Yorktown Police reported Wednesday night that a Peekskill resident who had allegedly been abducted from the Jefferson Valley Mall parking lot earlier in the day had been located at his Peekskill residence with non-life threatening injuries. Police Chief Daniel McMahon
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The Peekskill Planning Commission disregarded a request from the Common Council and pleas from 1,000 petitioners to deny a planned methadone clinic off Highland Avenue by unanimously approving the drug treatment facility Wednesday night. Moments after Planning Commission Chairman Dwight
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Police, fire and labor unions demonstrated outside and inside Peekskill City Hall Tuesday night to protest 40 proposed layoffs in the 2013 budget. Acting City Manager Brian Havranek released his proposed spending plan October 1 that also included a six
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Other than Chappaqua, where Bill Clinton has a home, not many municipalities in Westchester can boast of having had a U.S. President set foot on their premises. The City of Peekskill had one of the most famous chief executives make
Read MorePeekskill Acting City Manager Brian Havranek proposed a 2013 budget Monday night that calls for 40 layoffs and a six percent tax increase. “It has been the most difficult budget in my 29 years of public service,” Havranek said. “The
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Members of the Peekskill Police Department will be subjected to random drug testing next year. Upon the recommendation of Acting City Manager Brian Havranek, the Common Council will be authorizing a contract with Clarity Testing to begin drug testing the
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The Central Fire Station planned at the intersection of Main and Broad streets in Peekskill is too grandiose and will cost millions more than projected, according to residents and business owners who voiced their concerns to city officials last week.
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Painting with hot beeswax is as old as legend. As far back as the 5th century B.C., the Greeks used wax painting for numerous applications including mummy portraits, coloring white marble slabs of buildings and to decorate war ships. But
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The national political conventions are intended to fire up delegates to get the vote out, and the Democrats didn’t disappoint, according to Peekskill Councilman Darren Rigger, who took in all the sights and sounds for five days in North Carolina
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When students returned to Peekskill High School they encountered a series of changes which have been led by their new principal. Frederick Hutchinson is starting his first year as principal. Hutchinson served as the Peekskill School District’s director of gifted
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