News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
Shrub Oak Athletic Club President Steve Rosen said there was no doubt that at an early age there was something special about Joe Panik. Panik, 23, a rookie starting second baseman for the San Francisco Giants, who are representing
Read MoreThe Town of Cortlandt will be hosting its second annual 5K Road Race in Verplanck on Saturday, October 25. Last year, the race attracted more than 100 runners and town officials are hoping to have more participants this year. The
Read MoreThe Town of Cortlandt is in the process of paving or resurfacing roadways throughout the town by utilizing $2.5 million from the highway surplus fund. Supervisor Linda Puglisi explained a staff committee reviewed 70 miles of roads in the town
Read MoreEleven years of planning to mark an historic moment in the City of Peekskill and the history of the United States was celebrated Saturday with the long awaited opening of the Lincoln Depot Museum on South Water Street. Local
Read MoreVisitors at the annual Yorktown Fall Festival & Street Fair Sunday were given a preview of a breakthrough solar-powered transportation system designed to be energy efficient and eliminate congestion. Bill James, creator of JPODS, a pioneer monorail system, offered free
Read MoreA proposed Costco Wholesale Club on Route 202 in Yorktown cleared one hurdle last week after the Yorktown Planning Board voted unanimously to accept a revised Final Environmental Impact Statement for the project. Written comments on the FEIS can still
Read MoreLocal Republican leaders endorsed Tom Diana Friday afternoon in the upcoming election for one of the vacant seats on the Yorktown Town Board. Diana, who ran unsuccessfully last year as a Democrat for highway superintendent against Dave Paganelli, is seeking
Read MoreYorktown resident David Rocco has donated 160 pints of blood over the last 30 years, and he’s hoping to encourage many others to follow his lead this Sunday in conjunction with the Yorktown Chamber of Commerce’s annual Street Festival.
Read MoreBy Sue Guzman A standing room only crowd packed into Peekskill Middle School last week for a public hearing on the proposed Guardian Academy Charter School of Peekskill. The speakers included parents, school officials, residents and elected officials who overwhelmingly
Read MoreA Newburgh man was sentenced to life in prison without parole earlier this week for murdering a well-known cab driver and the husband of his lover in 2012 on Pine Street in Peekskill. John Murray, 62, who has
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