News from The Northern Westchester Examiner, covering Yorktown Heights, Shrub Oak, Jefferson Valley, Mohegan Lake, Crompond, Ossining, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Croton, Somers, Westchester County, NY
By Roger Witherspoon The problem with electric vehicles is not one of style or utility. Anyone strolling through the massive Jacob Javits Conference Center in Manhattan, which recently hosted the New York International Auto Show, can see a wide range
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Peekskill Councilman Robert Scott was charged Tuesday with filing petitions containing forged signatures in his failed attempt to force a Democratic primary for a seat on the Westchester County Board of Legislators last year. Scott, 44, who was elected to
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Councilman Ed Lachterman was elected supervisor in the Town of Yorktown in a special election Tuesday. Lachterman, who has been running the town since former Supervisor Tom Diana died unexpectedly Jan. 5, defeated Jann Mirchandani to serve the final 20
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Peekskill Mayor Vivian McKenzie delivered her annual State of the City Address last week, declaring “The state of the city is strong. We’re doing well.” McKenzie, the city’s first female African American mayor, spoke for almost an hour April 8
Read MoreFive high school students, a bus driver and two occupants of a separate vehicle suffered minor injuries in a crash Friday morning in Yorktown. At about 9:30 a.m., Yorktown Police received several calls of an accident on Route 132 near
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For eons, nature has profoundly inspired music, the arts and literature, from the lotus in the Bhagavad Gita to the tree of life in Genesis. The fascination with the botanical world now offers a stunning and imaginative venture in the
Read MoreResidents in Yorktown will be heading to the polls Apr. 16 to determine who should be the town’s chief executive for the next 20 months. Republican Councilman Ed Lachterman and Democratic candidate Jann Mirchandani are squaring off in the special
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By Barbara Kay Two years ago, on the ride home from a Memorial Day weekend trip, the conversation between Melissa Trombetta and her son, Luke, meandered to discussing their biggest fears. For Luke it was the fear of drowning; for
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Two local state legislators demanded last weekend that Gov. Kathy Hochul fully restore clean water funding for the state’s 2024-25 budget that she has proposed to slash by 50 percent. State Sen. Peter Harckham (D-Lewisboro) was joined by Assemblywoman Dana
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William W. Geis, Jr., a prominent local businessman in the automotive industry and a community philanthropist, died March 29, surrounded by his family. He was 93. Geis, known to many as “Billy,” was born May 24, 1930 in the former
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