News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
Reconstruction projects of Fleischmann Pier and improvements to Charles Point Park in Peekskill are set to begin in late August. City officials announced last week the work will start on Monday, Aug. 29 and is anticipated to be completed in
Read MoreThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will be holding a virtual public session next week to discuss cleanup plans at a former manufactured gas plant at 189-199 North Water St. in Peekskill. The session will take place
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board is currently on summer recess, but when it gathers again in September it will have its hands full dealing with a new garbage contract that will include a “significant” cost increase and possible reduction in services.
Read MoreA luxury age-restricted housing project with apartments and townhouses has been proposed to replace an empty office complex off Route 6 in Jefferson Valley. AMS Acquisitions of New York City presented its concept to the Yorktown Town Board last week
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board appears close to making a change in the Zoning Code that could pave the way for two proposed boutique-style hotels to move forward in the planning process. A public hearing was held last week on a
Read MoreState Senator Pete Harckham recently announced that he has delivered a $100,000 grant for the Mohegan Lake Improvement District and Town of Yorktown for the installation of a new aeration system and retrofitting existing aeration systems in the lake to
Read MoreThe Yorktown Planning Board recently discussed several issues connected to Underhill Farm, a proposed mixed-use project on Underhill Ave. as it considers the type of in-depth study it will require the developer to complete. Underhill Farm is planned on the
Read MoreAn Ossining deli owner was sentenced Monday to five years in state prison after being found guilty in May of sexually abusing an employee. Patrick Patierno, 54, of Yorktown, was convicted by a jury on May 9 following a two-week
Read MoreTwo arrests were made last week in connection with a car shooting in downtown Peekskill that injured two females. According to Peekskill Police, on Friday, July 29 at approximately 9:15 p.m. a Honda SUV was traveling east on the 800
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board voted last week to invest $3.2 million to install long-discussed water system upgrades and meters. The board agreed to award a contract to Core & Main to install about 4,500 residential smart water meters. Yorktown will
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