Posted on 06 June 2014 by Editor
Blunt Mountain mint, Pycnanthemum Muticum, transplanted from the Harmony Hall Herb Garden to the Saltbox Environmental Research Center in Torne Valley by volunteers Nathan and Angela.
The slow, steady work by hand and machine to clean up Torne Valley is bearing fruit. The story of how 55 gallon drums of paint sludge trucked from the long-closed Mahwah automobile factory and dumped in the valley are now legendary. Continue Reading
Posted on 05 June 2014 by Editor
It seems to be a seasonal thing. In August of last year the Pine Grove Lakes neighborhood of Sloatsburg was plagued by a series of car and home burglaries. The culprits in those acts were later caught carrying petty loot from a house in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ. Continue Reading
Posted on 03 June 2014 by Editor
They can dot the local landscape like broken teeth in a poor man’s mouth — vacant buildings, be they big or small. Are they unoccupied or abandoned? And what’s the difference, anyway? Continue Reading
Posted on 31 May 2014 by Editor
The Cub Scouts of Sloatsburg and Tuxedo learned recently what it takes to be a dog on the New York Police force, while discovering that it’s hard to hide anything from a police dog. Continue Reading
Posted on 30 May 2014 by Editor
The monthly live Slaughter Stand-Up comedy celebration rolls into Characters Friday night with a diverse group of comics that should keep the upstairs room crackling and tense. The evening’s host will be Paul Byrne with “the first lady of Slaughter Stand-Up” Stephanie Vanacore set to headline the night. Continue Reading
Posted on 28 May 2014 by Editor
Proposed Pilgrim Pipeline Co. oil pipeline that winds through the Ramapo Aquifer.
Many people have heard faint rumors of the Bakken oil boom in western North Dakota, with Williston, ND officially dubbed as Boomtown, USA. Continue Reading
Posted on 27 May 2014 by Editor
The helping hands of Meals on Wheels Rockland set up a soup counter at the Sloatsburg United Methodist Church Food Pantry Tuesday afternoon to serve up helpings of homemade chicken soup. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 May 2014 by Editor
The Sloatsburg Memorial Day Parade was once again well-attended Monday morning, May 26, as residents lined the village center to see the colorful action. Continue Reading
Posted on 24 May 2014 by Editor
Sewer construction continues in the Pine Grove Lakes neighborhood of Sloatsburg, including the bang of sudden rock blasting.
Some people in Pine Grove Lakes felt the blast Friday afternoon. Mid day there was a low loud bang – such as a big tree falling nearby – that reverberated throughout the neighborhood, from the low flatlands to higher up by Pine Grove Lake itself. Moments later, the pop of a smaller blast followed, but wasn’t nearly as foundation-shaking as the first. Continue Reading
Posted on 23 May 2014 by Editor
Sloatsburg Village Historian Harrison Bush stands at the entrance to Sloatsburg Cemetery.
With the long Memorial Day weekend here, let’s look back a moment to the recent annual Sloatsburg Elementary School fourth-graders history tour to historical points throughout the village. Continue Reading
