Peekskill City School District's Debra McLeod was honored as an "Outstanding Citizen" at a City Council meeting on Feb. 14. The City of Peekskill celebrates Black History Month each February by honoring outstanding African-American members of the community for their personal and/or professional achievements, civic contributions, and general good deeds that have favorably impacted local citizens, according to a release from the school district. McLeod works as a senior office assistant to the superintendent of Peekskill Schools, and has served as the Peekskill City School District's clerk for the past 12 years.
... closure for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at the Local 21 Plumbers and Steamfitters' union hall, 1024 McKinley St., Peekskill.) Hochreiter told lawmakers Tuesday that Hendrick Hudson had literally been within two hours of announcing a $14 million ...
Officials at the Peekskill Middle School received an early morning scare on Thursday, following a police investigation that resulted in a "suspicious individual" being taken into custody on trespassing charges. At approximately 9:30 a.m., a suspicious individual was spotted on the middle school campus, prompting administrators to enter its precautionary lockout protocol, district communications specialist Laura Belfiore said.
... scheduled to appear in Town Court on an unspecified date. Police said the second incident involved an 18-year-old Peekskill girl who is attending the Edenwald School, which is part of the Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District. The teen ...
A contingent of Peekskill students, parents and educators have hand-delivered a stack of letters to Sen. Terrence Murphy's Yorktown office asking the state to cough up millions in school aid. The advocates are demanding that Gov. Andrew Cuomo unfreeze the state's Foundation Aid and phase in the $11 million that the school district is owed.