News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
By Janine Bowen While many local residents were focusing on Easter last weekend, residents in Ossining took time on Saturday to celebrate a holiday of a different sort. The fifth annual Earth Day Celebration, hosted by Green Ossining, aimed to
Read MoreThe Hendrick Hudson Board of Education selected a new principal for Furnace Woods Elementary School last week to succeed Dr. Helene Kane, who is retiring in June after 18 years at the helm. Dr. Cynthia Kramer, currently assistant principal at
Read MoreThe Somers Town Board last week started the process of potentially changing the town zoning code and the Comprehensive Plan to allow the approval process for a 53 three-bedroom town house proposal to proceed. The Kearney Realty & Development Group
Read MoreCortlandt Officials Declare: “Enough Already!” Two separate projects proposed on a 100-acre former quarry site in Verplanck involving a gas transmission line and a high voltage converter station have officials and residents in Cortlandt fired up. More than 100 onlookers
Read MoreAn Ossining man who was paralyzed in the December derailment of a Metro-North Railroad train that killed four commuters is suing for $100 million to ensure his future medical care. Samuel Rivera, 39, a Metro-North mechanic, was traveling to New
Read MoreYorktown residents will get a chance to weigh in next week on the vacancy on the Town Board that has existed since January. The Town Board has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Town
Read MoreCortlandt residents in the Lakeland School District will enjoy a tax decrease next year under the 2014-15 budget adopted by the Board of Education last week. If the $161.17 million budget is approved by voters on May 20, school taxes
Read MoreA 14-year-old boy was charged with phoning in false bomb threats Monday to Lakeland and Walter Panas high schools. The unidentified youth was arrested at his home following an investigation by detectives from the Westchester County Police General Investigations Unit
Read MoreBefore Lisa Hodes was one year old, there were some signs that something just wasn’t right. One day she had some peculiar eye movements. Another day she couldn’t hold herself up. When she went to the doctor, all her
Read MoreWhile the City of Peekskill wrestles with spending $1 million on a revaluation of residential and commercial properties, the Town of Ossining is moving ahead with being the third municipality in Westchester to take the leap. Tyler Technologies, the company
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