to bail the Town out this year. Continue Reading