Pleasantville

Russell Gilbert Tompkins of Pleasantville died on May 1 at the age of 94. Tompkins was the son of Russell and Anna Kramer Tompkins and was born in the Bronx on Oct. 9, 1919. He graduated Pleasantville High School and

Pleasantville merchants are providing gifts, coupons and raffle items for blood donors who participate in an all-day blood drive sponsored by  Pleasantville High School and Pleasantville Volunteer Ambulance Corps on Monday, May 5 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at

By Janine Bowen Pleasantville Middle School literacy and extended learning coach Melissa Brown received the surprise of her career last week. Brown was named the Pleasantville School District’s 2014 Teacher of the Year in front of family and colleagues at

Four people were displaced but uninjured after a fire early Thursday morning at a three-family house in  Pleasantville. Firefighters were called at 1:54 a.m. to an upstairs blaze at 15 Meadow Lane, said Pleasantville Fire Chief Manny Colmenares. The fire,

By Janine Bowen Pleasantville village officials are prepared to exceed the state tax cap when the board votes on the municipality’s $13.8 million 2014-15 budget Monday night. The spending plan would carry a tax levy increase of 1.9 percent, exceeding

FrameWorks: Art on Film has been a popular series presented annually at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. But if you can’t get to the theater during the next week to take in one of the four movies that

By Janine Bowen Glass Onion Originals owner Matt Jaros has been named the Business Person of the Year by the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce. Jaros, who will be honored by the chamber on Apr. 23, opened the gallery gift shop

Pleasantville officials are still waiting to learn from the state Department of Transportation (DOT) if a 800-foot-long stone wall must be moved 10 feet, which could significantly impact Benchmark Senior Living’s proposed assisted living facility. Village Administrator Patricia Dwyer said

By Janine Bowen In a surprising turn of events, the Pleasantville Village Board’s anticipated vote Monday night on a floating zone to accommodate Benchmark Senior Living’s assisted living facility near the United Methodist Church was postponed indefinitely. The sudden development