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EducationThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Walter Panas High Students Collecting Socks for the Homeless

December 28, 2021 Examiner Media Jan Peek House,  Peekskill,  Walter Panas High School

A politics class at Walter Panas High School is holding a Warm for Winter fundraiser to contribute to the current deprivation of socks among the homeless. The collection of new socks will run through Jan. 5, and all the proceeds

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Arts & EntertainmentHealthThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Peekskill to Hold New Year’s Eve Ball Drop; Yorktown Cancels Over COVID

December 28, 2021 Rick Pezzullo Peekskill,  Yorktown

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

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Police/FireThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Peekskill Appoints Seymour First Full-Time Fire Dept. Chief

December 28, 2021 Rick Pezzullo Peekskill

By 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

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Arts & EntertainmentThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Annual Polar Plunge Returns on New Year’s Day in Peekskill

December 23, 2021 Rick Pezzullo Peekskill

The 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

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Police/FireThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Peekskill Resident Jailed for Fatal 2020 Stabbing at China Pier

December 22, 2021 Rick Pezzullo Peekskill

A Peekskill man was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week for the Nov. 2020 stabbing of a prominent Peekskill High School soccer player. Matthew Torres, 18, who pled guilty on Sept. 29, 2021 to manslaughter in the first

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GovernmentThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Peekskill, Ossining Receive Planning Achievement Awards

December 17, 2021 Examiner Media Ossining,  Peekskill,  Westchester Municipal Planning Federation

By Rick Pezzullo The City of Peekskill and Town of Ossining recently received Planning Achievement Awards from the Westchester Municipal Planning Federation (WMPF). Peekskill was recognized Nov. 29 during a virtual ceremony for the design of the Peekskill Central Firehouse

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EnvironmentGovernmentThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Peekskill Winter Parking Regs in Effect through April 15

December 15, 2021 Examiner Media Peekskill

The Peekskill Winter Parking Ordinance went into effect December 1 and will last through April 15. Parking is prohibited on city streets from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., except in designated areas where signs are posted for Winter Alternate Side

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GovernmentThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Peekskill Corp. Counsel Leaving to be Village Administrator

December 8, 2021 Rick Pezzullo Peekskill

Peekskill Corporation Counsel Melissa Ferraro has been appointed as the village administrator in Dobbs Ferry. The Dobbs Ferry Board of Trustees voted Nov. 23 to hire Ferraro, effective Jan. 18, 2022, to head the village at an annual salary of

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GovernmentThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Peekskill Council, Residents Still Split on Pot Shops

December 1, 2021 Rick Pezzullo Peekskill

With the deadline looming for municipalities to make a decision, the Peekskill Common Council and several outspoken residents remain split on allowing retail cannabis dispensaries and/or consumption sites to set up shop in the city. In September, the majority of

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Police/FireThe Northern Westchester Examiner

Driver Jailed in Peekskill Crash That Injured Three Pedestrians

November 24, 2021 Rick Pezzullo Peekskill,  Westchester Medical Center

One of the pedestrians hit by a car on Restaurant Row in downtown Peekskill after it careened onto the sidewalk Nov. 18 remains in critical condition at Westchester Medical Center. The driver of the vehicle, John Watson, 56, of Peekskill,

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