With a $300,000 grant and the recent selection of a contractor, the City of Peekskill will oversee construction of the first municipal WiFi system in Westchester County to serve the needs of police, fire, water and sewer, and other city
Read MoreWestchester County legislators are working on redistricting county legislative districts after the results of the 2010 Census came in. Redistricting in the county takes place every ten years to ensure that each legislator is serving the same amount of constituents.
Read MoreRep. Nan Hayworth made her first trip to Hudson River HealthCare in Peekskill, touring the facility and answering a few questions from employees and board members Wednesday morning. “Your model is very impressive,” Hayworth told a crowd of approximately 50
Read MoreThe Peekskill Board of Education approved the appointment of James Willis as the district’s next superintendent of schools during its school board meeting on Tuesday, April 12. The appointment is effective July 11. “At the beginning of the search process,
Read MoreHomestyle Desserts owner Rose Sanca is not trying to have her cake and eat it too. She just wants to be treated fairly by a city where she has run a successful business for the last 26 years. “If I
Read MoreThe Yorktown Examiner will be working this month towards once again expanding its reach for the newspaper’s readers and advertisers. This week, in earnest, the paper introduces Peekskill coverage to its news and editorial pages. (see this week’s print edition
Read MoreCindy Beer-Fouhy wants more young poets to know it. As part of National Poetry Month, on April 10 poet and creative writing instructor Cindy Beer-Fouhy will offer poetry workshops for young writers, in collaboration with Antonia Arts Inc., at Studio
Read MoreLocal doctor, Navy flight surgeon and former director of Hudson Valley Hospital Center’s Emergency Department, John A. McGurty, MD, will be honored Monday, March 7 at noon with the dedication of a new hospital conference room in his name. Dr.
Read MoreJust in time for the Oscars The Paramount Center for the Arts has announced its new partnership with Emerging Pictures, and the launch of a new film series, On Screen @ PCA, (sponsored by Franzoso Contracting.) Emerging Pictures is the
Read MoreWhen 15-year-old Jordyn Phillips found out that her mom needed heart surgery in September, her heart almost stopped. The Peekskill High School student said the thought of possibly losing her mother was a scary experience. But her mother’s heart valve
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