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News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
A 91-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel is being proposed near King Buffet on Route 6 in Cortlandt. The project from applicant Bilal Ahmad was first presented last week to the Cortlandt Planning Board. “We think we have a great project,”
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Ever since a major hurricane ripped through Long Island in 1944, Jim Witt and the weather have been an inseparable pair. Intrigued by the strength of that storm, which caused water to seep through his family’s home in Queens, Witt
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A lesson with racial overtones taught in a 10th-grade English class at Somers High School last week triggered a raucous revolt from parents at a Board of Education meeting. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Raymond Blanch, who penned a letter panning
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Two northern Westchester school districts experienced a staggering number of motorists that illegally passed stopped school buses picking up or dropping off students during the first two months of the academic year. There were well over 600 illegal passes of
Read moreFollowing in the footsteps of his predecessor, Cortlandt Supervisor Dr. Richard Becker delivered a proposed 2023 budget Oct. 28 that calls for a minimal 1% tax increase for three-quarter of town residents. “I am very proud of our proposed budget
Read moreIn what could be his final budget as the town’s chief executive, Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater unveiled a proposed 2023 spending plan last week that reduces property taxes, while also enhancing public safety. Under a tentative $65.4 million budget outlined
Read moreTown officials and residents who live in the neighborhood near New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital on Route 202 in Cortlandt were presented last week with different alternatives for two projects in the proposed Medical Oriented District, or MOD. Representatives for
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An organization representing the interests of convenience store owners called on the Board of Legislators last week to abandon a proposed law that would prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products and menthol cigarettes in Westchester. Members of the New
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Motorists in New York State have enjoyed a 16 cents per gallon tax savings at the gas pump since June, and Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater is calling for that discount to be extended through the winter months. Slater, who is
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Taking away the trash will be costing the Town of Yorktown a load of money over the next five years, but not as much as it could have. Last week, the Yorktown Town Board voted to give a five-year contract
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