More than 70 Pleasantville residents logged in for a virtual town hall meeting last Thursday evening in a last-ditch effort to convince village officials to change their minds and open the municipality’s pool this summer. For almost two hours, Mayor
Read MoreLast Saturday night’s experiment to allow in-the-street dining on Wheeler Avenue was viewed as a success, prompting Pleasantville officials to allow for its continuation three more times. The Village Board passed a resolution this week approving the closure of Wheeler
Read MoreFive-term Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti (D-Pleasantville) is in a virtual dead heat in his race with insurgent challenger Jennifer Williams in the 92nd Assembly District after the Westchester Board of Elections updated its results late Wednesday afternoon. The two candidates in
Read MoreThe decision to close the Pleasantville Village Pool has frustrated and angered residents, prompting the creation of a petition last week urging the Village Board to open the pool for the summer. The petition, titled Save the Pool, was posted
Read MoreThe Village of Pleasantville last week gave the green light for local restaurants and other village retail establishments to legally offer their services outdoors. The Village Board approved an add-on to the code allowing businesses to access adjacent street areas
Read MoreBudgets were approved Tuesday night throughout Westchester and incumbents were re-elected in the area’s contested Board of Education races. Many districts were slow in reporting results with all voting done through absentee ballots this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MorePleasantville officials will close a portion of Wheeler Avenue for part of this Saturday to offer outdoor dining and help the village’s restaurant owners start recovering from the devastating shutdown of the economy. More than a dozen participants logged on to a
Read MoreGov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Wednesday afternoon that allows a second school budget vote for any district’s spending plan that is rejected by the public next week. The order comes six days before the new deadline of next
Read MoreBy Madeline Rosenberg Raising Black Lives Matter signs and posters with other messages, area residents huddled around the Pleasantville gazebo at an early Tuesday evening vigil – grieving George Floyd’s death and standing against systemic racism. “We are overcome by
Read MoreFour Pleasantville residents are running for two vacant seats on the Pleasantville School Board in the upcoming election. This year, current board President Angela Vella is looking to retain her seat and faces a contested election against challengers Jill Grossman,
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