The Lazy Candle is Sloatsburger Samantha Remmell’s hand-made candle business. She hopes to one day see her soy candles and colorful merchandise on the shelves of her own store. Visit the Lazy Candle at the Tuxedo Famers’ Market Saturday, June 18, at the Tuxedo Train Station.

After attending Rockland Community College, Sloatsburger Samantha Remmell got busy making candles, a craft she learned to love and in the process turned into a business. Now comes the hard part. Continue Reading

Longtime Sloatsburg resident George Heller went through Hell and back during his days fighting for the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) of the 101st Airborne Division during WWII.

Sloatsburg resident, decorated WWII veteran and ex-chief of the Sloatsburg Fire Department, George Heller died on June 8 and was buried Monday, June 13 at the FW Loescher Veteran’s Cemetery in New Hempstead, NY. Click the photo to view George Heller’s WWII recollections as told to the West Point Center for Oral History.

Heller’s WWII adventure sounds like something out of Captain America — he participated in a few combat infantry air jumps but they all counted — one at Normandy before D-Day and one near Veghel for Operation Market Garden. And then, during the battle of the Bulge, Heller was hit by German counter-attack shrapnel and seriously wounded at Bastogne, France. Continue Reading

The Suffern Fire Department fought a fierce house fire Friday, assisted by mutual aid from surrounding fire departments. The blaze at Bridge Street is still under investigation, according to the Suffern Poice Department.

The Friday night Bridge Street fire in Suffern saw a house go up in flames while many area fire departments responded in mutual aid. The Suffern Police Department responded within a minute of the emergency 911 call that came in around 9:40 p.m. — but when police officers arrived, the house was already burning, with heavy flames coming from the top floor. Continue Reading

Let the games begin.

Teams gather Friday morning, June 10, at Sloatsburg Elementary School for the annual Olympic Day — a day celebrating sportsmanship and community, with morning-long contests marked by a parent/student picnic lunch. Continue Reading

The Robert and Mary McCready House on Route 17 in north Sloatsburg, also known as Westwind, was built in 1889 and is currently being restored to its former prominence by Edward Marse. The home is listed on the New York and National Registers of Historic Places, only the 3rd Sloatsburg residence to be listed.

Sloatsburger Ed Marse has nearly always had an interest in antiques and local history. Marse often visited the old Blue Barn Antiques while growing up, searching through the many valuables stored in the 70 foot long former livery barn on the Waldron property — currently under renovation by Michael Bruno and the Tuxedo Hudson Company. Continue Reading

The recent cry from Rockland County yeshivas (private religious schools) has been you can knock, but you can’t come in.

In the on-going fight related to fire and building code inspections in Ramapo and other parts of Rockland County, RC Executive Ed Day has stepped up fire inspections. Continue Reading

Sloatsburg 5th graders are looking for dirty cars to clean.

The Sloatsburg Elementary School 5th grade class will set up a car wash at the school on Saturday, June 4, complete with cafe that will sell cookies and cupcakes. The fundraiser is a way for the class to raise money for class trips and other activities. Continue Reading