From the new Jehovah Witness sprawling world headquarters to Tuxedo Farms and Genting Americas Tuxedo Ridge casino, the Town of Tuxedo is percolating with development activity. If all the projects continue and come to full project completion, they would certainly change the Western Ramapo-Orange County connected community. Continue Reading

A light of kind-hearted village life went out Friday afternoon, July 11, during the bustle of regular comings and goings at the very store that was a great source of pride and joy and consternation.

Kenneth Hayward, owner and operator of Hayward’s Deli & Market in Sloatsburg, NY, a man of many causes as well as a quiet force of community outreach, died suddenly Friday while tending to business in his familair backroom office — a place where friends would often drop in for a quick visit. Continue Reading

Town of Tuxedo residents have a plateful of change to consider Monday and Tuesday as there will be two Public Hearings — one on gaming and one to change George F. Baker High School to the Tuxedo STEM Academy Conversion Charter School. Continue Reading

There’ll be puppets and popcorn, an old movie favorite and even a special Golden Ticket Raffle to win a one year free family pass to the Lafayette Theater in Suffern.

The civic celebration takes place Sunday, June 22, when the historic Lafayette Theater holds its second 90th Anniversary of the year – in case you missed the first. A pillar of the Ramapo community and backbone of Suffern’s business district, the Lafayette has weathered more changes in weather and attitude than your grandmother. The doors for Sunday’s special event open at 1 p.m. Tickets for the celebration are a pricey 25¢ — all tickets will be sold at the door with no pre-sale tickets available. Continue Reading

Jobs, increased property values, customers for businesses, a Thruway bypass, local economic development — these propositions are but a few of the favorite things put forward by proponents of the gaming game now in play in Orange County. Continue Reading

Summer comedy has come to Characters, so there shouldn’t be any complaining about laughing out loud at what someone just said.

Check out the comedy shows at Characters all this week & next.

The crew at Slaughter Stand-Up has used Characters in Sloatsburg, NY as a base for monthly comedy shows the past couple of years. The Slaughter Summer Showdown is the group’s summer comedy extravaganza – with  round one running this week, Tuesday, June 17 and Thursday and Friday, June 19 and 20. This week’s shows are free and take place in Characters upstairs lounge. Continue Reading

The rain should taper so that Saturday summer can really start when the Tuxedo Farmers’ Market starts back up for its tenth year. And Sloatsburg will see the return of a new and refreshed version of an old village business as the Blue Barn Antiques & Gifts along Rt. 17 in the village center opens for weekend business. Continue Reading

They came from all over the past two weekends, pumped up and ready to face any number of obstacles, including rocky hills, climbing walls, carrying logs, clambering under treacherous barbed wire, and, finally, jumping through fire to become a finisher. Continue Reading

Blunt Mountain mint, Pycnanthemum Muticum, transplanted from the Harmony Hall Herb Garden to the Saltbox Environmental Research Center in Torne Valley by volunteers Nathan and Angela.

The slow, steady work by hand and machine to clean up Torne Valley is bearing fruit. The story of how 55 gallon drums of paint sludge trucked from the long-closed Mahwah automobile factory and dumped in the valley are now legendary. Continue Reading