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Peekskill Herald

Peekskill Herald

Peekskill Herald

Staff Members

Regina Clarkin
Publisher

Regina Clarkin

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’...

Peekskill Herald editor Bruce Apar
Editor

Bruce Apar

Bruce Apar is editor of Peekskill Herald. He also serves as editorial director and associate publisher of River Journal North. The lifestyle publication, owned by Alain Begun of Rivertowns Media LLC, will launch a digital forma...

Sinduja Srinivasan
Senior Editor

Sinduja Srinivasan

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...

Natalie M. Skvarla
Graphics/Sponsorship Editor

Natalie M. Skvarla

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...

Herald reporter Eric Harvey
News Reporter

Eric Harvey

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...

Jeffrey Merchan
Sports Reporter

Jeffrey Merchan

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...

Ariana Almeida-Martínez
Events Reporter

Ariana Almeida-Martínez

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,...