News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
Elise Milner has been bringing back morsels of dinner theater to northern Westchester – while having a blast getting it done. Milner, a Mohegan Lake-based playwright and founder of Hanging Cow Productions, which present professional theater including Off-Broadway productions in
Read MoreMore than 40 events are taking place this summer at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, both outdoors in the beautifully verdant gardens and the expansive Friends Field as well as inside the charming indoor spaces. The season, which
Read MoreForty acres in Cortlandt donated by a property owner is being preserved through an arrangement with Westchester Land Trust and The Nature Conservancy. The newly protected land, which is adjacent to the Land Trust’s McGregor Pond Preserve and increases the
Read MoreOne of the properties near New York Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital slated for redevelopment in Cortlandt’s Medical Oriented District (MOD) is up for sale. Last week, JLL Capital Markets announced it had been retained by Gyrodyne to sell Cortlandt Medical
Read MoreA Cortlandt woman has thrown in the towel in a bid to challenge Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg (D-Ossining) in a Democratic primary following a court challenge over her qualifying petitions. Amanda Victoria Mintz, a business owner who has never run for
Read MoreAfter a four-year break, the return of a fun but important fundraiser is scheduled for May 11 in Briarcliff Manor. The event is Mezzapalooza, an evening of music, food and community spirit at the village’s pavilion, under a large tent.
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel You hear the music the moment you exit your car, echoing through the concrete canyons of the concave station parking lot, beckoning you to a small house at the transit hub’s exit road apex, bordering the bicycle
Read MoreWhen a popular local store shutters its doors after 51 years, it’s a significant loss to the community. That loss will soon be experienced when The Rugged Boot & Shoe Co. in Mohegan Lake permanently closes next week. The family-owned
Read MoreIt will likely be known this week whether 17th Congressional District Democratic candidate Mondaire Jones will have a primary opponent after two separate court filings were submitted recently regarding disputed nominating petitions. Hearings were set on Monday before the state
Read MoreBy Roger Witherspoon The problem with electric vehicles is not one of style or utility. Anyone strolling through the massive Jacob Javits Conference Center in Manhattan, which recently hosted the New York International Auto Show, can see a wide range
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