The Northern Westchester Examiner

Westchester County Police arrested a Cortlandt man on February 21 and seized 17 pounds of marijuana and four illegal handguns after executing a search warrant at his home. The investigation by detectives came after county police received a tip about

The Westchester-Putnam Council Boy Scouts of America has its first official girl den. Six girls, ages 9 and 10, have been registered and will form a single gender den of “Webelos” as part of Pack 164, Yorktown Heights. The girls,

Water and traffic concerns continue to trouble neighbors of a proposed luxury substance abuse hospital on Quaker Ridge Road in Cortlandt. More than 50 residents attended a special meeting of the Cortlandt Planning Board a few weeks ago regarding Hudson

  Recent spikes in the cost of energy for residents in parts of Somers and Putnam County have prompted state Senator Terrence Murphy (R/Yorktown) and state Assemblyman Kevin Byrne (R/Mahopac) seeking answers from New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG).

When a tragic event occurs, it tends to have a rippling effect in communities and schools throughout the nation. Hendrick Hudson Superintendent of Schools Joseph Hochreiter reached out to district families Wednesday following the school shooting in south Florida that

  The Peekskill Common Council is interviewing candidates interested in filling a vacancy created when Andre Rainey was elected mayor in November. Rainey said the city received close to 20 inquiries from residents expressing interest in sitting in the seventh

Energy was a major topic of discussion at the February 8 Somers Town Board meeting. Supervisor Rick Morrissey discussed the meeting he and other local government leaders had with the new head of NYSEG recently, while the co-chairs of the

Peekskill Police Chief Eric Johansen is leaving the only police force he has worked with in his 24-year career. Johansen, 47, who has served as chief for the last five years, submitted his resignation, effective March 2, to City Manager

A few hours before the snowstorm started, some residents in northern Westchester and Putnam Valley were awakened Wednesday morning by a minor earthquake. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, an earthquake 2.2 magnitude, 6 km depth was officially recorded at