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 facts surrounding the Somers social media hate controversy are starting to crystalize, with several students telling The Northern Westchester Examiner of a freshman seeking to “slut-shame” classmates on Instagram while anonymously posting nasty comments about herself too in order
Read MoreTwo different Instagram accounts created in recent days are targeting Somers students with “cruel” and “disparaging” comments, a letter from the high school principal stated Thursday night. Many posts on the account are “sexist, racist, and homophobic,” principal Mark Bayer
Read MoreThe Village of Ossining has become the latest municipality to cancel its summer camp program. On Friday, the Recreation Department announced after an extensive review of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic officials concluded the overall health of campers and
Read MoreThe John C. Hart Memorial Library in Shrub Oak began its Porch Pick-up service this week as part of Westchester County’s first phase of gradual reopening after the New York State on Pause shutdown. New public safety measures installed on
Read MoreYorktown Grange Fair organizers have announced the 96-year-old event will go on this year, and it will be free to attend. The county fair is scheduled to take place from Sept. 11 to Sept. 13. “In this unprecedented and stressful
Read MoreHendrick Hudson Superintendent of Schools Joseph Hochreiter felt compelled last week to send a letter to residents addressing what he described as “troubling and false information” being circulated on social media regarding the proposed 2020-21 budget. The $82 million budget
Read MoreThe towns of Cortlandt, Yorktown and Somers have all decided in recent weeks to cancel their youth summer camps because of restrictions and hurdles associated with the coronavirus pandemic, while other municipalities in the region are expected to follow suit.
Read MoreWestchester and Putnam counties are poised to enter a Phase I reopening on Tuesday after the declining statewide death toll has helped the region qualify in all but one category. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that the seven-county Mid-Hudson region
Read MoreDespite Covid-19, The Justin Veatch Fund will award six new music scholarships on June 10. A planned awards program at Yorktown Town Hall, however, will not take place but that isn’t stopping the fund from saluting the winners. “We look
Read MoreThe Cortlandt Town Board reluctantly decided Thursday to cancel all summer camps and close the town’s only community swimming pool because of restrictions and hurdles associated with the coronavirus pandemic. The board also unanimously agreed during a Zoom work session
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