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Abby is a local journalist who has reported on breaking news for more than 20 years. She currently covers community issues in The Examiner as a full-time reporter and has written for the paper since its inception in 2007. Read more from Abby’s editor-author bio here. Read Abbys’s archived work here: https://www.theexaminernews.com/author/ab-lub2019/
On July 30, Pleasantville’s moratorium on new downtown development will end. The six-month pause started in January after residents expressed concern with what they saw as an escalated pace in new housing construction. The moratorium has allowed the village to
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In a brightly lit classroom at Brookside Elementary School in Ossining, first-graders are busy writing in their workbooks, drawing pictures or studying the white board. The teacher speaks both Spanish and English to the students. It’s the end of the
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Live music lovers, families and children will be delighted with the upcoming season at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, which is poised to serve up a smorgasbord of music genres. For years, Caramoor’s 80 acres of stunning grounds,
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Last Friday about 300 Fox Lane High School juniors eagerly donned red and white t-shirts that read Community Volunteer Day 2023, prepared to donate their time and energy for the second annual Community Day, created to encourage volunteerism in young
Read morePlanning consultants for the Village of Pleasantville revised their 10-year projected impacts that downtown development would have on the community but once again concluded the village would be able to handle the increase in residential units. The updated study presented
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Families will be thrilled at the upcoming annual Pleasantville Day and 5K Fun Run this Saturday. “There’s more kids’ activities this year than last year,” said Pleasantville Day Co-organizer Ben Serebin. “This day is a free, family oriented fair to
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The plan to build the new Pleasantville pool has been delayed another year. The new construction is now scheduled to begin following the close of the 2024 swim season, with a scheduled opening targeted for Memorial Day 2025. Initially, the plan
Read moreTwo Lakeland Board of Education seats have opened since Vice President Denise Kness and Trustee Rachelle Nadelli decided against running for re-election. Trustee Donald Pinkowsky, the only incumbent in the race, is running for a second term against three challengers,
Read moreFour candidates are vying for two seats in next Tuesday’s Somers School Board of Education election. Board President Lindsay Portnoy and fellow incumbent MaryRose Joseph have opted against seeking another three-year term. The candidates on the ballot are Dominick DeMartino,
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Owners of the former Chase Bank building at 444 Bedford Rd. were denied an exemption from the moratorium in a unanimous vote last week by the Pleasantville Village Board. Michael and Alex Beldotti, the owners of the building, applied for a waiver that
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