Building for the Future: Peekskill Development and Affordable Housing
Our two part series examining housing development and affordability. Second part posts on Saturday morning. By Jim Striebich One of theContinue Reading
Category: Local government
Riverkeeper: Cuomo veto leaves Peekskill drinking water vulnerable
The head waters and streams that run from Peekskill’s water supply at Wiccopee Reservoir in Putnam Valley to faucets inContinue Reading
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Gratitude for what 2020 brought us
In a year when lives were disrupted by the global pandemic, coming up with what we’re grateful for can proveContinue Reading
Harriet Tubman Returns to Peekskill in December
From December 14th through the end of February 2021, Downtown Peekskill will play host to a larger-than-life bronze sculpture of theContinue Reading
An easy way to save the monarch butterfly is to plant more milkweed
Passionate about nature and saving the monarch butterfly, Peekskill resident Jack Cook, 87, is on a mission to designate Peekskill’sContinue Reading
GDC Expected to Build Multi-use Residential Across from Peekskill Train Station
By Jim Striebich, Contributing Writer Peekskill’s next big residential project from GDC will be just steps from the train andContinue Reading
They’ll be keeping an eye on the line at early voting to tell public what’s the wait time to vote
With a record 50 million Americans casting votes ahead of the Nov. 3 election, there will most likely be aContinue Reading
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Voting in Peekskill
This week’s post is by my colleague in newsgathering Jim Striebich who uses the handle @fleekskill on Twitter. AContinue Reading
Police reform discussions begin tonight as taskforce convenes
“Not everything that is faced can be changed but nothing can be changed until it is faced” said novelist JamesContinue Reading
Community farm that yields food for residents proposed for part of Lepore Park
Jason Angell and his wife Jocelyn Apicello have had their sights on Peekskill for a few years. Through the PeekskillContinue Reading
Shopping carts travel around city causing headaches for store managers
They are ubiquitous throughout Peekskill, the shopping carts from two of the grocery stores within the city limits, causing derisionContinue Reading
Grassroots campaign gets Common Council to restore public comment
While residential construction in Peekskill continues unabated, public discussion around the affordability of those housing units was muzzled at CommonContinue Reading