Sloatsburg News

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.

State police today announced the results of a four-day enforcement effort in support of the law prohibiting the use of handheld cell phones while driving.

MAHWAH, N.J. - Ramapo town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence yesterday said sewage from the Tuxedo Reserve housing project would not be accepted at the new Western Ramapo Wastewater Treatment Plant in Hillburn.

RAMAPO: A 26-year-old Chestnut Ridge man remained in stable condition yesterday at Westchester Medical Center after he was injured when the three-wheeled all-terrain vehicle he was riding collided Wednesday with a van on Blue Jay Street.