Posted on 28 March 2016 by Editor
Ramapo Central Board of Education member Dr. Marlyse Haward discusses just what topics and information will be presented to the public at the upcoming special BOE meeting set for Tuesday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at Suffern Middle School.
The Ramapo Central Schools Board of Education is set to respond to community inquiries about crumb artificial turf during a special BOE meeting. Continue Reading
Posted on 16 March 2016 by Editor
Get back on your career track. Beginning in March, the Sloatsburg Public Library will offer a free job search assistance program consisting of one-on-one career coaching sessions. Continue Reading
Posted on 16 March 2016 by Editor
Tuxedo Farms land clearing seen from atop Torne Mountain. The Village of Sloatsburg Pine Grove Lakes neighborhood can be seen in the left foreground.
The yellow cats have been clearing away the far mountain top, where the Related Company is building Phase 1 of Tuxedo Farms‘ planned 1,195 mixed-housing units. The yellow dirt band of cleared vegetation, rock and soil is set to contain the Commons are for the development, as well as the Village Green and YMCA. Continue Reading
Posted on 07 March 2016 by Editor
The old Blue Barn property in Sloatsburg is set to change hands and become the French Resistance, a European-style coffee house and cafe, complete with gardens — a Michael Bruno and Tuxedo Hudson Company signature effort.
Edith and Henry Knoblick are longtime Sloatsburg residents who invested heavily in revitalizing Sloatsburg’s village center. Back in 2013 the couple purchased the old Waldron property directly across from the Sloatsburg Library with a vision that it could again serve as an important part of life and help spark some downtown renewal. Continue Reading
Posted on 29 February 2016 by Editor
February 29 was Leap Day. Cosmic time is as much art as science therefore a revolution around the sun takes slightly longer than 365 days. Leap Day is all that time in a day. One may live a day of purely measured time and snatch back a few moments gone by. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 February 2016 by Editor
Here’s a great example of leveraging local assets. The popular Banff Mountain Film Festival hits Suffern and the Lafayette Theater this Tuesday and Wednesday and will draw people near and wide to these parts. Continue Reading
Posted on 10 February 2016 by Editor
Sloatsburg Mayor Carl Wright (middle) greets Richard Jarcho (right) and a local veteran at one of the recent Sloatsburg Veteran Food Baskets held at the Village Municipal Building.
Sloatsburg has become something of a cornucopia for area veterans. Mayor Carl Wright has always advocated for U.S. veterans — from acknowledging local service men and women at Village Baord meetings to celebrating Memorial Day with the annual Sloatsburg Parade, where American Legion Post 1643 leads the red, white and blue festooned way along Route 17. Continue Reading
Posted on 10 February 2016 by Editor
Chris Stritmater suddenly lost his wife Heather this past Sunday. Heather Clark Stritmater leaves behind a daughter and two sons.
Chris Stritmater grew up in Sloatsburg in the Pine Grove neighborhood and now lives with his young family in Stony Point. His wife is from West Haverstraw.
Following is an announcement from Another Step, Inc., which includes a way to contribute donations to Heather’s family.
*** FAMILY IN NEED – ONE OF OUR OWN ***This past Sunday, Chris Stritmater, a former 1st Lieutenant and current…
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Posted on 27 January 2016 by Editor
Updated. The following proposal was part of the creative community building and investment that become Valley Rock Inn & Mountain Club and Market in Sloatsburg, NY.
Call it a Ramapo Mountain renaissance. Call it the appeal of Parklandia. These highland hills are alive with developers’ dreams, those visions of apartments and cottage homes nestled next to parkland and easy rail access direct to Manhattan. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 January 2016 by Editor
Forecast uncertainty. That big weekend snow has been hard to figure out. The weather squall line is right along Rockland County.
At this moment… areas most likely to miss this storm entirely, would be anyone from Kingston, on northward. Those most likely to see some accumulating snowfall, would be anyone from I-84 on south.
But the critical point to take home from this afternoon’s update… is that a very small shift of the track (just 30 to 50 miles) would result in dramatic changes to the forecast for the Hudson Valley.
— HudsonValleyWeather.com
