Peekskill City Manager Andrew Stewart was hospitalized Wednesday following surgery for injuries suffered in what Mayor Andre Rainey described as a “horrific motor vehicle accident.” Details and whereabouts of the Wednesday morning crash are currently unknown, but Deputy Mayor Vivian
Read MoreWestchester County school districts will be receiving a chunk of the more than $2.5 billion set aside for New York State schools in the federal American Rescue Plan recently signed by President Joe Biden. “Everyone wants schools to reopen completely
Read MorePeekskill Mayor Andre Rainey and Pedro Palacios Ullauri, Mayor of the City of Cuenca in Ecuador, signed a new sister city agreement Friday. The sister city partnership, the first of its kind between a Westchester County municipality and a non-European
Read MoreThe Peekskill Planning Commission last week reacted favorably to a conceptual plan to build 231 affordable rental units on a former waste generating site on Lower South Street. Kearney Realty & Development Group, Inc., which constructed the well-received Lofts on
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Lynn Zaleski, 82, of Sunset Beach, N.C. passed away on Feb. 28. Lynn was born in Peekskill on Aug. 25, 1938, daughter of the late George and Cornelia Acker. Lynn is survived by her husband of 62 years, Walter Zaleski,
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Bruce Bellom, of Peekskill, NY passed away on March 1, 2021 at Westchester Medical Center with the love of his life, Linda Belger, by his side following a month-long battle with COVID-19. He was 66 years old. Bruce was born
Read MoreThe four candidates that formed Progress 4 Peekskill to challenge the slate selected by the city’s Democratic Committee officially launched their campaign Friday evening. More than 90 people tuned in on Zoom to listen to the ideas of mayoral candidate
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George Vargulick, a retired elementary school teacher, died peacefully on Feb. 17 at home with his family by his side. He was 93. Vargulick was born Dec. 25, 1927, in Fort Pierce, Fla. In the Army in 1945, he served
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Westchester County Legislator Colin Smith last week kicked off his reelection campaign for a second term representing District 1, which contains parts of Cortlandt, Peekskill, and Yorktown. Smith, a Democrat, won the seat that had been occupied for decades by
Read MoreThe Peekskill Democratic Committee was forced Thursday night to fill a vacancy on its slate for the November citywide election. Committee Vice Chairman Steve Kollias, who last month was selected to run for one of the three available Common Council
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