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Investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) continue to probe the cause of last Friday’s crane collapse at the site of what will be the new Amazon warehouse on Route 9A in Hawthorne. Two construction workers were critically
Read moreLuxury 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 over 18 years old. The arrangement with the Town
Read moreMount 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 caught violating the law. On Mar. 14, the Town Board will
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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. Fulgenzi, who has served as supervisor since 2014, will be challenged
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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 the region’s communities. Joined by state and local elected
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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 improvements have been made. Alan Brody, whose wife
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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,” Cunzio said in a statement. “Together we have
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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 psychiatric care. Ronald Richter, the head of the
Read moreA 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 altercation. Police said the incident occurred at Bradhurst
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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 the teardown of the one-and-a-half-story wood
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