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Westlake Students Rally for Teacher, Changes in District
More than 50 students demonstrated last Friday in support of a Westlake High School teacher who touched off a firestorm with a controversial political cartoon but students argued the episode exposed...
View ArticleRonald McDonald House Holds Virtual Memorial Fundraiser
Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley has launched Dashing for Dylan: Walk, Run or Cycle, the sixth annual Dylan J. Hoffman Memorial event for the entire month of October. Dashing for...
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Defaced Sign in Support of Police Draws Praise, Ire in Community
Early on a Sunday morning in late August, John Carminucci received a call that his sign at his Thornwood car repair shop had been vandalized. When Carminucci, owner of JC Automotive on Broadway across...
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Police Officers’ Service and Sacrifices Celebrated at Car Parade
A caravan of Mount Pleasant residents traveled through a portion of the town last Saturday afternoon in support of the police, who participants contended have been unfairly maligned while their jobs...
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Drive-Thru Holiday Lights Displays for This Year’s Winter Wonderland
Hundreds of events have been postponed because of the coronavirus but not Westchester’s Winter Wonderland. It’ll just be different. Instead of attractions such as ice skating, rides and food, the...
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Westchester Med Center Launches Post-COVID-19 Treatment Program
Weeks or even months after people fell ill from COVID-19, thousands are still suffering the lingering and debilitating effects of the disease. The sometimes unusual and inexplicable symptoms long after...
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Pace Retires DJ Henry’s Jersey 10 Years After His Death
A Pace University student who was shot and killed by a Pleasantville police officer 10 years ago had his football jersey number retired last week on what would have been his 31st birthday. What was...
View ArticleDOT to Begin Eight-Month Project on Saw Mill Parkway This Week
The Saw Mill River Parkway will be reduced to one lane in each direction between the Sprain Brook Parkway and Grant Street in Pleasantville to begin improvements, the state Department of Transportation...
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Westchester Breaks Ground on County Compost and Education Center
Ground was broken Wednesday on Westchester County’s compost and education center on the Grasslands campus in Valhalla that will accept scraps of food from municipalities that don’t have their own...
View ArticleInteraction Within Schools Focus of Mt. Pleasant Police Reform Discussion
The committee reviewing Mount Pleasant’s police policies and procedures last week primarily focused on improving the relationship with the two residential treatment facilities for youths and whether...
View ArticlePleasantville, Mt. Pleasant Approve IMA to Reduce Water Repair Costs
By Martin Wilbur and Abby Luby Mount Pleasant and Pleasantville have reached an inter-municipal agreement that is expected to reduce costs to fix water mains and pipes for several hundred town...
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Mount Pleasant Dems Announce Full Slate for Town Board Election
The Mount Pleasant Democratic Committee will run a full ticket for Town Board this year, the first time in years the party will contest the supervisor’s seat. Late last week the committee revealed it...
View ArticleMount Pleasant Board of Ed Hopes for Return of Younger Students
The Mount Pleasant Board of Education approved the release of $384,000 from unassigned fund balance to pay for the potential full-time return of students at Hawthorne and Columbus elementary schools....
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New Bike Jumping Trails to Open This Spring at Graham Hills Park
Local mountain biking enthusiasts will have three new trails to choose from this spring at Graham Hills Park in Mount Pleasant to test their riding and jumping skills. Westchester County, which owns...
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Mt. Pleasant Incumbents to Run Again; Picinch, New Candidates in Mt. Kisco
The three Mount Pleasant Town Board incumbents up for re-election this year are officially running for another term while there appears that two first-time candidates are in line to take over on the...
View ArticleMount Pleasant Police Reform Committee Creates Draft Recommendations
The Mount Pleasant Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Committee announced a draft list of more than a dozen recommendations for consideration that is designed to improve how the town’s police...
View ArticleMount Pleasant Approves Floating Zone for Valhalla Senior Housing Project
A 170-unit senior housing project took a significant step forward last week after the Mount Pleasant Town Board approved enacting a floating zone on an eight-acre portion of a Valhalla property. The...
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Public Hearing Set for Solar Farm Proposed at Gate of Heaven Cemetery
A public hearing has been scheduled for May 17 to hear comments on the 5.6-megawatt ground-mounted solar farm proposed for an unused portion of Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne. The Mount Pleasant...
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Noise, Environment Raise Residents’ Ire Near Saw Mill River Parkway Work Site
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...
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A Dream Come True: Hawthorne Man to Appear on Jeopardy! Tonight
Nothing was going to stop Pasquale Palumbo from appearing on his favorite game show Jeopardy! Since being contacted in late 2019 by the show’s producers following a successful online test and audition...
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