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By Sophia Spiegel Pleasantville residents just reeled in a great new catch with the arrival of A Seafood Market Grill at 49 Wheeler Ave. Owners Yuliia Aquije and her husband, Pablo Aquije, source seafood daily from the Fulton Fish Market
Read moreOn Tuesday, May 18, three candidates will be vying for two available seats on the Pleasantville Board of Education. One seat is held by current board Vice President Emily Rubin Persons, the other seat is being vacated by President Larry
Read moreOn Monday of Holy Week, I received my second COVID-19 vaccination shot. Timing wasn’t the best, given my profession, but it was when I was assigned. While I suspect I have a good immune system, when I do catch something
Read moreJohn Chow, the assistant superintendent for business for the Chappaqua School District, will be taking a different route to work starting this summer. The Pleasantville Board of Education unanimously approved Chow’s appointment last Tuesday. He will be replacing the district’s
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In less than four weeks Pleasantville residents will have a chance to swim in the village pool for the first time in two years after the pandemic forced the facility’s closure last summer. Last week a task force that was
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Friday’s highly-anticipated reopening of the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville after being closed for more than 13 months due to COVID-19 restrictions has been postponed because a staff member tested positive for the virus Wednesday. The film center issued
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For the second straight year, the Pleasantville Rotary Club was unable to hold its biggest fundraising event, Hudson Valley Fermented, a celebration of some of the region’s finest craft beer, spirits and wine. In 2021, however, the club is able
Read moreFor the past year with the COVID-19 pandemic, the police, the firefighters, the doctors, nurses and health care workers gave unselfishly of their time and efforts to help us and we use the moniker “heroes” when acknowledging them. However, I
Read moreThe Pleasantville Board of Education approved the district’s $53.8 million budget for 2021-22 last week, providing homeowners with a zero percent tax increase for the second straight year and a tax levy hike of about .6 percent. The $53,834,774 budget
Read morePleasantville resident Daneen Mancuso has been a godsend for hundreds of local residents who didn’t have the time, patience or adeptness with technology to get a COVID-19 vaccination appointment online. Mancuso had joined a Facebook group during the winter called
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