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Completing the long-awaited Comprehensive Plan update and attracting developers to consider construction of housing for seniors and empty-nesters are two of the key issues Mount Pleasant officials hope to address in the months ahead. Last Saturday morning, Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi
Read moreThe Mount Pleasant Industrial Development Agency (IDA) last week approved about $3.8 million in sales tax exemptions for the construction of a 153,062-square-foot e-commerce distribution center located at 211 Saw Mil River Rd. (Route 9A) in Hawthorne. The project, which
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The Mount Pleasant School District is welcoming back one of its former administrators to lead the district into the future. The Board of Education unanimously approved hiring Dr. Peter Giarrizzo as Mount Pleasant’s next superintendent to replace the departing Dr.
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Nothing was going to stop Pasquale Palumbo from appearing on his favorite game show Jeopardy! Since being contacted in late 2019 by the show’s producers following a successful online test and audition in Manhattan, the Hawthorne resident had been given
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About 100 feet from Danielle and Gibson Craig’s Pollywiggle Lane home in Pleasantville, a tall, clanging pile driver repeatedly hammers pressure-treated wood piles to help raise a 1.3-mile section of the Saw Mill River Parkway. Ear-splitting decibel levels from the
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A public hearing has been scheduled for May 17 to hear comments on the 5.6-megawatt ground-mounted solar farm proposed for an unused portion of Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne. The Mount Pleasant Planning Board set the date after the
Read moreA 170-unit senior housing project took a significant step forward last week after the Mount Pleasant Town Board approved enacting a floating zone on an eight-acre portion of a Valhalla property. The Mount Pleasant Town Board unanimously approved Brightview Senior
Read moreThe Mount Pleasant Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Committee announced a draft list of more than a dozen recommendations for consideration that is designed to improve how the town’s police department operates and interacts with the public. The wide-ranging recommendations
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The three Mount Pleasant Town Board incumbents up for re-election this year are officially running for another term while there appears that two first-time candidates are in line to take over on the Mount Kisco Village Board. Mount Pleasant Supervisor
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Local mountain biking enthusiasts will have three new trails to choose from this spring at Graham Hills Park in Mount Pleasant to test their riding and jumping skills. Westchester County, which owns the park, announced Wednesday that materials are being
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