Fat Tuesday has arrived, which marks the official day of Mardi Gras, the biggest and final day of the long Mardi Gras seasonal celebration in New Orleans that begins on Twelfth Night. The finale of parading and celebration takes place today in New Orleans, before Ash Wednesday and the time Lent which leads to Easter. Continue Reading

Look for your fresh eggs and homegrown meats as your favorite vendors meet at the Tuxedo Train Station Saturday. The Winter Indoor Market gathers at 10 a.m. on Valentine’s Day and runs through 2 p.m. Continue Reading

The Town of Tuxedo invites residents to Powerhouse Park Saturday to celebrate with an annual bonfire blaze.

Note: The Bonfire Blaze event has been postponed with a new date yet to be set. The impending high winds and arctic temperatures blowing through this weekend are responsible for the cancellation.

With a pause in the recent winter weather, Tuxedo will celebrate community Saturday night by hosting the annual Night Brightening Blaze Bonfire at Powerhouse Park. Continue Reading

Recent Suffern Village Board meeting with yellow shirts in support of DPW workers looking for overtime pay. Suffern’s cash on hand problem made it necessary for the village to seek a bridge loan through the end of its fiscal year.

The Suffern Village Hall parking lot was filled to capacity Wednesday night, with the village auditorium itself populated by yellow shirts showing support for the Department of Public Work. What followed at Suffern Village Board meeting was a study in local politics, civic history and a lesson in how to skate across the old municipal bankruptcy pond, whistling all the while and hoping that the ice will hold. Continue Reading

The ghosts of budgets past are haunting the Village of Suffern.

The groans of stress from poor fiscal choices are now loud enough that they’ve spilled out of Village Hall and into the press and public alike. Continue Reading

With the recent snow and ice and wintry weather knocking area residents off schedule, following are a few school notes and news items many might have missed.

Rockland County coaches showing their respect for @SuffWrestling coach, Mickey DeSimone. #lohudwrestling pic.twitter.com/U8JPGbT8xE

— EastRamapo Wrestling (@TitansWrestle) January 31, 2015

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One of Sloatsburg’s most senior residents passed away last Friday at the age of 98 years, surrounded by family. Continue Reading

Village of Sloatsburg Department of Public Works out plowing local roads after January snowfall.

The big snow dump expected from the Nor’Easter Juno didn’t quite reach Rockland County.  Although New York City practically shut down Monday evening in preparation for what some considered a possible historic storm, the wind and snow bands of the storm did manage to drop more than a foot of snow in northern Long Island. Continue Reading

Sloatsburg Mayor Carl Wright cautioned residents about parking along the shoulder of village roads in order to maintain clear paths for the Department of Public Works snow plowing.

While the impending snowmageddon of nor’easter Juno slowly makes its way to Rockland County, even New Jersey Transit will shut down rail service at 10 p.m. Monday night, January 26, with the last departures at 8 p.m. Continue Reading

As the entire northeastern seaboard prepares for the nor’easter named Juno, state and local agencies have battened the hatches for what New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio has called it possibly one for the record books. Continue Reading