News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
If there was ever an incredible backstory to “The Wizard of Oz,” an original live show next month will reveal that story. Rich with colorful characters, the fantasy world of Oz was made real to young readers by author Frank
Read MoreThe Cortlandt Planning Board is close to rendering a decision on the site plan for a proposed luxury drug and alcohol rehabilitation specialty hospital that has been closely scrutinized for the last eight years. Last week, planners closed a public
Read MoreDisagreement over Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed changes to bail reform and the controversial Housing Compact are largely to blame for New York State’s 2024 Fiscal Year budget stalemate having entered a second week. The legislature passed a one-week extender on
Read MoreCortlandt officials are continuing to receive proposals for a 99-acre parcel in the hamlet of Verplanck that features a scenic quarry that has been illegally used for years by swimmers and divers. During a Verplanck Quarry Committee meeting March 27
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Little leaguers in Yorktown will get the chance to play ball at Woodlands Legacy Fields this spring. After a three-month closure caused by a sinkhole at the Algonquin gas transmission pipeline on the property that was discovered Christmas Eve, the
Read MoreA former business administrator in the Lakeland School District has filed a lawsuit to get her job back, contending her was due to “nepotism.” In a March 20 Article 78 proceeding against the district and Superintendent of Schools Karen Gagliardi,
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Former Cortlandt Supervisor John “Jack” Gaffney, who served 14 years on the Town Board, died March 27 peacefully at his home in Tampa, Florida, surrounded by his family. He was 86. Gaffney served one term as supervisor from 1990-91 following
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When Ryan Calvi was six years old, he and his mom, Tami, visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. On their way out, Ryan was drawn to a homeless person on the street and asked his mother
Read MoreLawmakers and labor officials gathered Sunday in Peekskill to call for an additional $2 billion in the state Department of Transportation’s Capital Improvement Fund to fix area roadways. The event was hosted by Thomas Carey, president of the Westchester Putnam
Read MoreThe Westchester Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the deaths of a man and woman found in a dilapidated Yorktown home in January with about 150 cats living in filthy conditions were accidental. Reportedly, Mary McGuinness, 58, and Patrick Hickey, 57,
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