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Longtime, Popular Westchester HS Coach Dies From Complications Of Covid-19
Family, students, friends, and fellow employees are grieving the loss of a mainstay of the Valhalla School District for more than 40 years from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Nicholas Modugno, 91, died on Wednesday, April 29, from complications of COVID-19.
Modugno was known to all simply as Mr. D. or Coach D., said William McGuinn, the former president and a member of the Valhalla Board of Education.
He taught and coached the children of Valhalla for more than 40 years, spanning into six decades. Even after his retirement in 2000, Modugno continued to be an ever-presen…
Lockouts Lifted At Several Mount Pleasant Schools Following Threat
This story has been updated.
Lockouts at three schools in Westchester have been lifted after a threat at a nearby private academy was contained to that campus, police said.
The schools, Columbus Elementary, Westlake Middle School and Westlake High School, in Mount Pleasant, were put on lockdown around 1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8, following some type of threat and police investigation at the EF Academy, said Mount Pleasant School District Superintendent of Schools Kurtis Kotes.
"All police supervisors have reconciled that it is safe for us to dismiss our students," Kotes said in an email to par…
