An increasingly popular community energy program that had to be paused at the end of June because of surging costs will resume on Nov. 1. Sustainable Westchester will restart the Westchester Power Community Energy Program after the terms for a
Read MoreThis is a partial excerpt of a piece published first in our Examiner+ email newsletter. The state’s largest electric school bus company will be moving to the abandoned site of a former Yorktown car dealership to provide new buses, maintenance
Read MoreThe Westchester County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) recently voted preliminary approval of financial incentives for the redevelopment of a vacant car dealership on Route 202 in Yorktown into a 16,000-square-foot school bus storage facility. The 2.7-acre property, which had been
Read MoreThe Kent Conservation Advisory Committee (KCAC) is collecting photos of Kent’s special places (lakes, the fire tower, stone chambers, etc.) as well as specific plants and animals for the Natural Resources and Biodiversity Inventory (NRI). The Kent NRI will document key naturally
Read MoreReconstruction projects of Fleischmann Pier and improvements to Charles Point Park in Peekskill are set to begin in late August. City officials announced last week the work will start on Monday, Aug. 29 and is anticipated to be completed in
Read MoreThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will be holding a virtual public session next week to discuss cleanup plans at a former manufactured gas plant at 189-199 North Water St. in Peekskill. The session will take place
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board is currently on summer recess, but when it gathers again in September it will have its hands full dealing with a new garbage contract that will include a “significant” cost increase and possible reduction in services.
Read MoreResidents in four districts in the Town of Carmel are being asked to voluntarily curtail all non-essential water usage. The notice put out Aug. 8 to District 1 (Mahopac Business District), District 8 (Mahopac Ridge), District 10 (Lakeview Park) and
Read MoreA foundation dedicated to the conservation of natural resources has submitted a concept plan to the Town of New Castle to redevelop a deteriorating stone mansion to serve as a climate change retreat for scientists. The Volgenau Foundation is hoping to
Read MoreState Sen. Peter Harckham (D-Lewisoboro) announced last week a $200,000 state grant to the Village of Pleasantville for road reconditioning on Hopper Street, which has long been plagued with flooding from the nearby Saw Mill River. Located between Marble Avenue
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