News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
By Rick Pezzullo The majority of the Peekskill Common Council supports allowing retail marijuana dispensaries to set up shop in city limits. During a spirited discussion at last week’s work session, councilmembers expressed their views on the Marijuana Regulation and
Read MoreHendrick Hudson High School has announced that seniors Brook Kivel, Nish Mistry, Aidan Wong and Isabella Zahl have been named Commended Students in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. Approximately 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for
Read MoreCon Edison was scheduled to begin moving overhead electric wires underground on two Yorktown streets Monday as part of a regional pilot program. Con Edison’s Underground Storm Resiliency Pilot program is the utility’s first effort in Westchester County and it
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo Following a three-week trial, a jury has found a Peekskill man guilty of fatally shooting a Mohegan Lake man in 2020. On September 10, Michael Jenkins, 22, was found guilty of murdering Emmanuel Jordan, 27, on Paulding
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo It appears anyone craving a Chalupa or a Gordita will soon be able to get their fast food fix at a new Taco Bell in Mohegan Lake. The Yorktown Planning Board closed a public hearing last week
Read MoreBy Michael Gold Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers has just installed the largest solar canopy in Westchester, but the missionaries are asking for competition. “I’m hoping to be an example,” said Fr. Raymond Finch, Maryknoll’s Superior General. “This is a first
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo A proposed solar farm the length of three football fields that would be a stone’s throw away from several homeowners in the Town of Cortlandt is not being welcomed in the neighborhood. Since the project, located within
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board recently approved an expanded property tax benefit for military veterans. The amendment to the local Alternative Veterans Exemption and Cold War Veterans Exemption affects the following maximum property exemptions: ∙ Non-Combat Veteran exemptions will increase from $1,204
Read MoreThe New York State Bridge Authority has announced that cashless tolling will be implemented at the Bear Mountain Bridge in early October. Motorists will experience non-stop travel under gantries with state-of-the-art sensors and cameras that read E-ZPass tags and take
Read MoreDuring the pandemic, Michael Nyikos, a Somers Senior High School graduate and current junior at Union College in Schenectady, wrote and self-published a sci-fi fantasy novel, The Colson Legend: Ice Queen. The story, which is written from the perspective of
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