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 Town of Yorktown is planning to make immediate safety changes to better protect its workforce following the Sept. 14 death of a Highway Department employee who was killed by a driver while working on a drainage project on London
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board voted last week to amend the town’s Zoning Code to allow for the construction of boutique hotels in certain business corridors. The anticipated decision paves the way for two proposed boutique-style hotels to move forward in
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
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Two Peekskill residents were indicted for attempted murder by a Westchester County Grand Jury last week in connection with a car shooting in downtown Peekskill in July that injured two females. Shaynna Session, 18, and a 17-year-old unidentified male were
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On Aug. 6, 2021, Judy Coppola, 63, was sound asleep in Unit 269 at Coachlight Square in Montrose when she was suddenly awakened in her bedroom shortly before 10 p.m. by a firefighter telling her to evacuate. A massive fire that
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It was late winter in Kyiv when Putin’s military began to upend Ukraine and the world. As a second winter of war now looms, Yorktown’s Max Bukhover reflects on watching the horrifying news late that evening, on Feb. 24, as
Read MoreCroton-Harmon High School was one of four schools in Westchester County to be named a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education last week. Only 20 schools in New York State received the prestigious recognition and
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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,
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Millions of dollars in state and federal funds earmarked for Hudson Valley infrastructure projects remain unspent while local roads, bridges, water and sewer systems continue to deteriorate. How municipalities can tap into those funds is part of an extensive report
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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
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