PEEKSKILL, NY The Field Library will present the Chester A. Smith Award Saturday to Jack Murphy, the longtime editor of the Evening Star newspaper in Peekskill.
Murphy was also one of the founding members of the Peekskill St. Patrick's Day Parade, is a retired vice president of New York Power Authority public relations, past board member of the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce and one of the Peekskill Celebration founders.
A cocktail and buffet reception will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. with musical accompaniment by Tim Murphy and Peekskill bagpiper Joe Brady.
The ceremony will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will be followed by dessert. Tickets are $40 per person and are available at the door.
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