The Sloatsburg Village Board met this past Tuesday, February 14. The short agenda included a presentation by Pablo Ramos of an Approved Fire District Map, letter to Bennetto Persichetti, Sr., and recognition of the recent birthday party held at Characters in honor of Fr. John McKenna. McKenna celebrated his 90th birthday Saturday Continue Reading

Liz DeRuggiero, working the checkout desk, was the first to smell something noxious. And then Children’s Librarian Annmarie McAnany responded quickly, politely clearing patrons from the building.

Just as the Sloatsburg Fire Department was gathering for its regular Wednesday evening meeting at the station house, the call came in Continue Reading

Sometimes friends encourage you to make bad choices. Then there are those friends who ask you to do something singular that causes you to follow a whole other path. Hunter Potter’s good friend Kyle Lynch convinced him to hang out as a volunteer EMT in Sloatsburg and eventually catch rides with the ambulance rescue. Continue Reading

The Sloatsburg Village Board met Tuesday evening and the main matters of discussion were a public hearing on Community Development Block Grants and a well-attended workshop on finding funding for gear replacement for the Sloatsburg Fire Department. Continue Reading

The Sloatsburg Public Library has just completed a much-needed and welcome upgrade to its public access computer center. This week Ramapo Central Library System (RCLS) technicians installed four new HP desktop computers, with 22″ NEC monitors, that will give the library’s computer center a total of three networked work stations Continue Reading

The Sloatsburg Village Board met for the first time in 2012, with Mayor Carl Wright steering the agenda to a rapid finish. Sloatsburg Fire Department representatives were scheduled to meet with the board in a working session after the public agenda was completed. Continue Reading

Look skyward at the treeline around Sloatsburg and you can still see damage from the late October snow storm that blew through the Ramapo Mountains and Rockland County. Trees bent low, heavy with early season snow, snapping branches and taking down power lines. White wood from sheared off limbs and branches is still visible in trees throughout Sloatsburg. Continue Reading

Sloatsburg — From the outside, the fitness center could be mistaken for a high-end auto or machine shop. The space looks and feels different from your typical gym — it’s wide open with high ceilings that bounce light off glossy white walls. A green turf carpet covers the floor for running, and there is a lot running. And where a typical gym is clotted with equipment, this gym has a smaller weight section, mostly free weights to focus on a full range of motion. There are power sleds for pushing, big hanging bags for kicking, medicine balls to bounce and toss, ropes to swing and climb and for resistance training. Continue Reading

Sloatsburg — Bells clanged, lights flashed and sirens rang out as fire trucks from around Rockland County gathered this past Saturday, December 17, for the Orangeburg Volunteer Fire Association’s First Annual Holiday Parade. Continue Reading

Sloatsburg Traffic Bulletin Update: Due to New York Thruway contractual scheduling, the steel beam abutment work and additional heavy construction activity on Seven Lakes Drive has been postponed until the new year. Continue Reading