News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
The Yorktown Town Board voted unanimously last week to settle a lawsuit that was filed against them by the operators of a controversial sober living home on Underhill Avenue. The litigation was initiated last summer, two days after the board,
Read MoreOssining Village Trustee Omar Herrera kicked off his grassroots, people-led campaign for mayor last week in front of his apartment on Main Street. Herrera, 28, is looking to force a Democratic primary in September against two-term incumbent Victoria Gearity, who
Read MoreResidents and other interested parties were given their first look last week on the establishment of a proposed Medical Oriented District (MOD) on Route 202 in Cortlandt near New York Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital. Approximately 60 people in attendance at Cortlandt
Read MoreIn his first State of the City address, Peekskill Mayor Andre Rainey painted a rosy picture of Westchester’s only northern city last week in the packed chambers of City Hall. “Peekskill is no longer on the rise. We are rising,”
Read MoreOne of the region’s top fundraising Relay for Life events to benefit the American Cancer Society will be held Friday at the Yorktown Community and Cultural Center on Veterans Road. This year’s Relay, which runs from 4 p.m. to midnight,
Read MoreA public informational meeting on the establishment of a Medical Oriented District (MOD) on Route 202 in Cortlandt near New York Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital and the proposed development of two sites in the area will be held Wednesday, June 6
Read MoreNational Trails Day was marked in Yorktown Saturday morning with a ceremonial start of construction of the Mohansic Trailway in a wooded area near French Hill School on Baldwin Road. The Mohansic Trailway, a joint project of the Town of
Read MoreBy Anna Young Holocaust survivor Peter Somogyi shared his harrowing story of survival to a standing-room-only crowd last Tuesday night during Yorktown’s second annual Holocaust remembrance ceremony. Somogyi’s life rapidly changed when he was 11-years-old as his family was herded
Read MoreThe Peekskill High School City Singers, a capella jazz ensemble and the school’s select chorus, received the highest honor last week after performing at the New York State School Music Association’s adjudicated Major Organization Evaluation Festival The Singers’ wowed the
Read MoreThanks to the efforts of a nonprofit organization and the generosity of a currently anonymous 40-something New Jersey man, a 77-year-old United States Navy veteran has his life back again. On May 22, Henry “Hank” Goldberg, a resident of Tate
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