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Laduca Auto Service finally got the green light to sell used cars in Pleasantville last week. The village board unanimously passed a resolution Dec. 17 granting Laduca Auto Service on Depew Street a special permit that would allow the business
Read MoreYou don’t have to be an aspiring singer or preparing for an audition at the Metropolitan Opera for Bengi Tasci to help you. Tasci has developed a technique called YoYa, or yoga for the voice. The practice helps to
Read MorePleasantville Mayor Peter Scherer is adding his name to the list of municipal officials across the nation to join Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition pushing for tighter gun control measures. Scherer announced last week he filed papers to join
Read MoreDemocrats in the New York State Assembly are poised to re-introduce a package of gun control measures next month hoping public opinion and the recent horror of the Newtown massacre will result in long-awaited reforms. Legislators have pulled together a
Read MoreA footbridge at Graham Hills Park in Mount Pleasant that Leonard “Lenny” Joyner helped build had his name permanently attached to it last week. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino unveiled a plaque remembering the late Pleasantville man during a special
Read MoreWestchester taxpayers will see a wide variance in tax rates next year related to the recent approval of next year’s county budget. Although the county approved a $1.7 billion spending plan for 2013 that maintains a $548 million property tax levy for the
Read MoreThe renovation plan for the Mount Kisco Coach Diner appears to be near a conclusion. The Mount Kisco Planning Board last week decided it will vote on the application when it reconvenes for its Jan. 8 meeting. Planning Board Chairman
Read MoreThe Chappaqua School District will be ringing in the new calendar year in search of a new principal for Douglas C. Grafflin Elementary School. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lyn McKay said last week the district intends to jumpstart its
Read MoreNorth Castle Town Board members revealed last week that Police Chief Robert D’Angelo is likely to retire by early 2013 prompting officials to reduce staffing in next year’s budget by $190,000. After passing its $28.9 million spending plan last week,
Read MoreFollowing the massacre that took place in a Newtown, Conn. elementary school last Friday, the conversation of gun control went from occasional chatter to a loud scream over the weekend. Some of that heated discussion made its way to Westchester, with
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