When you see the design for the brand-new playground that will grace Nannahagen Park next spring, you wish you were a kid again. Sure, there’s a variety of swings, curved slides, climbing ramps and grab bars, but get this –
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The pride flag at Pleasantville’s St. John’s Episcopal Church was once again cut down from its corner sign at Bedford Road and Sunnyside Avenue, a disturbingly frequent occurrence at the landmark church. Also referred to as the rainbow flag, it
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A celebratory candle lighting for Kwanzaa and Hanukkah was cheered by a crowd of more than 60 people who huddled together at Peekskill’s gazebo last Thursday evening in teeth-chattering cold. It was the second annual candle lighting that started last
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On a cold night in November, a handful of volunteers started to dismantle greenhouses and mobile chicken coops owned by Fable Farm in Yorktown. Night is the best time to move 200 hens and a few belligerent roosters because their
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Pleasantville Mayor Peter Scherer will be seeking a sixth term and Village Trustee David Vinjamuri will run for a third term in the upcoming village election, while first-term board member Michael Peppard will leave office. The election for the mayor’s
Read MorePleasantville officials are taking steps to reduce the 30-mile-per-hour speed limit on village roads and install a red-light camera on the Saw Mill River Parkway at Grant Street to help make the community safer for pedestrians. A formal request to
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The Pleasantville Village Board unanimously agreed last week to accept an appeal from a developer and overturn an Architectural Review Board (ARB) decision regarding the rooftop HVAC units at 70 Memorial Plaza. Applicant Pleasantville Lofts, LLC, the developer of the
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Two local police chiefs spoke about the growing concern of antisemitism and other threats in their communities last week and how they’re handling a variety of situations. New Castle Chief James Carroll and Pleasantville Chief Erik Grutzner addressed close to
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It was early afternoon at the Peekskill Brewery the day before Thanksgiving and the place was bustling. Kids played darts on the far wall, an Irish setter sat under a table waiting for food scraps and every seat at the
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A potential redesign of the garage and other modifications were part of the Pleasantville Planning Commission & Architectural Review Board’s discussion recently for the proposed mixed-use redevelopment of the former Chase Bank building. Michael and Alex Beldotti, the property owners
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