Mount Pleasant Magazine Fall 2011

esidents of Mount Pleasant,

S.C.,

tend to believe their town is

unique, and, in many respects, it

is. By the same token, a quick scan

of U.S. geography reveals there are

numerous other Mount Pleasants

scattered across America.

In an attempt to discover the similarities and dif-

ferences among these like-named

towns,

Mount Pleasant Magazine

has begun reaching out to their municipal officials.

Our first call was easy to make. I grew up in Westches-

ter County, where a Mount Pleasant is nestled among the

rolling hills between the Kensico Reservoir, which supplies

much of the water to New York City, and the Hudson River.

As a cub reporter many moons ago, I spent a fair amount

of time in Mount Pleasant and its

villages, covering government and

other activities. I spent more than

a fair amount of time in the town’s

many fine watering holes, but that’s

a story for another day.

Mount Pleasant, N.Y., is

somewhat smaller than our town

– around 44,000 residents. Like

our Mount Pleasant, it is largely

residential, with no heavy industry or manufacturing

but several corporate offices. Surprisingly, it is older

than its South Carolina namesake, having been founded

in the 1780s. We’ve been incorporated since 1837.

The town’s chief executive is a supervisor; Joan A.

Maybury currently holds that office. Her background is

BY BiLL FarLeY

Mount Pleasant,

NewYork

Pondering

Supervisor Joan a. Maybury

The friendly leaders of Mount Pleasant, N.Y.

Left to right: Town Justice robert Ponzini,

Town Clerk Patricia June Scova, Highway Superintendent

Peter Sciliano, Supervisor Joan a. Maybury,

Councilman Mark rubeo and Councilman Carl Fulgenzi.

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