News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
The financial health of Westchester County is a top priority for Catherine Borgia, majority leader of the county Board of Legislators, and her opponent in the November 3 election, Kate Mamone of Croton-on-Hudson. Borgia, a Democrat
Read MoreOn what would have been her 93rd birthday, a Memorial Garden was dedicated on the front lawn of Cortlandt Town Hall Thursday for Helen Lindsey, a longtime volunteer who worked tirelessly to beautify the community. Lindsey, who died
Read MoreThis Halloween is happening in Peekskill. Starting on Friday, October 30, come out for Mischief night. Join the Paramount Hudson Valley for the 3rd Annual Rocky Horror Picture Show & Halloween Party! Early showing of Rocky Horror starts at 8 p.m.
Read MoreNearly 90 minutes was spent at last week’s Yorktown Town Board meeting to discuss the merits of relocating the town’s highway garage and replacing it with a mixed-use building envisioned to be the lynchpin for revitalizing the downtown Heights area.
Read MoreThe transformation of local A&P supermarkets is underway with ACME Markets taking over five stores, while the future of two others remains uncertain. After officials from the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. announced in July it would close
Read MoreAn estimated 1,500 households with veterans who served during wartime or in a combat zone or have a service-related disability will pay lower school taxes in the near future after the Lakeland Board of Education approved a tax exemption last
Read MoreYorktown Democratic Town Board members Susan Siegel and Vishnu Patel weren’t impressed with the business revitalization plan unveiled by the Yorktown Republican slate last week. Standing in front of the long empty former Food Emporium building in the Yorktown Green
Read MoreThe Lakeland Board of Education is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Thursday, October 15 to consider adopting a tax exemption for veterans who served during wartime or in a combat zone or have a service-related disability. The tax
Read MoreThe Peekskill Democratic slate unveiled a code enforcement program for the city last week designed to more aggressively address ongoing complaints and violations in neighborhoods. However, Mayor Frank Catalina maintained the delays in city officials inspecting plumbing repairs, driveway permits,
Read MoreChappaqua resident and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton now isn’t the only public official whose use of e-mails has been scrutinized. Yorktown Supervisor Michael Grace and his Republican running mates charged Councilman Vishnu Patel, who is looking to unseat Grace in
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