NEW CITY – Rockland County’s police chiefs have called for the county government to reject a plan revealed last week by County Executive Ed Day that would eliminate the Sheriff’s Department’s 37-member police patrol division. Continue Reading

Suffern Mayor Trish Abato had just told the audience at its recent meeting that Orange Avenue Associates would not be pursuing a zone change from the village. The audience in the Suffern Auditorium was quiet a moment as if everyone exhaled, momentarily unburdened while calculating the news. Continue Reading

The long, winding Orange Avenue road came to a dead end Tuesday when developer Orange Avenue Associates withdrew its request for a zone change from the Village of Suffern. Continue Reading

Tuesday evening will see local village and town boards meet, from Tuxedo to Suffern. Continue Reading

If you want a word with your state senator, visit the Sloatsburg Library Saturday, October 11. Continue Reading

Town of Ramapo residents go to the polls on Tuesday to vote on referendums that may change the electoral dynamics of a town that is increasingly divided east and west. The long-fought effort to get a ward referendum on the Ramapo town ballot has certainly been a clarifying process. Continue Reading

Town of Ramapo voters go to the polls on Tuesday, September 30 to give voice to two court ordered ballot measures related to how residents want to be represented at Town Hall.

The upcoming Ramapo Ward and Council members Special Election continues to create buzz and could change the electoral face of Ramapo. Continue Reading

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe was joined by County Executive Ed Day to announce details of a new community action plan to battle the region’s burgeoning heroin and prescription drug epidemic.

It’s been called a scourge and some say even Sloatsburg has wrestled with the problem of prescription drug and heroin addiction.

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe said that in Rockland, residents are more likely to die from a drug overdose than a traffic crash. “This must change,” Zugibe said, speaking at a press conference Monday, with Rockland County Executive Ed Day at his side. Continue Reading

Enjoy a walk through Sunday’s Suffern Street Fair, brought to you by the Suffern Chamber of Commerce / Photo courtesy Suffern Chamber

Grab a hoodie or long-sleeve shirt and head out to Sunday’s Suffern Street Fair. Expect plenty of blue sky sunshine and cool temperatures in the 60s – relative to warm summer days.

The Suffern Chamber promotes local business and community interaction through its series of Street Fairs, which gather together a variety of vendors selling everything from handmade clothes and jewelry to soaps and salves. The Street Fair will run Sunday, September 14, from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. and includes food booths, music and entertainment.

The event will include a petting zoo and pony rides for kids.

If you get out to walk along Lafayette Avenue for the fair, look for dining and drink specials at one of your favorite local restaurants.

Consider the Suffern Street Fair as a weekend welcome to fall weather and the coming cool days.

The Suffern Street Fair is sponsored by the Suffern Chamber of Commerce and takes place Sunday, September 14, 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. The event is free and so is parking in the Suffern Municipal Lot.

Chuck Stead presents his interdisciplinary Recovery Narrative PhD dissertation to the public at Ramapo Town Hall. / Photo by Geoff Welch

The long story of life in the shadow of Torne Mountain made its way to the Ramapo’s Town Hall when environmental educator Chuck Stead presented his doctoral dissertation to the public last week. An interdisciplinary recovery narrative, Stead’s story is also a history of Torne and Western Ramapo that traces industrial impact on the area’s community and uses ecotoxicology and memoir to weave together a complex story of Ford Motor Company’s toxic legacy in and around Torne Valley. Continue Reading