Geoff Welch said he was preparing for the upcoming Ramapo River Watershed Conference when he received word that there was something funny with the fish in Four Corners Pond. Welch got the report about dead fish along Warwick Brook, which eventually finds its way into We-wah Lake and then into the Ramapo River. Continue Reading

The Ramapo Central School Board meets Tuesday evening and one item on their agenda is recognition of the Suffern High School boys hockey team’s recent Div 1 NYS Championship run. Continue Reading

Tryouts took place back in mid-December. Rehearsals began shortly after the new year and have been going on most evenings after school and weekends since. Now, with a cast, crew and pit orchestra of nearly 120 students involved, Suffern High School’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s classic thriller, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Continue Reading

Students take a day off Friday, March 16 for the Superintendent’s Conference Day while teachers still work. Sloatsburg Elementary School and both Suffern Middle School and Suffern High School students will be out for the day. 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 Suffern Mounties boys hockey team gets officially feted by the Village of Suffern Wednesday evening, with a parade down Lafayette Avenue that ends at the Monument. Sunday night’s impromptu street party organized after the hockey team’s dramatic state championship run was just a dress rehearsal. Continue Reading

With Orange Turnpike slicing through the village, it’s hard to argue that Sloatsburg is pedestrian friendly. There’s no charming village square to wander around, strolling from shop to shop. Sloatsburg has a convenient strip mall that, although an eyesore, invites bustling business. Continue Reading

This past week temperatures climbed up into the  70s. Now with sunlight lingering longer, stretching the days a bit more, Spring is surely upon us, along with the Vernal Equinox. It’s that time in late winter where we’re programmed to move our clocks one hour ahead.  Continue Reading

Inside Sloatsburg Fire Department Station House 15 turnout gear hangs neatly on racks, labelled with the names of individual firefighters and ready to wear at a moment’s notice. One faded and worn tan jacket in particular has a dark patch where the heat from a training exercise seared the arm and shoulder area, rendering that set of gear unsafe and unusable. Continue Reading

Lower water at Mirror Lake in the Pine Grove Lakes neighborhood means spring cleaning is already underway. Usually done in late spring, with sustained warmer weather, dredging and other lake repairs are being done now. This seasonal work is a prelude to the lake opening in late spring for the summer swimming season. Continue Reading