News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
Like many people, Joe Duraes’ day job as a publicist was paying the bills, but it wasn’t personally fulfilling. So, six years ago, Duraes returned to his passion, music, and began writing songs. The feeback the Cortlandt resident received about
Read More‘There was something about the way he loved that stood out, and people gravitated to that.’—Rev. Michael Morrow Reverend Monsignor Francis J. Ansbro was given a heartfelt sendoff Friday morning at Church of the Assumption in Peekskill fitting for someone
Read MoreResidents in the Lakeland School District will be asked on Tuesday, November 19 to support a $14.5 million proposition that would pay for a variety of safety, security and other improvements in all eight school facilities and the administration building.
Read MoreBy Janine Bowen On November 11, 2011, at 11:11 a.m., Somers Middle School teacher Gary Wanderlingh married Sam Conlon in a small and casual ceremony. With the grooms dressed in jeans and t-shirts and the price tags still on their
Read MoreA dozen employees at Hudson Valley Hospital Center were recognized last week as everyday heroes by their peers. Hospital officials unveiled the eighth annual Wall of Heroes at a ceremony in the lobby of the medical facility in Cortlandt. Portraits
Read MoreRepublican Somers Councilman Rick Morrissey easily defeated Democrat Christine Robbins to become the new town supervisor. According to 94% of the votes tabulated, Morrissey received 3,066 (59%) to 2,088 (41%) for Robbins. He will replace longtime Supervisor Mary Beth
Read MoreYorktown Supervisor Michael Grace won a second two-year term last night defeating Councilman Nick Bianco. With 86% of the votes cast, Grace, running on the Republican line, received 4,006 votes, while Bianco, running on the Democratic, Conservative and Independence lines,
Read MoreBy Janine Bowen Three-term Peekskill Mayor Mary Foster was narrowly defeated Tuesday night by Republican challenger Frank Catalina in the Peekskill mayoral race, according to unofficial results. “It looks like there will be a new mayor and I will
Read MoreLocal activists protested the continued operation of the Indian Point nuclear power plants last week at a hearing hosted by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Tarrytown. The NRC, which oversees the Indian Point reactors in Buchanan and more than
Read MoreGovernor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill last week named after an eight-year-old Yorktown girl who suffers from a potentially fatal condition that doesn’t allow her to eat most foods. Hannah’s Law, which state Senator Greg Ball (R,C,I/Patterson) first introduced when
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