Local Seniors Honored, Tree Lightings, Art + Word

1. Local Seniors Honored Today
The Westchester Senior Hall of Fame will honor 43 people at its 29th annual awards luncheon today. Theresa McHale, of Montrose and John D’Angelo, Fran Green and Tina McDermott of Peekskill will be among the honorees. Congratulations to our local seniors on this honor!

The Peekskill drama students present a series of O.Henry’s plays. Show times are Friday, Dec. 2 and 3 at 7:30 in the PHS auditorium. Tickets are $10 and $7 for students and seniors. In honor of O. Henry’s gift of helping others, please bring a canned good offering to donate to Fred’s Pantry.

Peekskill High School and Middle School art students working with teacher Heather Brown and Director of the Youth Mural Arts Project Kelli Brickman, have created banners as part of the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Banner Project. There will be a grand unveiling of banners on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m.

3.    Tree Lighting Ceremonies
Peekskill, Buchanan and Verplanck are all holding tree lighting ceremonies this weekend. Santa will be there, and you should too!

are the details on Peekskill’s Saturday ceremony and visit from Santa. And read about Verplanck and Buchanan’s .

Also, Santa will be riding around with the Verplanck Fire Department all day Sunday and the first reader to post a photo to Patch or Patch Facebook will win a prize! So keep your eyes open and remember to let us know where Santa is!

5.    Art + Word at the Field Library
An opening reception for this impressive writer, artist, and musician collaborative project will take place Saturday, Dec. 3 from 12 to 4 p.m. with a reading at 2 p.m. at the Field Library. Click for more.