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 Peekskill Housing Authority seeks a volunteer to fill a vacant position on the board of commissioners. The mission of the PHA is to provide decent, safe and affordable housing for low and moderate-income residents of the City of Peekskill.
Read MoreThe number of housing units planned on the property of the former Soundview Preparatory School on Underhill Ave. in Yorktown has been reduced. Representatives of Unicorn Contracting informed the Yorktown Town Board on Jan. 25 that the original proposal for
Read MoreReplacing school buses that run on diesel fuel with electric buses just got a boost here in Westchester County. Last week New York’s chapter of Mothers Out Front hosted a two-hour webinar explaining how school districts could start the process
Read MoreBy Jim Roberts Cleanup of a contaminated site and new units of below-market-rate senior housing are the offers on the table to Ossining from a Westchester-based developer focused on constructing affordable housing throughout the county. MacQuesten Development LLC, based in
Read MoreA physical education teacher at Primrose Elementary School is no longer employed in the Somers School District following his recent arrest for grand larceny. Michael Yoder, 33, of Mahopac, who also coached boys’ basketball and girls’ volleyball in the district,
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board voted last week to continue waiving fees for businesses for sidewalk sales and outdoor dining. The permit-fee waiver began in 2020 as part of the town’s effort to help local retailers during the pandemic. “Our small
Read MorePolice services in the Town of Cortlandt were enhanced last week with the addition of a new uniformed law enforcement officer from the Westchester County Department of Public Safety who will serve as a community resource officer (CRO). The new
Read MoreThe owner of the Somers Commons shopping center in Baldwin Place is looking to revitalize the longtime retail-only property by bringing in multifamily housing. Willing Biddle, president and COO of Urstadt Biddle Properties, presented the Somers Planning Board on Jan.
Read MoreThe Cortlandt Town Board is offering incentives to encourage employees to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Supervisor Dr. Richard Becker said about 20% of the town’s workforce, which amounts to approximately 40 employees, have yet to be vaccinated, putting
Read MoreAn Ossining High School senior was named last week as one of 40 finalists in this year’s Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Nyasha Nyoni has already earned
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