All Entries Tagged With: "Mount Pleasant"
State Gives $4.6M for Mount Pleasant Bridge Repairs
Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced the state will provide $4.6 million to repair a bridge on Route 100C in Mount Pleasant. While Supervisor Joan Maybury said last week she welcomed the state funds, she wants to convince the state Department of Transportation to change the detour route during the repair period. The funds are being [...]
Legion of Christ Seeks to Sell Thornwood Property
In what could be a tax windfall for the Town of Mount Pleasant and the Mount Pleasant School District, the Legion of Christ recently announced it was planning to sell its roughly 265-acre Mount Pleasant property. “It is a training and conference center for our religious order,” Legion of Christ Director of Communications Jim Fair [...]
Mt. Pleasant, Pleasantville to Combine Library Roof Bond
In an effort to cut costs, the Town of Mount Pleasant is set to approve one $666,000 bond to pay for the replacement of the roof on the main branch of the public library when it meets this week (April 10). Originally, the town and the Village of Pleasantville were going to pass separate bonds. [...]
‘Rio’ Animator Visits Columbus Elementary School
He has helped make many animated characters come alive in such moves in such hit films as “Rio,” “Surf’s Up” “Monster House” and “The Polar Express,” as well as “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” which is slated to be released this summer. And he lives in Mount Pleasant. Seth Hippen shared his stories about his passion [...]
Layoffs Possible in Mount Pleasant School District
Faced with a 2 percent property tax levy cap for the first time, the Mount Pleasant School District could be forced to cut as many as a dozen positions next year, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Susan Guiney told the board of education on March 14. To meet her goal of raising the property tax levy by [...]
DOT Not Going Forward With 125 Foot Towers
A Department of Transportation project that would have put seven 125-foot towers throughout the Saw Mill Parkway and that generated rigorous opposition is not going forward. The announcement was made in a statement released tonight by State DOT Commissioner Joan McDonald following a meeting with Assemblyman Robert Castelli. “Since 2005, the New York State Department of Transportation [...]
Residents, Officials Continue Fight Against DOT Towers
Pleasantville residents have mobilized to fight the state Department of Transportation’s efforts to build 125-foot telecommunications towers along the Saw Mill River Parkway. Last Wednesday, residents gathered at Starbucks on Memorial Plaza to try and make the public aware of the proposed project. On Sunday, a meeting was organized by concerned residents at the Mount [...]
Defeated Candidates to Stay Active in Mt. Pleasant
Though they were routed in their first runs for public office on Election Day in Mount Pleasant, Dr. Richard Gagliardi and Jane Abbate said they would continue to be active in the town. Incumbent Republican town Supervisor Joan Maybury and fellow GOP-Conservative Party town board incumbents Carl Fulgenzi and Mark Rubeo were overwhelmingly reelected on [...]
Smith Expected Winner in District 3 Race
Michael Smith is expected to be District 3’s new county legislator. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Smith, a Greenburgh resident, leads incumbent John Nonna (D-Pleasantville) 51 percent to 49 percent, 5063 votes to 4940. With absentee ballots yet to be counted, and reports of malfunctioning machines, Nonna has declined to concede until the [...]
Too Close to Call in Nonna, Smith Westchester Leg. Race
It is too close to call in District 3. With 87 percent of the votes counted, County Legislator John Nonna (D-Pleasantville) leads challenger Michael Smith by a mere 60 votes, 4,347-4287. A recount is expected in the race thatcould determine whether the Democrats hang on to their 12-5 supermajority in the legislature.
Maybury, Rubeo, Abbate Best for Mt. Pleasant
Contested elections in Mount Pleasant may not be rare but when they do occur it’s reason to sit up and take notice. Thanks to two independent candidates this year, Dr. Richard Gagliardi for supervisor and Jane Abbate for town council, voters in the ultimate one-party town at least have a choice next week. Like candidates [...]
Maybury Releases 2012 Mount Pleasant Budget
Mount Pleasant Supervisor Joan Maybury is proposing a $23,976,982 2012 budget that would reduce property taxes for town residents and raise them slightly for property owners in the three villages of Mount Pleasant. Under the spending plan, which was released this week, Maybury is seeking to cut spending by $140,764 compared to the current year [...]
Kensico Born to Learn
Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla is about to get a little more educational. A Born Learning Trail, developed by the United Way of Westchester and Putnam, was installed at the county-owned park on Monday by executives at Siemens, which has offices in Westchester. The United Way of Westchester and Putnam developed the Born Learning campaign [...]
Smith and Nonna Seek Independence
County Legislator candidate Michael Smith (R-Greenburgh) is vying for the chance to show that he is the most independent candidate in District 3. On Friday at North Castle Town Hall, Smith announced that he has gathered enough signatures to primary incumbent John Nonna (D-Pleasantville) via a write-in camapign to earn the Independence Party line for [...]
Former Congressional Candidate Arrested for Trespassing
Jim Russell, a former Congressional candidate whose campaign was derailed by revelations of writing essays that were viewed as racist, was arrested outside The Journal News headquarters on Thursday by Harrison police and charged with trespassing and harassment. According to published reports, Russell had been warned by his lawyer to stay away from the property after [...]
Environmental Group: Con Ed Ignoring Tree Cutting Guidelines
By Martin Wilbur A group that has been highly critical of Con Edison’s vegetation management practices near transmission lines recently charged that the utility is ignoring revised operating procedures adopted by the Public Service Commission. During the past two weeks, the Greenburgh Environmental Forum’s LORAX Working Group has accused Con Edison of disregarding the new [...]
Greenburgh Resident Announces Challenge of Nonna
Saying that his district needs a representative whose first allegiance is to the community, Michael Smith officially announced his candidacy for Westchester County Legislator in District 3. Smith, a 54-year old Greenburgh resident who previously served as president of the Board of Education in the Valhalla School District, announced his candidacy on Saturday at Mount [...]
Public Hearing Likely For Mt. Pleasant Life Science Proposal
A proposal for new life science laboratories proposed on a site off of Old Saw Mill River Road in Mount Pleasant is becoming closer to reality. The town board is poised to schedule a public hearing for Aug. 9 on proposed zoning text changes sought by BioMed Realty Trust, when it meets this week (July [...]
