Croton Woman Charged With Bail Jumping In Yorktown

A Croton woman accused of jumping bail to avoid a petty larceny charge is to appear Thursday in Yorktown Town Court, according to police. Yorktown officers took Alyssa Anna Rodriguez of 25 Scenic Drive West, Croton, into custody early on Thanksgiving morning after she was turned over to the department by authorities in Peekskill, according to the Yorktown Police Department.

Help Provide Heat For Peekskill Nuns

A crowdfunding page called "Heat for the Sisters" has garnered almost $124,000 for the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Peekskill. The goal is to raise $350,000 for the 15-year-old convent, which has nonworking boilers and a chapel in need of heating repairs.

Details Emerge In Arrest Of Man Who Allegedly Tried To Rob Croton Market

New information has emerged since Friday's arrest of a 26-year-old man suspected of robbing a downtown Peekskill Bank and attempting to rob a Croton-on-Hudson supermarket. Joshue M. Flores reportedly slipped a note claiming he had a gun at the customer service counter at the M&T Bank at 1019 Park St., formerly Hudson City Saving Bank, demanding all the money in the register at around 8 p.m. Friday, according to state police.

New Details Emerge In Arrest Of Peekskill Bank Robbery Suspect

New information has emerged since Friday's arrest of a 26-year-old man suspected of robbing a downtown Peekskill Bank. Joshue M. Flores reportedly slipped a note claiming he had a gun at the customer service counter at the M&T Bank at 1019 Park St., formerly Hudson City Saving Bank, demanding all the money in the register at around 8 p.m. Friday, according to state police.

Cortlandt Manor, Peekskill Men Had Loaded .38, Marijuana, Police Say

A pair of 25-year-olds, one from Cortlandt Manor and the other from Peekskill, were found to be in possession of a loaded gun and a large quantity of marijuana after Beacon Police responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot on Route 52 early Saturday morning. Police said they observed the two males in the vehicle when they arrived at around 2:20 a.m. and that the operator of the vehicle, the Cortlandt Manor man, was intoxicated.

Lou Panzanaro Sr., Staple In Peekskill Community, Dies At 101

Louis W. Panzanaro, Sr. a lifelong resident of Peekskill who was a staple in the community, died on Wednesday, Nov. 23, just shy of his 102nd birthday. Panzanaro worked for the NY Central Railroad in Croton Harmon and for the Peekskill Recreation Department in their basketball program where he is fondly remembered by many.