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 New York State Comptroller’s Office has $12.5 billion in unclaimed funds waiting for residents to take ownership to. During a Senior Forum hosted by state Assemblywoman Sandra Galef (D/Ossining) last week at Cortlandt Town Hall, Yolanda Robinson, Westchester County
Read MoreThe fourth annual Ossining SummerFest will take over the downtown area Saturday from 5 to 10 p.m. Ossining SummerFest is an independently run summer festival and celebration co-sponsored by The Greater Ossining Chamber of Commerce, local businesses and partnering organizations.
Read MoreYorktown Police charged 11 individuals, ages 18 to 20, with allegedly having forged drivers’ licenses during a compliance check July 18 at about midnight at Murphy’s restaurant in Yorktown. The compliance check was part of an ongoing effort to curb
Read MoreBy Maia Silber: At a town hall meeting on July 16, Ossining Town Supervisor Susanne Donnelly discussed preparations for the 2013 hurricane season. Donnelly described improved communication as central to storm safety, announcing plans to create social media pages that
Read MoreThe Town of Cortlandt will be celebrating its 225th birthday on Sunday in style with a slew of events at George’s Island Park in Montrose, capped off by a spectacular fireworks show at 9 p.m. “Join us for a fun-filled
Read MoreA cooling center will once again be available today (1 p.m. to 9 p.m.) and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Peekskill Neighborhood Center at 4 Nelson Avenue for residents looking to take a break from
Read MoreThe aroma of sausage and peppers, zeppoles and other Italian favorites will be in the air for five days this week in Verplanck as the annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast takes over Eighth Street. The longest running Italian
Read MoreThe body of a man discovered floating in the Hudson River Sunday morning near Riverfront Green in Peekskill has been identified as a Cortlandt man Peekskill Police were seeking for breaking into a vehicle on Central Avenue on Friday. An
Read MoreAn Ossining High School math teacher was charged Friday with raping a 16-year-old female student. John Azabache, 31, of Port Chester, pled not guilty to two counts of rape in the third degree, a felony, in Ossining Village Court and
Read MoreBy Robert Christie The Paramount theatre in Peekskill is back and it has a new name, the Paramount Hudson Valley. The 2013 re-opening will be slightly different than the opening in 1930. This time, there will be four events in
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