An Update From Patch

This evening and part of Saturday, Patch will be undergoing site maintenance that will increase the speed at which pages load and allow us to make future improvements to the site more rapidly. This is a first step toward reintroducing popular Patch features such as local calendars and discussion areas.

You can still read Patch while the maintenance is underway, but Patch editors won’t be able to post new stories until Saturday evening.

We will be posting vital breaking news in the meantime on the Peekskill-Cortlandt Patch Facebook page. (To stay in the loop there, be sure to like the page so the latest updates show up in your news feed.)

Thanks for supporting Patch, and thanks for your patience. We’ll let you know when the site is updated. In the meantime, we’ve pulled together some of the top stories from the past few weeks from Peekskill-Cortlandt Patch.

• Peekskill Mother’s Day Superstar: Pamela McNair
• New Ban on Open Fires at Westchester County Parks such as Blue Mountain Reservation
• A Community Forum on Drug Abuse
• Spectra OK to Start Prep Work in Montrose on Algonquin Pipeline Expansion
• MTA to Improve Safety on Metro North with $967.1 Million Federal Loan
• Culinary Institute of America Partners Up with Taste NY
• Unemployment Rate in Westchester Dropping Still
• Peekskill Man’s Drug Conviction Vacated as Arresting Officer Pleads Guilty to Perjury
• Police: Man Stole, Used Dead Veteran’s Credit Cards