Pleasantville News

After 42 years of gardening a difficult 1.3-acre parcel in Bedford - a seasonal creek cuts it in half and the adjoining Mianus River regularly floods large portions of her backyard garden - Cheryl Thomsen has learned what works and what she shouldn't even think about growing.

I note with special interest how and why state Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, sponsored a bill to make it easier to merge special districts, especially fire districts.

It may be the only marketplace selling lightsabers, newspapers, personal trainers and stock market information all in the same place, and La Sierra University students in Riverside could be the next merchants.

Troopers charged 13 motorists with driving while intoxicated in separate holiday weekend incidents in Putnam and Westchester counties, state police said today.

The Food Bank for Westchester recently hosted its Fourth Annual Hunger Heroes Awards Breakfast to honor individuals and organizations that have contributed significantly toward the alleviation of hunger in Westchester.

A 28-year-old Pleasantville man was arrested and charged with DWI today after troopers say he was going 103 miles per hour on the Sprain Brook Parkway.

A Pelham Middle School teacher has pleaded not guilty to a charge that he tried to lure a 15-year-old girl he met online into having sex with him.

A federal judge has ordered a psychiatric examination of a Pelham Middle School teacher accused of trying to lure an underage girl he met on the Internet for a sexual encounter.

PLEASANTVILLE - More than a year after its circa-1896 Dutch Colonial recreation center was put on sale, the village is once again seeking proposals from people interested in buying and restoring the property as a single- or two-family dwelling.

CHAPPAQUA: To earn their Bronze Award in Junior Girl Scouts, Troop 2222 members and Bell School fifth-graders Tara Anand, 11, Ellie Mercer, 10, and Megan Graham, 10, decided to host a 'Cutting Event' to donate ponytails to the 'Pantene Beautiful Lengths - The Kindest Cut of All' to make wigs for cancer patients.

Swedish fish cupcake by Pleasantville, NY's Flour & Sun Bakery, via Flickr I once went to a party at Dylan's Candy Bar about Swedish fish.

Nutri-Serve remains as district food service provider The Pleasantville Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday, June 23 to keep Nutri-Serve Food Management, Inc.

The Groton Community Church, the United Church of Christ is hosting 'Hot Summer Nights at the Movies' at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday this summer.

PLEASANTVILLE: Events are planned on the following dates at the Mount Pleasant Public Library, 350 Bedford Road.

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MOUNT KISCO: The Twigs of Northern Westchester Hospital, a group of volunteer women, recently held their 45th annual Twigs Luncheon at the Pleasantville Country Club.

Four community leaders will be honored as 'Fathers of the Year' by the American Diabetes Association.

A Pelham Middle School teacher caught in what police said was a bid to meet an underage girl for sex wants to be released to a drug-treatment center to address his cocaine addiction, his lawyer said yesterday.

The weekend is full of theatrical possibilities on local stages, from two works about miracles and the Virgin Mary to top-flight community theater to an hommage to long-ago high-school musicals.

WHITE PLAINS - Westchester County is spending nearly $2 million to replace the 80-year-old iron railing along the boardwalk and install new fencing throughout Playland Amusement Park.