Posted on 11 May 2015 by Editor
The vacant Suffern VFW property has surfaced as a divisive issue for the Board of Trustees. The VFW agreed to sale the property to the village in an apparent win-win agreement that has now come under increased scrutiny.
Suffern Village Board meetings have lately become lively political theater with a dash of community confession. While Orange Avenue development project finally makes its way back onto the agenda at Monday night’s meeting, there are other, unresolved issues bubbling about under the Roberts-Rules-of-Order surface. Continue Reading
Posted on 11 May 2015 by Editor
Tuesday promises to be Sloatsburg student day as two annual events take place in the Village. Continue Reading
Posted on 10 May 2015 by Editor
The second most popular hobby in the U.S. is genealogy, next to the ever utilitarian gardening. Continue Reading
Posted on 04 May 2015 by Editor
The Pine Grove Lakes neighborhood of Sloatsburg will enjoy calm this week, before the storm of street paving. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 May 2015 by Editor
MyHarriman.com and the Tuxedo Chamber of Commerce will host a May 9 Suds & Speakers event at the Tuxedo Train Station to discuss trail culture and the local economy / Photo of sunset at the Big Hill Shelter at the Beaver Pond Campground by Andrew Lois.
Suddenly it seems everyone wants to be a gateway to the parks and lay claim to the vast network of New York State trails and vistas in and around Rockland and Orange Counties. Continue Reading
Posted on 28 April 2015 by Editor
Local Cub Scouts joined in the great Rockland Cleanup by picking up around the Sloatsburg Train Station and Municipal Building. / Photo courtesy of Cub Scouts Pack 46
The Cub Scouts of Tuxedo and Sloatsburg are cleaning up around here.
As part of the Keep Rockland Beautiful campaign, the scouts from Cub Scout Pack 46 cleaned up around the Sloatsburg municipal building and train station, picking up the trash that other folks discarded. Continue Reading
Posted on 20 April 2015 by Editor
Two homes on Schoolhouse Road next to George F. Baker High School in Tuxedo were gutted in an early Sunday morning fire, leaving two families displaced. The Town of Tuxedo has started a community drive to help both families. / Photo courtesy of William A. Sweet
The Tuxedo mutual aid call went out to the Sloatsburg Fire Department just after 2 a.m. Sunday morning. A house fire on Schoolhouse Road, next to George F. Baker High School, had spread next door to a neighbor’s property and soon enough fire departments from the surrounding communities were on the call. The Sloatsburg Ambulance Corps also responded to the emergency. Continue Reading
Posted on 16 April 2015 by Editor
Hudson Valley Honor Flight participants gathered at Stewart International Airport for Mission #7 to Washington, D.C. as part of the Hudson Valley Honor Flight program. / Photo courtesy of Mike & Daphne Downes
Veterans of WWII and the Korean War from throughout the Hudson Valley gathered together recently for a day of celebration and more. Continue Reading
Posted on 15 April 2015 by Editor
The narrow roads in Hillburn were filled with cars Tuesday evening as a large turnout of students and parents made their way to the Ramapo Central School Board meeting. Continue Reading
Posted on 06 April 2015 by Editor
Just in time for the spring thaw and warm weather, the New York/New Jersey Trail Conference has announced brand new Harriman State Park Trail maps, complete with trail junction to trail junction mile mileage. Continue Reading
