The Northern Westchester Examiner

  By Anna Young Hundreds of Yorktown residents gathered at last Tuesday night’s Town Board meeting to criticize the board for its proposed Freshwater Wetlands Protection Ordinance, a law that would significantly increase the minimum extent for wetlands throughout the

Residents will be asked to vote on two propositions May 16 in addition to the proposed $125.7 million Ossining School District budget and Board of Education candidates. The school budget, which would increase spending by 0.36 percent over the current

The Lakeland Board of Education is planning to ask one of its own to reimburse the district after he allegedly violated state law by exceeding a $750 annual earnings limit while serving on the board. In an April 6 statement

Local municipalities in the 40th Senate District will be receiving additional funding in the recently approved state budget to repave and repair roadways. State Senator Terrence Murphy (R/Yorktown) announced he had helped secure more than $4.4 million as part of

A longtime bus driver for the Lakeland School District has vowed to appeal her recent termination from alleged charges of misconduct she has continued to claim stemmed from a union dispute she spearheaded on behalf of about 70 other drivers.

By Neal Rentz The often heated issue of municipalities cooperating with the federal government to remove undocumented immigrants not accused of crimes has moved to the Town of Somers. The Sanctuary City debate has gained steam since President Donald Trump

  The Ossining Village Board of Trustees recently joined the “Right to Bear Arts” movement when it strongly opposed President Trump’s proposed budget calling for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for

The Peekskill community came out in full force last week to urge the Board of Education not to accept the resignation of beloved Superintendent of School Dr. David Fine. Parents, teachers, students and others pleaded with trustees for more than

An elderly couple was killed in an early morning fire Monday on Central Street in Yorktown. Yorktown Police received a 911 call just before 3 a.m. from a neighbor that a single-family home at 1703 Central Street was on fire.