Fridays at the Jacob Burns have seen strange things afoot. Since January, the Jacob Burns Film Center has been running its Friday after Dark series. Every other Friday at around 10 p.m., the Burns shows films that generally achieve cult
Read MoreBy Martin Wilbur A group that has been highly critical of Con Edison’s vegetation management practices near transmission lines recently charged that the utility is ignoring revised operating procedures adopted by the Public Service Commission. During the past two weeks,
Read MoreThe Village of Pleasantville is moving ahead with plans to turn the recently acquired Lane plumbing property into a parking lot. The village officially hired AAA Carting to demolish and grade the property for $49,900 at Monday’s board meeting. The
Read MoreSaying that his district needs a representative whose first allegiance is to the community, Michael Smith officially announced his candidacy for Westchester County Legislator in District 3. Smith, a 54-year old Greenburgh resident who previously served as president of the
Read MoreThe Pleasantville Farmers Market, which has undergone a face-lift over the past year, is considering moving to the other end of Memorial Plaza to allow for more space. Community Markets, which runs the market and the Farmers Market Committee, met
Read MoreLois Winkler was appointed president of the Pleasantville Board of Education, with Tom Exton being named vice president, at the panel’s reorganization meeting. Winkler, who is the longest serving board member having started her service in 1999, was elected to
Read MoreA day of music, sun, food and a chance to be with friends and neighbors transformed Parkway Field into a sea of people Saturday afternoon for the seventh annual Pleasantville Music Festival. Sun drenched music lovers lobbed beach balls and
Read MorePleasantville residents that live in condominiums, co-ops and townhouses can breathe easy. Their waste fees will not be increasing. Mayor Peter Scherer said this week that he does not expect the village to proceed with its proposal that would’ve had
Read MoreGov. Andrew Cuomo, surrounded by local state legislators, signs the tax cap bill into law in Pleasantville. After years of discussion, it took Gov. Andrew Cuomo six months in office to sign a property tax cap into law. Cuomo officially
Read MoreI think the moment I appreciated the 24-hour movie marathon was on Sunday at 4:55 a.m., when Theater 1 was showing “Play Dirty,” a 1968 Michael Caine movie set in World War II. Maybe five people had seen this movie
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