There’ll be music and hikers and market goods all around Sloatsburg this weekend.

Residents can show NY Assemblymember Ellen Jaffe support Saturday during her stop at the Suffern Farmers Market from 10 a.m. through 1 p.m. Continue Reading

MyHarriman, joined by partners A Better Tuxedo and the Tuxedo Chamber of Commerce, have launched a new Harriman Yellow Shuttle Bus to take Harriman Park hikers deeper into the park.

All aboard — a big yellow bus is all set to take visitors to Harriman State Park for a ride deeper into the park.  Want to stop at Sebago Cabin Camp or the driveway to Baker Camp? No probelm. Want to hit the Long Path Access before lunchtime? Take a ride on the bus.  Continue Reading

Amy Vickers presents her analysis of water use in Rockland County at a public meeting held by the Rockland County Water Task Force.

While United Water New York presses forward to raise water rates some $49 million dollars, impacting every customer in Rockland County, a new report by water conservation and efficiency expert Amy Vickers indicated there’s no shortage of Rockland water, given a measurable “15%-25% untapped capacity within UWNY system.” Continue Reading

Ready. Set. Read.

Join the fun at the Sloatsburg Library Summer Reading Kick Off on Monday, June 29, at 11 a.m.

The Sloatsburg Library’s popular Summer Reading program kicks off next Monday, June 29, with a special collection of twisted tales by ScienceTellers. The Summer Reading effort signs kids up to a fun book-reading regimen over the the course of the summer that includes prizes and a whole host of related activities and programs. Continue Reading

Harmony Hall in Sloatsburg will host a Summer Solstice Celebration on Saturday, June 20, from 2 p.m. through 5 p.m. that will include nature walks and arts & crafts for kids.

Saturday offers the opportunity to hike up the Harmony Hall Trail to Liberty Rock and also learn all about those local neighbors living nearby — rattlesnakes. Continue Reading

Tuesday’s Ramapo Central School Board meeting marked the end of an era as Sloatsburg’s Thomas F. Bollatto, Jr. took his last turn as a Board of Education member. Continue Reading

Friday proved a perfect day for Sloatsburg Elementary School’s annual Olympic Day, that right of passage where kids take to the field for competition to cap the school year. Continue Reading

The East Ramapo School District monitor issue has been held up as a matter of “fairness” by some and called “undemocratic” by others. One segment of the East Ramapo community contends the district is woefully underfunded by the state due to its population of students with special needs, while the rebuttal to that argument contends that East Ramapo school funds have been funneled toward private religious schools. Continue Reading

Village of Sloatsburg officials, led by Mayor Carl Wright, announce local scholarships at recent Evening of Excellence at Suffern High School. / Photo courtesy of Ramapo Central High School

The recent Evening of Excellence got under way with a celebration of Suffern High School’s top 10% students, with Sloatsburg represented in the group of elite students by Hannah Consiglio, Jonathon DiVietro, James Dowd, and Dunahay Pereyra. Continue Reading

Review of American Native By Geoff Welch
Curator, Harmony Hall, Sloatsburg, New York

On Sunday, May 21, at the transplanted Hoboken Film Festival, now held at the Historic Paramount Movie Theater in Middletown, New York, the documentary American Native was screened. Directed by Steve Oritt, the film has gone through much re-editing since its rough-cut screening at Ramapo College over a year ago and is now making the rounds of film festivals throughout. Continue Reading