Mt. Pleasant Updates Comp Plan, Hamlet Zoning Despite Objections
The Mount Pleasant Town Board unanimously approved the municipality’s Comprehensive (Comp) Plan and Hamlet Zoning Code last week amid criticisms from several residents disturbed that the decision could...
View ArticleElementary School Program Helps Students Listen, Learn From Veterans
In 1965, Chet Baranowski didn’t have a choice whether he would go to the military or not. More than a half-century ago, during the Vietnam War, it was one of the periods in American history where young...
View ArticleMount Pleasant Schools Hold Groundbreaking for Athletic Facilities Upgrades
The Mount Pleasant School District celebrated a ceremonial groundbreaking Monday morning for the upcoming athletic facilities improvements that was approved by voters last March in a $9.7 million...
View ArticleMt. Pleasant Ponders Two More Warehouses Near Route 9A Corridor
The owner of a Hawthorne corporate park is proposing to build a pair of new warehouses on the last remaining parcel at the site in the vicinity of a busy stretch of Route 9A. Similarly sized one-story...
View ArticleMount Pleasant Residents Demand Action After Cottage School Incidents
Mount Pleasant residents living near the Pleasantville Cottage School called on the town and representatives of the school’s operating agency to better protect the community after a recent escalation...
View ArticleMt. Pleasant Tax Cap Compliant, No. Castle to See 0% Tax Hike in 2023
The towns of Mt. Pleasant and No. Castle expect to be tax cap compliant in their soon-to-be-approved 2023 municipal budgets despite pressures from inflation during the past year. In Mount Pleasant, the...
View ArticleMount Pleasant Shuts Down Second Vape Shop Within a Month
For the second time in recent weeks, the Mount Pleasant Building Department last week shut down a vape shop in town that had opened illegally less than two days earlier. Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi said...
View ArticleMount Pleasant Planners Accept DEIS for Sensitive Pocantico Lake Plan
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a 31-lot cluster subdivision on the shores of Pocantico Lake was accepted as complete last week by the Mount Pleasant Planning Board. The document...
View ArticleMount Pleasant Moves Toward Demolishing Abandoned, Decayed House
Mount Pleasant officials are increasingly likely to authorize demolition of an abandoned house in Hawthorne that has been deemed unsafe, with evidence that the structure has been infested with vermin...
View ArticleMount Pleasant Awaits Site Plan Application to Begin North80 Review
The Town of Mount Pleasant is awaiting the submission of a formal site plan application to begin review of the first phase of North80, a three million-square-foot science and technology development...
View ArticleTruck Overturns on Route 9A; No Serious Injuries Reported
Route 9A in Hawthorne was closed for several hours last Tuesday afternoon when a large dump trailer overturned after the driver of a passenger car lost control of his vehicle and struck the truck’s...
View ArticleMt. Pleasant Approves Demolition of Decaying Hawthorne House
The Mount Pleasant Town Board approved the demolition of an abandoned house in Hawthorne last week and officials are hopeful they will eventually recoup the back taxes and the cost of the work. While...
View ArticleHomeless Man Charged With Assaulting Parent at Valhalla School Bus Stop
A 34-year-old homeless man was arrested last Tuesday morning by Mount Pleasant police after he punched a Valhalla resident in the face just after his daughter boarded a school bus, triggering an...
View ArticleCottage School Has No Plans to Accept Psychiatric Cases at Center
The CEO of the organization that operates the Pleasantville Cottage School last week denied there are any attempts by the residential treatment center to begin accepting youths who are in need of...
View ArticleCunzio to Run for Another Term on Westchester Board of Legislators
County Legislator Margaret Cunzio (C-Mount Pleasant) announced this week she will be seeking a fifth term on the Board of Legislators. “It’s an honor to serve on behalf of our community’s residents,”...
View ArticleValhalla Train Crash Widower Still Pressing for Safety Upgrades
The widower of the SUV driver killed in the horrific 2015 Metro-North crash in Valhalla charged that the public remains imperiled at problematic grade crossings in the region despite the MTA claiming...
View ArticleLawler, Local Officials Ramp Up Opposition to Hochul’s Housing Plan
Congressman Mike Lawler (R-Pearl River) blasted Gov. Kathy Hochul for preparing to press forward with her proposed housing plan that he and other officials have charged would irreparably damage many of...
View ArticleLongtime Cop to Challenge Fulgenzi for Supervisor in Mt. Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi and Councilwoman Danielle Zaino are running for re-election later this year but Councilman Jerry Schulman has decided to bow out and forego seeking re-election....
View ArticleMt. Pleasant Seeks Stiffer Penalties for Stores Selling Cannabis Products
Mount Pleasant officials are weighing a new local law that would impose harsher penalties against retail establishments that sell cannabis products in town after two convenience stores were recently...
View ArticleToll Brothers’ Thornwood Proposal to Be Age-Restricted Townhomes
Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers has agreed that a 162-unit townhouse project at the Legion of Christ property in Thornwood would be an age-restricted project and that all full-time residents must be...
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