Mount Pleasant took the next step toward its first Comprehensive Plan update in 50 years last week, opening the public hearing with limited but pointed comments. Three residents spoke during the hearing on various aspects of the 234-page Draft Generic
Read MoreMount Pleasant Planning Board members and neighboring residents of Gate of Heaven Cemetery indicated last week that they are apprehensive about a proposed 4.375-megawatt solar farm on an unused 32-acre portion of the cemetery’s grounds. The ground-mounted solar array pitched
Read MoreA prominent Westchester developer with an extensive age-restricted housing portfolio is mulling whether to pursue a project on the 165-acre Legionnaires of Christ property in Thornwood, according to Mount Pleasant officials. Wilder Balter Partners has been in discussion with the
Read MoreCompleting the long-awaited Comprehensive Plan update and attracting developers to consider construction of housing for seniors and empty-nesters are two of the key issues Mount Pleasant officials hope to address in the months ahead. Last Saturday morning, Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi
Read MoreThe Mount Pleasant Industrial Development Agency (IDA) last week approved about $3.8 million in sales tax exemptions for the construction of a 153,062-square-foot e-commerce distribution center located at 211 Saw Mil River Rd. (Route 9A) in Hawthorne. The project, which
Read MoreThe Mount Pleasant School District is welcoming back one of its former administrators to lead the district into the future. The Board of Education unanimously approved hiring Dr. Peter Giarrizzo as Mount Pleasant’s next superintendent to replace the departing Dr.
Read MoreNothing was going to stop Pasquale Palumbo from appearing on his favorite game show Jeopardy! Since being contacted in late 2019 by the show’s producers following a successful online test and audition in Manhattan, the Hawthorne resident had been given
Read MoreAbout 100 feet from Danielle and Gibson Craig’s Pollywiggle Lane home in Pleasantville, a tall, clanging pile driver repeatedly hammers pressure-treated wood piles to help raise a 1.3-mile section of the Saw Mill River Parkway. Ear-splitting decibel levels from the
Read MoreA public hearing has been scheduled for May 17 to hear comments on the 5.6-megawatt ground-mounted solar farm proposed for an unused portion of Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne. The Mount Pleasant Planning Board set the date after the
Read MoreA 170-unit senior housing project took a significant step forward last week after the Mount Pleasant Town Board approved enacting a floating zone on an eight-acre portion of a Valhalla property. The Mount Pleasant Town Board unanimously approved Brightview Senior
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