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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.
Westchester County Executive George Latimer recently appointed two new members to some of the county’s advisory boards. Former County Legislator Marty Rogowsky was named to the Parks Board, while Jerry Ruderman was appointed to the Ethics Board. “Marty and Jerry are
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By Samuel Rowland White Plains’ Project Thrive held a launch event in the balmy early afternoon of July 22 at the Winbrook Public Housing Complex, behind Bethel Baptist Church. The mission of Project Thrive combines combating local food insecurity and
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Infected with COVID-19, White Plains resident, composer and singer-songwriter Donald Stevens was about to give up on his dreams. “A lot of people don’t know this, but the virus almost left me for dead,” Stevens said. “That experience really messed me
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The manager of a company that provides solid waste removal and recyclables processing for Westchester County and the company itself were charged last week with falsely filing financial records to conceal payments to strip clubs. According to Westchester District Attorney
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Interest in current issues, politics and writing are among the passions shared by the trio of teens who won this year’s inaugural White Plains Democratic Committee’s essay contest. Emiliano Juarez, who will be entering his sophomore year at White Plains
Read moreThe Westchester County Department of Probation has been selected as the lead agency in the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) Police Equity Academy. The County’s Probation Department is one of the first departments in New York
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On the coldest day of this past winter and the first day New York State could administer COVID-19 vaccines to the above 65 population, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital ran into a slight hiccup. Everybody scheduled to get the vaccine brought someone
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The Greenburgh Town Board unanimously approved a resolution last week authorizing a farmers’ market to operate in the parking lot of Greenburgh Town Hall every Thursday beginning August 5 through October 28 from 2 to 6:30 p.m. Supervisor Paul Feiner
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Westchester County Clerk Timothy Idoni held off challenger and Yonkers Councilwoman Shanae Williams in the Democratic primary that will enable him to serve a fifth term in the seat. After the Board of Elections finished counting about 3,400 absentee ballots,
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A Mount Vernon teen is facing manslaughter chargers after shooting and killing a Sleepy Hollow resident on Monday. Emmanuel Valentine Perez, 18, appeared in Sleepy Hollow Village Court on Wednesday where he was charged with manslaughter in the first degree
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