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 Lindsay Emery The Latin term deus ex machina is used to describe the point in Greek and Roman drama when a god would come on stage, change the direction of the play and ultimately help resolve the plot. Longtime
Read MoreShenorock and Lake Lincolndale residents held sharply divergent views on Somers officials’ controversial plan to create a sewer district to serve those communities during a contentious and occasionally unruly public hearing last Thursday. The town is moving through the public
Read MoreWhen rising Ossining High School senior Clio Sanchez was a young girl in Ecuador, she went on a trip to Disney World and other U.S. destinations. She became so excited about learning English that her parents gave her lessons as
Read MoreA proposed wind turbine manufacturing facility on property owned by the Town of Cortlandt just south of Indian Point is among 11 sites competing for up to $200 million in state grant funding to develop critical port infrastructure. Port Cortlandt
Read MoreA Somers man announced Thursday a virtual “Front Porch” campaign for Westchester County Executive in 2021. Dan Branda, who served as Executive Director in the State Assembly and State Senate for Greg Ball and as a policy advisor and Communications
Read MoreBy Logan Schiciano Paul Foxen is no stranger to facing adversity. He was born with cerebral palsy. People sometimes struggle to understand him due to his speech impediment. At 15, he fell off his bicycle and knocked out all of
Read MoreBy Madeline Rosenberg When Lourdes Vivanco graduated from Lakeland High School in 2018, she thought she would say goodbye to her classmates and leave her old school district for good. But Vivanco is now part of a group of former
Read MoreLike Cheers, The Quiet Man Public House on Division Street in downtown Peekskill was a place not only where everyone knew each other’s name, but where everyone was treated like family. So when owner Cathal “Chuck” McGreal announced on Facebook
Read MoreYorktown officials reported Friday a quarter of Con Edison’s customers were still without power. Supervisor Matt Slater and Highway Superintendent Dave Paganelli maintained one reason for the delay in power restoration is Con Edison’s failure to send adequate tree-removal crews
Read MoreThe John C. Hart Memorial Library in Shrub Oak will expand its Porch Pick-up service starting today. The new hours for Porch Pick-Up services are Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The continuing daytime Porch Pick-up service hours are
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