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.
By Stacey Pfeffer The White Plains Democratic Committee announced its officially endorsed candidates for Common Council Thursday at a news conference in front of White Plains City Hall. The candidates include current Mayor Tom Roach, incumbents John Martin and John
Read MoreWith local temperatures reaching unusually high for a spring day, hundreds gathered at White Plains Fountain plaza Saturday to support the People’s Climate Movement. Using the fountain works as a speaker’s platform, emotional voices said it was their moral responsibility
Read MoreMajor League Baseball Commissioner (MLB) Rob Manfred will be honored at this year’s annual Wish Ball—An Evening of Wishes, where supporters of Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley are looking to help grant the pending wishes for more than 150 local children with
Read MoreBesides playing in 47 games this season, while leading the team in rebounds with 6.9 per game, averaging 8.8 points per game and scoring in double-figures 23 times; Westchester Knicks forward Keith Wright has been a pillar of the Westchester
Read MoreThe League of Women Voters of White Plains presented a forum on Voting Issues and Reform in New York on April 19, offering an overview of voting issues in the 2016 election and a look at voting issues, especially low voter turnout
Read MoreWestchester County Executive Rob Astorino gave his 2017 State of the County Address last Thursday to a packed audience at the Westchester County Courthouse in White Plains. His primary message for the sixth consecutive year was the renewed commitment to
Read MoreHundreds gathered at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains Monday afternoon to commemorate the Holocaust during this year’s Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration ceremony. With the theme, “Keeping the Memory Alive: Generation to Generation,” the Holocaust and Human Rights Education
Read MoreThis year’s Yom Hashoah Holocaust Commemoration theme is “Keeping the Memory Alive: Generation to Generation.” There will be 25 Holocaust Torahs presented. The keynote speaker will be Esther Geizhals. Presented by the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center and the Westchester Jewish
Read MoreOn April 27, White Plains Hospital will be honored by Archbishop Stepinac High School’s Board of Trustees with the Corporate Citizens Award. Kevin Keane, Chair of the Board of Trustees and a Stepinac alumnus (Class of ’74), said the hospital
Read MoreWhile Westchester County has moved its Earth Day celebration from April 21 to May 13 at the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla, there are still many things around the community you can do to celebrate the planet and a healthy
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