Last summer saw a mix of art lovers from across the Hudson Valley gather at Harmony Hall in Sloatsburg to spend a relaxing day on the Great Lawn for the Plein Air art show. Hosted and curated by Jessie Taylor and Peter Bush, the Plein Air Painting & Art Show was another in a series of events that has helped solidify Harmony Hall as an excellent place to host arts and culture events. Continue Reading

Many in and around Sloatsburg have wondered just what has happened to the sewer project. Is work active? Will it ever be finished? The most pressing questions are why isn’t the project complete and just who is responsible for the debacle? Continue Reading

Freshly repaired and repainted Village of Sloatsburg historical markers, which were delivered back to the village by Glenn Sungela of Congers, NY.

The project started back in October after a tip at a Harmony Hall event. Members of the Historical Society of Rockland County were attending a fall event and mentioned that Glenn Sungela of Congers, NY, volunteered his time to refurbish historic signs in Rockland and Bergen counties. Continue Reading

Rockland County Legislative District 1 is the largest land wise in the county, and includes Sloatsburg. With Michael Parietti and Greg Julian canvassing for ballot signatures, it looks like November will see a ballot battle to represent western Rockland County.

Ballot signatures are a tricky thing, especially if a potential candidates doesn’t have the big political party apparatus behind them. It can be a long, lonely business to gather the 250 or so signatures needed qualify to be a candidate, especially with the clock ticking down to the mid-April deadline. Continue Reading

BOCES and SkillsUSA members gathered at Stop & Shop in New City recently to encourage shoe donations. The effort is part fundraiser, part community service. The SKillsUSA team competes in Syracuse in April. Sloatsburger Cassidy Hansen is at the front.

Spring is a time of housecleaning after a long winter of being pent up. A group of Suffern High School and BOCES students know just what you can do to those old shoes (though gently used).

But they sort of messed up our message and reasoning. Yes it’s to raise awareness of what we do at boces, but we’re doing the project to donate the shoes to a third world country raise funds for that women’s shelter on the flier and the SkillsUSA branch in Puerto Rico that was still affected by the hurricane

Sloatsburger and Suffern High School student Cassidy Hansen participates mornings in the Rockland BOCES CTECH Allied Health Program in the mornings, her second year in BOCES. She’s also a member of SkillsUSA through BOCES and will be going to their state competition in Syracuse at the end of April. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Spring clean by donating old shoes at the @sloatsburglibrary. Kudos to Sloatsburger Cassidy Hansen, who has helped organize a community service project to help BOCES and SkillsUSA. Drop off any old shoes at the #sloatsburglibrary before April 15. @sufferncentralsd @suffernhs @rocklandboces @tuxedochamber @sloatsburgchamber #shoedrive #donateshoes #sloatsburg

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SkillsUSA is a BOCES program that allows high school students enrolled in career and technical programs that provide educational programs, events and competitions that support career and technical education (CTE) in the nation’s classrooms.

The Donate Shoes box will be at the Sloatsburg Library through April 15, and is part of Hansen’s and her SkillsUSA BOCES team members’ effort to raise awareness and funds for their April Syracuse competition. The SkillsUSA competitions showcase students’ technical knowledge they have developed in their chosen career field

Cassidy, like many BOCES students, is very invested in career training, with most mornings spent either at Good Samaritan Hospital with or at the BOCES school location in West Nyack, while afternoons are devoted to Suffern High School.

If you have a few pair of gently worn shoes, well, think about walking them over to the Sloatsburg Library for drop off.

Summer camp for Sloatsburg students has always been something to look forward to, whether it took place at St. Mary’s Villa or at Sloatsburg Elementary School. Sloatsburg parents and students had a fun, friendly experience to plan for. This year Sloatsburg will not be hosting a Town of Ramapo mini camp. Sloatsburg Elementary School will be under construction with the school set for top to bottom rewiring. Continue Reading

Local change is often made at kitchen tables and during friendly neighborhood conversations. Or, as it is these days, when that kitchen table talk is taken to the street via social media channels and online petitions. Continue Reading

The lawn at Valley Rock Inn is at the heart of the complex and is surrounded by the bar & grill, the pool, lodge, and guest houses.

If you stand on Valley Rock Inn’s big lawn and look west, you’ll see the Liberty Rock ridge in the western sky. Turn around and the Ramapo Mountains along the southern tip of Harriman State Park loom in the far northeast sky, across the Ramapo River. That Sloatsburg sweet spot is at the heart of the Mill Street neighborhood undergoing transformation in the village center. Continue Reading

Note: The Early American Music & Song was cancelled.

The Sloatsburg Library quietly produces a whole lot of local programming. A glance at its calendar this past year shows any number of events and activities for kids and adults, through all seasons. Add in special community programming this past summer and fall with a whole selection of farmers markets and educational efforts such as Summer Reading and it makes sense that the Library is an important community center. Continue Reading

Last year young Sloatsburg bikers popped wheelies along the parade route. Unfortunately, this year’s Halloween Parade has been cancelled due to impending inclement weather. The Costume Contest will continue on Saturday, October 27, at the Sloatsburg Elementary School, beginning at 4 p.m.

Update: The Village has cancelled this year’s Halloween Parade down Route 17 and through Sloatsburg Streets. Instead residents are asked to participate in the Costume Contest which will be held at Sloatsburg Elementary School at 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 27.

Just like that, the muggy October summer has moved on, leaving birch trees beginning to drop yellow leaves. Temperatures are dipping too as the Halloween season arrives in full. Continue Reading