Nestled behind the Municipal Pool down in the Flats off Brook Street, sits Brook Street Park, a sleepy Sloatsburg treasure. Nakoma Brook runs quietly down from the hills and watershed above Sloatsburg, running by the pool, providing the playground its own ample elbow space and quiet. Continue Reading

The egg is a venerable symbol that signifies new life and renewal, going all the way back to the cosmic egg and primordial soup mythologies. The Latin proverb omne vivum ex ovo says, essentially, every living thing comes from an egg, a scientific motto identified with seventeenth century physician William Harvey, the first person to describe and fully understand the pumping heart’s circulation. Continue Reading

Although the waterways feeding Four Corners Pond are no longer oozing a dark reddish something or other — and dead fish — concerns about contamination to the system of streams, brooks and ponds that make up the Wee Wah water basin still abound.

There’s controversy over what caused the initial fish die-off. Now comes Mulch Pile The Movie, a DIY horror movie trailer. Tuxedo resident Ed Gedvila and his friend, John Moon, from Tuxedo Park, recently hiked down from Tuxedo Lake through the streams and marshes that comprise Warwick Brook, following a trail of foam while taking pictures. The foam trail ended at the Perfect Cut mulch pile off Long Meadow Road. 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

From Public Works crews laboring roadside to repair and patch Sloatsburg to Village parks opening for the season, following is a brief round up of news and community life throughout the village and beyond. Continue Reading

March is prepared to leave like a lion, with cold windy rain and the threat of snow. But by Sunday the sun should be out in full to welcome the official opening day of Sloatsburg’s Community Fields. Throughout the winter months, the once flooded fields have been cleaned of debris and lovingly restored in preparation for spring league play and outdoor enthusiasts. Continue Reading

Hudson Valley News 12’s Ty Milburn got a hold of a meaty local story yesterday and staked out Sloatsburg Elementary School to get the goods.

Milburn reported on Ann Milliaressis, a school lunch worker at Sloatsburg Elementary School who skimmed thousands of dollars from Sloatsburg students’ lunch money by literally keeping the change. Continue Reading

Even with temperatures dipping lower at night these last few days, the bloom is on the buds. After a few false moments of way early winter warming, green shoots are everywhere. Leaves are popping. Color pokes out roadside from early irises, hyacinths and yellow daffodils, and in side yards and lawns everywhere, full-on brilliant blooming forsythia. Let’s just hope the frosty morning temperatures don’t kill off some of these early achievers. Continue Reading

It’s that time of year where the Sloatsburg Public Library wants to know where you stand. Library budget time. Tuesday, On March 27, both Sloatsburg and Suffern libraries hold their annual budget vote. Any Ramapo Central School District resident registered to vote is eligible to stop in and make their mark. Continue Reading

Randi Colton appears energized, busily working for the cause of health and fitness. With seemingly inexhaustible reserves of patience and attention, the health and lifestyle coach plies her craft by coaxing self-revelations from clients Continue Reading