The Northern Westchester Examiner

  A Cortlandt man was killed Thursday at the intersection of Route 202 and Garden Lane in Yorktown after he collided on a motorcycle with an SUV. Jack Baknezian, 24, was pronounced dead at NY Presbyterian-Hudson Valley Hospital following the

Regional elected, environmental and business leaders banded together Wednesday night to condemn a proposal by the United States Coast Guard to create 10 new anchorage sites with dozens of commercial barges along the Hudson River from Yonkers to Kingston. At

  Voters in the Croton-Harmon School District approved a $20.82 million capital projects bond Tuesday. The final tally of the referendum was 465 in favor and 152 against. The proposed projects in the district’s three school buildings are estimated to

The City of Peekskill is one of 76 communities statewide that was awarded a state grant to help combat vacant and abandoned homes that are not maintained during prolonged foreclosure proceedings. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced last week that Peekskill

  Voters in the Croton-Harmon School District will go to the polls on Tuesday, October 18 to pass judgement on a $20.82 million capital projects bond referendum. If approved, the proposed projects in the district’s three school buildings are estimated

  A local soccer enthusiast and a group of investors are proposing to build an indoor/outdoor recreational sports facility off Route 202 near Cortlandt Lanes. The Cortlandt Planning Board recently got its first glimpse at the plans from NY Indoor

  City taxes would rise less than one percent next year in Peekskill under the tentative budget submitted to the Common Council by Acting City Manager Richard Leins. If the $37,975,500 budget remains intact after deliberations by the council, the

  Funding to relocate the town’s highway garage and construct a mixed use commercial and residential building in its place took center stage in Yorktown last week. On Thursday at Yorktown Town Hall, state Senator Terrence Murphy (R/Yorktown) returned to

  Marina Viera and Karen Echeverria have a combined 25 years under their belts as bus drivers transporting school children safely for the Lakeland School District. However, both have found themselves suspended with pay since February for charges they allege

  Officials, parents, teachers and students from the Peekskill and Ossining school districts were scheduled today (October 4) to take part in an 11-day, 150-mile trek to Albany to demand fair funding from the state. The rally, organized by the