Peekskill News

The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art is celebrating the grand opening of the Public Tile project on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., 1701 Main St., Peekskill.

NEW YORK - Metro-North is adding two trains and extra cars to its commuter railroad lines to fit extra riders who want to attend the Yankees World Series victory parade Friday in Manhattan.

After the mob riots and attacks at Peekskill, New York, that disrupted a concert featuring left-wing activists Paul Robeson and Pete Seeger , novelist Howard Fast, another activist who had successfully organized the concertgoers into resisting the mob attacks, takes part in an August 28 meeting to assess the situation and discuss whether the ...

Hundreds of volunteers, mostly union members, form a "human wall" to defend the concert and its audience from the mob.

Troopers charged three people with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated on Halloween and ticketed seven others during a crackdown, state police said Sunday.

On Saturday evening, Nov. 7 at 8:00PM, a stellar show will grace the stage of the Beanrunner in Peekskill, NY, 201 S. Division St.

It was a very big day for local dogs, and not just because some were trotting around in Halloween costumes as a bumblebee, a small dragon and a couple of pumpkins.

State police made three drunken driving arrests over the last two nights. Early Sunday, state police charged John J. Magner III, 29, of Peekskill, with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated after he was stopped for an unsafe lane change on the Bear Mountain Parkway in Peekskill.

An early morning fire at a manufacturer of medical screening instruments was caused by an electrical short on a refrigeration unit, the company said.

Democrat Mary Foster, the Peekskill mayor, has spent her two years in office pushing hard on economic development, no easy task in a recession.

Mayoral debates give candidates opportunity to inform the public of their plans to manage the city's finances and to explain how they will take responsibility for the legislation they intend to enact.

Troopers charged 14 motorists with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in weekend traffic stops in Westchester and Putnam counties, state police said today.

Two Westchester bar associations have issued their independent ratings of judicial candidates in the Nov.

THORNWOOD - Every year since 2002, Hillside Food Outreach, a nonprofit food pantry that delivers food to the homebound, has raised at least a third of its $450,000 operating budget through a fundraising event.

Watch live today on LoHud.com as Peekskill and Lewisboro candidates are interviewed by The Journal News Editorial Board.

CARMEL - Undercover officers arrested three men in two separate stings into drug dealing in Putnam County, the Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

On the anniversary of Peekskill Concert: Remembering Paul Robeson By Brenda Sandburg Published Oct 8, 2009 10:27 PM Sixty years ago Paul Robeson - fearless civil rights advocate, renowned actor and magnificent singer - came to Peekskill, N.Y., to give a concert.

Westchester will mark an important 25th anniversary on Wednesday, but don't expect any cake, balloons, bells or whistles.

PEEKSKILL - A 23-year-old city man threw fireworks at a city officer who was in her police cruiser, then was found in possession of crack when the officer stopped the car he was riding in, police said Thursday.

A woman was taken to the Hudson Valley Hospital Center for treatment of minor injuries this morning after her car struck a parked car on Nelson Avenue, causing her vehicle to roll over, police said.