Category Archives: Mount Pleasant Today

Supervisor Maybury Addressing Station Issues

Posted on April 3, 2012 by TJ

A member of Mount Pleasant Today’s (MPT) train station committee met with town supervisor Joan Maybury last night to address commuter issues related to security, cleanliness and parking, among other things. Topics discussed included flooding in the Elwood lot and … Continue reading →

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Mt. Pleasant Today Train Committee Sets New Goals

Posted on March 14, 2012 by TJ

Fresh off its successful work in getting something useful installed in the old Hawthorne train station building, civic org Mount Pleasant Today’s train station committee is meeting March 26 to push some other goals. The committee is meeting at Jean Jacques … Continue reading →

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The Trainjotting Endorsements Are In

Posted on November 3, 2011 by TJ

County legislator hopeful John Nonna was at the Hawthorne train station this morningbecause, as any political strategist will tell you, Hawthorne makes or breaks local politicians (hello, Rob Astorino!). Nonna’s handbill says he was a U.S. Olympian in 1972 and … Continue reading →

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Abbate: Give MPT Some Credit For Town Improvements

Posted on October 28, 2011 by TJ

Town board hopeful Jane Abbate weighed in on Town Supervisor Joan Maybury’s comments on Trainjotting about how she’s improved quality of life in the town, and says maybe the civic org Mount Pleasant Today deserves some credit too. Abbate writes: … Continue reading →

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Town Board Hopeful Abbate Wants More ‘Pleasant’ in Mount Pleasant

Posted on October 5, 2011 by TJ

Mount Pleasant town board candidate Jane Abbate gets credit for being first to stick her campaign signs around Hawthorne station—a fitting locale, as the civic group that she’s a founding member of, Mount Pleasant Today, has made that corner of … Continue reading →

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Train Delay Cafe, Delay

Posted on August 25, 2011 by TJ

Here’s your Hawthorne train station coffee shop, slated for mid-summer grand opening, on the morning of August 25. The cafe-to-be was mentioned in a recent article on Mount Pleasant Today in Pleasantville’s Examiner paper. Owner Gerry Petraglia said the gutting … Continue reading →

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Civic Group Pushes Town For Improvements to Hawthorne Station

Posted on May 3, 2011 by TJ

The civic group Mount Pleasant Today is prodding town supervisor Joan Maybury to kick in some town fundage to fix the crummy brick facade and roof of the Hawthorne station building. The building is being renovated by one Gerry Petraglia, a construction … Continue reading →

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Train Station Stagnation

Posted on October 20, 2010 by TJ

The civic org Mount Pleasant Today will meet with the town board Tuesday the 26th to share their recommendations about what should be done with the reportedly to-be-renovated Hawthorne train station building. The town board is taking its time on … Continue reading →

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Hawthorners Hungry For Dining Option in Station House

Posted on August 12, 2010 by TJ

The can-do civic organization Mount Pleasant Today presented findings from its questionnaire to the town board Tuesday night. MPT issued hundreds of questionnaires, both electronic and hard copy, to commuters and residents to see what they want to go into … Continue reading →

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Next Step in Hawthorne Station’s Next Act

Posted on August 10, 2010 by TJ

Reminder, Mount Pleasant Today will reveal the findings of the questionnaire it issued to you, dear Metro-North riders, about what to do with the empty Hawthorne station building. Will it be a restaurant? A reading room? A Suburban Outfitters? It’s … Continue reading →

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