Posted on 30 October 2013 by Editor
O&R responds to gas line leak during sewer construction.
Carbro Construction’s big cat strikes again. Sewer subcontractor Carbro was digging at Grant Street and Washington Avenue Wednesday when the big cat pulled loose a gas line. The Sloatsburg Volunteer Fire Department and O&R responded to the call. Gas lines to those homes without gas service on the north end of Grant Street are expected to be repaired by 11 p.m. this evening.
Bill Demarest at Nyack Free Press had the report.
Posted on 30 October 2013 by Editor
A look at some of the scenes in Sloatsburg last year after Sandy.
The last few years truly were like Groundhog Day. A couple of years ago there was that late October snow storm that cancelled the Sloatsburg Halloween Parade. And last year was the tropical winds of Sandy, which wound up stronger and stronger to become a super storm before slamming into New Jersey and New York. Continue Reading
Posted on 29 October 2013 by Editor
View from Liberty Rock Park in Sloatsburg of Torne Mountain smoking.
The smell of smoke was everywhere in the air Tuesday, from Sloatsburg east to Suffern and Mahwah as Torne Mountain smoked and smoldered from brush fires. Continue Reading
Posted on 28 October 2013 by Editor
The Village of Sloatsburg put on another successful Halloween Parade that had a good number of village residents turn out for the grand walk north down Rt. 17 and around to Sloatsburg Elementary School. Continue Reading
Posted on 27 October 2013 by Editor
The Sloatsburg UMC Food Pantry is heading into the high season, where holiday giving is essential for many local families to make ends meet.
Rockland Community Foundation President Pat Byrne recently said that “statistics on hunger in a county such as Rockland are staggering.” The foundation supports food pantries across the county. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 October 2013 by Editor
Did that temperature really dip down into the twenties overnight? The oak and elm leaves are the last holdouts, turning brown and yellow before they finally fall, baring themselves in November.
Well, warm up with a walk through the Tuxedo Farmers’ Market. Our Father’s Farm sells the softest, most adorable Alpaca wool products imaginable. Continue Reading
Posted on 22 October 2013 by Editor
Sloatsburg Village Historian and Sloat descendent Harrison O. Bush gets around. Whether at work as a founding board member for the Friends of Harmony Hall or involved in some sort of other community event, Bush appears to keep busy.
He recently made his voice known to The Journal News in an opinion piece that was related to an article on the slow demise of the family nursery and other small, family businesses in the lower Hudson Valley titled, “The vanishing nursery: Changing lifestyles, chain stores edge out struggling mom-and-pops. The article explored the lament heard round the county by businesses related to razor thin profits and dwindling customer base. For nurseries, customers are being lost to big chain food stores. Plants and basic plant goods such as potting soil are sold at nearly every store.
Throughout the article, many business owners said that the secret to success is apparently customer service and more customer service. And then more. Know your customers.
Bush took the time to write in and defend not only Sloatsburg but small business itself, while tossing in a few Sloatsburg historical references, of course.
“What a disappointment to read of the demise of family nurseries!” Bush’s opinion letter began while updating LoHud readers on Sloatsburg’s norther corridor businesses that includes Arden Hill Nursery, Sarkis Auto, Jessie’s Bagels, Sunnyside Restaurant, and Vintage Autos.
“. . . Sloatsburg is reviving,” wrote Bush. “No committees — just American hard work on the part of these local business owners and a positive outlook!”
The Sloatsburg Senior Center recently celebrated the village’s newest centenarian, Mary Gulick Buckley. Ms. Buckley also happens to be mother to Village Trustee Thomas Buckley, Jr. Mary Buckley was feted at the Senior Center surrounded by her family.
Happy Birthday Mary.
Posted on 20 October 2013 by Editor
Sloatsburgers Alison Harvey and Harrison Bush, two good friends of Harmony Hall, took advantage of the great weekend weather and organized a fall edition of the popular signature Great Lawn Flea Market. Vendors, browsers and buyers gathered Saturday at Harmony Hall for the flea market, where tables of goods were spread with everything from hand sewn denim clothes and Sloatsburg related historical odds and ends to the homemade dessert delicacies of Auntie El’s. Continue Reading
Posted on 18 October 2013 by Editor
Plastic sheeting covers the windows and doors of the old Off-Track Betting building across from the railroad tracks in Suffern along Franklin Turnpike — or Orange Avenue, if you like. Work lights burn inside as the building’s new owner is busy renovating the space into a Rainbow Ace garden and home supplies sort of modern living 25,000 square foot hardware store.
The store will sale a mix of products ranging from paint and hardware supplies to housewares and home furnishings. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 October 2013 by Editor
The colorful fall leaves are falling and Sterlington Station in Sloatsburg is celebrating.
Sterlington Station has put out the welcome to all comers today for a good old-fashioned October Fest and Pig Roast, Saturday, October 12, Sloatsburg style in the Station parking lot. A big ol’ pig will be cooked for the day’s activities. $30 for adults gets participants their fill of BBQ and drinks, along with other kitchen fare food. The price includes all the canned & draft beer you’d like to savor as well. $10 buys kids all they can eat, plus drinks and a desert.
The Sterlington Station party goes through 7 p.m.
It’s a beautiful day in the Ramapos, so get out and enjoy. Friends, sun, fresh pork, Sloatsburg. The works. Go on. Get. Out. And enjoy.
Sterlington Station is located at 23 Seven Lakes Drive, Sloatsburg. The Saturday, October 12, Pig Roast costs $30 per person and participants pretty much get their fill of food and drink. For more information, call (845) 753-2662.
