When the Peekskill Herald weekly newspaper ceased publishing in August 2000 it was the first time in the history of the city that there wasn’t a local newspaper.  The award-winning weekly was often referred to as the ‘glue’...

Ariana is an Ecuadorian journalist with over 15 years of experience in both print and digital media. Throughout her career, she has covered a wide range of topics, including community issues, judicial affairs, entertainment, refugees,...

Feature writer Wendy Healy began her reporting career at the Peekskill Evening Star, the daily newspaper that covered life in Peekskill until 1985 when it was purchased by the Gannett newspaper chain and moved to Yorktown. Healy...

Studying Political Science during his undergraduate career at Hunter College, Ray DePaul looked for ways that he could implement into everyday life what he was learning in his major.  Choosing a concentration in Human Rights,...

Eric Harvey has joined the staff of the Peekskill Herald as a full-time reporter covering a general assignment beat that includes the City of Peekskill and The Board of Education. Harvey, 24, of Stamford, C.T. was a politics...

Lucy is a mother, educator and gardener specializing in native landscapes. Born in the Berkshires but a proud Peekskill transplant by way of New York City, she holds degrees in English Education and School Counseling and these...

Sunny Harris is a transplant to Westchester from the California Bay Area. After a fulfilling career in writing and public relations for large financial services firms, she is thrilled to be able to support local journalism with...

Sinduja is Senior Editor for the Herald. In April 2020, Sinduja and her husband visited Peekskill on a whim; they fell in love with the city and two weeks later were in contract for a house. She plans to be in Peekskill for the l...

As a Peekskill native, Dave is thrilled to be working with the Peekskill Herald showcasing featured calendar events. A 1999 graduate of PHS, he remembers reading and enjoying the original weekly print edition of the Peekskill...

Jim Roberts has been in this business for more than 35 years (hard to believe) and still learning every day. A third-generation Peekskill resident, he started as a lowly researcher at the Westchester Business Journal in 1986 a...

Peekskill native Jeffrey Merchan is a 2022 graduate of Peekskill High School. He is the Collegiate Journalist at Peekskill Herald, funded by a grant from the DJ McManus Foundation. He is currently enrolled at Westchester Community...

Natalie joins the Herald with over a decade of synthesizing design and communications platform strategies for higher ed, corporate, and government clients, and a several decades-long love affair with telling our shared stories...