Hundreds of family, friends and fans packed the Paramount Hudson Valley theatre Thursday to celebrate the life and laughter of James “Jimmy Mack” McNair, the Peekskill man killed in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Saturday morning
Read MoreA Peekskill elementary school teacher and his wife have filed a lawsuit against the district for birth control pills given to their daughter without their knowledge three years ago. Anthony Jackson, a teacher at Woodside Elementary School who has been
Read MoreIn an unexpected partial bipartisan vote, the Peekskill Common Council last week denied a request from the city’s Ethics Board to hire legal counsel to investigate unsubstantiated allegations of bullying and intimidation of some city staff by Peekskill Mayor Frank
Read MorePeekskill Police Chief Eric Johansen has officially asked the Common Council to waive a requirement for him to reside within city borders. Johansen, 43, was appointed in February 2013 to replace longtime chief Eugene Tumolo at an annual salary of
Read MoreThe Peekskill Common Council may vote this week to fund an outside attorney for the city’s Ethics Board to investigate claims made by the Democratic majority that Mayor Frank Catalina has allegedly been bullying and threatening some high level city
Read MoreA Peekskill High School guidance counselor was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer last Tuesday afternoon while heading home on Route 9A near the Briarcliff Manor/Mount Pleasant border. Lenroy Stevens, 27, who had worked for the Peekskill School District
Read MoreThe president of the Peekskill Board of Education and his predecessor are being challenged for their seats by two active residents with an eye towards ensuring quality education at an affordable price in the district. Douglas Glickert, an elementary school
Read MorePlans for a smaller scale, less expensive Central Fire Station in downtown Peekskill were discussed during a special meeting last week. Mayor Frank Catalina said his goal was to reduce the cost of the controversial station at the intersection of
Read MoreAfter unsuccessfully running for Peekskill mayor more than 20 years ago, George Ondek vowed never to run for public office again. However, the cable television show host and local activist is so dissatisfied with the actions and non-actions of the
Read MoreCongresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland) paid a visit to Peekskill last week to announce $788,000 the city had received for downtown revitalization improvements. The federal funds will be used for the estimated $985,000 construction costs associated with the second phase of
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