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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Threat to Blow Up Former Office: Police Blotter

A 55-year-old Peekskill man is due in Somers Town Court May 5 to answer a charge of aggravated harassment.

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Westchester Foreclosure Spike Not An Economic Indicator, Legislator Says

... 80,389, the seventh highest percentage in the county. Mount Vernon has the highest at 1.84 percent, followed by Peekskill with 1.66, Lewisboro with 1.17, Bedford with 1.03, Ossining with 1.06 and Cortlandt with 1.01 percent, according to the county ...

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Westchester Foreclosure Spike Not An Economic Indicator, Legislator Says

... 80,389, the seventh highest percentage in the county. Mount Vernon has the highest at 1.84 percent, followed by Peekskill with 1.66, Lewisboro with 1.17, Bedford with 1.03, Ossining with 1.06 and Cortlandt with 1.01 percent, according to the county ...

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Mount Kisco Medical Group To Host Education Seminar On Skin Cancer

... of skin cancer defects on the face. Mount Kisco Medical Group is proud to be a content partner with The Peekskill Daily Voice. Contact us to learn more. NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Pop legend Paul Simon, 72, and his wife, hit musician Edie Brickell, 47, ...

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Houlihan Lawrence Realtor From Yorktown Completes Home Marketing Course

... and Award Winning Broker. She has successfully listed and sold real estate in Yorktown, Cortlandt, Somers, Croton, Peekskill, Mahopac and Putnam Valley.

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Monday, April 28, 2014

Westchester affordable housing dispute puts improvement projects in doubt

... Rob Astorino does not agree to HUD's demands by next week, $200,000 in federal aid for improvement in downtown Peekskill will be lost. Peekskill Mayor Frank Catalina says he's not taking sides in the controversy, but he feels HUD is victimizing ...

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Camp Smith Gains New Training Institute Commander

... Gagnon has been tapped to assume command of the 106th Regional Training Institute at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill. Gagnon, a Military Police officer and veteran of the Iraq War, currently serves as Chief of Protection for the 42nd ...

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Peekskill Gallery Hosts Poetry Reading

Award winning poet Peter Waldor, author of "Who Touches Everything" read from several his anthologies.

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Oak Sapling Finds New Home at Peekskill High School

On Friday the Peekskill City School District celebrated their first of what many hope will be a new tradition at Peekskill High School.

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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Leukemia Society's Man Of The Year Award Tops Peekskill News This Week

Peekskill resident, Rabbi Hirshel Jaffe a four time blood cancer survivor, has been nominated by the White Plains-based Westchester Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for its Man of The Year award.

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Open Houses In Peekskill This Weekend

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino is set to deliver the 2014 State of the County address on Thursday, May 1. CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- A Croton-on-Hudson teenager accused of filming patrons in various states of undress in the locker room and shower area of a local health club had his Cortlandt Justice Court case adjourned ...

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Friday, April 25, 2014

Peekskill Residents Applaud Take Your Kid To Work Day

... and founded by Gloria Steinem and the Ms. Foundation for Women in 1993, it expanded to include boys in 2003. In Peekskill, Jo Ann Brody, an artist, said her kids used to always be in her studio while she was working. Brody said she thought the idea ...

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Historic Paintings Return to Peekskill at Field Library! May 3, 2014...

Return To Peekskill: 1930s Paintings by Arthur Frischke May 3 - May 31, 2014 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 3 from 3-6 pm The Field Gallery is honored to bring home the works of Arthur Frischke , a New York City artist whose informative paintings richly illustrate scenes of Peekskill life in the 1930s.

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Westchester County Fights To Regain $5.2 Million In Federal Housing Grants

... were initially flagged as possibly having exclusionary zoning and worked to get off the list, such as Ossining, Peekskill and Port Chester. According to a letter sent to the county by HUD on Wednesday, the funds will be reallocated due to the ...

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Dr. Lawrence A. Behrman, 88, Dental Practice In Buchanan

Dr. Behrman was a staff dentist at Peekskill Community Hospital, now Hudson Valley Hospital Center, and The New York Hospital, now New York Presbyterian Hospital, for many years.

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Peekskill Rabbi Runs To Cure Cancer

Jaffe, a four time blood cancer survivor, has been nominated by the White Plains-based Westchester Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for its Man of The Year award.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Raise the Age Town Hall Meeting Addresses Issue with Experts

Should 16 & 17 Year-olds be treated as adults in the Justice System? Raise the Age Town Hall Meeting Addresses Issue with Experts Raise the Age Town Hall Meeting Thursday, May 8, 2014 6-8pm Daniel Berger, New York Civil Liberties Union Cathy Johansen, retired Peekskill Police Officer A young adult who has been impacted by the current criminal ... (more)

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John Patrick Gallo, 76, Of Verplanck

... Hendrick Hudson High School. Gallo is survived by his sisters, Mary Alice Leader of Verplanck and Jane Travis of Peekskill; children, Sharon Beaney (Richard) of Waterford, Conn., John Michael Gallo (Leah) Sullivan of Salem, N.H., Matthew Gallo of ...

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Find A Job In Peekskill

The recent run of sun-filled days will give way to spring showers in Westchester County on Tuesday, April 22. Access to primary medical care can be a concern for consumers and healthcare systems alike. Health Quest Medical Practice has carefully constructed a multispecialty network of ...

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Saturday, April 19, 2014

"Let it Rain!" Declares Westchester Linen Supply Company

... The rain water collection project began with the construction of the new facility at 4 John Walsh Boulevard in Peekskill and was completed early this year. Two 15,000 collection tanks gather rain water from the 100,000 square feet of roof to be used ...

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Friday, April 18, 2014

Church of the Assumption performs Stations of the Cross for Good Friday at Depew Park in Peekskill

Hundreds of Christians in the Hudson Valley observed Good Friday by attending a Stations of the Cross performance in Peekskill.

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Gunman, Widow Convicted of Murdering Husband for the Insurance Money

The murderers of Terry Camper, a Peekskill 'taxi' driver, have been convicted in the case that shocked the city when he was found dead in his car on a city street in October, 2012.

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Real Estate Sales In Croton, But Prices Climb 23 Percent

... throughout the county. In five school districts of Northwest Westchester Croton-Harmon, Hendrick Hudson, Lakeland, Peekskill and Yorktown sales fell 12 percent, according to a report from Houlihan Lawrence. Single family home sales in the Hendrick ...

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Wife's Lover Convicted In Husband's Murder In Peekskill

A 62-year-old New Yorker has been convicted of murder in the love-triangle killing of a suburban cab driver .

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Terry Camper-Beatrice Camper: John Murray Peekskill, Ny., murder timeline

... according to CBS New York. On October 3, 2012, taxi-cab driver, Terry Camper, is dispatched to pick up a person in Peekskill, Ny. When he arrives at he location, he is gunned down in his car. On October 4, 2012, a man is found dead in his cab by a ...

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Parolee Convicted In Murder Of Peekskill Cabdriver

... dead, DiFiore said. Beatrice Camper was interviewed by detectives, and based on various sources and information, Peekskill police set up surveillance on Murray's home, and he was taken into custody, DiFiore said. While Murray was in state prison ...

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"Let it Rain!" Declares Westchester Linen Supply Company

Peekskill, N.Y. - April 14, 2013 - Most professionals grumble when rain falls , but White Plains Linen sings and dances in the rain.

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"Let it Rain!" Declares Westchester Linen Supply Company

Emily Friedman emily@theonswitch.com "Let it Rain!" Declares Westchester Linen Supply Company New Rain Water Capture Program Revolutionizes Local Company's Practices Peekskill, N.Y. - April 14, 2013 - Most professionals grumble when rain falls in April alone), but White Plains Linen sings and dances in the rain.

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Shopping Spree In Westchester Leads To Identity Theft, Fraud Conviction

A 26-year-old Newburgh man was convicted of stealing cash and going on a shopping spree in September and October 2012 in Peekskill, Yorktown, Yonkers and White Plains.

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Peekskill Will See More Law Enforcement Patrols Around Easter, Passover

Westchester County residents may notice an increase in the presence of law enforcement personnel over the holiday weekend, as counter-terrorism efforts are stepped up around Passover and Easter, according to a release from Irvington Police Chief and Chair of Counter Terrorism Zone 3, Michael Cerone.

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Peekskill's Maria McKenna Appointed As Physician At NWH

... completed her residency in Pediatrics from Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx. She resides in Peekskill. Dr. Danielle McNeil is a member of Mount Kisco Medical Group. She received her degree from New York College of Podiatric ...

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

MBOC Salutes Rev. Dr. Adolphus C. Lacy

The Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Peekskill is experiencing significant changes in 2014.

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Bedford Police Help County Uncover ID Theft Scheme

... banks and businesses throughout Westchester County, including J.P. Morgan Chase Bank branches in the City of Peekskill and the Town of Yorktown; a Mahopac National Bank branch in the City of Yonkers; a "True Religion Brand Jeans" store in the City ...

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LI School Bus Co. Loses Suit Filed by Fired Driver

... because of false and damaging remarks. A jury at State Supreme Court agreed with former driver Alfred P. Diorio of Peekskill that Bauman & Son Buses Inc. of Ronkonkoma, two managers and the Ossining School District created or were inspired by ...

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Guinevere B. Ferris, 98, Of Buchanan

... first storybook hour at the Hendrick Hudson Free Library. A longtime parishioner at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Peekskill, she had been a member of the Altar Guild, lector, Sunday School teacher, lay reader, member of the choir and secretary of ...

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LI School Bus Co., Liable in Driver's Dismissal

A Long Island-based school bus company is expected to appeal a recent court order to pay nearly half a million dollars to a Peekskill man who was fired from his job as a driver because of false and damaging remarks.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Ronkonkoma school bus company found liable in driver's firing

... who claimed a Ronkonkoma school bus company and others used false and damaging remarks to take away his job. Peekskill resident Alfred Peter Diorio alleged that Baumann & Son Buses Inc., two managers, the Ossining School District, where Diorio drove ...

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Police Charge Three After Altercation At Cortlandt Bar

... released pending a future court appearance, police said. Privitera also was charged with driving in the City of Peekskill where he was located shortly after the incident, according to the release. Lyons was charged with third degree assault, a class ...

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Monday, April 14, 2014

Selling Booze to Minors: Sting at 12 Local Places Nets 4 Charges

Sending in an undercover agent to a dozen establishments in Cortlandt, Peekskill and Yorktown, state police found four people who sold or served alcohol to the person, who was under 21. The four are due in Cortlandt Town Court April 21 to answer misdemeanor charges of Prohibited Sale of Alcohol.

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Patricia Mary Badum, 71, Of Peekskill

Badum was born Oct. 11, 1942, and she was the daughter of James and Agnes Weichel.

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Does A Buyer Need Representation When Purchasing New Construction?

... or visit www.AngelaLanni.com . Angela Lanni, Houlihan Lawrence Inc. is proud to support community news & The Peekskill Daily Voice. Contact us to learn more. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Falling temperatures and the possibility of frozen ...

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Sunday, April 13, 2014

Man Apprehended After Allegedly Dragging State Trooper In Peekskill

... been charged with assault second Degree, a Class D felony, police said. After being arraigned before the City of Peekskill Justice Court , Bruff was remanded to the Westchester County Jail without bail and is scheduled to re-appear before the City ...

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Saturday, April 12, 2014

Police: Man Who Injured Trooper Arrested in Beacon

... York State Trooper April 11. The State Police were assisted by the City of Beacon Police Department, the City of Peekskill Police Department, the State Police Violent Felony Warrant Squad and the Troop K Major Crimes unit. Bruff was arraigned before ...

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Visiting Hours are April 13 for Shirley Zeller

Shirley Zeller, 86, formerly of Long Beach, NY, a recent resident of Peekskill, died April 9, 2014.

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Friday, April 11, 2014

Police Seek Help In Finding Man In Alleged Assault On Trooper In Peekskill

New York State Police are seeking the public's assistance in apprehending Isaac L. Bruff, 26, of Peekskill for fleeing a traffic stop and dragging a Trooper on Welcher Avenue on Thursday, April 10, police officials said.

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Peekskill man wanted for assault of New York State Trooper

... A former Rensselaer City Police Officer is expected to enter a plea deal in a vehicular homicide case on Friday. PEEKSKILL, N.Y. - State Police are asking for the public's assistance to help locate a man wanted for the assault of a New York State ...

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Police Seek Peekskill Man After Assault of State Trooper

State Police are seeking the public's assistance to help locate a man wanted for the assault of a New York State Trooper: 26-year-old Isaac L. Bruff, of Peekskill, NY.

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Cortlandt Rotary Club Raises Funds For Operation Smile

... in the Philippines. Monies raised at the Fourth Annual Spaghetti Dinner at Keon Center, 2 John Walsh Blvd., Peekskill, will be sent in memory of Frank Curry, from Verplanck. His niece, an RCC member, wanted to provide that much needed cleft palate ...

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Thanks to Peekskill Elks

A few months ago we had the privilege of taping an episode of our web series, Patty and Patty, at the Elks Lodge in Peekskill.

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Shirley Zeller, 86, Of Peekskill

... , Emanuel; and son, Steven. Calling hours are Sunday, April 13 from 10 to 11 a.m. at the E.O. Curry Funeral Home , Peekskill. A Graveside Service will be held at 1 p.m. at the New Montefiore Cemetery, Farmington.

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Pound Ridge Receives State Funding To Repair Potholes

... will receive a total of $1,207,988.17, according to a press release. Ball, whose district includes Cortlandt, Peekskill, Mount Kisco, New Castle, Lewisboro, Pound Ridge, North Salem, Somers and Yorktown, is asking for the community's assistance to ...

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Bedford Receives State Funding To Repair Potholes

... will receive a total of $1,207,988.17, according to a press release. Ball, whose district includes Cortlandt, Peekskill, Mount Kisco, New Castle, Lewisboro, Pound Ridge, North Salem, Somers and Yorktown, is asking for the community's assistance to ...

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Projectile Phone, Petty Theft, Pot: Yorktown Police Blotter

... merchandise from store displays and concealed it in her handbag in an employee closet. The employee, a 51-year-old Peekskill resident was charged with misdemeanor larceny and is due in Town Court May 1.

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The Record: Letters, Thursday, April 10

... should have done was pen the type of response provided by Doblin. My father years ago owned a luncheonette in Peekskill, N.Y. It was the type of place that could have been taken from a "Happy Days" episode, right down to the big colorful jukebox. ...

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Jeffrey Ellis Bush: 59

Jeffrey Ellis Bush of Peekskill, NY died April 6, 2014, he was 59. He was born June 11, 1954 in Ossining.

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Susan W. Sheedy, 72, Of Yorktown Heights

... was a long-time resident of Yorktown Heights. Over the years, she worked at several elder care facilities in the Peekskill area as activities director. Sheedy is survived by her sons, Gary Toth (Teresa) of Brookline, Ma., and Steven Toth (Donna) of ...

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Find A Job In Peekskill

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Monday, April 7, 2014

Gardening Volunteers to Help Us Harvest for Humanity

Do you enjoy working in the garden and would like to help feed the underfed in our communities? With the help of the Peekskill Area Pastors Association and the Yorktown Nazarene Church, a group of volunteers is ready to establish a one and a half acre community vegetable garden in Yorktown Heights.

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Saturday, April 5, 2014

Allstate Names Peekskill's Burger Premier Agency

This designation is being presented to Burger for his outstanding business performance and commitment to putting customers at the center of his agency's work.

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Friday, April 4, 2014

GTCR-backed AssuredPartners acquires MHB Insurance

... , a portfolio company of GTCR, has acquired MHB Insurance . No financial terms were disclosed. Based in Peekskill, NY, MHB Insurance is a life and health insurance provider. Lake Mary, FL (PRWEB) April 03, 2014 AssuredPartners Inc., through its ...

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Ossining Legislator Calls For Raising Minimum Age On Cigarette Purchases

... whose district comprises Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Croton-On-Hudson, and parts of Cortlandt and the City of Peekskill, said she will be pursuing bipartisan support for her bill, which has several cosponsors, including Chairman Michael Kaplowitz, a ...

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Cortlandt Legislator Calls For Raising Minimum Age On Cigarette Purchases

... whose district comprises Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Croton-On-Hudson, and parts of Cortlandt and the City of Peekskill, said she will be pursuing bipartisan support for her bill, which has several cosponsors, including Chairman Michael Kaplowitz, a ...

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

AssuredPartners Acquires MHB Insurance

... clients. AssuredPartners Inc., through its subsidiary Assured SKCG, recently acquired MHB Insurance, located in Peekskill, N.Y. The agency specializes in insurance for businesses, municipalities and individuals, and provides life, health and ...

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

John Timms

... at University Nursing and Rehab. Mr. Timms was born in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., the son of John Willie Timms, Sr. of Peekskill, N.Y. and the late Helen Brown. He was a United States Army Veteran and was a librarian with Westchester County, N.Y. ...

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Cable Television Show Host Will Run For Peekskill Board Of Education

Local activist and cable television host George Ondek announced he will run for one of the two vacant seats on the Peekskill Board of Election in May, according to theexaminernews.com.

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Peekskill Environmental Club Explores Hudson River

... River Estuary Watershed and how these activities have altered the water quality and ecosystems directly around Peekskill as well as the New York Harbor area over time. The students are organizing a cleanup along the waterway later this spring. At a ...

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

The Best Beer Events in April

... April 16 to sample Southern Tier, Ommegang, Yonkers, and Empire; on April 23, you can try brews from "Near NYC:" Peekskill, Oyster Bay, Barrier, and Defiant. The last day of the month brings outer borough breweries to Avenue B, including Bronx ...

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Streamside Living On Brady Brooka Bring Your Fishing Pole

... Real Estate at 914.393.0770. Gloria Marwell, Douglas Elliman Real Estate is proud to support community news & The Peekskill Daily Voice. Contact us to learn more. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York State lawmakers were able ...

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Streamside Living On Brady Brooka Bring Your Fishing Pole

... to support community news & The Yorktown Daily Voice. Contact us to learn more. Wolert was born Jan. 31, 1958, in Peekskill, to James and Barbara Ann Murphy. She was a life member of Lake Mohegan Fire Department.

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Barbara Wolert, 56, Former Mohegan Lake Resident

Wolert was born Jan. 31, 1958, in Peekskill, to James and Barbara Ann Murphy. She was a life member of Lake Mohegan Fire Department.

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Mary Susan Cioffi, 96, Of Peekskill, Retired Grossman's Employee

... May 14, 1917, in Mt. Pleasant, to Frank and Catherine Black Zaccari. She worked as an assembler at Grossman's in Peekskill until retiring in 1979. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters and a volunteer for foster grandparents at the Oakside ...

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Sen. Ball: State Budget Includes $40 Million For Pothole Repairs

... the process and get our roads back in good condition." Ball represents District 40, which includes Cortlandt, Peekskill, Mount Kisco, New Castle, Lewisboro, Pound Ridge, North Salem, Somers and Yorktown in Westchester and three towns in Putnam ...

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