Posted on 05 May 2014 by Editor
Tuesday offers locals with an appetite the opportunity to feed the Sloatsburg Scholarship Fund.
Characters Restaurant and Bar will donate 15% of the cost of all dine in or take out meals after 4 p.m. on May 6 to the Scholarship Fund, which fundraises on behalf of various scholarships for Sloatsburg students. Continue Reading
Posted on 02 May 2014 by Editor
A hazardous materials team works on the overturned fuel truck in Nanuet. / Photo from Brian Duddy, Rockland Fires via Nyack Free Press.
An oil tanker truck traveling the roads of Rockland County tipped over and spilled its fuel contents across Route 59 Thursday afternoon near Nanuet, closing down the major traffic artery for most of the day.
The fuel tanker from NorthEastern Fuel had a 5,000 gallon capacity and was carrying an estimated 3,000 gallons of No. 2 diesel fuel, which splashed out of of the toppled truck. Continue Reading
Posted on 30 April 2014 by Editor
SUFFERN – The combination of pressures over stolen money, illegal drug use and an ongoing police investigation into a stolen rifle closing in on them led a Suffern man and woman to murder her uncle in the home they shared and then take their own lives by jumping off the George Washington Bridge on Monday, according to Suffern police. Continue Reading
Posted on 30 April 2014 by Editor
Suffern Police Chief Clarke Osborn will hold a press conference Wednesday at 10 a.m. to discuss the suspicious death and strange story of a couple who jumped from the George Washington Bridge to their deaths Monday morning sometime after 11 a.m.
Couple that leaped to their deaths from the George Washington Bridge Monday are connected to a possible murder in Suffern, NY / Photo of Gary Crockett and Nickie Circelli via Twitter
The man and woman were identified as Gary Crockett, 41, and Nickie Circelli, 40, who both lived at 88 Washington Avenue, Suffern, N.Y. Continue Reading
Posted on 25 April 2014 by Editor
Banners are out and flying at Rainbow this weekend as the hardware and home goods store at the corner of Park Place on Orange Avenue in Suffern celebrates is Grand Opening. Continue Reading
Posted on 22 April 2014 by Editor
Another Earth Day has dawned and local photographer Geoff Welch captured the colorful burst.
Welch took pictures of the morning sun as it rose east over Torne Mountain in the Ramapos. Continue Reading
Posted on 21 April 2014 by Editor
A day to celebrate all that is good about living here on the verdant Blue Planet takes place Tuesday, April 22, with the 42nd annual Earth Day. Continue Reading
Posted on 20 April 2014 by Editor
Spring Break has broken and Ramapo Central students return to school for the home stretch final quarter. To date, it’s been a good year for the district, both on the field and in the classroom.
Suffern Middle School 6th grade teacher Peggy Sheehy was written up recently in The Journal News about how she weaves lessons on myths and heros into the world of gaming. According to Journal News reporter Gary Stern, Sheehy is the co-creator of a curriculum that ties in the “World of Warcraft” to the Common Core learning standards for 6th graders in her double-period humanities class. Continue Reading
Posted on 15 April 2014 by Editor
Note: This article was updated to reflect several salient points related to Sloatsburg’s police coverage, including year of the village’s dissolution of its police department and how the village and town interact for police coverage.
The Village of Sloatsburg gave up its own police department around 1990 as a purported cost-saving measure. But for some residents the short-term savings in personnal and equipment had a long-term cost in loss of local control, especially as it related to the policing of Rt. 17 through the central village. Village officials often receive complaints about traffic control on Rt. 17 and the reportedly periodic absence of Ramapo Police. Continue Reading
Posted on 14 April 2014 by Editor
Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence at recent DEC public meeting at Suffern Library / Photo by Geoff Welch
It’s been another long season along the Ramapo River that has included remediation in Torne Valley of long buried Ford paint sludge, the installation of new SOS fuel tanks in Tuxedo and the ever-growing DeMarino dirt hill on Rt. 17. Some of these topics, and more, will be covered by environmental educators and professionals at Friday’s 19th Annual Ramapo River Watershed Conference at Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ. Continue Reading
