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Mount Pleasant Tabs Former District Administrator as Next Schools Chief
The Mount Pleasant School District is welcoming back one of its former administrators to lead the district into the future. The Board of Education unanimously approved hiring Dr. Peter Giarrizzo as...
View ArticleMount Pleasant IDA Approves Incentives for E-Commerce Distribution Center
The Mount Pleasant Industrial Development Agency (IDA) last week approved about $3.8 million in sales tax exemptions for the construction of a 153,062-square-foot e-commerce distribution center located...
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Mount Pleasant Board Sets Focus on Comp Plan Completion, Senior Housing
Completing the long-awaited Comprehensive Plan update and attracting developers to consider construction of housing for seniors and empty-nesters are two of the key issues Mount Pleasant officials hope...
View ArticleProminent Developer Shows Interest in Legionnaires Property in Mount Pleasant
A prominent Westchester developer with an extensive age-restricted housing portfolio is mulling whether to pursue a project on the 165-acre Legionnaires of Christ property in Thornwood, according to...
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‘I’m Disappointed’: Gate of Heaven Solar Farm Proposal Stirs Dismay at Hearing
Mount Pleasant Planning Board members and neighboring residents of Gate of Heaven Cemetery indicated last week that they are apprehensive about a proposed 4.375-megawatt solar farm on an unused 32-acre...
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Mount Pleasant Comp Plan Generates Little Zest From Community in Sparsely...
Mount Pleasant took the next step toward its first Comprehensive Plan update in 50 years last week, opening the public hearing with limited but pointed comments. Three residents spoke during the...
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Ronald McDonald House Celebrates 10 Years With Remodeling
It was supposed to be a different kind of celebration for Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley’s 10th anniversary. Having opened in 2011 across the parking lot from Maria Fareri...
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‘Peace and Quiet’: Mount Pleasant Latest Town to Eye Leaf Blower Regulations
The Town of Mount Pleasant is considering regulations on the use of gas-powered leaf blowers, which would make it the latest municipality in the area to take up a form of the measure. The issue, which...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Proposed Subdivision at Pocantico Lake Park Would...
One of Westchester County’s great treasures, Pocantico Lake Park, is a 164-acre park that sits adjacent to the Rockefeller Preserve in the Town of Mount Pleasant. The county park includes the 27-acre...
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State Supreme Court Dismisses Religious Discrimination Suit Against Mount...
A civil rights lawsuit brought by the Legion of Christ against the Town of Mount Pleasant accusing the municipality of religious discrimination has been dismissed in state Supreme Court. The Legion of...
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Blood Drive to Be Held Today to Honor Pleasantville Boy Fighting Leukemia
Last May 31, Melissa Feola thought that her then-four-year-old son Owen had injured his pinky. It was swollen and red, prompting his doctor to prescribe an antibiotic. But the medication didn’t help...
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Full Programming for Isolated Senior Citizens Can’t Return Soon Enough
After the pandemic forced senior centers and programs throughout the county to close or drastically limit their offerings, most are trying to slowly return to normal. During the past year the most...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Officials Must Protect County Park From Development
As a Mount Pleasant resident, I was shocked to learn that a developer is proposing a 31-home subdivision on the shores of Pocantico Lake. This is a county park enjoyed by residents throughout...
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Kickball With Cops Planned for Tuesday at Kensico Dam Plaza
The Westchester County, Mount Pleasant and North Castle police departments are inviting the public to come out on Tuesday, Aug. 3, from 5 to 9 p.m. to play a little kickball and get to know some of the...
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Mt. Pleasant IDA Approves Incentives for 16-Unit Building in Hawthorne
The Mount Pleasant Industrial Development Agency (IDA) voted at its July 29 meeting to approve financial incentives for the construction of a three-story building with 16 apartments and underground...
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Gate of Heaven Solar Farm Denial Fails in Deadlocked Vote
By Michael Gold The Mount Pleasant Planning Board deadlocked 3-3 on Aug. 5 in a vote that would have denied a 5.75-megawatt ground-mounted solar array on a 25-acre portion of Gate of Heaven Cemetery to...
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Pocantico Lake Residents Gear Up for Development Fight
Residents near a secluded portion of Mount Pleasant are gathering support to fight a proposed 31-home subdivision in an environmentally-sensitive area on the shores of Pocantico Lake. Developers...
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DOT Curtails Evening Saw Mill Work, Extends Length of Project
Completing work on the Saw Mill Parkway in Pleasantville and Mount Pleasant will take at least a year longer than expected but neighboring residents who’ve endured persistent noise are now receiving...
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Mount Pleasant Planning Board Rejects Gate of Heaven Solar Farm
By Michael Gold The Mount Pleasant Planning Board voted 5-0 to deny an application to build a 5.75-megawatt solar farm in the Gate of Heaven cemetery in Valhalla at its Sept. 2 meeting. Board members...
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Thornwood Residents Deluged By Tropical Storm Seek Answers From Town
Two Thornwood residents pleaded with Mount Pleasant officials last week to quickly complete dredging and drainage work at Carroll Park in hopes that it would alleviate flooding during significant rain...
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