News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
Yorktown’s first-ever mobile movie night has reached its maximum capacity. More than 80 families have signed up to watch “Toy Story IV” on June 25 at 9 p.m. in the Jefferson Valley Mall’s parking lot. The film will be projected
Read MoreLakeland School District alumni and students were joined by community members for a protest march and rally Tuesday afternoon to demand changes to weed out systemic racism in the school system. Chanting continuous slogans, several hundred people marched from the
Read MoreThe Town of Yorktown, for the first time in its history, will be commemorating Juneteenth. “I know you didn’t learn about (Juneteenth) in school and neither did I. I learned about it in church,” said Councilwoman Alice Roker, who is black.
Read MorePolice apprehended a Queens murder suspect yesterday in Yorktown. A Yorktown Police Department sergeant spotted “a suspect and suspect vehicle wanted in connection with a homicide in Queens,” Yorktown Police Chief Robert Noble state yesterday. “Members of the Yorktown Police
Read MoreBy Ariel Markowski What began as a simple “jam session” on an August afternoon has developed into a neighborhood band supporting an important cause. Allie Puerto, a 14-year-old freshman at Somers High School, recalls being invited to play music over
Read MoreDaughter Donates Liver for Dad on His Birthday The relationship between a daughter and a father has been described by some as an inexplicable magic all its own. Kyla Palombini, 40, has shared that type of closeness with her dad,
Read MoreThree bills that provide protections for jobs and taxpayers during the decommissioning of the Indian Point nuclear power plants in Buchanan were approved in Albany last week. The three pieces of legislation were sponsored by State Senator Peter Harckham (D/Mt.
Read MoreA public hearing on two mixed-used projects in the vicinity of New York Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital on Route 202 in Cortlandt is scheduled to be held Tuesday, June 16 at 7 p.m. on Zoom. During a hearing in January, more
Read MoreBusiness leaders and elected officials hailed additional outdoor dining in Yorktown Tuesday at the Hudson Valley Steakhouse. More and more restaurants across the region are starting to offer outdoor dining services under Phase 2 of the gradual reopening from New
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo and Madeline Rosenberg The unrest in the United States, sparked by the death of George Floyd, an African American man, at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was on display in local municipalities
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