News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
Westchester County parks and conservation officials appeared agreeable last week to finding a way to restart a regular maintenance schedule for an environmentally unique grassland at Croton Point Park. A long-awaited meeting last Friday at the park’s nature center involving
Read MoreCampaigns for seats on the Westchester County Board of Legislators have mostly been low-key affairs in recent years, but that’s not the case in District 4 race this year. Democratic incumbent and current board Chairman Vedat Gashi (D-Yorktown) finds himself
Read MoreBy Abby Luby— Despite darkened skies and unrelenting rain Saturday morning, nearly 100 people came to honor two Somers High School students tragically killed in a car accident in June 1992. Mike North, who had just completed his junior year,
Read MoreThe six candidates running for supervisor and town board in Yorktown squared off for the only time this election season at a forum at Yorktown Stage last week, co-sponsored by the Democratic and Republican committees. The first head-to-head matchup of
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Talking about racial injustice and the deleterious impacts it has on countless lives has always been a challenge for society. Opening that door for a rich and informative exchange on Sunday was Race Amity of Northern Westchester & Putnam, which invited the
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Kids love to move their bodies to all sorts of music, whether they do the shimmy or shake, a twirl or pirouette. A youngster’s infectious enthusiasm for dance is captured in a new book, “Dance for Joy,” by local author
Read MoreDr. Melvyn Schaff, a longtime Northern Westchester pediatrician who also served as the medical director for the Lakeland, Hendrick Hudson and Peekskill school districts, died Oct. 3 from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. He was 74. Born May 19, 1949, Dr.
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After nearly 60 candidates were screened and a dozen were interviewed, the Hendrick Hudson Board of Education appointed a new Superintendent of Schools last week. Michael Tromblee, who served the last five years as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction
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The oldest working farm in Westchester County may add another designation to its list of historic accomplishments. Stuart’s Fruit Farm, which has been family-operated since 1828 in Somers, has been nominated by state Assemblyman Matt Slater (R-C/Yorktown) to be placed
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For 29 years, it has been one of the region’s feel-good gathering of love and hope for individuals and families affected in some way by cancer. Support-A-Walk, the largest fundraiser for Yorktown-based Support Connection, was founded by local residents as
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