A big civic conflict in small communities is often the issue of growth — how it happens and where and when. There are those who are pro business, or take to heart the mantra ‘build it and they will come’. Then there are people who advocate converting what is to what could be, such as redeveloping an historical village center. Some residents are Nimbys. Continue Reading

The sentencing for Ann Milliaressis, the lunch lady who pleaded guilty in March to skimming thousands of dollars from Sloatsburg residents, will be postponed according to this report. Continue Reading

Suffern High School musicians performed their last concert of the school year Wednesday night, June 6, with a special celebration for retiring Music Department chair and band teacher John Wagner. Wagner has been at Suffern 32 years, 13 of them as department chair, and has helped to develop the school’s music program into a high-level, multi-discipline musical education juggernaut. Continue Reading

Douglas Adams has finally settled into the Ramapo School District, recently moving to a house in Montebello with his wife, Lisa, who is originally from Hillburn. A year ago this May, the Ramapo Central School Board hired Adams away from a smaller school district outside Little Rock, Arkansas to lead the Ramapo Central school system. But for Adams and family, it’s a sort of a homecoming. Continue Reading

The Sloatsburg Elementary School PTA will hold it’s highly anticipated Bingo Night this Friday, March 30 at the school — yes, the end of March is already upon us. An essential volunteer organization that helps maintain Sloatsburg Elementary School as a key community resource and attraction, the PTA works closely with the school’s faculty and principal to ensure that Sloatsburg children receive a rich educational and cultural experience. Continue Reading

For more than five years now Sloatsburg’s Charlene Vasilik has helped parents and students of Sloatsburg Elementary School as head of Ramapo Central School District’s Family Resource Center. Vasilik develops FRC educational programming specific to Sloatsburg students and families Continue Reading

The Ramapo Central School Distract Board of Education meets the first and third Tuesday of the month at the district offices in Hillburn. During each meeting, the superintendent takes time to recognize student achievement somewhere in the Ramapo schools. Continue Reading

Suffern High School students continue their week-long mid-terms and NYS Regents Exams this week but will be out of school this Friday, January 27. Only those students with scheduled Regents exams in Global History and Geography and RCT in Writing are due to report to school Friday Continue Reading

The kids of Suffern High School will entertain you tonight during the annual Winter Concert, which features students’ showing off their multiple musical talents. Whether singing, dancing or playing an instrument, the Winter Concert is worth the price of admission because it’s free. Continue Reading

Suffern High School students will entertain a bloody mess for the spring musical, due on stage at the end of March 2012. Set to perform Stephen Sondheim’s classic Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the large cast should provide a fun evening of theater. Auditions were finished last week and the final cast is complete, with David Stedge set to play the Demon Barber Sweeney Todd and Julia Castle playing Mrs. Lovett. A nice twist in casting has Daniela Feingold taking on the role of young Tobias Ragg, traditionally a male role. Benjamin Stevens and Victoria Trifiletti are cast as star-crossed lovers Anthony and Johanna. Continue Reading