By Molly Stazzone Pleasantville students who are in sixth grade or younger and need some extra help with homework are in luck. Actually, they’ve been fortunate for the past three years. Since 2010, Pleasantville High School students who are part
Read MoreA municipal audit by the office of state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is calling on the Town of Mount Pleasant to reform its budgetary practices, including curtailing the town board’s heavy reliance on fund balance. The report, which covered the period
Read MoreBy Janine Bowen The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 has agreed to a federal mediator’s request for a cooling off period to avoid a work stoppage at New York area Stop & Shop supermarkets before Thanksgiving. The
Read MoreBy Molly Stazzone Most people are familiar with the saying “it’s better to give than to receive.” Hillside Food Outreach is a local nonprofit organization that lives up to the saying. It will be holding a food drive this Saturday,
Read MoreFrank Prisciantelli received quite a surprise on Saturday. Prisciantelli, a longtime Mount Pleasant resident who now lives in Briarcliff, thought he was being taken to a party for his son-in-law. In fact, the party at the Mount Pleasant Community Center
Read MoreThe changing economy for twentysomethings unable to get jobs in their chosen fields has given Lisa DeRienzo, the owner of a Westchester-based online nanny agency, the opportunity to help millennials find fulfilling careers as college educated nannies. DeRienzo, 30, established
Read MoreThe challenger in the Nov. 5 Mount Pleasant supervisor’s race was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly attesting to five forged signatures on a petition carried for his running mate’s campaign manager during the summer. Anthony D’Aria, 46, who is running on
Read MoreA growing rift between the Mount Pleasant School District and the town has put the future of a recreational adult men’s basketball program in jeopardy after 40 years of operation. Calling cancellation “a strong possibility,” Supervisor Joan Maybury said the
Read MoreDemocratic county executive candidate Noam Bramson outlined a plan on Friday to encourage municipalities and school districts to engage in more shared services agreements to help taxpayers save thousands of dollars. Bramson said he would look to create a commissioner-level post
Read MoreSigns of “fiscal stress” and town officials ignoring the state’s property tax cap has spawned a surprise political challenge for Mount Pleasant Supervisor Joan Maybury this year. Anthony D’Aria, 46, is running on the independent We the People line on
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