Members of the Pleasantville Volunteer Fire Department are honoring a fallen member by raising money to create a scholarship in his name. Leonard “Lenny” Shon, a 23-year department veteran, died in January at 59 years old after battling brain cancer.
Read MoreStefan Pappalardo has been an avid cyclist since childhood, so it makes sense he would try to bring that passion into his career. Pappalardo, 28, opened Ride of Pleasantville (its official name is ride. of pleasantville) on Apr. 8 after
Read MoreThe Pleasantville schools will have some new programs and equipment to start next school year thanks to more than $32,000 in grants that were awarded by the Pleasantville Fund for Learning (PFFL) last Tuesday night. The grants cover programs at
Read MoreSince reading his first book on the Civil War when he was seven years old, Glenn Hayes has immersed himself in the war between the states. During much of the past decade, the lifelong Pleasantville resident has made repeated trips
Read MoreThe Pleasantville Village Board has agreed to participate in a community choice aggregation energy purchasing program, although there were varying degrees of enthusiasm displayed by trustees. Trustee Mindy Berard, who has been skeptical of the Sustainable Westchester program, was the
Read MoreWith only weeks left in the current state legislative session, Westchester and Putnam school officials are urging lawmakers to halt the proposed Education Transformation Act of 2015. At a Thursday morning press conference at Harrison High School, parents and school
Read MoreBernadette Meehan always dreamed of traveling the globe, but never imagined she would find a career that would allow her to do that alongside some of the most important leaders of the free world. Growing up in Pleasantville, she remembers
Read MoreSince the Pleasantville Farmers Market moved indoors a few years ago it doesn’t completely go away for more than a week or two at a time. But like best friends reuniting after summer at the start of a new school
Read MoreThree years ago Pleasantville residents Martha and Chuck Matteo helped form the Science Olympiad at Pleasantville Middle School. Following its rapid success, the couple sought to familiarize students with the science, technology, engineering and math career opportunities that are available.
Read MoreThe Pleasantville School District’s $48,926,573 budget for 2015-16 was comfortably approved Tuesday night, 584-231. The budget, which came in under the tax cap, carries a 1.82 percent tax levy increase and a 3.19 percent spending increase over the 2014-15 spending
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