On Monday of Holy Week, I received my second COVID-19 vaccination shot. Timing wasn’t the best, given my profession, but it was when I was assigned. While I suspect I have a good immune system, when I do catch something
Read MorePaul B. Slader passed away on Monday, Jan. 18 at the age of 90. A beloved husband, father, grandfather and Korean War veteran, Slader was born on Nov. 13, 1930, in New York City. He graduated from Milford High School
Read MoreJohn Chow, the assistant superintendent for business for the Chappaqua School District, will be taking a different route to work starting this summer. The Pleasantville Board of Education unanimously approved Chow’s appointment last Tuesday. He will be replacing the district’s
Read MoreIn less than four weeks Pleasantville residents will have a chance to swim in the village pool for the first time in two years after the pandemic forced the facility’s closure last summer. Last week a task force that was
Read MoreFriday’s highly-anticipated reopening of the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville after being closed for more than 13 months due to COVID-19 restrictions has been postponed because a staff member tested positive for the virus Wednesday. The film center issued
Read MoreFor the second straight year, the Pleasantville Rotary Club was unable to hold its biggest fundraising event, Hudson Valley Fermented, a celebration of some of the region’s finest craft beer, spirits and wine. In 2021, however, the club is able
Read MoreFor the past year with the COVID-19 pandemic, the police, the firefighters, the doctors, nurses and health care workers gave unselfishly of their time and efforts to help us and we use the moniker “heroes” when acknowledging them. However, I
Read MoreThe Pleasantville Board of Education approved the district’s $53.8 million budget for 2021-22 last week, providing homeowners with a zero percent tax increase for the second straight year and a tax levy hike of about .6 percent. The $53,834,774 budget
Read MorePleasantville resident Daneen Mancuso has been a godsend for hundreds of local residents who didn’t have the time, patience or adeptness with technology to get a COVID-19 vaccination appointment online. Mancuso had joined a Facebook group during the winter called
Read MoreFor the second straight year, there will be no Pleasantville Music Festival, another consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Festival Executive Director Bruce Figler confirmed over the weekend what had been suspected for weeks, that with strict capacity limits set by
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