News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
For the last 20 years, the first Sunday of October has become known as Support-A-Walk day in Yorktown as thousands mark their calendar to be at FDR State Park to celebrate the lives of those who have defeated breast or
Read MoreA Rockland County woman was sentenced Friday to one to three years in prison for killing an Ossining man last September on Route 9A as he was crossing the roadway to put up campaign signs. Michelle Sergio, 39, of
Read MoreState Senate candidate Justin Wagner unveiled a proposal for comprehensive ethics and campaign finance reform for state government Tuesday afternoon in Lewisboro. Joined by Assemblyman David Buchwald (D-White Plains), who has sponsored legislation to strip public pensions from officials who
Read MoreBy Sue Guzman Proponents and opponents of a controversial natural gas pipeline project mobbed the Muriel Morabito Community Center in Cortlandt last Monday night to weigh in on the controversial Algonquin Pipeline Project being considered by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Read MoreThree male Mohegan Lake youths were arrested Wednesday in connection with the ransacking of the Hudson Valley Islamic Community Center on Lexington Avenue. The unidentified youths, one 13 and the other two 12, were charged with juvenile delinquency and
Read MoreOssining Mayor William Hanauer may have suffered a lopsided loss in a Democratic primary to Trustee Victoria Gearity last week, but he is refusing to throw in the towel in his quest for a fifth two-year term. “I still have
Read MoreThree grassroots groups are calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to withdraw what they feel is a “fatally flawed” Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a planned natural gas pipeline that would extend from New York to Massachusetts.
Read MoreOssining Village Trustee Victoria Gearity defeated eight-year Mayor William Hanauer in a Democratic primary Tuesday, according to unofficial results posted by the Westchester County Board of Elections. With 13 of 17 districts reporting, Gearity, a first-term trustee who was
Read MoreThe Peekskill Common Council was scheduled Monday night to vote on the first revaluation of city properties in 61 years. Mayor Frank Catalina asked City Manager Anthony Ruggiero to put the somewhat controversial action on the agenda following last week’s
Read MoreA Montrose man was charged with assaulting two New York State troopers last week after he was involved in an altercation in the parking lot of a deli on Route 9A in Cortlandt. Carlos Rosario, 48, was taken into
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