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The Progress 4 Peekskill slate of Democrats running for Peekskill Mayor and Common Council have released the “forward-thinking” environmental segment of their campaign platform. The four members of the slate — Conor Greene, Councilwoman Vanessa Agudelo, Amy Perlow and Amy
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A downtown business owner in Peekskill has been chosen to lead the “Stand-up for Peekskill” slate endorsed by the Republican and Conservative committees. Emiliano Perez, owner and operator of the bakery/restaurant Perla de Oriente Panaderia for the last 14 years,
Read moreA Peekskill man was arrested Tuesday for burglarizing a jewelry store on South St. over the weekend. On Sunday, April 25, at approximately 1 p.m., Peekskill patrol officers responded to A&D Jewelry on 924 South St. for an interior alarm
Read moreI want to urge the Peekskill Common Council and other agencies involved to approve the proposed Martin Ginsburg mixed-use project. The area needs a serious facelift. Is the expression, “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” appropriate? When a developer like
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To reinvigorate a sense of normalcy following the blunder of the past year, the Rotary Club of Peekskill will be hosting its fourth annual Cherry Blossom Festival next month at the Riverfront Green. The event, which will take place on
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Prominent developer Martin Ginsburg is looking to make a splash near the waterfront in Peekskill with an ambitious mixed-use development across from the Metro-North Train Station. During a Common Council work session last week, Ginsburg, 86, who has completed several
Read morePeekskill City Manager Andrew Stewart was hospitalized Wednesday following surgery for injuries suffered in what Mayor Andre Rainey described as a “horrific motor vehicle accident.” Details and whereabouts of the Wednesday morning crash are currently unknown, but Deputy Mayor Vivian
Read moreWestchester County school districts will be receiving a chunk of the more than $2.5 billion set aside for New York State schools in the federal American Rescue Plan recently signed by President Joe Biden. “Everyone wants schools to reopen completely
Read morePeekskill Mayor Andre Rainey and Pedro Palacios Ullauri, Mayor of the City of Cuenca in Ecuador, signed a new sister city agreement Friday. The sister city partnership, the first of its kind between a Westchester County municipality and a non-European
Read moreThe Peekskill Planning Commission last week reacted favorably to a conceptual plan to build 231 affordable rental units on a former waste generating site on Lower South Street. Kearney Realty & Development Group, Inc., which constructed the well-received Lofts on
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