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Peekskill Athletics Celebrates Student-Athletes at 2024-25 Varsity Awards Night

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Peekskill Athletics Celebrates Student-Athletes at 2024-25 Varsity Awards Night

As the spring season winds down, Peekskill Athletics celebrated the 2024-25 school year with its annual Varsity Awards Night on Monday, June 2. Student-athletes from across all sports, along with their families and friends, gathered in the Peekskill High School auditorium for an evening of recognition. Athletes were acknowledged for their accomplishments with postseason and district honors. In total, 15 district awards were presented to student…Read Article

Developers Seek to Transform Longtime ‘Eyesore’ into Affordable Housing Project

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Developers Seek to Transform Longtime ‘Eyesore’ into Affordable Housing Project

Developers seek to transform a long vacant site between Highland Avenue and North Division Street into an affordable housing project. But what meets affordability requirements in Westchester County may not be considered affordable in the City of Peekskill. The former White Plains Linen site, an abandoned commercial laundry establishment comprising four buildings, was purchased for $3.65 million by the Stagg Group in November. The former White Pl…Read Article

Harckham and Levenberg Announce $3M State Funding for Peekskill Water Infrastructure

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Harckham and Levenberg Announce $3M State Funding for Peekskill Water Infrastructure

New York State Senator Pete Harckham and Assemblymember Dana Levenberg announced today that $3 million in state funding is headed to the City of Peekskill for significant upgrades to its local water infrastructure. The funding is among the $37 million in grants approved by the state’s Environmental Facilities Corporation Board of Directors (EFC) for water infrastructure improvement projects across New York State. In Peekskill, the state funding…Read Article

As Retirement Approaches, Two Rabbis Reflect on Their Rewarding Ministries

Two female rabbis who’ve cared for their synagogue communities through good times and bad, including the pandemic and antisemitism, are retiring after more than 30 years of combined service. Rabbi Jennifer Jaech of Temple Israel of Northern Westchester in Croton, and Rabbi Dana Bogatz of First Hebrew Congregation in Peekskill, are leaving their synagogues in June. The two, who are friends and share a love of horse-back-riding, are relocating n…Antisemitism · Peekskill Read Article

‘Faces of Freedom’: The Story of African American Soldiers

Starting Saturday, June 7, freedom will take on a face, a name, and a story in Peekskill with the new season of the Faces of Freedom exhibition at the Lincoln Depot Museum, where a visual and documentary journey will immerse visitors in the lives and legacies of African American soldiers who served during the United States Civil War. Ronald S. Coddington, historian, author, and editor of Military Images magazine, conducted much of the research …Peekskill · Peekskill Read Article

Strike-it-Rich $5 million Lottery Ticket Ends in Court Fight

In September 2023, the Peekskill Herald reported the exciting news that a local store sold a $5 million winning New York state lottery ticket. At the time, the storeowner told the Herald the winner wished to remain anonymous. “He didn’t want a lot of publicity, and preferred to not have his name made known publicly,” according to a co-owner of the Valley Brook Market on Main Street deli between Bank and James Streets. At that point, the story o…Peekskill · Peekskill Read Article

Peekskill Lays Bare Its Artistic Soul

Peekskill will transform into a gallery for the weekend. More than 20 art studios will open their doors to showcase their work, creative processes, and speak about what inspires them. Open Studios is organized by the Peekskill Arts Alliance (PAA), and this year marks its 26th edition with a tour that begins downtown but extends far beyond—to locations such as the Hat Factory and the Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art (HVCCA), where all exh…Peekskill · Peekskill Read Article

Peekskill Sub-Teacher from Yorktown Arrested for Felony Possession of Child Porn

On May 30, Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced that a teacher from the Peekskill school district was arrested by the DA’s Office today and charged with promoting and possessing child sexual abuse material. This represents the third such case under DA Cacace to hold individuals in a position of public trust accountable for […] The post Peekskill Sub-Teacher from Yorktown Arrested for Felony Possession of Child Porn appeare…Peekskill · Peekskill See the Story

Locals Star in Festival of Plays and Films by Women Artists

The film Blueprint for My People by Carol Bash of Peekskill will be screened at the women’s festival. (Theater Revolution) Lots of Hudson Valley artists have prominent roles in “Glass Ceiling Breakers,” a three-day festival of plays and films by women artists, now in its fifth year. It is presented at Philipstown Depot Theatre in Garrison Landing by production company Theater Revolution (TR), headed by Founder and Artistic Director Gabrielle Fox…Peekskill · Peekskill Read Article

Public Hearings Hear about Go-Karts and Changing City Policy on Bids

Three public hearings were held at City Hall on Tuesday, May 27, including one on a special permit to transform a former beer distributorship on John Walsh Boulevard into a three-level electric go-kart racetrack. The city seeks to refer the special-use permit application to the Planning Commission for final site plan approval. The Planning Commission recommended a study of the noise levels up the hill from the site. Residents were encouraged to …Peekskill · Peekskill Read Article

39th Year of HV Torch Run

Members of the Putnam County law enforcement community joined their counterparts from Rockland and Westchester by participating in the largest public awareness vehicle and grass-roots fundraiser for the Special Olympics. The 2025 Hudson Valley Tri-County Law Enforcement Torch Run took place throughout the three counties as officers and supporters of police departments participated in recognition of National Police Week. The run marked 39 years o…Peekskill · Peekskill Read Article