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.
Toll Brothers Apartment Living, the apartment development division of Toll Brothers, Inc., a builder of luxury homes, joined with officials from the Town of Harrison and Westchester County to break ground on Carraway, a 421-unit luxury rental community on the site of two
Read MoreBy Silas White – New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) and Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) conducted a press conference Aug. 16 at the White Plains Transit Center to announce a major new investment to expand mass transportation in Westchester
Read MoreThe Democratic primary for Mayor and three Common Council seats is on for Sept. 12 in White Plains with all candidates securing enough signatures in a mainly Democratic city to get on the ballot. During the initial checking of signatures
Read MoreHighly famed jazz musician Louis Armstrong once said, “If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.” And, to expand on that notion, ArtsWestchester has stated its intention to encourage all music lovers to experience jazz first-hand at
Read MoreAt the August meeting of the White Plains Common Council dual public hearings on a zone text change and a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the site at 200 Hamilton Ave., the former White Plains Mall, opened with a
Read MoreBy Silas White – A public forum in White Plains on the potential landmark status of a Christopher Columbus statue sparked controversy over whether or not Columbus is a figure worth celebrating. The forum, held by the Historic Preservation Committee in
Read MoreClaiming that the Westchester County Board of Elections (BOE) invalidated hundreds of signatures of registered White Plains voters in the dispute between Democratic candidates endorsed by the White Plains Democratic City Committee and those forcing a September primary, a New
Read MoreDays after the Westchester County Board of Legislators passed the Immigration Protection Act, a bill that will restrain Westchester from using its resources for immigration enforcement, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino announced the creation of the Office of Immigrant
Read MoreThe White Plains-based disability and personal injury law office of Markhoff & Mittman P.C. was closed on the afternoon of July 27 so that staff could volunteer at Lifting Up Westchester’s Brighter Futures Summer Camp for homeless and at-risk children.
Read MoreConcerned about potential water pollution, the Sierra Club has filed an Article 78 lawsuit against the Town of North Castle and its town and planning boards in state Supreme Court in White Plains over approvals for the proposal to construct
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