The Northern Westchester Examiner

The Indian Point nuclear power plants, which have been a fixture in the Village of Buchanan for more than 50 years and help provide electricity to several million homes and businesses in Westchester and the five boroughs of New York

  The so-called “Montrose 9” pipeline protestors remained defiant last week as they took turns criticizing Cortlandt Town Justice Daniel McCarthy for finding them guilty of disorderly conduct for blocking access to Spectra Energy’s construction yard on Route 9A in

  The Peekskill Common Council is looking to clean up the downtown in the new year. Councilwoman Vivian McKenzie, who has owned Kathleen’s Tea Room on Main Street since 2010, said during a work session last week litter has become

  Go No Sen Karate will be celebrating the grand opening of its second location Saturday, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., at the Parkside Corner Center on Route 202 in Yorktown (near Little Sorrento’s). The celebration will include clowns, refreshments,

January Hundreds in Peekskill and Yorktown ring in 2016 with downtown ball drops. 4th Annual Polar Plunge in Peekskill raises nearly $15,000 for This Is Me Foundation. Peekskill Mayor Frank Catalina starts second term with optimistic message. Also sworn in

Some came out to start 2017 checking off an item off their bucket list. Others read about the frigid experience and wanted to try it personally. But the majority of the record-setting 78 individuals donned in various forms of attire

  A Somers teenager was arrested by State Police December 29 for breaking into a home in North Salem and setting fire inside. Jeremiah Healy, 17, was charged with arson in the third degree (a Class C felony), burglary in

As traditional as it used to be for many to ring in the new year with Dick Clark, local residents in Peekskill and Yorktown now have their own annual outdoor events to count down on New Year’s Eve. For the

A new water storage tank serving the towns of Cortlandt, Somers and Yorktown officially went on-line December 12. The 3.85-million gallon tank, located on the Northern Westchester Joint Waterworks (NWJWW) site off Route 6 near the entrance/exit ramp to the

After years of studying and planning, an official groundbreaking ceremony was held last week for a new Central Fire Station in Peekskill at the corner of Main and Broad streets. The 30,000-square-foot facility, which will accommodate firefighters from Peekskill’s six