News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
Seventeen Peekskill residents were indicted in federal court in White Plains Thursday on charges of distributing narcotics and using firearms in the city. “Even small towns like Peekskill are not immune from the narcotics trade and the violence with which
Read MoreA longtime Cortlandt youth girls basketball coach was arrested last week by New York State Police for an alleged sex crime with a 10-year-old girl in 2010. Richard J. DiNizo, 59, was charged with one count of criminal sexual act
Read MoreWith two longtime incumbent Democratic Town Board members choosing not to seek reelection in November, the Cortlandt Republican Committee may have its best chance in years to win a board seat. “It’s a better opportunity for us than we’ve had
Read MoreSomers Supervisor Mary Beth Murphy confirmed Monday she will not be seeking reelection to the seat she has held for the last 15 years. Instead, Murphy will be running for Westchester County Clerk in November against Democratic incumbent Tim Idoni.
Read MoreWhen the Trump Park Residences off Barger Street in Shrub Oak were built, a sales office constructed in the front of the property was designed to be a temporary structure. However, Yorktown Supervisor Michael Grace believes the approximately 8,000-square-foot building,
Read MoreThe Yorktown Parks and Recreation Advisory Board unanimously voted last Thursday to move forward with a new plan for the former Holland Sporting Club site in Mohegan Lake. The plan, created by contractor Patrick Cumiskey and other community members, does
Read MoreIf you go to blue-collar Ossining High School and look around, there are four glossy gold balls from Section 1 Class AA championships, and a slew of NYS regional title plaques. But the one thing that has always eluded the
Read MoreA third grader at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Shrub Oak has been named grand marshal of the April 21, 2013 Go the Distance Walk and Family Fun Day fundraising event for Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center.
Read MoreState Assemblyman Steve Katz (R/C-Mohegan Lake) was ticketed Thursday morning for unlawful possession of marijuana following a traffic stop for speeding upstate on the New York State Thruway. According to the State Police, Katz, 59, who was elected to a
Read MoreState Assemblyman Steve Katz (R,C,I/Yorktown) said last week an amendment proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo would handcuff law enforcement personnel by preventing them from carrying weapons on school grounds. Katz maintained Cuomo hastily signed the New York Secure Ammunition and
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