Ramapo Teachers Association President John Canty addresses the room at a recent Ramapo Central School District board meeting during a discussion of public transportation policy. / Photo via RamapoTA video.

For many years the Ramapo Central School District provided deluxe transportation services for non-public school students. In the name of fairness, efficiencies and tax dollar savings, the RCSD policy has been changed. Continue Reading

These days, those people still alive who fought in WWII is shrinking. According to U.S. Veterans Administration estimates, in the next 15 years the country will lose nearly all of its 16 million WWII veterans — many of whom are already some 80 years and older. Continue Reading

Beautify Sloatsburg is the official Facebook page for the Sloatsburg Revitalization Committee, chaired by Darrell Frasier.

The on-going renovation work at the old Blue Barn property in Sloatsburg got Edward Marse thinking about the history of that neighborhood along Route 17 in the village center. Continue Reading

In days gone by the Greenwood Bar at the Hotel Lafayette in Suffern was a place to be seen. But those colorful days have long receded into memory. Most recently the hotel had fallen into extreme disrepair. Continue Reading

With freshly painted white horse fencing in place and extensive work being done on the property, the conversion of Sloatsburg’s historical Waldron property is underway. Continue Reading

Friday evening, June 24, fire that broke out at an Orange & Rockland power substation in Hillburn, NY.

Many people along the Route 17 corridor in Western Ramapo saw a smoky sunset Friday evening, a plume of black and gray rising out of Torne Valley in Hillburn, NY, and stretching across the hilly horizon. Continue Reading

Updated: The Town of Ramapo Police are still actively investigating that suspicious Waldron Terrace midnight fire that took place in Sloatsburg, NY early Tuesday morning, June 21.

The Sloatsburg Fire Department was called to the scene of a burning car that included the body of a burned man. The man, later identified 48-year-old Oseen Lavaud, from Orange County. Continue Reading

If you see her, you might want to say hello.

To all those people who regularly stop in at the Super Seven on Route 17 in Sloatsburg to play the lottery, well, apparently it does work. A winning ticket can change your stars. Continue Reading

Fast-growing NYC-based e-commerce company Warby Parker continues its move into bricks and mortar with plans to open a new state-of-the-art optical facility along Route 17 at Sloatsburg’s door step.

Trendy New York City-based designer eyewear company Warby Parker made a splashy announcement Wednesday, June 22, related to a new optical facility in the works near Sloatsburg. Continue Reading

As the school year winds down this week, Suffern Middle School students lined the hallways and bleachers Friday, June 17, to show one last blast of school spirit. The occasion was the 2016 version of Lip Dub, a project promoted by the SMS Kindness Crusaders, with English teacher Nicole Tarife serving as group advisor. Continue Reading