NY Department of Transportation contractors and crew repair worn road on the southbound lane of the Korean Memorial Highway Bridge in Hillburn, NY.

One of Western Ramapo’s bumpiest bridges has been given some TLC this week. The Korean War Memorial Highway Bridge carries Rt. 59 traffic over the Norfolk Southern Railroad in Hillburn, NY at the entrance to Torne Valley Road.  New York Department of Transporation contractors were working the last Tuesday and Wednesday of July cutting clean sections of concrete on the southbound lane. The end result is a smooth new section of bridge road. Continue Reading

The last Sloatsburg Village Board meeting of July bristled with activity, including a couple of resident issues added fresh to the agenda and a visit by Ramapo Police Chief Peter Brower. Continue Reading

For some the dog days of summer have already arrived. But for the Friends of Harmony Hall, August will feature the real deal when the group hosts its annual Dog Days of Summer Community Yard Sale and Flea Market on the old Jacob Sloat House Great Lawn. Continue Reading

Tuxedo Reserve: What It Means For Rockland County is an Executive’s Corner op-ed published in April from Rockland County Executive Ed Day’s office. The Day administration met with Town of Tuxedo and Related Companies decision-makers on the topic of connecting Tuxedo Farms/Reserve into the Rockland County Sewer District 1’s Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Hillburn, NY. The issue relates to interagency partnerships at the county level, one presumes. Day frames the topic from the perspective of the the County Executive’s office. Continue Reading

Sometimes memories can live in our heads or can live in the acts we do to remember those lost.

Many locals are familiar with the story of Sloatsburger Jason Hruscik, who died suddenly in his sleep some six years ago now. Jason’s passing shocked his friends and family. Hruscik was young and healthy, a former runner for Suffern High School who taught at P.S. 85 in the Bronx and appeared to be just getting started in life.

The family was asked at the time about donating Jason’s organs, and that seemingly simple act lives on today. Continue Reading

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