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

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

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.

After some ten days with ballots under lock and key, State Supreme Court Justice Margaret Garvey ruled Tuesday that special Town of Ramapo ward results be invalidated, throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

The Town of Ramapo Board voted unanimously Wednesday, October 8, to appeal a court ruling that invalidated ballots in the special town wide ward and council vote held September 30 — LoHud Continue Reading

The Village of Suffern postponed its regular board meeting until Tuesday, October 14. The Suffern board is set to make a board determination on a zone change related to the Orange Avenue development project that, if green lighted, would see a 91-unit luxury rental apartment building on the site of the current dilapidated Hotel Lafayette. Continue Reading

United Water New York is beginning a water main project upgrade along Rt. 17, from Post Road in Sloatsburg to Tuxedo Manor Apartments.

United Water New York is beginning an infrastructure upgrade along Rt. 17 in Sloatsburg that will run from Post Road to the Tuxedo Manor Apartments in Tuxedo, a 1.25 mile stretch of road. UWNY customers along the route will receive a temporary above-ground water system during the project. Continue Reading

The Village of Suffern just received a second opinion on quality of village life from Safe Choice Security. The village was slotted at the number five spot by the national security company, ranking it as one of the safest communities in New York. Continue Reading

Members of Sterling Forest Partnership met before a recent Palisades Interstate Parks Commission meeting.

A possibly momentous decision was made on gaming in Orange County on a sunny Monday afternoon amid the rough hewn beam and stone facade of Bear Mountain Inn. Continue Reading

Suffern Police Department members pictured with their new ranks are PO Ryan Ortiz, PO Billy Simurra, PO Andrew Yorke, PO Mike Careswell, Lt. Ed Dolan, Chief Clarke Osborn, Det. Sgt. John Mallon, Sgt. Jose Martinez, Sgt. Andy Loughlin, Sgt. Jim Giannettino and Sgt. Rick Marsh.

The Suffern Police Department recently welcomed aboard new police officers and promoted a hand full of others.

During last week’s Village of Suffern Board meeting, the Suffern Police took center stage with the department’s promotion ceremony, where six officers were promoted to new ranks and four officers were formally sworn in. Continue Reading

Sloatsburg Mayor Carl Wright discusses deteriorating wall along Rt. 17 with Senator David Carlucci.

Senator Carlucci joined Sloatsburg Mayor Carl Wright Wednesday morning at the old stone wall that borders Route 17 in just across the street from Rhodes North Tavern to announce critical funding secured by Carlucci to repair portions of the wall that have fallen into disrepair. Continue Reading