News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
Get in the holiday spirit at The Paramount in Peekskill this Sunday afternoon for a one-of-a-kind Christmas celebration. Singer Michelle Berting Brett and her seven-piece Nashville band, led by musical director Harry Sharpe, will bring The Carpenters’ holiday classics and
Read MoreVillage of Ossining Police Chief Kevin Sylvester has expressed support of a legislative initiative to grant limited access drivers licenses at all New York residents, regardless of their immigration status. In late November, Sylvester penned a letter to Governor Andrew
Read MoreGarrie Pest Control announces its first ever toy drive to benefit children throughout the county now through December 7. Toy donations can be dropped off at 312 Washington Street in Peekskill. Make a toy donation today! Here’s our Holiday
Read MoreA former Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department chief and treasurer was sentenced to prison Wednesday for stealing more than $300,000 from the department. Gerald “Gerry” Munson, 64, who also worked as a Croton police officer in the past, was sentenced to one-and-a-half
Read MorePublic hearings in front of the Cortlandt Town Board and Planning Board for environmental studies on two large projects planned in the Medical Oriented District (MOD) on Route 202 near New York Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital are anticipated to be held
Read MoreA 57-year-old Verplanck man was sentenced to 74 years in state prison last week for sexually assaulting a child. Last Tuesday, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced that Kenneth Brody was sentenced by Westchester County Court Judge
Read MoreFollowing months of increased scrutiny surrounding the controversial relocation of the Jan Peek Homeless Shelter in Peekskill, Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill (CHHOP) took a different approach to mitigating residential concerns during a community meeting last week.
Read MoreAn historic Revolutionary War monument about 10 years in the making was finally unveiled Saturday at Railroad Park in Yorktown. “It’s been a long and winding road. Almost 10 years,” said Michael Kahn, a member of the Pines Bridge Monument
Read MoreChristine Lavin has wonderful memories of growing up in Peekskill with her parents and eight siblings. A graduate of Assumption School, Lavin was valedictorian of her eighth-grade class and went on to Peekskill High School where she was a strong
Read MorePeekskill police are investigating the defacement of a copy of this week’s Northern Westchester Examiner with swastikas and the letters KKK. The hate symbols were discovered Wednesday at about 8 a.m. at a Chase bank branch at 1025 Brown St.
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