Challenges of retail in the downtown
“If you build it, they will come” may apply to a Field of Dreams in Iowa but isn’t applicable toContinue Reading
Category: Local government
Backstory on Peekskill’s $10 million gift from New York state
If ‘location, location, location’ is the mantra of real estate, ‘timing is everything’ is the mantra when it comes toContinue Reading
When Love Comes To Town
The 50 people crowding the sidewalk on a Sunday morning in front of a small church on a residential streetContinue Reading
New Senior Housing on Crompond Road
For decades, members of Peekskill’s Christopher Columbus Society gathered at their clubhouse at 1847 Crompond Road, across the street fromContinue Reading
Parades and fireworks to celebrate 4th
Today’s Independence Day parade sponsored by the Fire Department continues a long tradition of marching through the streets of Peekskill.Continue Reading
Treasure found in attic from 42 years ago
Who knows what you’ll find when going through a home that has been lived in for some 60 plus years.Continue Reading
Work starts on Peekskill Congress ideas
This Saturday, May 18, if you see people walking through the downtown picking up litter, they are getting a jumpstartContinue Reading
City looking for company to run Paramount Theater
For the second time in six years, the City of Peekskill awaits proposals for a management team to operate theContinue Reading
Fixers unite to help folks at Repair Cafe
Lamp repair and sewing were the busiest stations at Peekskill’s first Repair Cafe at the neighborhood center on March 16. Continue Reading
Democracy at its best in Peekskill Community Congress convenings
Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead would be proud of the 150 Peekskill residents who showed up last Thursday at the secondContinue Reading