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Arts & EntertainmentEducationThe Northern Westchester Examiner

A Jubilant Juneteenth Celebration in Peekskill

June 19, 2022 Abby Luby Peekskill

More than 250 people filled Peekskill’s Depew Park field to celebrate the city’s 11th annual Juneteenth Freedom Day on  Saturday as local performers were joined by youth groups who proudly strutted their talents throughout the afternoon. The focus for this

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GovernmentPoliticsThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Agudelo, Levenberg, Smith Ready for Democratic Assembly Primary

June 14, 2022 Rick Pezzullo Kent,  Ossining,  Peekskill,  Philipstown

Three familiar faces in local government will be squaring off June 28 in a pivotal Democratic primary for the 95th Assembly seat being vacated by Sandy Galef, who is retiring at the end of the year. Vying for the key

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GovernmentThe Examiner

‘Enough is Enough’: March for Our Lives Rally Calls for Gun Legislation

June 12, 2022 Martin Wilbur Peekskill,  Westchester County

Peekskill High School students organized Westchester’s only March for Our Lives rally Saturday morning, urging leaders locally and around the nation to pass gun control measures as a result of the recent mass shootings. The rally was one of more

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EducationThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Local School Superintendents Address Texas Shooting Tragedy

May 26, 2022 Rick Pezzullo Croton-HArmon,  Hendrick Hudson,  Lakeland,  Peekskill

Several area school superintendents addressed the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school in messages to their communities. Top officials in the Lakeland, Hendrick Hudson, Peekskill and Croton-Harmon school districts all ensured parents and families there would be increased police

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EducationSchool Votes 2022

Budgets Approved in Northern Westchester School Districts

May 18, 2022 Rick Pezzullo Croton-on-Hudson,  Hendrick Hudson,  Ossining,  Peekskill,  Somers,  Yorktown

Voters in six northern Westchester school districts handily approved budgets Tuesday for the 2022-23 school calendar. Most incumbents running were reelected, other than in the Hendrick Hudson School District. Yorktown A $108 million budget was approved 1,677-578. In the six-candidate

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Arts & EntertainmentThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Grammy Award-Winning Duo to Headline Lincoln Lawn Party

May 6, 2022 Examiner Media Peekskill

Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, who wrote and performed “Ashokan Farewell,” the theme song for the Ken Burns PBS-TV series on the Civil War, will headline the entertainment at a Lincoln Lawn Party on Saturday, May 14 in Peekskill. The

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GovernmentPoliticsThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Rainey Tossed Off Ballot; Democratic Assembly Primary Down to Three

May 3, 2022 Rick Pezzullo Peekskill

The race to replace retiring longtime Assemblywoman Sandy Galef in the 95th District is down to three Democratic hopefuls as former Peekskill mayor Andre Rainey was removed last week from the June 28 primary ballot. Rainey was informed by the

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Arts & EntertainmentEnvironmentThe Northern Westchester Examiner

5th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Peekskill Riverfront April 30

April 27, 2022 Examiner Media Peekskill

The 5th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival and Plant Sale will be held on Saturday, April 30 at the Riverfront Green in Peekskill. The free festival, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine, features a

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Police/FireThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Yorktown Man Sentenced for Fatal Drunk Driving Crash

April 22, 2022 Rick Pezzullo Ossining,  Peekskill,  Yorktown

By Rick Pezzullo A Yorktown man was sentenced Friday to state prison in connection with a wrong-way, head-on crash he caused while driving drunk on Route 9 in Peekskill that claimed the life of an Ossining woman. Mark Cope, 41,

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EducationThe Examiner

Peekskill Schools Hires Bedford Assistant Superintendent for Business

April 21, 2022 Martin Wilbur Peekskill

The Bedford Central School District is losing another member of its central administration at the end of the school year. On Apr. 5, the Peekskill City School District Board of Education appointed Cynthia Hawthorne as the district’s new assistant superintendent

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