A Downtown Destination of Paramount Importance 

The bright lights of northern Westchester’s “Broadway” are back on Brown Street in Peekskill.   “Post-covid our audiences have been fantastic,” said Abigail Adams, Executive Director of Paramount Hudson Valley Arts (PHVA), the 501 (c)(3) non-profit that operates the Paramount theater. “People are […] Read more »

Local Companies Learn to Adapt in the Covid World 

“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.” – Sun Tzu   Governments and businesses in the Tarrytown region, just like those all around the nation, have had their creativity and resilience […] Read more »

Construction Plans in Peekskill Goes Boom! (or Bust) 

“Dynamic” describes the building boom in Peekskill’s residential apartment landscape. Construction cranes in several parts of the city are erecting new foundations and steel beams at a fever pace.   There are more […] Read more »

HELP WANTED  (Understatement of the Year) 

Covid-19 has rocked the world in many profound ways. Millions of Americans were sickened by the disease, hundreds of thousands died. Personal lives and businesses were turned upside down overnight.  The impact on […] Read more »

Developer Plans Active Senior Housing for Colonial Terrace Property 

The site of the ballroom that launched a thousand marriages could provide many of those couples a place to live locally for active seniors entering retirement.  The owners of Colonial Terrace, congenial hosts to thousands […] Read more »

The Unkindest Cut of All? If State Trims School Budgets by 20%  

While some public health officials warn of a coming second wave of coronavirus this fall, school officials face the uncertainty of a wave of state budget cuts that could cost […] Read more »

Peekskill Remembers 9-11 Heroes

Peekskill residents marked the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center at their annual ceremony held at the memorial at Riverfront Green. Several hundred […] Read more »

Keeping the Lights on with the ‘Green New Deal’  

Life After Indian Point  The lower Hudson Valley region in May is starting its own version of the “green new deal,” as Indian Point shuts down one unit, and a […] Read more »

The ‘MOD’ Squad Has Designs on Cortlandt

One resident questioned how the new district would improve healthcare in the area. Read more »