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'Big-Hearted, Intelligent, Genuine': School District Remembers Westchester Teen Killed In Crash 'Big-Hearted, Intelligent, Genuine': School District Remembers Westchester Teen Killed In Crash
'Big-Hearted, Intelligent, Genuine': School District Remembers Westchester Teen Killed In Crash A Westchester teen who died after a two-vehicle crash over the weekend is being remembered by his former school district as being a star soccer player and having a big heart. Jason Brand, age 19, of Mount Pleasant, was killed on Sunday, July 10 when a 2021 Honda Pilot driven by a 26-year-old White Plains man, was northbound on the Taconic State Parkway in the town of Mount Pleasant and attempted to make a left-hand turn onto Cleveland Street, state police said. Brand was southbound on the parkway driving a 2005 Yamaha motorcycle and was unable to avoid the Honda Pilot, police said.&nbs…

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by Kathy Reakes
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COVID-19: Positive Case Exposure To Students Confirmed In Mount Pleasant COVID-19: Positive Case Exposure To Students Confirmed In Mount Pleasant
Covid-19: Positive Case Exposure To Students Confirmed In Mount Pleasant An alert has been issued for COVID-19 exposure for students who attended a ceremony at a church in Westchester. On Friday, Aug. 28 a priest from Holy Innocents Church in Pleasantville tested COVID positive. "Unfortunately, that priest distributed communion to several of our students who were present for a First Holy Communion Ceremony," Mount Pleasant Superintendent of Schools Kurtis M. Kotes said in an email to the community. "I have been in contact with the Westchester County Department of Health, Carl Fulgenzi, Supervisor for the Town of Mount Pleasant, and the superintendent of sc…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Longtime, Popular Westchester HS Coach Dies From Complications Of COVID-19 Longtime, Popular Westchester HS Coach Dies From Complications Of COVID-19
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…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Latest Update: COVID-19 School District Closures Latest Update: COVID-19 School District Closures
Latest Update: Covid-19 School District Closures Click here for a new story: All Schools In State Will Close For At Least Two Weeks, Cuomo Says Earlier update: The following are the latest closures and schedule adjustments by schools and school districts due to the outbreak of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Westchester County Ardsley Union Free School District: Closed on Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17. Bedford Central School District: Closed Monday, March 16 through Friday, April 3 after it was recommended a staff member at Fox Lane Middle School self-quarantine pending testing for the COVID-19. Blind Br…

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by Daily Voice
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Lockouts Lifted At Several Mount Pleasant Schools Following Threat Lockouts Lifted At Several Mount Pleasant Schools Following Threat
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…

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by Kathy Reakes