By Rick Pezzullo The City of Peekskill is proceeding with plans to usher in 2022 with a downtown New Year’s Eve Ball Drop, while the Town of Yorktown has canceled festivities over rising COVID-19 cases. The free Peekskill celebration kicks
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo State Senator Pete Harckham and State Assemblywoman Sandy Galef condemned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in a letter for downgrading safety standards at the closed Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan. The NRC recently announced it
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo The Peekskill Common Council appointed James E. Seymour IV as the city’s first paid full-time Fire Department Chief Monday night. Seymour, who began his fire service career as a volunteer with the City of Peekskill Fire Department
Read MoreAs Pleasantville School District Superintendent Mary Fox-Alter was plowing through countless stacks of files on her office conference table, she was trying to decide what she should keep or discard. Her official retirement date was still a week away and
Read MoreApprovals were granted earlier this month to Rivera Toyota to renovate the existing dealership and build a new service and repair shop at the site of a former burger restaurant in Mount Kisco. The village’s Planning Board voted in favor
Read MoreFor most, the day before Christmas is a time to fetch any last-minute gifts or bring home food items from the store and prepare for the holiday. Last Friday, Robert Tomasulo and Junior Susca were hard at work completing hundreds
Read MoreMount Pleasant school officials are arranging a community forum with elected officials at every level of government after several parents recently expressed concern that COVID-19 vaccines might be mandated for children to attend school. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Peter Giarizzo
Read MoreWestchester County Board of Legislators Chairman Ben Boykin reflected last week on the achievements of the board over the last four years in an end-of-term report. Boykin (D-White Plains), who was re-elected to a fifth two-year term representing District 5
Read MoreThe annual Polar Plunge benefitting the This is Me Foundation is slated to return New Year’s Day at the Peekskill Riverfront Green after a one-year absence. The This Is Me Foundation, founded by Peekskill residents and sisters Caitlin and Lauren
Read MoreThe Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Board of Trustees has announced three new members, Donald Friedman, Margie Lewis, and Eon Nichols, who bring with them decades of expertise and service to benefit the hospital. Friedman, a Fairfield County resident, joined the board
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