A village resident with roots going back to childhood has entered the race for a trustee’s seat on the Pleasantville Village Board in the upcoming election in March. Pedestrian Committee member Yemi Pickard Healy announced last week that she is
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Combating the fentanyl and opioid epidemic is a global battle. In the U.S. more than 100,000 people died in 2022 from overdosing on prescription opioids and fentanyl-laced drugs. In Westchester and Putnam counties, 2022 drug overdose death rates also rose,
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The stark reality of seeing the homeless on the street can be dispiriting, causing us to look away. But we know they are there, living a life of hardship many of us can’t imagine. Unfurling our blinders is photographer Julie Rosen, whose
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A two-term Dutchess County legislator recently announced that she will run for the 39th state Senate District, which includes Putnam Valley and Philipstown along with swaths of Orange and Dutchess counties. Yvette Valdés Smith, a Democrat, plans on challenging Republican
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The Pleasantville Village Board took needed steps last week to start construction of the new village pool after the upcoming summer’s swim season concludes. At its meeting last Monday, officials closed a public hearing on a required wetlands permit and also
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A new state law bans annual wildlife killing contests whose common targets are predators such as coyotes, fox, squirrels and bobcats. The law, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 22, will make illegal hunting competitions and tournaments involving certain
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Westchester County police have stepped up their investigation on the brutal murder of Pleasantville resident and volunteer firefighter Thomas Dorr, slain 28 years ago. At the annual candlelight vigil for Dorr on Monday night at Graham Hills Park in Mount
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Longtime Pleasantville resident Francesca Hagadus will be on the ballot for Village Board trustee in the election in March, the second consecutive year in which she is running for a seat on the board. Hagadus will appear on the Good
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The magic of poetry is how it easily transports the reader to the writer’s inner musings with comparatively few words. That type of engaging journey happens in artist, filmmaker and poet Vanessa Smith’s upcoming book of poetry “Room Tone.” Each
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The New York State Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) met in Albany last Thursday to start the process of redrawing congressional district lines for the 2024 elections. Earlier in December, the IRC was ordered to draw new lines by the state
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