It’s that time of year when the Sloatsburg Fire Hall throws open its doors and becomes a popular spaghetti diner, with villagers stopping in for a little homemade sausage and meatball sauce. The Fire Hall lights up this Saturday evening for the annual Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser that benefits the Sloatsburg D.A.R.E. Program, sponsored by The Friends of Sloatsburg School. Continue Reading

With rain expected this weekend, Saturday might be the perfect time to visit the Torne Center for A Taste of Ramapo, where restaurants from across the Town of Ramapo host tables offering samples of their fine foods and tasty goods. The combination of Winter Carnival will add a festive air to the free food fun. Continue Reading

In an unheated warehouse space, chairs and benches were pulled together in neat rows. Students from Antioch University and Ramapo College sat bundled against the encroaching chill, listening intently to a panel discuss the complex process of how stories bring us together as people and keep us apart — and how these stories actually shape the way we live our lives. Continue Reading

Most Tuesday mornings down at the “Shed” on Torne Valley Road, across from the community recreation Torne Center, there can be heard a cacophony of students and sounds, the clang and clack of hammers, voices, whirring of electric saw. In the bustle of activity, tape measures get lost fast. The Shed is base camp for reconstruction of an old saltbox house that at one time stood in Ramapo Hamlet, the old work camp for the Ramapo Iron Works, located directly across the Ramapo River. Continue Reading

It started with a simple letter in the mail. The Village of Sloatsburg was asking each of a select group of residents to be part of a newly formed committee. Curious about the letters, the group met, compared letters and all agreed the cause was worth the effort — go out into the community and raise funds for Sloatsburg students. They named themselves the Sloatsburg Students’ Scholarship Committee. Continue Reading

This is a brief roundup of stories we’ll be covering in and around Sloatsburg. Continue Reading

Sometimes all the rules adults have for students makes a kid just want to curl up with a favorite story for a good long read. Read for the fun of it and for escape, without worrying about tests or journals or homework. Sometimes a kid just wants to grab that favorite really weird book and get lost. Continue Reading

The house on the hill at Liberty Rock Road fills up Wednesday afternoons with residents from throughout Sloatsburg. They come from all walks of life and for many reasons, to meet friends, play cards, mingle, or just to get out of the house. But mostly to see friendly faces and have a good time. Continue Reading

When Father John McKenna arrived at Characters Restaurant Saturday evening for a birthday night out, staff apologized that his table was unavailable and directed him and his dinner guests up the wooden front stairs, saying the dining room was crowded with a last minute booking. So the three slowly made their way up the stairs. Continue Reading

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