At the recent Yorktown Town Board meeting to present the 2024 budget, where accolades were offered to many, there was, as they say, a very large elephant in the room that inexplicably went unmentioned. The first clue comes from the
Read MoreYorktown Community Help, established in the mid-1960s as an entirely volunteer food pantry dedicated exclusively to Yorktown residents, depends on the generosity of its financial donors. In my role as a director of the Yorktown Community Help Food Pantry, and
Read MoreAs discussed in your Northern Westchester Examiner article last week “Homeless Shelter in Peekskill May Soon Need New Home,” Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill (CHHOP) once again faces the challenge of building an urgently needed and much
Read MoreI see from your reporting that the White Plains Common Council has decided to hike parking fees in city garages and lots by 20 percent. (“White Plains Council Votes to Increase Parking Fees, Fines,” December 19-25 White Plains Examiner.) This
Read MoreBy Regina Blakeslee and Edward Levine The recent Stone’s Throw investigative report on the long, complex history of Granite Pointe, the forested promontory of 28.8 acres wrapped on three sides by Amawalk Reservoir and granted final subdivision approval by the
Read MoreThank you, North Castle! I am finishing my 16th year serving the great Town of North Castle, the last 10 as supervisor, and I owe a debt of gratitude to you, the residents, for giving me the opportunity to serve
Read MoreBy Scott Levine Now that we’re past the winter solstice, we’ll start to see more daylight in our days, little by little, all the way until June’s summer solstice. We tend to think about winter as being the darkest time
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro HEN HUD was facing a first, recently, as Pelham dropped it from the undefeated ranks. First-year Coach Megan Boyle was curious to see how her team would respond to its initial loss of the season after opening
Read MoreYorktown Handles Eastchester; Byram Bops Panas; Mahopac 5-0 By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays The New York State Sportswriters Association basketball rankings, as meaningless as they often are, came out this past week. Coaches will tell their players to
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro Once the 2023 Section 1 Division I Dual-Meet Championship brackets were released, top-seeded YORKTOWN focused on the opening two matches. A Yorktown and Mahopac victories in the first two rounds would set up a quarterfinal-round match. This
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