Sloatsburg News

Hundreds of pounds of garbage floated on the side of the Ramapo River yesterday, the last remaining signs that an 18-wheeler went over the side of a Thruway overpass, killing the driver and spewing diesel fuel and detritus into part of Suffern's water source.

NEW CITY - A Missouri woman who was arrested in Ramapo on Sunday on charges of peddling magazines door-to-door without a permit was arrested in Clarkstown yesterday on the same charges, police said this morning.

SLOATSBURG - A wall in Arnold S. Reif's dining room is filled with framed photographs of him with sports legends and newsmakers from Sandy Koufax to Gerald Ford.

SLOATSBURG - There's a house on Johnsontown Road that appears to have more people living in it than expected by the village and the Rockland County Department of Health.

A 77-year-old Queens woman walking along a parking garage crosswalk died after being run over yesterday by a sports utility vehicle driven by a Spring Valley woman at the Thruway rest stop, state police said.

RAMAPO - A female pedestrian was struck and killed this morning by a sports utility vehicle at the Interstate 87 north rest stop in Sloatsburg, state police at Tarrytown said.

The County of Rockland Environmental Management Council sponsored the Annual Eleanor Burlingham Earth Day Essay Contest.

The builders of Tuxedo Reserve will be required to conduct further studies on the impact of the 1,195-housing project near the Sloatsburg line.

Rain-slicked roads were keeping the early morning trip to work slow on several of the Lower Hudson Valley's major commuting routes at 8:45 a.m. today, police said.

It was a peaceful night at Spook Rock Golf Course, the silence broken only by the hum of lighting generators and the occasional metallic whack of a driver or fairway wood.

RAMAPO - The town will complete its purchase tomorrow of the 86-acre hamlet of Ramapo, a riverside community that was an industrial hub in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Anyone looking for a cheap and easy summer getaway should consider the Sloatsburg Travel Plaza on the New York State Thruway.

NEW CITY - A state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant continues to be a focus as some express concern about allowing homes outside Rockland to connect to the new facility.

Favorite Ride story and photography by Kenneth W. Dahse One of the most fascinating and scenic areas in the eastern United States is New York's Hudson River Valley.

Voters will soon choose three of four candidates for the Ramapo Central school district Board of Education, and will decide whether to approve a $120 million budget that contains slight spending and tax rate increases as well as staff and program cutbacks.

RAMAPO - A property-tax exemption has been denied for 248 acres owned by the Jehovah's Witnesses.

A boil water advisory remains in effect today for United Water New York customers in the village of Sloatsburg following a water main break Tuesday.

NEW CITY - A forum on the state of the world's water and a proposal by United Water New York to build a Hudson River treatment plant drew about 200 people to Clarkstown Town Hall last night.

SLOATSBURG - About 50 village homes are without water today after workers accidentally hit a main line, Mayor Carl Wright said.

The New York State Police issued 202 tickets for violating New York's law against using a non-hands-free cell phone while driving during a four-day crackdown that began on Tuesday and ended on Friday.