If you want to know where all the kids of Sloatsburg will be gathering on Friday afternoon, look no further than the Sloatsburg Library. Read for fun prizes this summer. Read for fun. And read throughout the summer, Sloatsburg kids certainly do. Continue Reading

The graduation ceremony of Sloatsburg Elementary School’s fifth grade class of 2014 marks another important occasion – the last official graduating class Michele Zeidman has helped shepherd through the halls of the school. Continue Reading

While the Town of Tuxedo has been preoccupied with the Genting Americas Sterling Forest casino proposal, there were signs of life on the other large development in the area — Tuxedo Farms, also known as Tuxedo Reserve.

    Rockland County Executive Ed Day

Rockland County Executive Ed Day made a move Tuesday night to set in motion and allow Tuxedo Farms to hook into Rockland County Sewer District 1, instead of TF’s upgrading the town’s sewer infrastructure. Continue Reading

(L to R): Councilman Yitzchok Ullman; Councilman Daniel Friedman; Town Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence; Councilwoman Brendel Logan; Councilman Patrick Withers.

Daniel Friedman began his career as a Ramapo Town Council member through a special appointment by Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence in 2010. Although Friedman’s official Ramapo voting record since that time has supported the Supervisor’s initiatives, the councilman from Spring Valley has also publicly distanced himself from St. Lawrence. Continue Reading

By Geoff Welch

Summer arrived in the Ramapo Valley this morning as Creeping Bellflowers (Campanula rapunculoides) opened in the still chilly morning sunrays on the lawn of Harmony Hall. Continue Reading

With Montana Construction trucks rumbling through Pine Grove Lakes and Carbro Construction banging away in the Waldron Terrace neighborhood of Sloatsburg, sewers are top of mind with many residents these days. The cost of hooking up to the new Sloatsburg sewers varies, but can certainly make a dent in the household budget. Continue Reading

Incoming Sloatsburg Principal Joe Lloyd gave Ryan a hand at a recent SES kindergarten orientation activity.

As the school year winds down for students, there are new faces and old who are being celebrated, along with other changes afoot in the Ramapo Central School District. Sloatsburg Elementary School and Cherry Lane Elementary School each get new principals next year, with SES Principal Eric Baird moving to Cherry Lane and Joseph Lloyd due to become Sloatsburg’s new principal. Continue Reading

Update: The Town of Ramapo Planning & Zoning Board voted 7-0 for approval of the Ramapo Woodmont Hills site plan. The development approval process must move through the New York Department of Environmental Commission and Department of Transportation before construction on the project would begin.

Talk to some locals and the take is that the deal is done, with the final vote just an official show piece. Others believe that more people in Western Ramapo will automatically equal more dollars for businesses. Then there are those that roll their eyes and ask who’s going to pay for the infrastructure upgrades. Pause. Answer: your taxes. Continue Reading

Turtle clan Chief Vincent Mann from the Ramapough Lenaape is given a friendship gift while Chuck Stead and Chris St. Lawrence look on / Photo by Geoff Welch

The sun shone bright and hot Sunday as people from across Ramapo, and beyond, gathered to celebrate the huge new medicine garden in Torne Valley. Covering half an acre, the Ford Motor Company built a large, raw-post and fenced-in garden that will feature Sweet Grass for basketry and smudging as well as herbs and other native plants. Continue Reading

They came from all over the past two weekends, pumped up and ready to face any number of obstacles, including rocky hills, climbing walls, carrying logs, clambering under treacherous barbed wire, and, finally, jumping through fire to become a finisher. Continue Reading