You know the saying, get fit for life. Well, studies do indicate that if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it — which includes muscle elasticity and general mobility. Continue Reading

The Tuxedo Fire Department is always on hand at the annual Bonfire Blaze.

The Town of Tuxedo figured out a creative way to dispose of holiday trees and wreaths, which mostly being pine products, can pose a fire hazard and be a problem. Create a community event where you burn the whole lot. Thus was born the annual Night Brightening Blaze Bonfire, hosted by the Tuxedo Recreation Department. Continue Reading

People began to gather at Nyack’s Veterans Park Saturday morning, January 20, in solidarity with participants in the second Women’s March taking place across the country.

This weekend marks the one year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration, his first full year in office and also the massive nationwide Women’s March. A year ago on January 21, hundreds of thousands of women and men across the country hit the streets in protest in a mass demonstration of people peaceably assembling for social and economic justice and civil liberty — with many anxious that the country was on the cusp of radical change.

This weekend, while the U.S. Congress plays hardball party politics and debates the merits of shutting down the government, President Trump purportedly decided it was best to cancel his appearance at a $200,000 per person Victory Campaign fundraiser at his private millionaire’s club Mar-a-Lago in Florida, though the fundraiser will go on.

Thanks for the art @theAmarettogirl and https://t.co/SHxlTtYbLE seen at the #resist rally in Nyack, NY #EqualityForAll #WomenMarch2018 pic.twitter.com/TyIGSTJVLU

— Clare Sheridan (@bowesheridan) January 20, 2018

Many in Rockland County opted to meet up in Nyack’s Veterans Park on Saturday to attend a rally in solidarity with the second national Women’s March.

Meanwhile, thousands of men and women across the country are out marching during the second Women’s March.

Nyack, NY saw a turnout of people who rallied at Veterans Park and featured an appearance by New York Assemblymember Ellen Jaffe, who represents NY District 97 in Rockland County that covers constituents from Suffern and Montebello east to Nyack.

Nyack’s Veterans Park on Saturday, January 20, during a rally of the second Women’s March.

Participants in Nyack gather with colorful signs containing pithy messages on why they were there. Influenced by the the recent #MeToo and #TimesUp movement, both rooted in widespread reports of sexual harassment and worse by men across all walks of life, today’s marches were an effort to demonstrate solidarity on issues of equal rights and the right of people to peaceably assemble and vociferously redress grievances.

Nyack pic.twitter.com/jhhf2CdFwX

— Patsy Wooters (@patsywooters) January 20, 2018

And here was the 1/2/3 subway platform at Times Square, packed with people getting to the Upper West Side for this afternoon’s Women’s March: pic.twitter.com/oa2960HWhi

— Cora Lewis (@cora) January 20, 2018

WOMEN’S MARCH: From New York City to Los Angeles and many cities in between, thousands of women and their supporters took to the streets Saturday, vowing to show up at the polls this year for midterm elections amid the government shutdown and outrage over Pres. Trump’s agenda. pic.twitter.com/fFidoOMhb6

— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) January 20, 2018

Yeah, no big deal. !!!!! Go DC!! RT @GerrenPeterson: Holy smokes!!!!! #WomensMarch #WomensMarchNYC #TRUMPshutdown #GOPshutdown pic.twitter.com/oV2P7V0uFE

— Samantha Levin (@Binnorie) January 20, 2018

The NYSDOT Region 8 is set to provide a Sloatsburg Complete Streets Project informational status update to the Village Board at the Municipal Building on Tuesday, February 13, at 6 p.m.

Sloatsburgers last got together some seven months ago to discuss the on-going Complete Streets project with the New York State Department. The Fire Hall at the Sloatsburg Municipal Building was packed with excited residents abuzz about the opportunity for transformative change along Route 17 through the village. Continue Reading

Familiar faces: members of the Sloatsburg Chamber of Commerce recently got together at Harmony Hall for a Holiday Party to celebrate the new year and the revitalized chamber effort.

Amid near zero temperatures and fresh snow, members of the Sloatsburg Chamber of Commerce gathered this past week for a belated Holiday Party. Continue Reading

Remember to give thanks to the often amazing Ramapo Mountains sunrises in celebration of the coming Winter Solstice, which occurs in the northern hemisphere on December 21. Photo by Geoff Welch.

Geoff Welch has been quietly working away at Harmony Hall, putting his years of experience in the area into programming for the historic Jacob Sloat House. Welch has consistently staged seasonal environmental and historical programs at the big white house on the hill, helping to build a local audience. Continue Reading

Valley Rock Inn & Market will host a Festival of Lights celebration in Sloatsburg on Saturday and Sunday, December 9 and 10.

Sloatsburgers helped light up the Village recently with the annual caroling and tree lighting ceremony. Now the folks at Valley Rock Inn & Market have invited the community to join in a weekend Festival of Lights celebration that is sure to turn the lights even brighter. Continue Reading

Rockland County Legislator Doug Jobson presents Village Clerk & Treasurer Thomas F. Bollatto, Jr. with an award for his many years of service to the community. Sloatsburg Mayor Carl Wright looks on as Sloatsburg Elementary School Principal Dr. Joe Lloyd takes a photo at the far right.

A close gathering of family, friends and colleagues attended a special Village Board ceremony on Monday, December 4, to honor Sloatsburg’s Thomas F. Bollatto, Jr. for his 50 years of dedicated service to the community. Continue Reading

The long abandoned Sloatsburg post office along Route 17 is in the process of a revival as Valley Rock Inn & Market has moved in to fix the building up.

Valley Rock Inn hosts an antique and home sale at the old Sloatsburg post office on Saturday and Sunday, November 18 and 19, from 10am to 4pm, with proceeds to benefit the Tuxedo Park Library.

The building is composed of two main stores fronts that Valley Rock has taken over, complete with VRI signature decorative hedges along the back parking lot. The old post office will soon house a fitness center with weight room and cardio room that will also offer spin and yoga classes. Continue Reading

The Sloatsburg Chamber of Commerce hosted an early November weekend big tent event to introduce members to the community.

Sloatsburgers and more showed up for the Big Tent event held this past Sunday, November 5, at Valley Rock Inn. Even with the misty weather that threatened rain, the Sloatsburg Chamber of Commerce-sponsored community meet- and-greet was a successful reboot for the organization. Continue Reading