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 White Plains Democratic Primary is little more than a month away and city Democrats are fighting down to the wire on who should be allowed on the ballot. With ballot petitions in and filed, the team endorsed by the
Read MoreCelebrating its 40th anniversary protecting victims of domestic violence throughout Westchester, My Sisters’ Place held its inaugural Eat, Play, Love tennis fundraiser to raise money for the ongoing mission to help those in need. Nearly two-dozen tennis enthusiasts took the
Read MoreBy Silas White – Leaders from the political, healthcare and business communities joined together on July 26 for a special forum to raise awareness on hunger in Westchester. According to Food Bank for Westchester, 200,000 Westchester residents don’t know where their next meal is
Read MoreBy Silas White – In the medical world, there are no do-overs, and some cases are literally life and death. At White Plains Hospital, however, professional teams of nurses, physicians and nursing technicians have been given the opportunity to hone their
Read MoreThis season’s first batch of mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus in Westchester has been confirmed by the Westchester County Department of Health. The area surrounding the positive mosquito batch in Mount Vernon has been inspected by the Health Department, which
Read MoreA report out last week indicates that Westchester County received more than $30 million in revenue from the film and TV industry in 2016, and that spending from that industry in the county was up 67% since 2014. “Westchester’s film
Read MoreJohnny Manjarrez (DOB 9/21/71) of Port Chester was found guilty after a jury trial, conducted by Judge Helen Blackwood in Westchester County Court, of 21 counts of Promoting an Obscene Sexual Performance by a Child, a class “D” Felony and
Read MoreRepresentative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-District 18) announced last week that federal legislation he wrote to halt the United States Coast Guard’s Proposed Rulemaking to expand mooring infrastructure on the Hudson River between Kingston and Yonkers was passed by the House
Read MoreBy Silas White The Westchester chapter of the Citizen’s Climate Change Lobby met July 18 to go over international action regarding climate change and local projects. Guest speaker Andrew Jones, co-founder of Climate Interactive, a climate change think-tank that creates
Read MoreDr. Barry D. Jordan came to White Plains 18 years ago when he was offered a position at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital. Today, Dr. Jordan serves as assistant medical director and director of neurorehabilitation at Burke and has been selected as
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