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News from The White Plains Examiner, mostly covering the City of White Plains along with stories from communities across the southern portion of Westchester County, NY.
By Rick Pezzullo The Westchester County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) and the Westchester County Local Development Corporation (LDC) provided financial incentives and tax-exempt bond financing in 2021 to major developments representing more than $1.2 billion in private investment in Westchester
Read moreFormer New York Mets Acting General Manager Zack Scott was found not guilty last week of Driving While Intoxicated last August when he was found by White Plains Police asleep in his car at a traffic light near the federal
Read moreThree new appointments were made at the White Plains Common Council meeting on Jan. 3. Vincent Fields was appointed to the Mayor’s Youth Board, Diane H. Tabakman to the White Plains Library Board and former Councilman John Kirkpatrick to the
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A Yonkers man pled guilty Dec. 20 to participating in the March 2011 murder of a White Plains man during the course of an armed robbery for marijuana. According to Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of
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A former Westchester Community College assistant teacher who altered a COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card to obtain a full-time position at the college was recently arraigned. According to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah, Sonya Tarter Wilson, 50, of Mount
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A White Plains resident was fatally shot just shy of midnight on New Year’s Eve. Shawn Jefferson, 49, was shot on North Kensico Avenue around 11:50 p.m. on Friday and was pronounced dead at White Plains Hospital at 12:29 a.m.
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By Rick Pezzullo White Plains Grandpas United held a virtual Awards Breakfast Dec. 21 honoring three grandfathers for their community service. The program was attended by Westchester County Executive George Latimer, Mayor Tom Roach, Senators Andrea Stewart Cousins and Shelley
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Michele Schoenfeld, who has served the White Plains Public Schools for 39 years as district clerk and is retiring at the end of this month, was celebrated at the December Board of Education (BOE) meeting. Schoenfeld’s nearly four-decade career with
Read moreFrom acquiring a new campus and launching the NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences to rediscovering a lost Baroque painting hidden in plain sight for decades, Iona College celebrated dozens of notable accomplishments in 2021. Guided by the leadership of
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Thirteen-year-old Sky Sams, a STEER Student-Athlete from Port Chester, set a goal to collect as many $25 Visa Gift Cards as there are teenagers in Westchester County’s Foster Care System. After making a video and posting it on social media
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