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Local CAC Chair Receives Key Award By Municipal Planning Group
A longtime Mount Pleasant Conservation Advisory Council (CAC) member received one of the most prestigious planning awards that can be presented to a local resident. Steven Kavee, who has served on the...
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Hearing Set for North 60 Following FEIS Completeness Vote
The Mount Pleasant Planning Board last week accepted the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the North 60 project near the Westchester Medical Center as complete and scheduled a Feb. 3...
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Attempted Murder Suspect Leads Police on Chase Through Westchester
A Bronx man wanted on an attempted murder charge in New York City was arrested Wednesday after he led officers on a wild chase along two parkways through Westchester and onto local streets in Yonkers....
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Mount Pleasant School Athletic Facilities Bond Likely to Re-emerge in March
Mount Pleasant school officials are planning a $9.7 million athletic facilities referendum early next spring, a similar proposition to one that had been canceled two years earlier during the first few...
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Saw Mill Parkway Work Enters Second Half Bringing Noise, Disruption
A little more than a week ago, Booth Street homeowner Dina DelPriore started to feel her house shake. It certainly wasn’t an earthquake, but rather the heavy machinery used by the state Department of...
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Shimsky to Challenge Abinanti, Force Democratic Primary for Assembly Seat
Five-term Westchester County Legislator MaryJane Shimsky plans to challenge veteran Assemblyman Tom Abinanti in a Democratic primary next year after announcing her candidacy Tuesday for the 92nd...
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Mt. Pleasant Schools to Convene Forum as COVID-19 Concerns Persist
Mount Pleasant school officials are arranging a community forum with elected officials at every level of government after several parents recently expressed concern that COVID-19 vaccines might be...
View ArticleDeveloper Selected for Mixed-Use Project Near Hawthorne Train Station
The Mount Pleasant Industrial Development Agency (IDA) selected an Elmsford builder last week to construct a mixed-use project on an empty parcel in downtown Hawthorne across the street from the...
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Traffic Concerns Dominate Discussion at North 60 Public Hearing
Traffic and congestion in the vicinity of the proposed $1.2 billion North 60 bio-science, research and development center in Valhalla were the overwhelming concerns heard from Mount Pleasant residents...
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Mount Pleasant Town Justice Rubeo to Run for Re-election in November
Mount Pleasant Town Justice Mark Rubeo will be running for re-election for a second full term on the local bench later this year. Rubeo, who made his official announcement the same day as a Jan. 26...
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Parents Angrily Protest Continued School Mask Mandates
As COVID-19 cases continue their sharp descent, the pressure on state and education officials to drop mask mandates in schools continues to grow. On Saturday afternoon more than 200 Mount Pleasant...
View ArticleEF Academy Proposes Additional Faculty Housing at Thornwood Campus
A proposal to add another 10 housing units at EF Academy in Thornwood for faculty members and their families generated some skepticism from the Mount Pleasant Planning Board last week. Representatives...
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Local Musicians Inspired to Connect, Collaborate Through Pandemic
For as much pain and loneliness that the pandemic has brought, for some, the extra time at home has spawned artistic ventures. You can put Mount Pleasant resident Joe Walden and Phil Went, a Pound...
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Two Years Later, Mt. Pleasant School Sports Facilities Bond Goes to Voters
It’s been two long years for Mount Pleasant School District residents and those connected to the district who have waited for improvements to the athletic fields at the high school and middle school...
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Mt. Pleasant Dems Hold Petition Rally for Jones, Abinanti in Final Push
In the final push to get as many signatures as possible on candidate petitions before the Board of Elections’ Apr. 7 deadline, the Mount Pleasant Democratic Committee held a petition wrap-up rally for...
View ArticleMt. Pleasant Schools Projects 1.53% Tax Hike in $69.8M Budget
The Mount Pleasant Board of Education is evaluating next year’s $69.8 million budget that is tax cap-compliant and carries a preliminary 1.53 percent tax increase. The Mount Pleasant Board of Education...
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Mt. Pleasant Voters Approve $9.7M Athletics Facilities Bond By Wide Margin
Mount Pleasant School District’s $9.7 million athletics facilities referendum that promises to markedly improve the high school and middle school complex’s sports fields was resoundingly approved...
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Mount Pleasant Ready to Move Forward on Comp Plan Update
Mount Pleasant officials are closing in on adopting a revised Comprehensive Plan for the first time in more than 50 years, with a few key revisions including removing references to a form-based code....
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County Advisory Board Recommends Exploring Pocantico Lake Purchase
A resolution recommending Westchester County consider buying a 36.8-acre parcel in an environmentally sensitive area of Mount Pleasant was unanimously approved by a county advisory board last month...
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Mt. Pleasant Traffic, Safety Concerns Remains High After Two Crashes
Two serious accidents last month on highly traveled roads in Mount Pleasant has renewed a couple of outspoken residents’ focus on traffic volume and how development-related decisions by officials is...
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