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 Peekskill Board of Education was expected Monday night to accept the resignation of high school Principal Fred Hutchinson. Hutchinson, who was hired by the district in June 2012 and uncovered transcript irregularities affecting 34 high school students last year
Read MoreA developer and owner-operator of luxury apartments is seeking to construct 152 units in the Baldwin Place section of Somers. Representatives of AvalonBay Communities came to the February 6 town board meeting to discuss the project, even though they said
Read MorePeekskill’s city assessor is pushing the Common Council to approve the first revaluation of city properties in 56 years. City Assessor Michele Jordan told the council last week “inequities” have existed in Peekskill for decades with properties that are either
Read MoreA Yorktown resident and active member of the Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps suffered a severe head injury in a one-car crash last week on the Taconic State Parkway. Sam Lubin, 48, a father of two, was traveling south on the
Read MoreBy Jim Roberts A prominent Manhattan chef and restaurant operator wants to help propel the transformation of the City of Peekskill into a major restaurant destination in the region. Louie Lanza, who has operated many well-received and highly popular restaurants
Read MoreA proposed “convalescent home” on Underhill Avenue in Yorktown triggered emotional responses from neighbors and Supervisor Michael Grace during last week’s Town Board meeting. Several residents claimed Fourth Dimension Recovery was misrepresenting what its plans were for an 8,470-square foot,
Read MoreConstruction has begun on a controversial methadone clinic on Corporate Drive off Highland Avenue as Peekskill officials appear out of legal options to stop it. Peekskill Mayor Frank Catalina, an attorney, said Friday it’s a “very longshot” that the city
Read MoreThe Yorktown Board of Ethics found that Supervisor Michael Grace should have disclosed he was the landlord of the former town engineer who was awarded a contract last year by the Town Board to study sewer proposals for the Hallocks
Read MorePeekskill Police announced the arrest of a city resident for possession of heroin following a surveillance check in the parking lot of the A&P Shopping Plaza on Welcher Avenue. On January 24, officers Matt Basso and Fabian
Read MoreLegendary folk singer/songwriter Pete Seeger, an environmental activist and founder of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, died Monday at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He was 94. Together with his late wife Toshi, Seeger founded Hudson River Sloop
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