A company that transitions energy for clean uses is proposing to build a battery energy storage facility not far from Westchester County Airport in Armonk to bring lower-cost power to customers during times of peak usage. Catalyze Holdings, which is
Read MoreTests results of the water at a Putnam Valley residential community and summer camp have revealed elevated levels of two PFAS chemicals. Last month, the Board of Directors at Floradan Estates sent two notices to residents, co-signed by their water
Read MoreWe’ve all seen the thick, impenetrable tangle of vines along the Saw Mill River Parkway choking off trees and shrubbery. And the creeping labyrinths of wisteria, English ivy, kudzu or bittersweet taking over our backyards. A growing number of plants
Read MoreFive pristine acres on the southern edge of Shadow Lake in Yorktown were purchased last month by the Westchester Land Trust and transferred to Teatown Lake Reservation. Adjacent to existing Teatown land, the tract was the last remaining unprotected property
Read MoreProperty in the Town of Cortlandt that was once approved for 13 residential homes and envisioned to house a solar farm will instead be preserved as open space. The Cortlandt Town Board last week approved a resolution to spend $380,000
Read MoreBy Brian Kluepfel It’s a tale of bootlegging, brickmaking and Benedictine betrayal. It’s a legacy of mammoths, manatees, menhaden and middens. Over six millennia, Croton Point has been a nexus of pre-colonial, colonial and American history. Two local outdoor enthusiasts,
Read MoreThe Putnam County Legislature passed a resolution last week asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto legislation that would advance state water protections, specifically, greater protection of the state’s “Class C” streams. The state legislation, which passed in both the Senate
Read MoreAn increasingly popular community energy program that had to be paused at the end of June because of surging costs will resume on Nov. 1. Sustainable Westchester will restart the Westchester Power Community Energy Program after the terms for a
Read MoreThis is a partial excerpt of a piece published first in our Examiner+ email newsletter. The state’s largest electric school bus company will be moving to the abandoned site of a former Yorktown car dealership to provide new buses, maintenance
Read MoreThe Westchester County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) recently voted preliminary approval of financial incentives for the redevelopment of a vacant car dealership on Route 202 in Yorktown into a 16,000-square-foot school bus storage facility. The 2.7-acre property, which had been
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