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 Village of Buchanan Board of Trustees has reached an agreement with the new owners of the Indian Point Energy Center to secure funding for at least the next three years. Village officials announced Friday Buchanan will receive $1.4 million
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By Em Stangarone For over half a century, folks have gathered to sing, dance and raise awareness about protecting the Hudson River at the Clearwater Festival. Historically held on Father’s Day weekend at Croton Point Park, the Great Hudson River
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Three familiar faces in local government will be squaring off June 28 in a pivotal Democratic primary for the 95th Assembly seat being vacated by Sandy Galef, who is retiring at the end of the year. Vying for the key
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Yorktown for Justice is sponsoring the second annual Northern Westchester-Yorktown Pride Day on Saturday, June 11, a full day of festivities celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. “We are thrilled to host this event for Yorktown for Justice to further our mission
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Three Croton Harmon High School students have been charged with painting racist and hateful graffiti that was discovered last month on the northbound overpass on the Taconic State Parkway on Croton Dam Road in Yorktown. The case was designated as
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When new congressional district lines were redrawn last month for what will be New York State’s 26 seats starting next year, a lot of scrambling took place among incumbent representatives and potential challengers. Westchester County Legislator Vedat Gashi (D-Yorktown) had
Read MoreThe Village of Ossining has a new seal, without a Native American head that was associated with the municipality for three-quarters of a century. The village’s Board of Trustees recently unveiled the seal, which Mayor Rika Levin stated “represents the
Read MoreA stretch of Route 202 is quickly becoming the fast-food capital of Yorktown. With McDonald’s and Popeye’s already drawing regular customers and a Taco Bell in the works, Wendy’s is now looking to cash in on the cravings of fast-food
Read MoreAuditors who recently reviewed Yorktown’s 2021’s financial records found that the town is in solid fiscal shape. O’Connor Davies representatives informed the Town Board at a work session revenues were $3 million above projections, leading to a $2.8 million increase
Read MoreThree years after succumbing to public pressure and abandoning plans to relocate its facility to 851 Washington St., Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill (CCHOP) is setting its sights on relocating the Jan Peek House homeless shelter to
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