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Week in Review: Pleasantville Mountain Lion Sighting; Briarcliff Trustee Candidates Tackle Big Issues

Some highlights from the week of Jan. 30 — Feb. 5, 2012 on Patch.

 

Residents in Pleasantville reported seeing a large cat roaming the village's streets—some said it looked like it could have been a mountain lion.

The Pleasantville board of education revealed future cost savings to the district through the adopted teachers' contract memorandum this week.

Briarcliff Manor village trustees candidates Bob Murray and Mark Pohar answered residents' questions on topics ranging from the sale of the Pace University campus to double library taxation during a People's Caucus forum.

Pleasantville resident Scott Vaccaro said goodbye to the birthplace of Captain Lawrence Brewery in the village last week before heading off to the company's new, larger space in Elmsford.

A whiff of Pleasantville earned the small village a place among some of the world's most well-known cities on the "Smelliest" list compiled by GQ.com.

Briarcliff Manor village board trustees Anthony Capasso and Robert Mayer discussed their decisions not to run for re-election this year.

Digital handheld devices purchased by the Briarcliff Manor Education Foundation are helping teachers and students at the village's middle school this year.

The former C.V. Pierce site in Pleasantville will soon be home to a six-lot housing development.

The Briarcliff Manor Police Department shared a breakdown of the arrests made in 2011.

Pleasantville's Prime Fuel gas station in the Old Village is currently under construction as it makes room for a convenience store on premise.

A pastor who said he was being harassed by a parishioner was reported in this week's Briarcliff Manor Police Blotter.

Briarcliff Manor middle schooler Alena Carly Galan is making headlines as an actress in Oliver! and by bringing her peers together as she raises and awareness and funds for MPS.

One famous groundhog saw his shadow this weekpredicting a longer winter— and another close to home did not.

The Briarcliff Manor school board has asked its consultants to produce more samples from the two toxic fields at the high school before deciding on a remediation plan.

Bedford Road School students took a hands-on approach to tolerance and understanding each other during a "Walk in My Shoes" day.

A reported missing Pleasantville High School student was later found, according to police reports used in this week's Pleasantville Police Blotter.

Briarcliff Middle School girl scout Altaira Calen is slated to receive a Bronze Cross of Honor Life Saving Award from the Girls Scouts of America Council after she saved her brother's—and her family dog's—lives after their Dobbs Ferry home caught fire in October.

 

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