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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
The search for the spookiest home in Yorktown began Thursday with the launch of a Halloween home decorating contest. The Halloween Crawl encourages residents with scary decorating skills to submit digital photographs of their handiwork to the Town of Yorktown’s submission
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge, to say the least, and for non-profit organizations such as Yorktown-based Support Connection, the hurdles have been trickier than ever. “When COVID hit, we knew that one thing had to remain constant. We had
Read moreThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week that the Village of Croton-on-Hudson has been certified as a silver-level Climate Smart Community. The DEC’s announcement makes Croton-on-Hudson one of only seven silver-level communities, and one of
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A group of 23 community leaders in Ossining has petitioned the Village Board of Trustees, seeking a seat at the table in the police reform process set forth by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The leaders were responding to a decision by
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The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of many events, but the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze at historic Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson isn’t one of them as it returns for a 16th year and a record number of evenings.
Read moreSomers High School will close for the next two days after an individual entered the facility while infected with COVID-19. Superintendent of Schools Raymond Blanch sent a letter to the community on Thursday explaining that students, faculty and staff are
Read moreThe New York City Department of Environmental Protection has announced that it will close the public walkway atop New Croton Dam for five days, creating a safe work zone for a planned inspection of the dam. DEP will close the
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One person was transported to the hospital after a motorist drove into the side of a Peekskill home Wednesday morning. At around 8:05 a.m. on Wednesday, Peekskill Volunteer Ambulance Corps, along with the Peekskill Fire Department and Cortlandt Peekskill Regional
Read moreA former Somers Central School District bus driver has pleaded guilty to driving drunk with several students in the vehicle, according to the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. Somers resident William Mendez, 62, appeared in Westchester County Court before Judge
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The Yorktown Town Board adopted new laws last week regulating solar panel arrays and solar power storage devices. With the new regulations in place, Yorktown becomes the first community in Westchester County to provide a framework for property owners who
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