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Blue Barn Farm Stand opens weekends with organic produce

Posted on 08 August 2016 by Editor

The Tuxedo Hudson Company opened the Blue Barn Farm Stand in Sloatsburg, NY, offering organic produce on weekends from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Tuxedo Hudson Company opened the Blue Barn Farm Stand in Sloatsburg, NY, offering organic produce on weekends from 9am to 2pm.

The Tuxedo Hudson Company opened its new Blue Barn Farm Stand over the first weekend of August and nearly sold out of organic produce during a good Saturday afternoon run of visitors. Continue Reading

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Harmony Hall Hosts Dog Days Summer Sale Sunday

Posted on 06 August 2016 by Editor

The Dog Days of Summer have arrived on the Great Lawn at Harmony Hall in Sloatsburg, Saturday, August 9.

The Dog Days of Summer have arrived on the Great Lawn at Harmony Hall in Sloatsburg, Sunday, August 7, from 9am to 5pm.

The Friends of Harmony Hall will hold its annual Dog Days of Summer Great Lawn sale on Sunday, August 7. The popular community yard sale was moved to later in the weekend due to Saturday’s threatening skies. Continue Reading

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Bryan Roessel leads Rockland poetry slam team to national competition in Georgia

Posted on 29 July 2016 by Editor

suffernpoetrylogoAll those slams and word jams and working empty and full rooms alike have paid off. The Suffern Poetry slam team, really a representation of poets from across Rockland County, is on the road to the National Poetry Slam in Decatur, Georgia, Monday, August 1 through Saturday, August 6. Continue Reading

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How Are You Weathering the Heat Dome?

Posted on 24 July 2016 by Editor

Call it a jet stream jam. Or perhaps it’s the tears of SolIn any case, keep those helmets securely fastened as the current Heat Dome that’s overing over the Hudson Valley, and most of the United States, is due to continue into the coming week. The weather pattern is expected to break in a cacophony of stormy skies at week’s end. Continue Reading

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The Ramapo River Runs Through It

Posted on 18 July 2016 by Editor

Sloatsburg's Geoff Welch was the subject of LoHud's first feature in an-onging series on the area's important waterways.

Sloatsburg’s Geoff Welch was the subject of a recent LoHud feature on the area’s important waterways, part of an on-going series.

The Ramapo River winds through these parts, a small river by many standards, but very important to the area. It’s a key source of drinking water and provides for wildlife and recreation. Call it the jewell of the Ramapo Mountains. Continue Reading

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Torne Valley Vineyards Throws a Weekend Lawn Party and Festival with Wine and Music

Posted on 16 July 2016 by Editor

Torne Vineyards share the wineThe grounds of Torne Valley Vineyards should be filled Saturday with blankets and vendors and colofully-dressed people set for an afternoon of wine and music. Continue Reading

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A message to the Ramapo Central School Board from an advocate for the Rockland Jewish orthodox community

Posted on 15 July 2016 by Editor

The Ramapo Central School District has a visit from Rockland County Jewish orthodox community agent Yossi Gestetner during a late June 2016 Ramapo Central school board meeting.

Yossi Gestetner, a Jewish orthodox community advocate and public relations professional address a recent Ramapo Central School Board meeting about the district's changes in its public transportation policy.

Yossi Gestetner, a Jewish orthodox community advocate and public relations professional address a recent Ramapo Central School Board meeting about the district’s changes in its public transportation policy.

The Board of Education meeting was at the public comments portion, with part of the evening’s discussion focused on the district’s changes to its transportation policy for the upcoming 2016/17 school year. Continue Reading

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French Resistance Cafe in Sloatsburg opens for an evening, giving a look at the transformed grounds

Posted on 10 July 2016 by Editor

Michael Bruno & Katie Rosman

Michael Bruno (in blue jacket) hosted a fundraiser for the Yaddo artist colony on the grounds of the French Resistance Coffee House & Cafe in Sloatsburg Saturday evening. Katie Rosman, The New York Times Style section editor and writer and former Yaddo artist, talks about the Yaddo effort and thanks Bruno for his support.

Sloatsburg experienced a taste of Tuxedo Saturday night as the two corridor communities came together at Michael Bruno’s garden party benefit for Yaddo. The event served as the first big reveal of the grounds of the Tuxedo Hudson Company’s French Resistance Coffee House & Cafe concept. Guests were not disappointed. Continue Reading

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A Conversational History: Tales of Waldron Row in Sloatsburg

Posted on 05 July 2016 by Editor

Come for the Parks

Beautify Sloatsburg is the official Facebook page for the Sloatsburg Revitalization Committee, chaired by Darrell Frasier.

The on-going renovation work at the old Blue Barn property in Sloatsburg got Edward Marse thinking about the history of that neighborhood along Route 17 in the village center. Continue Reading

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Summer Reading Kicksoff July 5 at the Sloatsburg Library

Posted on 28 June 2016 by Editor

With school now out for the year, summer vacation has officially arrived, complete with camp plans and thoughts of vacation trips. But don’t forget to read a book or two.

The Sloatsburg Library Summer Reading Program gets underway on Tuesday, July 5, at 2:15pm, with sign up refreshments and featured entertainment by Christopher Agostino and his outstanding Story Faces.

The Sloatsburg Library Summer Reading Program gets underway on Tuesday, July 5, at 2:15pm, with sign up refreshments and featured entertainment by Christopher Agostino and his outstanding Story Faces.

The Sloatsburg Public Library’s popular Summer Reading Program is one way local kids can keep up their reading in a fun way. Geared to elementary school and middle school students, the program kicks off on Tuesday, July 5, with its annual Summer Reading Party. Continue Reading

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