News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
A 48-year-old Peekskill man died Wednesday from stab wounds following an altercation at 7 North James St. According to Peekskill Police, officers responded to the scene at approximately 12:25 a.m. and immediately provided medical assistance to Edward Reeves, who was
Read MoreTeed off Yorktown officials are using all the clubs in their regulatory bags to pressure the operator of a new Par 3 golf course in Jefferson Valley. During a meeting Tuesday, the Yorktown Town Board passed a resolution to terminate
Read MoreThis is a partial excerpt of a piece published first in our Examiner+ email newsletter. The state’s largest electric school bus company will be moving to the abandoned site of a former Yorktown car dealership to provide new buses, maintenance
Read MoreHundreds of residents attended a vigil at Nelson Park in Ossining last Wednesday to mourn a 22-year-old village man who died in a motorcycle crash Aug. 28. Kasheem Trotter was pronounced dead at the scene on the night of
Read MoreA public forum on the Lakeland School District’s plans to perform $57 million in capital projects is scheduled to be held Thursday, Sept. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Lakeland High School. The meeting, which is advertised as a question-and-answer session
Read MoreThe deadline for the Town of Cortlandt to make its case to New York State for millions of dollars in grant money is less than a month away. Cortlandt has until Sept. 25 to submit an application for the Downtown
Read MoreFresh mozzarella, prosciutto and cannoli were flying off the shelves Friday as hundreds celebrated the opening of the new location of Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace in downtown Yorktown. Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace, an Italian American specialty grocer founded in 1998 in East
Read MoreThe Westchester County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) recently voted preliminary approval of financial incentives for the redevelopment of a vacant car dealership on Route 202 in Yorktown into a 16,000-square-foot school bus storage facility. The 2.7-acre property, which had been
Read MoreFor the City of Peekskill, the battle against crime and gun violence was just bolstered by significant funds received through grants totaling $100,000. The grants were secured by New York State Senator Pete Harckham (D-Lewisboro) and are being awarded to
Read MoreThe proposed relocation of the only homeless shelter in northern Westchester was not fully embraced earlier this week during a lengthy Peekskill Common Council public hearing. Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill (CCHOP), the non-profit organization that has
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