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News 06/09/13

Lewisboro’s Gersten To Receive Lifetime Achievement Tony Award

by Katherine Pacchiana   Comment

LEWISBORO, N.Y. – Lewisboro’s Bernard Gersten will receive the American Theater Wing’s Lifetime Achievement Award at Sunday night’s Tony gala. Ninety-year-old Gersten has been Executive ...

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Obituaries 01/15/13

Nicholas Salvatore Jr., 91, Peekskill WWII Veteran

by Lindita Lika   Comment

PEEKSKILL, N.Y. – Nicholas J. Salvatore Jr. of Peekskill died Saturday, Jan. 12. He was 91.

He was born Jan. 16, 1921, in Buchanan to Nicholas and Mary DeCarl Salvatore. He served in the Army during World War II, attaining the rank of sergeant. On Oct. 14, 1946, Salvatore married Margaret Hickey at Assumption Church in Peekskill.

He worked for Standard ...

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News 01/13/13

Soldiers Honored In Peekskill For Service In Afghanistan

by Liz Button   Comment
Police & Fire 11/14/12

Memorial Set For Peekskill Officer Julian Hermosillo

by Art Cusano   Comment

PEEKSKILL, N.Y. – The City of Peekskill has announced there will be a memorial service On Thursday for a police officer killed in an automobile accident in Orange County on Sunday.

A wake will be ...

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News 08/08/12

Camp Smith Trains Reservists In Mental Health Support

by Jessica Glenza   Comment
News 06/10/12

Peekskill Girl Scouts Pack Cookies For Troops

by Matt Bultman   Comment
Neighbors 05/01/12

Shirley Swartz, 93, Longtime Peekskill Resident

by Lindita Lika   Comment

PEEKSKILL, N.Y. – Shirley Swartz, a longtime Peekskill resident, died Sunday, April 29, at her home. She was 93. 

Born May 4, 1918, she was the daughter of Clyde and Irene Riker Evans. She graduated from Washington Irving High School in Tarrytown and attended business school in New York City.  

She married Henry Forrest Swartz on Feb. 8, 1941, at ...

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Neighbors 04/18/12

John Brown, 82, Ex-Peekskill Volunteer

by Lindita Lika   Comment

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. – John S. Brown, a longtime resident of Yorktown Heights, died April 17. He was 82. 

Brown was retired as a construction superintendent for Carpenters Union Local 163.  

Born in Peekskill to Oscar W. and Helen Brown, he served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. Brown was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans ...

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News 01/07/12

After Long Delay, Iraq War Vets Receive Bronze Medals at Camp Smith

by Art Cusano   Comments (1)
Opinion 11/11/11

Sister Remembers Fallen Soldier

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Cassandra Arciola and her mother Teresa have lived in Elmsford for 25 years. Her younger brother passed away while serving their country. She wanted Americans to understand the cost of war and realize the ...

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Neighbors 11/04/11

Army Jazz Band to Hold Free Show in Peekskill Sunday

by Art Cusano   Comment

PEEKSKILL, NY -- The internationally acclaimed U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors will perform a free show at Peekskill Middle School on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 3 p.m.

The concert is being sponsored by the Northern ...

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