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News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
By Alexa Jindal Dixie Kiefer was the first person to fly a plane off a moving ship at night, the recipient of 10 medals earned in both World Wars and a man with as many service-related injuries. Yorktown Heights resident
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The race for supervisor in the Town of Somers is set as Democrat Stephanie Keegan will be squaring off against Republican Robert Scorrano in November. Somers Supervisor Rick Morrissey announced in January he would not be seeking a fifth two-year
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The quest to attract Trader Joe’s to come to Yorktown appears to have paid off. The specialty grocer, which also has Westchester stores located in Hartsdale, Larchmont and Scarsdale, recently submitted plans to Yorktown’s Building Department to construct a 12,500-square-foot
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With the COVID-19 pandemic causing pain and suffering for so many over the last year, the Rotary Club of Croton-on-Hudson created a commemorative space for those in need of a moment of peace and reflection. Rotarians and members of the
Read moreA custodian who works with the Lakeland Central School District is being called a hero after recently rushing to help a third-grade student who was choking during lunch. Angelo Alessandro, who has worked part-time at George Washington Elementary School since
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Despite having four years advanced notice of its planned departure, local elected officials and union leaders gathered Friday a short distance from the gates outside the Indian Point nuclear power plant in the Village of Buchanan to lament its official
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The Progress 4 Peekskill slate of Democrats running for Peekskill Mayor and Common Council have released the “forward-thinking” environmental segment of their campaign platform. The four members of the slate — Conor Greene, Councilwoman Vanessa Agudelo, Amy Perlow and Amy
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A downtown business owner in Peekskill has been chosen to lead the “Stand-up for Peekskill” slate endorsed by the Republican and Conservative committees. Emiliano Perez, owner and operator of the bakery/restaurant Perla de Oriente Panaderia for the last 14 years,
Read moreA Peekskill man was arrested Tuesday for burglarizing a jewelry store on South St. over the weekend. On Sunday, April 25, at approximately 1 p.m., Peekskill patrol officers responded to A&D Jewelry on 924 South St. for an interior alarm
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Somers High School graduate and FC Westchester alumnus Nolan Fierro helped the Seton Hall Pirates win college soccer’s Big East Championship on April 17. Seton Hall captured their fifth Big East men’s Soccer Championship in a 2-1 match against Georgetown
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