Skip to content
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Latest:
  • Schork Interns, Cuba–Westchester, Yorktown Seniors, Armonk Carnival
  • ‘Did I Do That?’: Seniors Surprise Even Themselves at Yorktown Art Exhibit
  • Fol-de-Rol Brings Fun and Funds to Armonk Community
  • Cuba Meets Westchester Through a Pleasantville Resident’s Lens
  • And Down the Stretch They Come, Time to Wear Game Faces
The Examiner News
Join as Member
  • Join as Member
    • MEMBER BENEFITS

      Support local news by joining as a member! Receive unfettered access to our digital content, including our Examiner+ bonus content newsletter, and get other perks like free tickets to local performing arts, complimentary advertising for your favorite local charity, restaurant deals, and much more!

    • Subscribe to Examiner Plus
      JOIN COMMUNITY
  • Topics
    • Examiner+
    • Arts & Entertainment
    • Business
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Government
    • Health
    • Human Interest
    • Police/Fire
    • Politics
    • Wellness
  • News
    • The Examiner
    • Northern Westchester Examiner
    • Putnam Examiner
    • White Plains Examiner
    • Investigations
      • Empowering People with Disabilities
      • Our Local Environment
      • Optum/CareMount: Investigating Patient Care
      • Spiritual Insights
      • UFOs/UAP: Explore the Unknown
    • ------------
    • Calendar
    • Corrections
    • Obituaries
  • Sports
    • Sports News
    • Direct Rays
  • Opinion
    • Business Spotlights
    • Editorial
    • Guest Columns
    • Letters
    • ------------
    • All Columns
    • A Novel Concept
    • Clear Skies
    • For The Birds
    • Grapevine
    • Home Guru
    • Irish Eclectic
    • Menu Movers & Shakers
    • On The Street
    • Plan Today For Tomorrow
    • Rick's Flicks
    • Stone's Throw
  • Advertising
    • Digital Advertising
    • Branded Content – Transparent & Impactful
  • Print Archives
    • Newspaper Archives 2025
    • Newspaper Archives 2024
    • Newspaper Archives 2023
    • Newspaper Archives 2022
    • Newspaper Archives 2021
    • Newspaper Archives 2020
  • About
    • About Us
    • Best Practices
      • Actionable Feedback
      • Best Practices Policies
      • Diverse Voices
      • Ethics Code
      • Types of Work Labels
    • Contact Us
    • Donate
    • Internship Application
    • Member-Supported Nonprofits
  • Sign In
Joe Wallace at Croton Point Park
EnvironmentEnvironment LocalFeatured PieceStone's Throw

Stone’s Throw Investigation: Urgent Need to Address Maintenance Lapses at Croton Point

August 7, 2023 Adam Stone Croton-on-Hudson,  Westchester County

This piece is the first installment in a new Stone’s Throw series about issues impacting our local environment.   Environmentalists Decry Ecological ‘Neglect’ at Park; County Says Grasslands to be Tended By Adam Stone Like so many people navigating 2020

Read More
The Northern Westchester Examiner

Popular EagleFest to Return to Live Programming at Croton Point Park

January 19, 2023 Martin Wilbur Croton-on-Hudson,  Westchester County

For the first time in three years, those who love seeing bald eagles and other birds of prey won’t have to settle for watching them on their computer. Teatown Lake Reservation and Westchester County announced last week that the popular

Read More
Examiner Plus

Impress Friends on Saturday With This Celestial NYE Primer

December 29, 2022 Adam Stone Croton-on-Hudson

You’re reading a sample from the Examiner+ newsletter. One really cool thing about publishing community newspapers in this area is the vast talent pool that exists of local experts on all manner of topics, many of whom are eager to

Read More
EducationThe Northern Westchester Examiner

$45.5M Capital Projects Vote Proposed for Croton-Harmon Schools

December 9, 2022 Rick Pezzullo Croton,  Croton-on-Hudson

Residents in the Croton-Harmon School District will be presented with a $45.5 million capital projects’ referendum December 13 that school officials maintain is “future driven, student-centered and tax neutral.” Plans include $17.5 million in infrastructure work, most of which is

Read More
GovernmentThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Croton Seeks Applicants to Fill Board of Trustees Vacancy

November 23, 2022 Rick Pezzullo Croton,  Croton-on-Hudson

Croton-on-Hudson Mayor Brian Pugh is accepting applications from residents to fill a vacancy on the Board of Trustees created by the resignation of Trustee Alejandro Rosales. Rosales, who recently announced he would no longer be able to continue to serve

Read More
EnvironmentThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Historical Odd Couple Combine to Tell the Tale of Croton Point

September 19, 2022 Examiner Media Croton-on-Hudson

By 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 More
Police Lights
Police/FireThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Croton Man Found Dead After Injuring Police with Bullets

September 16, 2022 Rick Pezzullo Croton-on-Hudson

A 50-year-old Croton-on-Hudson man was found dead inside a home on Quaker Bridge Rd. Wednesday after barricading himself and opening fire on police officers. The incident began at about 12:20 p.m. when New York State Police received a report of

Read More
GovernmentThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Croton Affordable Housing Project Receives $3M in Funding From State

July 13, 2022 Martin Wilbur Croton-on-Hudson

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced last week that more than $100 million has been awarded to create or preserve 864 affordable housing units across the state, including $3 million toward a project in Croton-on-Hudson. The funding that was unveiled July 6

Read More
EducationSchool Votes 2022

Budgets Approved in Northern Westchester School Districts

May 18, 2022 Rick Pezzullo Croton-on-Hudson,  Hendrick Hudson,  Ossining,  Peekskill,  Somers,  Yorktown

Voters in six northern Westchester school districts handily approved budgets Tuesday for the 2022-23 school calendar. Most incumbents running were reelected, other than in the Hendrick Hudson School District. Yorktown A $108 million budget was approved 1,677-578. In the six-candidate

Read More
GovernmentThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Resident Outcry Forces Croton to Delay Abolishing Justice Court

March 8, 2022 Rick Pezzullo Cortlandt,  Croton-on-Hudson

Residents of Croton-on-Hudson came out in force last week to implore the Board of Trustees not to proceed with a plan to consolidate the village’s justice court services with the Town of Cortlandt as a potential cost savings measure. The

Read More
  • ← Previous
Hear Our ‘Sick Care’ Podcast Trailer
Join Examiner Plus as a member Get our free newsletter!
Arts Westchester
Examiner Journalists Win Six Honors at Press Association Awards
Examiner Wins Honors
from Journalism Orgs

Click here to view our digitial Advertising Rates.

To place an ad email advertising@theexaminernews.com

Join Examiner Plus as a member Get our free newsletter!
JOIN AS A MEMBER
Check out the Examiner News Buying Guides here for expert recommendations and more!
Follow on Instagram Find us on Facebook View Adam Stone's profile on LinkedIn

Examiner Media Privacy Policy

Examiner Media
PO BOX 611
Mount Kisco, NY 10549

Copyright © 2025 The Examiner News. All rights reserved.