Pleasantville, NY
Schools
Neurobiologist Picked As New Provost At Pace University Neurobiologist Picked As New Provost At Pace University
Neurobiologist Picked As New Provost At Pace University Pace University President Marvin Krislov has announced that Vanya Quiñones, Ph.D., a neurobiologist and biopsychologist who serves as Associate Provost for Student Success and Retention at CUNY’s Hunter College, will assume the role of Provost of Pace, effective July 1. Quiñones brings to Pace decades of experience in scientific research, academic administration, program- and research-focused fundraising, and a long record of working to improve diversity in science and the arts. As a young researcher at The Rockefeller University, Quiñones realized that she saw few who looked like her. Th…

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by Jon Craig
Pascack Valley, NJ
Neighbors
$22G Raised For Montvale Kids Mourning Mom $22G Raised For Montvale Kids Mourning Mom
$22G Raised For Montvale Kids Mourning Mom HILLSDALE, N.J. -- Support has flooded in for three Montvale children mourning the recent loss of their mother. More than $22,000 had been raised as of Thursday on a GoFundMe for Melanie Fraiman Siegel's children, Ilyssa, Hilary, and Jeremy. She died on Jan. 25 after a battle with cancer.  Melanie received a B.S. degree from Douglass College, Rutgers University and a R.N. degree from Pace University. She then went on to complete her Masters Degree in education. She worked as a nurse at NYU Medical Center in pediatrics and later on as a school nurse at Meadowbrook School in Hillsdale. She …

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by Cecilia Levine
Pleasantville, NY
Politics
Pleasantville Names Former Pace Faculty Member New Village Administrator Pleasantville Names Former Pace Faculty Member New Village Administrator
Pleasantville Names Former Pace Faculty Member New Village Administrator The Village of Pleasantville has found Patty Dwyer's replacement. Eric Morrissey was named village administrator Monday night, replacing Dwyer, who worked for the village for 30 years. Morrissey will start on Feb. 15, while Dwyer will stay on through March to help with the transition. Morrissey will be paid $130,000. Morrissey, a Somers resident and grad of Somers High School, currently works in the village manager's office in Croton and worked at Pace University for six years, first as assistant director of government and community relations and then as director of government and community…

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by Sam Barron
White Plains, NY
Sports
Latimer Hopes Section 1 Basketball Tourney Returns To County Center Latimer Hopes Section 1 Basketball Tourney Returns To County Center
Latimer Hopes Section 1 Basketball Tourney Returns To County Center The 2018 Section 1 boys and girls high school basketball tournament will not be held at the Westchester County Center in White Plains this year, breaking with tradition.  County Executive George Latimer said he hopes to change that for 2019. Latimer said he met with officials from Section 1 and agreed to host another meeting in March to discuss returning the tournament to the County Center. "They felt they had reached a deadlock with the prior county administration, and we said, ‘Well, this is a new administration that’s willing to work with you,' " Latimer said at a press confere…

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by Sam Barron
Pleasantville, NY
Police & Fire
Firefighters Hold Memorial For Pleasantville Stabbing Victim Firefighters Hold Memorial For Pleasantville Stabbing Victim
Firefighters Hold Memorial For Pleasantville Stabbing Victim Twenty-two years ago, the body of a Pleasantville firefighter was found after a blizzard. Family members of the 50-year-old Tom Dorr were suspects interviewed by police, but no one was charged. Fellow volunteer firefighters, co-workers and friends of Dorr, who worked for the White Plains Water Department, plan their an annual vigil on Monday at 7 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant park where Dorr was slain. A candlelight vigil is held every January at Graham Hills Park, which is across from Pace University along Bedford Road (Route 117).  "Hoping some day soon Tom's murderers will be bought t…

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by Jon Craig