Harmony Hall ventured a bit more into becoming the place for cultural activities and events in Sloatsburg, with an art opening Saturday afternoon for Rockland Renaissance, a traveling exhibition featuring Tappan resident and painter Sue Barrasi. Continue Reading

Saturday afternoon marks a new phase in Harmony Hall’s cultural efforts as the old Jacob Sloat House hosts Rockland Renaissance, featuring Tappan resident and painter Sue Barrasi.

“This is our first gallery show hung at Harmony Hall and I am excited as we add a new dimension of culture at the site,” said Harmony Hall Curator Geoff Welch. Continue Reading

Suffern High School students kick off the drama season Thursday night at the school auditorium with Neil Simon’s farcical play Rumors.

Staged by Kathy Muenz, the play’s story involves a dinner party of friends who gather to celebrate their hosts’ 10-year wedding anniversary. But their host is locked away in an upstairs bedroom with an odd injury that causes the guests to create any number of stories to cover for their friend, the deputy mayor. What follows is an oddball evening full of mixups and one-liners, where the play’s central character is never seen but is the focus of attention. Everyone has something to hide. Continue Reading

On Monday morning all appeared nearly back to normal in Sloatsburg, with attention starting to focus on Tuesday’s election.

A convoy of emergency response trucks rolled through the Sloatsburg and Tuxedo area over the weekend to chop back trees and clear power lines, with crews from as far away as Louisiana working on repairing power. Continue Reading

Since Sandy walloped a tree on Council Crest Road in the Pine Grive Lakes neighborhood of Sloatsburg, SV.com has been without power and generator free. To all our dedicated readers we’d like to say, hey, thanks for visiting. Please check out our Sloatsburg Village Facebook page.

On the Facebook page, SV.com has continued to post regularly about gas lines, post-Sandy updates and other items of interest. Continue Reading

As Yogi Berra once said, “It’s like deja-vu, all over again.”

With light winds already lifting leaves from trees, it’s time to really batten down the hatches. Sandy could deliver weather just like Irene did, but worse. When the hybrid super storm that is Sandy finally reaches these parts, it promises sustained big winds and floods of rain. Current predictions are that the weather will last for days, with forecasts calling Sandy a wide storm, reaching nearly 800 miles in its width and packing 75 mile per hour winds. Landfall for the storm is expected sometime Monday, with high winds and heavy rains leading the way beginning Sunday evening. Continue Reading

Saturday there’s only a slight chance of rain, maybe twenty percent, so get outside and enjoy. Remember this time last year? Trees with leaves still turning colors were bent and broken from a late October snow storm that forced the cancellation of the annual Halloween Parade. Come Tuesday, Sloatsburg may once again experience foul weather from Tropical Storm Sandy. So get out for some fun with friends and family and a late afternoon stroll though Sloatsburg. Continue Reading

Back in Sloatsburg’s earlier days, before the NY Thruway sliced through and Pine Grove Lakes was built out, the village was more rural, especially in 1952. On October 25 of that year, Ramapo town clerk Robert Nugent and a friend drove off into the woods in an old jeep to get some hunting in. They never returned.

The murder of these two men remained a mystery for many years, until 1981, when a local man, John Youmans, was brought to trial. Youmans had originally been questioned about the shooting back in 1952. The police took his statement and he was released. Continue Reading

With October’s chill mornings and cool evenings, now’s an ideal time to get out and pick the last of fall’s bounty. Apples and fresh garden goods cheer up any day, especially if there’s someone handy in the kichen.

Recently the Rockland Farm Alliance held its first countywide farm fest, with walking tours of Rockland County’s unique working farms. Continue Reading

Route 17 slices through the center of Sloatsburg, making it difficult to generate that leisurely village vibe. Sometimes the main street is empty and the central village all quiet. But most times the frenetic traffic speeds through, racing from light to light. Continue Reading