The Northern Westchester Examiner

The Peekskill Common Council has settled on the successor to City Manager Richard Leins. Andrew Stewart, who served three terms as town supervisor for Orangetown in Rockland County from 2012 to 2017, will join the city on Tuesday, January 14

By Rick Pezzullo  Three longtime Cortlandt incumbents and a newcomer to elected office were sworn-in Sunday before more than 100 family, friends and well-wishers at Cortlandt Town Hall. A sometimes uncharacteristically emotional Cortlandt Supervisor Linda Puglisi headlined the ceremony as

A large contingent of residents is expected to fill Cortlandt Town Hall next week for a continued public hearing on two large projects planned in the Medical Oriented District (MOD) on Route 202 near New York Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital. An

During the first work session of the new year, Somers Supervisor Rick Morrissey announced last Thursday a special meeting involving the Town Board, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and the Open Space Committee and any other interested board would

Yorktown Police are investigating several acts of vandalism on town and private property that occurred Saturday in the early morning hours. Four glass doors were shattered at the Yorktown Stage in the Albert Capellini Cultural and Community Center, a menorah

By Abby Luby Yorktown residents filled the auditorium at the Yorktown Stage on New Year’s Day to see their newly elected town supervisor, Matt Slater, get sworn-in. Slater beat incumbent Supervisor Ilan Gilbert in November, garnering 53 percent of the

An investigation is ongoing in the death of a 78-year-old Peekskill man who was struck by a motor vehicle Sunday at approximately 3:30 p.m. on the 400 block of Washington Street. According to Peekskill Police Chief Donald Halmy, Peekskill patrol

Last Saturday, in sub-zero weather, a long line of people with empty shopping bags stood outside The Community Food Pantry at St. Mary’s Mohegan Lake. Many were eager to get inside where it was warm and they could select food

A bus driver assigned to Somers Intermediate School was charged Wednesday with felony DWI for operating a school bus with children under 16 years old while under the influence. New York State Police reported on December 9 troopers responded to

On Tuesday night, a day before the U.S. House of Representatives began debating two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, activists gathered outside Senator Charles Schumer’s office in Peekskill as part of nationwide “Nobody Is Above the Law” rallies.