News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
Guiding Eyes for the Blind plans to seek a zoning text amendment from the Town of Yorktown to allow the organization to place some of its kennels on an available 12.2-acre parcel on Route 202. Representatives of the well-known Yorktown
Read MoreSomers residents voiced their concerns last Wednesday about a proposed cigar lounge and four indoor golf simulators planned for Somers National Golf Club at the Heritage Hills condominium complex. Feedback for the plan was heard at a public hearing held by
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Editor’s Note: In the original posting of this article, the potential date for the referendum was incorrect. The correct date being considered is Dec. 6. The Lakeland School District unveiled plans last week for an estimated $57 million capital project,
Read MoreAccessing some of Yorktown’s lesser-known trails will be easier thanks to the installation of a series of trailhead signs designed and installed by the Yorktown Trail Town Committee. The user-friendly signs, similar to the one installed on the Mohansic Trailway,
Read MoreThe Peekskill Common Council will be holding a public hearing on July 18 on a proposed law to establish a Civilian Complaint Review Board. The proposal is one of the recommendations made by a Police Reform Task Force that was
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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
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By Sherrie Dulworth Is there new light on old history in Yorktown? Lynn Briggs had heard recurring speculation: Had Yorktown’s Underhill Farm site been associated with the Underground Railroad, the movement that helped numerous people escape slavery in the pre-Civil
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For more than 20 years, high school English teacher Melissa Pyrch has encouraged her students to go for their dreams and to have the fortitude to press on and never quit on themselves. While leading a motivational speaking class for
Read MoreEmpty promises and a lack of progress on a new Par 3 golf course in Jefferson Valley forced teed off Yorktown officials to take action last week. After being updated about continued delays and unresolved issues at the facility on
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A public hearing before the Cortlandt Zoning Board of Appeals on Hudson Wellness Center, a proposed luxury drug and alcohol rehabilitation specialty hospital that has been closely scrutinized for the last seven years was kept open last month. The ZBA
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