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Intense fury was ignited last week among residents when members of Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill (CHHOP) hosted an informational forum on the controversial relocation of the Jan Peek House Shelter in Peekskill. The controversy surrounding the
Read MoreOn Sunday, October 7, Support Connection’s 24th Annual Support-A-Walk for Breast and Ovarian Cancer will be held at FDR State Park in Yorktown, and one person who can be counted to be in attendance is Diane Buschel. Buschel, a 38-year
Read MoreBy the time Paul Reiser started college all he wanted to do was be a standup comedian. The roles in film and television, creating and producing television series, and authoring three books were never part of the plan. When Reiser
Read MorePeekskill Councilwoman Vanessa Agudelo was one of 77 people arrested Friday in Washington D.C. for protesting against the Judiciary Committee’s vote on Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court Justice. In an exclusive interview with The Northern Westchester Examiner Monday, Agudelo said
Read MoreA 57-year-old Verplanck sex offender faces up to 46 years in prison after he was convicted Wednesday on eight felony counts related to violent sex crimes against a minor. Kenneth Brody was found guilty by a jury in Westchester County
Read MoreThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) feels the expansion of the Spectra/Enbridge AIM pipeline that runs in close vicinity to the Indian Point nuclear power plants in Buchanan poses no safety threat to the facility. In a September 10 letter
Read MoreState Senator Terrence Murphy (R/Yorktown) presented New York Police Department Officer James Talbert with a New York State Liberty Medal at a ceremony held behind Yorktown Town Hall earlier this month for saving a woman and a dog from a
Read MoreA Peekskill man was sentenced this week in federal court to more than 11 years in prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine in the city between 2013 and 2017. Edward Holliman, 63, pled guilty on April 24 before U.S.
Read MorePeekskill City Manager Richard Leins apparently had a change of heart and is staying put. Peekskill Mayor Andre Rainey announced Friday that Leins, who submitted his resignation in July and was slated to depart in mid-October, plans to continue his
Read MoreThe proposed relocation of the only year-round, 24-hour shelter for homeless adults in northern Westchester in Peekskill faced heavy scrutiny from a room overflowing with residents at City Hall last week. For more than 90 minutes, the Peekskill Common Council
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