The City of Peekskill is growing in leaps and bounds. This year, some of the city’s biggest projects are expected to come to fruition. At a Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce breakfast last week at the Peekskill Central Fire
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By Rick Pezzullo The popular St. Patrick’s Parade is returning to the streets of Peekskill for the first time since 2019. The downtown extravaganza is set to take place on Saturday, March 12 at 3 p.m., following a 1:30 p.m.
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The president of the Peekskill Business Improvement District (BID) Board of Directors was appointed last week to fill a vacancy on the city’s Common Council. Brian Fassett, who just completed his fourth year as BID board president, was named to
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The Peekskill Common Council is searching for a new city manager after Andrew Stewart announced he is leaving in March to take a job as village administrator in Nyack in Rockland County. Stewart, who served three terms as town supervisor
Read MoreThe Peekskill Housing Authority seeks a volunteer to fill a vacant position on the board of commissioners. The mission of the PHA is to provide decent, safe and affordable housing for low and moderate-income residents of the City of Peekskill.
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An 18-year-old Peekskill resident was charged last week in connection with a shooting incident near Oakside Elementary School and the Kiley Youth Center on Main St. in Peekskill. On Wednesday, Jan. 5, at approximately 4:25 p.m., Peekskill Police responded to
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The City of Peekskill has been awarded more than $2.5 million from the state for two waterfront projects. The projects that received the grant from the New York State Regional Economic Development Councils through the Consolidated Funding Application are
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Cannabis dispensaries will be allowed to set up shop in the City of Peekskill and Town of Cortlandt. Both the Peekskill Common Council and Cortlandt Town Board voted in December not to opt-out of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act
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History was made Saturday when Vivian McKenzie was sworn in as the first African-American woman to be mayor in the City of Peekskill. A crowd of about 200 filled the large meeting room at Peekskill’s Central Firehouse in what was
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A Peekskill man could face up to five years in prison after pleading guilty last week in White Plains federal court to stalking multiple victims between October 2019 and August 2020. David Kaufman, 27, is scheduled to be sentenced before
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