Posted on 11 December 2013 by Editor
Bill Sweet and Lisa Favia sat patiently at the spacious Tuxedo Train Station, afternoon light brightening the interior, town Christmas tree towering at one end. The Tuxedo Chamber of Commerce dynamic duo were open for business for the day at the chamber’s new public digs.
The popular Tuxedo Chamber of Commerce Holiday Mixer will be held Thursday, December 12, at 6 p.m. at Tuxedo Junction Inn and provides a perfect opportunity to meet other chamber members.
Posted on 09 December 2013 by Editor
The Greater Suffern Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the holidays Wednesday — and you’re invited.
If you’d like to meet and greet those fellow folks in the surrounding business community, take out a $20 bill and visit Ole Ole at the corner of Lafayette Avenue & Orange Turnpike in downtown Suffern Wednesday at 6 p.m.
The popular Latin food restaurant — which also happens to be a member in good standing of the Greater Suffern Chamber — hosts this year’s holiday mixer. Find out what the chamber has planned for the new year. Big plans are afoot to unite local businesses. Visit Ole Ole and see what the chamber can do for you.
The Chamber’s Annual Holiday Celebration takes place Wednesday, December 11, from 6-8 p.m. at Ole Ole Restaurant. Cost is $20 at the door, or $25 which will include a raffle. For more information, email mateocomm@aol.com.
Posted on 07 December 2013 by Editor
The best and brightest gathered this past week as Suffern High School passed the candle and welcomed new National Honor Society members.
Junior and senior inductees proceeded down the auditorium aisle to music from the SHS Chamber Orchestra, conducted by music wizard Daniel McCarter. After the procession, some of the orchestra students themselves took their place with other National Honor Society inductees.
A special congratulations goes out to former Suffern High School standout Elizabeth Flaherty who will be named an All American honorable mention for vollyball at Roger Williams College.
Posted on 06 December 2013 by Editor
The 59th Sloatsburg Memorial Post #1643 Santa Train gets going through the Village Saturday morning, December 7. The temperatures are expected to dip but the rain should clear up. The train will distribute gifts to village children up to 10 years of age. Continue Reading
Posted on 03 December 2013 by Editor
Midway down Johnsontown Road, where the old horse stable and farm with the black walnut trees rest, a hive of activity was taking place Tuesday. As the sun started its dip below the leafless tree line and a woody chill blew in, the set locked down and cast and crew got ready to begin shooting for the day (and into the night). Continue Reading
Posted on 02 December 2013 by Editor
Cub Scout Pack 46 all onboard during a recent outing to Battleship Cove, MA.
Cub Scouts from local Pack 46 recently took a trip to Massachusetts for an overnight adventure onboard a battleship.
Cub Scout Pack 46 of Tuxedo and Sloatsburg, NY recently visited Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA, to explore the world’s largest collection of historic naval ships. The scouts had a full tour of duty as they visited the battleship USS Massachusetts, the destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy Jr, and the submarine Lionfish, as well as several other ships in the cove. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 December 2013 by Editor
Many Sloatsburg elementary school kids spent Sunday morning with Santa at Sloatsburg Elementary School’s annual Breakfast with Santa event. Continue Reading
Posted on 29 November 2013 by Editor
The annual Thanksgiving Day football game has entered the pantheon of American holiday activities. Lawn football games are a tradition that play out on campuses, in neighborhoods and parks all across the country. Geoff Welch was on hand when a collection of Sloatsburg sons got together during Thursday morning’s chill to play a spirited game of football on the adjoining Lawns of Harmony Hall and the Sloatsburg Public Library. Continue Reading
Posted on 27 November 2013 by Editor
By now you’ve heard that this year menorahs come out in time for the big cooked bird celebration — yes, that woody turkey that Americans have ever feasted on for years as symbol for the lean years. Now, for the first time in some 100 years (or since old Abe officially announced “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heaven” in 1863), Hannukkah and Thanksgiving intersect on the calendars. Happy Thanksgivukkah. Continue Reading
Posted on 27 November 2013 by Editor
The “Christmas Train,” one of those unique Sloatsburg holiday traditions, will wind its way through the village this year on Saturday, December 7. For some 60 years now, the Sloatsburg American Legion Post No. 1643 has partnered with other veteran groups and organizations — most recently with the Sloatsburg Volunteer Fire Department — to drive a little holiday cheer throughout the village. Continue Reading
