College Essay Help; Restaurant Anniversary

Patch wants to make your life a little bit easier. Here are a few things to keep in mind today in the Briarcliff Manor and Pleasantville:

1. Starting to tackle your college essays? Today at the Mount Pleasant Publi cLibrary, expert Randy Levin will be on-hand to share the "Top Five Mistakes" students tend to make on college application essays. More details about tonight's free event are here.

2. Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of Pleasantville seafood eatery Bistro 146. All day Wednesday, there will be complimentary crab cakes, oysters and shrimp cocktail. To make reservations for Wednesday, call 495-3992.

3. Tonight is the annual evaluation meeting for the Recreation Advisory Committee. Stop by Village Hall at 7 p.m. to share your thoughts, ideas and concern about recreation in the village. You can also email feedback to ggualdino@briarcliffmanor.org.

4. Tuesday will be mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-60s and no rain.

5. Peekskill Police Find Homeless Man with Drugs in Vacant House was among yesterday's most read stories.

6. Patch's Washington D.C. area sites are providing frequent updates on the shooting at a U.S. Navy Yard Monday morning. Follow that story here.


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