Rain or shine, no matter the weather, the celebration of Environmental Day takes place Sunday, May 19, from 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. And all area residents are welcome.

Put on by the friendly folks at the Rockland County Solid Waste Mangement Authority, tucked away at the wee end of Torne Valley Road, Sunday’s Environmental Day will be a tented event (proper planning just for you) and includes a wide assortment of exhibitors, including We Care Organics, the Rockland Farm Alliance, a Rockland County Americorp center and Rockland County Teachers center, and much more. Continue Reading

Get ready for a village wide rummage sale this Saturday. The Sloatsburg Scholarship Fund has put together a “town wide” garage sale that will involve some 30 and counting area families throughout Sloatsburg this Saturday, May 18. Each garage sale participant will be included in a special event directory that will be available the day of the event at Hayward’s Deli and Sterlington Station. Continue Reading

Rain or shine there is something going on somewhere around the village this weekend. From a Tuxedo art show and afternoon tea, to flowers aplenty, the Farmers’ Market, and Mother’s Day Sunday dinner. Continue Reading

There’s something about laid-back Sterlington Station in Sloatsburg that seems to attract action.

Thursday afternoon, three men crashed a car on the NY Thruway and then made their way to Sterlington Station, looking for directions. It was their good fortune to be helped by Tim McAleese, who can be found most days working the deli counter and register — as McAleese just casually goes about his business and tries to help anyone who walks through the door. Continue Reading

Last week Sloatsburg residents and businesses were checking power chords and wall outlets as the village experienced a sudden afternoon power surge.

And then just as businesses were booting back up, the Sloatsburg Volunteer Fire Department responded to multiple brush fires — several along the NY Thruway and one along Seven Lakes Drive. Continue Reading

Sunshine is shining and drawing the adventurous in droves out for some Harriman State Park recreation. So Sterling Station along Seven Lakes Drive picked a picture perfect day to put on a party.

Chrissy and TJ have put out the welcome to all comers today for a good old-fashioned pig roast, Sloatsburg style in the parking lot at Sterlington Station. 90lbs of pig will be cooked for the day’s activities. It costs just $30 for participants to get their fill of BBQ and other kitchen fare food. The price includes all the canned & draft beer you’d like to savor as well. The Sterlington Station fun starts now and goes through 7 p.m.

Happy hour prices will be in effect for all other drinks.

Sloatsburg’s own DJ Armstrong will throw down tunes and there’ll be an open mic. So get out and enjoy. Friends, sun, fresh pork, Sloatsburg. The works. Go on. Get.

Sterlington Station is located at 23 Seven Lakes Drive, Sloatsburg. The Saturday, May 4, Pig Roast costs $30 per person and participants pretty much get their fill of food and drink. For more information, call (845) 753-2662.

First sign up. And then set up. Next sit back and sell some stuff. Or just pick up a directory and go exploring.

Sign up now and get your spring clean on Saturday, May 18, when yards and garages unite in common cause. Pitch in when the Sloatsburg Scholarship Fund hosts a “Town Wide” garage sale. Register now and be included in the official Garage Sale Directory that lists all village wide sale locations, with maps and items of special interest. Continue Reading

Earth Day began way back in 1970 with a near end of the world fervor. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring about pesticide use was just eight years old and industrial pollution was a very real and serious problem in the U.S.

Earth Day was inaugurated back when people would freely toss trash out car windows, no problem, sailing it down the street, littering roadways and highways. Paint sludge was dumped and buried in Ramapo’s own Torne Valley. The nascent environmental movement resulted in groundbreaking laws, including major revisions of the Clean Air Act in 1970 and Clean Water Act in 1972. Continue Reading

Take the way back machine to the beginning of March. The Suffern Mounties hockey team were reigning state hockey champions and in the thick of another playoff run. Against rival Mamaroneck, Suffern mounted an epic comeback in the last seconds of the game to cap the team’s fourth consecutive Section 1 championship.

But then the Mountie magic tank went dry. The defending state champs got dethroned 3-2 in a bang-the-boards game against the Saratoga Blue Streak in a Division 1 state quarterfinal at Monsey’s Sport-O-Rama. It was the first time since 2009 that Suffern didn’t make the trip to Utica for the state tournament. Continue Reading

The long winding tale of former Sloatsburg Building Inspector John Layne ended quietly at Sloatsburg’s Justice Court Wednesday evening when Layne pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of official misconduct. The plea deal brings Layne a one-year conditional discharge, but will also involve a misdemeanor on his permanent record as it amounts to the admission of official corruption. Continue Reading