News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
Veteran Westchester County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz, the longest serving current member of the legislative body, announced Monday that he will not seek reelection this coming November. The Somers Democrat has represented the 4th legislative district for more than 20 years, having been sworn
Read MoreIt’s stressful enough for a family to deal with one major medical issue, but to have to face two life changing crises in the same household can be overwhelming to say the least. That’s the situation the Cancro family of
Read MoreThe Justin Veatch fund plans to honor Yorktown’s Tricy Cushner with a community service award on Saturday, January 12 at the Putnam Golf Course in Mahopac. The occasion, Music for a Winter’s night, will be a dinner/dance which is being put
Read MoreThe residents of Dunbar Heights in Peekskill feel shortchanged by the Peekskill Housing Authority after being forced to suffer an erratic loss of heat, hot water and gas for over a month. Following a stretch of piping issues throughout the
Read MoreNew Year’s Day was a day of pride and ambition as friends, family and elected officials gathered at the Ossining Community Center to celebrate the inauguration of their local and state officials. Following an exhaustive election season, Ossining village and
Read MoreGeorge Latimer (Westchester County Executive) County: “My New Year’s Resolution for Westchester County Government is to continue the hard work our Administration is putting in to get our finances back on the path toward fiscal solvency. It was our biggest
Read MoreSoundview Preparatory School in Yorktown is looking for a host family in the area for one of its new international students that will be starting their studies later this month. At the start of this school year, Soundview launched its
Read MoreThe annual Polar Plunge to benefit the This Is Me Foundation will kick off 2019 at noon sharp New Year’s Day on the shore of the Hudson River at Riverfront Green in Peekskill. This Is Me Foundation was created in
Read MoreReady to say goodbye to 2018 and hello to the new year, but tired of sitting at home waiting for Ryan Seacrest or Steve Harvey to do the countdown from Times Square? Well, local residents in Peekskill and Yorktown can
Read MoreA ribbon cutting ceremony was held December 19 to celebrate the opening of Peekskill’s new Central Firehouse, a $12 million project that spanned four administrations and two decades of planning. “The city has achieved what many people talk about, but
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