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  • Town of Ramapo Proposed Change to the Comprehensive Plan

    Town of Ramapo Proposed Change to the Comprehensive Plan

    Tonight – 11/12/14 – there is a Public Hearing at the Town of Ramapo at 8:00pm regarding a proposed change to the comprehensive plan of the Town of Ramapo to facilitate the rezoning of at least two properties along Pascack Brook. This area of Ramapo was identified for Medium Density housing (3-4 units per acre)…

  • Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Suffern on Earth Day 4/22/14

    Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Suffern on Earth Day 4/22/14

    Save the date! Earth Day – April 22, 2014 –  is now only two months away and ROSA wants to celebrate sustainability and the preservation of the great outdoors with Rockland and Bergen Counties by bringing the Wild and Scenic Film Festival to the historic Suffern Lafayette Theater in down town Suffern NY. Wild and…

  • 2013 Year End News

    Dear Supporters, Happy holidays and please take a few minutes and get caught up on ROSA’s advocacy to stop the ill-conceived Partrick Farm Develoment. 1.    Lawsuits against the Town of Ramapo: There are many lawsuits and complicated procedural issues that ROSA is actively engaged in. As promised, ROSA is dedicated to continuing the legal battle both in…

  • December 10, 2013 Lawsuit Status Update

    This is a summary of where in the process the various (numerous!) lawsuits against the Patrick Farm decision are at this point. The biggest frustrations that most people -who are in the know – experience is the gangbuster way in which the Town of Ramapo has allowed the developer to pursue the applications while there…

  • Running Wild Movie Event

    Sorry about the bad link. We posted this page to help forward you to where you need to go. This is the page for the event info. This is the page to buy tickets.

  • Why is fundraising movie screening Saturday at 6:oo?

    Many of you have reached out asking why we chose a 6pm screening time on Saturday October 5th for Running Wild with ROSA? Here are the main reasons we chose this date and time to screen the film. “Running Wild” is premiering nationally on Friday October 4th and the cast and crew will be in…

  • “Running Wild” with ROSA – Film Screening & VIP Event

    “Running Wild” with ROSA – Film Screening & VIP Event

    This  special screening of Director Suzanne Mitchell’s new film Running Wild:The Life of Dayton O. Hyde at the Lafayette Theatre is sponsored by Rivertown Film Society to benefit ROSA 4 Rockland More than 20 years ago, ROSA’s  founder Suzanne Mitchell was directing a television segment for a People Magazine special spotlighting fascinating people when she met conservationist cowboy Dayton…

  • Meet ROSA – Open House Tuesday 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

    Meet ROSA – Open House Tuesday 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

    Last Sunday (June 9) ROSA had a table at the REACH Foundation Fun Run at the Torne Valley Sports Complex. At this wonderful gathering we were thanked profusely by many of the attendees who saw us there while others still had never heard of ROSA, or even the Patrick Farm. We realized that we really…

  • ROSA Asks Planning Board to Rescind Final Approvals

    Last Friday, May 31, ROSA’s attorney – Dan Richmond of Zarin & Steinmetz – delivered a request to the Town of Ramapo Planning Board outlining the definitive proof that the planning board made their decisions based on bad information and that they have the responsibility to correct their decision and findings. 2013-05-30 ROSA Lawyer letter…

  • Planning Board Meeting and Public Hearing to Approve Final Subdivision

    Planning Board Meeting and Public Hearing to Approve Final Subdivision

    WHAT Public Hearing on Application for Final Subdivision Approval for 88 lots (two lots are MR-8 for 314 Market Rate Townhouses and 72 Workforce Flats AND Patrick Farm Volunteer Housing – 24)  WHEN Wednesday January 20, 2013 – 8:00 pm WHERE Ramapo Town Hall  – 237 Route 59, Suffern NY We don’t even have a…