In the final push to get as many signatures as possible on candidate petitions before the Board of Elections’ Apr. 7 deadline, the Mount Pleasant Democratic Committee held a petition wrap-up rally for Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-White Plains) and Assemblyman Tom
Read MoreShane McGaffey, a 12-year Pleasantville Board of Education member, has decided against running for a fifth term on the board this spring. “I originally ran in 2010 on a set of issues,” McGaffey recalled. “A lot of things I ran
Read MoreIt will be the same Pleasantville Farmers Market but with a slightly different location in the Memorial Plaza parking lot when the spring-to-fall version of the popular weekly market opens next month. Effective Apr. 2, the vendors will move to
Read MoreThe members of the locally-based band Skyfactor have been waiting for this Saturday night for more than two years. That’s when they’ll return to what can be considered their Westchester home base, Lucy’s in Pleasantville, for their first show at
Read MoreInspiring young authors to continue writing creatively can be a tall task. For more than a decade, the Pleasantville School District’s middle school and high school student writers have been recognized in writing contests such as the regional and national
Read MoreFour nursing students intently observed fellow students practice special care on a full-body manikin with real body functions in a simulation at Pace University last Thursday. Also watching the exercise in the fully-equipped exam room at the university’s College of Health Professions
Read MoreThe Village of Pleasantville is pressing forward with discussions of a proposed ordinance that would limit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers within the community. Village Trustee Nicole Asquith, who has spearheaded the initiative, spoke about the legislation at last
Read MoreThis article has been revised to clarify and correct information regarding the mitigation strategies being employed by the Pleasantville School District to protect students and staff. The Pleasantville School District enacted a revised health and safety policy last week that
Read MoreA 21-year-old Pleasantville man who worked at a village vape shop was arrested recently for providing an underage girl with marijuana, alcohol and nicotine vape products, police said. Mohamed T. Elganzory was arrested on Feb. 3 following a month-long investigation
Read MoreNow that the state’s redistricting process is apparently complete for the next decade, one of the area’s veteran Assembly members has announced he will be running for another term. Assemblyman Tom Abinanti (D-Pleasantville) is prepared to run for a seventh
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