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
Category: Peekskill businesses
New businesses undeterred by pandemic
The Covid pandemic couldn’t squelch the entrepreneurial spirit behind a handful of businesses and a civic initiative that debuted inContinue Reading
Largest building project hits snag as developer and contractor fight over work
The largest residential construction project in Peekskill in more than half a century, a 9-story apartment building on Park Street,Continue Reading
Journeyman Bakery opens to in-store retail this Saturday
Journeyman Bakery, which launched amid the pandemic with online ordering and curbside pickup, begins in-store retail operations Saturday at theirContinue Reading
Quiet Man Public House shuts its doors after lease not extended
A pioneer restaurant in Peekskill’s dining scene closed its doors last week. Cathal ‘Chuck’ McGreal, owner of The Quiet ManContinue Reading
Artisan pasta company combines old world craft with high tech machinery
Mario Parente’s friends who worked in the restaurant business had no success in dissuading him from leaving his money managingContinue Reading
Paving the place next to paradise for a parking lot subject of Planning Commission meeting
In her famous song, “Big Yellow Taxi,” Joni Mitchell sings they “paved paradise and put up a parking lot withContinue Reading
Civic group proposes new plaza on shortest street in downtown
When James Brown’s daughter Esther was born in the mid-1700’s the only way to get around Peekskill was to walkContinue Reading
Community responds to feed the hungry
When Peekskill left behind its village status in 1940 and became incorporated as a city it never lost its smallContinue Reading
Free masks and meals at Bean Runner
A relative’s request for a homemade mask and the awareness that people would be hungry during the pandemic prompted aContinue Reading
Bagels and doughnuts, comfort food of quarantine, share owners’common vision
A new type of cottage industry around food is emerging in Peekskill where the product is crafted by hand, soldContinue Reading
Chef and web designer create solutions for restaurant industry reeling from virus
Sick people need soup. That’s the principle behind local chef Eric Korn’s audacious idea of making a million gallonsContinue Reading