Pleasantville 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
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For 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
Read MoreRaghav Joshi may only be 16 years old but he’s seen more of the world than many people decades older than him. Born in New Delhi, India, he’s already lived in six different countries, including Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Mauritius and
Read MoreNorth Castle is welcoming a familiar face back to town next week. The Town Board approved the appointment Wednesday night of Matt Trainor to return as the municipality’s Superintendent of Parks and Recreation a little more than two years after
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Kathleen Brooks Makrakis, a caring daughter, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, broke her earthly bonds on Apr. 1 at the age of 69. Kathy was born on Mar. 11, 1952, at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco. She was raised
Read MoreSoul Brewing Company in Pleasantville, known as a “grain to glass brewery and tasting room,” first opened last year on Mar. 14, only to close two days later because of New York State’s pandemic lockdown of public spaces. Owner Allen Wallace
Read MorePleasantville residents would see a tax rate increase of less than 1 percent for the upcoming fiscal year in the village’s proposed $22.4 million budget for 2021-22. Village Administrator Eric Morrissey reviewed the spending plan before the Village Board last
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A new pickup and traffic plan will go into effect for parents retrieving Bedford Road School students in Pleasantville at the end of the school day when full-time, in-person attendance resumes on Apr. 7. Because the village and school district
Read MorePace University is planning a full return to campus for the fall semester with full in-person classes, activities and events at all three of its campuses, including Pleasantville and White Plains. In announcing a return to a more traditional campus
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About 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
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