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.
When White Plains Councilwoman Jennifer Puja kicked off a backpack drive this summer to benefit students in the city, her goal was to collect 100 backpacks. However, Puja’s grassroots effort grew quickly as neighbors, friends and family members turned out
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By Ary Hammerman As the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, Westchester residents will once again have the chance to turn the tragic events of that day to help others in their community. Last week Westchester County Executive
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As a teenager, Daniel Smith started drinking and taking drugs, as he described it, to help him deal with the problems and obstacles he faced in life. In three years, he attended six different high schools, kicked out of school
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By Ary Hammerman Since the late 1980s, saxophonist Mike Phillips has played music in Westchester, his home county. He grew up surrounded by jazz at Mount Vernon High School and went on to perform with Prince, Stevie Wonder and Micheal
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A new law to limit the use of plastic utensils and other items associated with food establishments will go into effect this weekend in Westchester to reduce the county’s volume of waste. Starting this Saturday, all food service establishments can
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Westchester County Executive George Latimer emphatically asserted that there has been no crime or unbudgeted expenses stemming from the roughly 400 migrants that were taken in by the county from New York City this spring. During his weekly briefing Monday
Read MoreSusan Adams, a legendary coach who led the White Plains High School girls’ basketball team to four consecutive Section 1 championships from 2004 to 2008, died Aug. 24 at White Plains Hospital surrounded by family following a yearlong battle with
Read MoreA White Plains resident is one of two Westchester college students that have been named to American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) Campus Global Board, which is dedicated to empowering Jewish campus leaders as they confront increased antisemitic and anti-Zionist sentiment at
Read MoreThe White Plains Planning Board last week approved an application from Dish Wireless to install three antennas on the roof of the Residence Inn by Marriott at 5 Barker Ave. The board voted 5-1 Aug. 15 following several months of
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By Ryan Raicht A group of 46 interns, led by Greenburgh Town Clerk Judith Beville, last week finished their summer-long town project helping some of Westchester’s asylum seekers. In the spring, more than 100 of the roughly 400 migrants who arrived
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