News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
By Anna Young On a dreary Friday afternoon, CD17Indivisible, along with several activists, held a Die-In urging Senator Terrence Murphy (R-Yorktown) to support the New York Health Act in the event that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is repealed at
Read MoreWestchester County’s Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler is encouraging people who consumed beverages at Monteverde at Oldstone, a restaurant and event space at 28 Bear Mountain Bridge Road in Cortlandt, to protect themselves against Hepatitis A following confirmation that
Read MoreEven in a revised form, a resolution expressing support for the protection of undocumented immigrants generated controversy in Somers. Resident Michael Blum came to the June 8 town board meeting with a revised resolution. In April, the town board rejected
Read MoreA Vietnam War Memorial Monument was dedicated Friday on the front lawn of Cortlandt Town Hall. Several hundred veterans and guests were in attendance at the ceremony to pay tribute to the 84 area Vietnam veterans who are listed on
Read More(Updated 6-14-17) The Ossining community is rallying behind an Ossining High School student who was taken into custody by federal immigration authorities Thursday on the day of his prom and a week before he is scheduled to graduate. More than
Read MoreThe Indian Point Closure Task Force met for the first time last week to discuss the next steps in handling the many impacts the nuclear plant will have in the surrounding communities when it closes in 2021. The task force,
Read MoreRepublican Peekskill Mayor Frank Catalina has served his first four years in office with a Democratic- majority Common Council, and if he is reelected in November to a third term, that technically won’t change. The Peekskill Republican Committee unveiled its
Read MoreThe search for Yorktown School District’s new superintendent of schools ended at home. In a written statement released Friday, the Board of Education announced it had selected Dr. Ronald Hattar, a resident of Yorktown, to succeed longtime Superintendent of Schools
Read MoreTwo decades after first conserving a 40-acre “Overlook” parcel adjacent to Teatown Lake Reservation in central Westchester County, the Open Space Institute (OSI) on Thursday announced its donation of the parcel to the nature preserve. Teatown has managed the parcel
Read MoreThe Coalition of Concerned Clergy stood together Wednesday night at the Hudson Valley Islamic Community Center in Mohegan Lake as clergy members throughout Westchester and Putnam County presented a Declaration of Concern in support of their immigrant neighbors. The Coalition,
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