Most in Sloatsburg know Jenny Kirby from her long days and generous ways at Characters Bar and Restaurant, where she can often be found working the dining room floor evenings, helping out wait staff or just chatting with regular customers. Continue Reading

If you plan to eat out this week, think about Tuesday evening when Characters Bar & Resaurant in Sloatsburg holds a fundraiser to support the local Sloatsburg UMC Food Pantry. Continue Reading

Sometimes memories can live in our heads or can live in the acts we do to remember those lost.

Many locals are familiar with the story of Sloatsburger Jason Hruscik, who died suddenly in his sleep some six years ago now. Jason’s passing shocked his friends and family. Hruscik was young and healthy, a former runner for Suffern High School who taught at P.S. 85 in the Bronx and appeared to be just getting started in life.

The family was asked at the time about donating Jason’s organs, and that seemingly simple act lives on today. Continue Reading

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