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.
The Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. was a grim reminder that despite numerous extra security that was put in place following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut more than
Read MoreWestchester high school students and local law enforcement joined Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Harrison) for a gun violence and prevention forum last Friday in the wake of the Florida high school massacre that killed 17 people. Lowey invited students to discuss
Read MoreBy Madeline Zevon In the last legislative session, the New York Health Act, a single-payer bill that would bring universal, comprehensive, cost-effective healthcare to every New Yorker, passed the NY State Assembly 94 to 46 and had 31 co-sponsors in
Read MoreOn Feb. 13, before Stepinac High School played All Hallows High School in varsity basketball, Maxwell Anderson, the 25 year-old Athletic Trainer for Stepinac Athletics, was going through his usually routine stretching players for the upcoming game. However, on Saturday,
Read MoreEarlier this month, the White Plains Common Council approved the implementation of a demonstration program by American Traffic Solutions, Inc. to install and operate traffic control signal photo violation monitoring devices at some of the more dangerous intersections for pedestrians
Read MoreThe White Plains Historical Society celebrates George Washington’s 286th Birthday, Sunday Feb. 25 at the Jacob Purdy House (Washington’s Headquarters), a National Historic Site, 60 Park Avenue, White Plains. 1 to 3 p.m. Free admission and refreshments. The event begins
Read MoreOn Sunday, Feb. 18 at 4:30 p.m. Downtown Music at Grace will present a benefit concert featuring the Highbridge Voices—The Program includes African American Spirituals and songs of freedom, plus music of Gabriel Faure and J.S. Bach The Chamber Choir,
Read MoreGreenburgh activist, humanitarian and political leader, Lois Bronz, died Monday evening. She was 90 years old. Bronz has been acknowledged as a woman of compassion for her work on racial harmony, child abuse, domestic violence and resulting childhood trauma, acquiring
Read MoreState Assemblyman David Buchwald’s Valentines for Veterans program engaged several classes at George Washington Elementary School in White Plains on Feb. 7. The students designed Valentines, which were then presented to veterans visiting the school who represented the United States Army,
Read MoreOn Feb. 7, Emma Fox of Rye was sentenced on charges of vehicular manslaughter in the second degree and DWI charges in the death of Manhattanville College student, Robert Schartner. Judge Helen Blackwood sentenced Fox to six months incarceration in
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