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The Bane Of Bucolic Bedroom Communities

Posted on 18 February 2015 by Editor

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The Town of Tuxedo suffered the scrutiny of an assessment by the Times Herald-Record Sunday, which reported that behind “the facade of wealth and exclusivity, the town can barely pays its bills.”

Perhaps it’s a bane of bedroom communities, the lack of local commerce and identifiable cultural identity; but the corridor that winds through Sloatsburg and Tuxedo appears to be suffering from an economic malaise. There are any number of shuttered businesses along Rt. 17, some empty for years now. Continue Reading

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Indians in the Ramapos

Posted on 14 December 2014 by Editor

EdLenik2Local hiker and archaeologist Ed Lenik has spent many a day sifting through the layered evidence of human history in the Ramapo Mountains, a search that includes the general northern New Jersey, southeastern New York regions. His investigations have detected patterns that bear witness to Indians in the Ramapos. Continue Reading

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Dog Days Of Summer Are Coming

Posted on 24 July 2014 by Editor

For some the dog days of summer have already arrived. But for the Friends of Harmony Hall, August will feature the real deal when the group hosts its annual Dog Days of Summer Community Yard Sale and Flea Market on the old Jacob Sloat House Great Lawn. Continue Reading

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