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Pleasant Valley
Pleasant enough now—the Monkees song was not written with this place in mind but may well have been—this suburb along Route 44 northeast of Poughkeepsie has something of a chequered past. The 1697 land grant known as Great Nine Partners Patent ceded control of the area to—if historical hearsay can be trusted—a nonet of ruffians, who ruled their lands like lesser mob bosses. In 1821, a rabble-rousing town councilman, Henry Dobson, who called the legality of the land grant into question, was dispatched in brutal fashion; the name change from Charlotte to Pleasant Valley was, in effect, a publicity stunt. The hometown of The Real World: Seattle’s Irene McGee.
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From the Magazine
Pleasant Valley Articles
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Not Your Typical AuthorWe chat with Pleasant Valley author Jesse Saperstein about his new book and life with Asperger’s Syndrome |
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Top of Their GameSix local athletes tell us about the sports that changed their lives — and dish out some inspiration for the rest of us |
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