Pleasantville Vigil Mourns Police Brutality Victims, Calls for Change
By Madeline Rosenberg Raising Black Lives Matter signs and posters with other messages, area residents huddled around the Pleasantville gazebo at an early Tuesday evening vigil – grieving George...
View ArticleSchool Budgets Approved; Olszewski, Beaty Victorious in Mt. Pleasant
Budgets were approved Tuesday night throughout Westchester and incumbents were re-elected in the area’s contested Board of Education races. Many districts were slow in reporting results with all voting...
View ArticlePrimary Voting Beset By Confusion, Mistakes in Westchester
Changes in voting locations, inconsistent communication, unreliable mail service to deliver absentee ballots and applications along with mistakes by the Westchester Board of Elections has sparked...
View ArticleAbinanti in Surprisingly Tight Race With Challenger in 92nd Assembly District
Five-term Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti (D-Pleasantville) is in a virtual dead heat in his race with insurgent challenger Jennifer Williams in the 92nd Assembly District after the Westchester Board of...
View ArticleReport: Mountain Bike Jumps in County Park Too Dangerous
A consultant who inspected an illegally built short track jumping trail in a Westchester County park concluded the site is too dangerous as currently constructed but it could be transformed into a...
View ArticleMt. Pleasant Approves 153,000-Square-Foot Warehouse on Route 9A
The Mount Pleasant Planning Board granted final approval to a 153,000-square-foot warehouse and office facility on Route 9A in Hawthorne despite strenuous opposition from the board’s chairman. Acquest...
View ArticleWilliams Concedes to Abinanti in 92nd Assembly District Democratic Primary
Challenger Jennifer Williams conceded her race Wednesday after putting a scare into five-term Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti (D-Pleasantville) in the 92nd Assembly District’s Democratic primary. The...
View ArticleMt. Pleasant Considers New Zoning in Push for Senior Housing
By Madeline Rosenberg The Mount Pleasant Town Board is considering a change to the town’s zoning code to accommodate a Valhalla senior housing proposal, the latest in a years-long push to create a...
View ArticleMt. Pleasant Closes Town Pool After Two Employees Test Positive for Virus
Mount Pleasant officials closed the town pool and community center on Friday and notified the Westchester County Department of Health after two seasonal employees at the Valhalla facility tested...
View ArticleConnecticut Man Arrested on Felony Drug Charge in Hawthorne
A 42-year-old Waterbury, Conn. man was arrested Wednesday after Westchester County police seized more than two kilos of fentanyl during a traffic stop in Mount Pleasant. The suspect, Orlando Garcia,...
View ArticleMt. Pleasant Town Pool to Reopen Monday Following COVID Closing
The Town of Mount Pleasant announced that it will reopen the town pool on Monday after officials closed the Valhalla facility for four days once it was learned that two lifeguards tested positive for...
View ArticleSchool Districts Unveil Recommended Reopening Plans
Local school districts submitted September reopening plans to the state Education Department last week with an emphasis on hybrid models, while at least two districts will be able to accommodate...
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Local Officials Tear into Con Ed for Storm Response; 9,700 Still Without Power
Supervisors of Westchester towns hard hit by Tropical Storm Isaias last Tuesday leveled searing criticism against Con Edison as 9,700 households in the county were still without power early Monday...
View ArticlePublic Raises Issues With Westchester Policing at Task Force Forum
A task force reviewing Westchester County’s police policies and procedures last week heard residents call for more effective officer training, the need for respectful interaction with civilians and a...
View ArticleSave Money By Cutting Your Carbon Emissions
By Michael Gold Homeowners who want to save money can start by cutting their household emissions of carbon dioxide. It’s true! Cutting carbon dioxide can save you money, help you live healthier and...
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Pace Athletes March for Racial Justice and Remember DJ Henry
About 200 Pace University student-athletes marched from the Pleasantville campus to the Thornwood Town Center Sunday afternoon, calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality against people...
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Hunger, Food Insecurity the Focus of This Year’s 9/11 Day of Service
For the past decade, Westchester County has partnered with Volunteer New York! to commemorate the anniversary of September 11 by encouraging residents to donate their time to a wide variety of...
View ArticleSecond Holy Innocents Priest Tests Positive for COVID-19
A second priest at Holy Innocents Church in Pleasantville has tested positive for COVID-19 exposing as many as 400 people and requiring anyone who attended four recent services and events to quarantine...
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Mt. Pleasant Entertains Solar Panel Request at Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Planning Board members asked for additional information last week before moving ahead with a public hearing for a proposed solar array on a portion of Gate of Heaven Cemetery’s land in...
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Teacher’s Political Cartoon Roils Westlake Community Over Race
Outraged Westlake High School parents called for disciplinary action against a teacher after a controversial political cartoon was recently used in a history class to discuss the Black Lives Matter...
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