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Thousands Raised To Support Family Of Late Pace University Student Thousands Raised To Support Family Of Late Pace University Student
Thousands Raised To Support Family Of Late Pace University Student Members of the community have raised more than $10,000 to support the family of a 20-year-old Pace University student who died following a medical episode at the Northern Westchester campus. Jordan Robinson, of Danbury, Connecticut, died on Sunday, Feb. 13, after he suffered a medical event at Pace University, school officials reported. Earlier report - Danbury Student Dies Following Medical Episode At Pace University The university said Robinson was a student on the Pleasantville campus.  A GoFundMe set up to support Robinson's family and pay for his funeral expenses reach…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Northern Westchester School District Names New Superintendent Northern Westchester School District Names New Superintendent
Northern Westchester School District Names New Superintendent A veteran Hudson Valley educator is set to step in to replace a schools superintendent in Northern Westchester who announced she will be ending her four-decade career earlier this year. Dr. Tina DeSa, who has served as assistant superintendent for pupil personnel services for the Arlington School District for the past five years in LaGrangeville, is set to take over for current Superintendent Mary Fox-Alter, who announced her retirement in January. Earlier story - School Superintendent In Westchester Steps Down DeSa will serve as a deputy superintendent under Fox-Alter between Nov. 1 and t…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Alda Haravon, 91, Was Vital Part Of Pleasantville Community For Years Alda Haravon, 91, Was Vital Part Of Pleasantville Community For Years
Alda Haravon, 91, Was Vital Part Of Pleasantville Community For Years It is with both gratitude for a life well-lived and great sadness for our loss that Anita Haravon and the Haravon Collins family announce the death of Alda Haravon. Surrounded by family members, the angels took Alda peacefully on Nov. 10 at Oaknoll Retirement Residence in Iowa City, Iowa. Alda was born on Dec. 4, 1928, in Bucharest, Romania, to Beatrice Berkowitz Saporta and Senor Saporta. She was baptized as a child to escape Nazi persecution.  Despite fears of the impending war, Alda was an honor student at her Catholic School, Our Lady of Zion in Bucharest. She was finally able to leav…

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by Daily Voice
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'Inappropriate' Promposal Prompts Pleasantville HS To Increase Anti-Bias Education 'Inappropriate' Promposal Prompts Pleasantville HS To Increase Anti-Bias Education
'Inappropriate' Promposal Prompts Pleasantville HS To Increase Anti-Bias Education A “promposal” gone wrong has led to an investigation and increase in anti-bias education for students in Pleasantville. School officials in Pleasantville are investigating an “inappropriate and unacceptable” promposal that involved students and prompted a letter to the community from High School Principal Joseph Palumbo. The nature of the “inappropriate and unacceptable” incident has not been disclosed by officials, who cited privacy concerns. The incident did not happen on school grounds. In response, the district is teaming with community organizations to enforce “anti-bias education.” …

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by Zak Failla
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Man From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Murder Of Pot Farmer Man From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Murder Of Pot Farmer
Man From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Murder Of Pot Farmer A 27-year-old area man has been sentenced for his part in the marijuana robbery and throat-slashing murder of a man in 2016. Michael Andrew Kane of Pleasantville was sentenced to 14 years in state prison on Friday in California, according to the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office. Kane was one of seven men involved in the brutal killing of Jeffrey Quinn Settler in the hills of northwest Laytonville, the DA's Office said. He pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter by use of a hatchet, and robbery of an inhabited dwelling while acting in concert with others, the DA's Offi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Services Scheduled For Christopher Guida, 25, Of Pleasantville Services Scheduled For Christopher Guida, 25, Of Pleasantville
Services Scheduled For Christopher Guida, 25, Of Pleasantville Services are planned for Saturday, Jan. 6 for Christopher Guida, 25, of Pleasantville, who died on Monday, Jan. 1.  Visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday, at the Pelham Funeral Home, 64 Lincoln Ave., Pelham. For information regarding services, call (914) 738-1060. To sign the guestbook or send condolences, click here. 

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