Jason Charamonte is continuing a decades long tradition in Peekskill in his capacity as owner and funeral director of the Joseph F, Nardone one Funeral Home. Charamonte, who lives upstairs in the funeral home, said last week he took ownership
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Montrose resident Andy Anderson recalled last week that there was a practical reason for Quality Towing & Complete Automotive to open 23 years ago in Peekskill, near the border with Cortlandt. “When we were looking for a place to go
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Xiao Sun, who lives in New Jersey, and her partner, Miya Pao, who resides in upstate New York, had success with one tobacco shop and they decided to try to replicate that accomplishment by opening a store in northern Westchester.
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Somers resident Phil Deraffele wants to let the public know his Westchester Diner is open for business after it was recently closed for two weeks. Deraffele said in a recent interview under his new ownership, with most of the employees
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Dutchess County resident Mike Kabashi developed a passion for pizza as a youth and has translated that into the ownership of several restaurants. His latest venture is Nonna’s Brick Oven Pizzeria and Restaurant of Peekskill, located in the Beach Shopping
Read MoreA woman was indicted Wednesday for passing herself off as an attorney and attempting to represent a client earlier this year in Pleasantville Village Court. Peekskill resident Delilah Torres, 42, was arraigned before Judge Barry Warhit on two counts of
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Chappaqua resident Livia Straus and her husband, Marc, had for many years collected contemporary artwork. The couple decided to share their passion by opening the not-for-profit Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill in 2004, three years after they
Read MoreBy Jon Craig A pair of McDonald’s restaurants in Thornwood and Peekskill will soon reopen after major renovations, aimed at giving them a new modern look, near completion. The McDonald’s on Marble Avenue in Thornwood was among the franchise’s first
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The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks had a direct impact on immigration attorney and Harrison resident Conrad Pollack “We were right by the World Trade Center,” Pollack recalled last week. “We got shut out of our office for a month.
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Peekskill resident Angel Nader owned an art gallery on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for three years and decided to close it, because, she said last week, she wanted to “look for a different kind of a community.” The
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