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 achievements of 70 senior citizens from 30 municipalities throughout Westchester were celebrated during the 35th Annual Senior Citizens Hall of Fame Awards Luncheon earlier this month. This year’s program, held at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, was referred to
Read MoreLast Friday, just days before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on its proposed roll back of Net Neutrality rules that protect the open internet (Thursday, Dec. 14) Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-Newburgh) introduced the Save Net Neutrality Act (H.R.
Read MoreYonkers Mayor Mike Spano announced Tuesday that he will seek the Democratic Party nomination for the 37th State Senate District, which will become vacant Jan. 1 when Senator George Latimer becomes Westchester County Executive. Spano, a former Republican member of the New
Read MoreDuring the Dec. 4 meeting of the White Plains Common Council, members voted to support an 8 to 10 percent increase in the city’s water rate schedule to accommodate federally mandated improvements and repairs that need to be made to
Read MoreThe Westchester County Board of legislators announced Monday that they had passed a bi-partisan 2018 budget by a vote of 12 to 5. According to the BOL announcement, the budget includes funding for social programs as well as parks curators,
Read MoreAnthony Mangano of Ozone Park pled guilty last week in the hit and run death of tow truck operator Salvatore Brescia of Connecticut. On Dec. 29, 2016, Mangano was driving a box truck for his employer, a Long Island-based auto
Read MoreCelebrating 67 years in existence, The Westchester Ballet Company (WBC) will perform Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker at The County Center in White Plains for its 32nd season. It is choreographed by co-Artistic Directors’ Beth Fritz-Logrea and Jean Logrea, founders of WBC’s
Read MoreThe Southern Westchester BOCES Center for Adult & Community Services, in partnership with the Cisco Networking Academy, is offering a two-part certification program designed to train students for entry-level network engineer, helpdesk technician and network support technician jobs, as well
Read MoreWinterFest, presented by the City of White Plains and Bensidoun USA, kicks off on Wednesday, Dec. 20 and runs through Sunday, Dec. 24. The Market will be located on Court Street between Martine Avenue and Main Street (the same location
Read MoreArtsWestchester celebrated the new Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge at its annual gala Nov. 19 by honoring the integral work of key individuals who helped to make the new bridge a reality. With the theme, “Celebrating a Work of Art,”
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