Suffern-based photographer Michael Malandra in his Elements Gallery beside his shot of the Bavarian Church Steeple — the image was selected by Torne Valley Vineyards as the label for its new German-style white wine Gewürtztraminer.

Local travel and adventure photographer Michael Malandra said he’s not much of a wine drinker himself, though he’s not averse to a nice beer or good whiskey (whisky for those Scots drinkers). Nevertheless, a photo Malandra took overlooking the quaint Bavarian town of Randersacker, Germany will adorn a German-style white wine from Torne Valley Vineyards. Continue Reading

Note: Update on this particular incident – per a representative at First Niagara Bank, the bank notified all affected card holders and issued new cards.

As Mad-Eye Moody from the Harry Potter series might say, constant vigilance. Continue Reading

Some days the Sloatsburg Public Library parking lot is so full that it makes one want to pull over to see what’s going on. Community participation is at the top of the list of the Library’s Manager Annmarie McAnany. Continue Reading

Shadows of people outlined by the intense flames of the Old Mill fire light up the sky in Sloatsburg back in March of 1955.

The flames lit up the sky back on that windy March night in 1955. Winds blew along the natural canyon created by the Ramapo River and railroad tracks, much like the recent high winds of our own seasonal warming weather, and fed a fire that raced through what was then the Ramapo Piece Dye Works that housed the Schwartz Yarn Co. in Sloatsburg, NY, causing a conflagration visible from miles away. Continue Reading

Kim and Conrad and all the rest of the cool kids take the stage Thursday night in Suffern Middle School’s Spring Musical production of Bye Bye Birdie. Continue Reading

With the first week of March blowing all cold and snowy, take a break with some Irish music Saturday at the Sloatsburg Library. Blues skies and warmer weather on on the menu for next week. Continue Reading

The season turns in Tuxedo. The recent Times Herald-Record article that many believed over-emphasized a certain town ennui has also apparently galvanized a local effort to look to the sunny side of the street. Freed from the onerous tasks of dealing with a enormous town casino proposal, Supervisor Mike Rost and the town council have pivoted to focus on those issues that initially led them to the Tuxedo Town Hall — curtail the town’s political divisiveness, work to fix the town’s fiscal and infrastructure problems, address head-on the Tuxedo Farms development, and make a decision on the town mulch pile. Continue Reading

Hayward’s Deli chipped in for a bit of community camaraderie this past Saturday morning. The Suffern High School’s chapter of Youth for Hospice put a tip jar out at the local deli and marketplace on Rt. 17 in Sloatsburg — and four hours later had collected some $200 for Hospice of Rockland County. Continue Reading

When the Ramapo Central School Board met last in February, Kelly Seibert presented the board with a detailed fiscal analysis that also summed up the state of local school budgets. Seibert is assistant superintendent for business for the Ramapo Central schools, and like his boss Superintendent Dr. Douglas Adams, speaks numbers fairly fluidly. Continue Reading

Leaky pipes led to a series of more serious code violations at a Village of Suffern property with multi-family homes serving as apartment rentals this past week. Continue Reading