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.
Recognizing a growing need for services, the United Way of Westchester and Putnam announced several initiatives this week to expand services provided by its 2-1-1 call center and urged the state to continue funding its operation. United Way’s 2-1-1 call
Read MoreEarlier this month at Fort Drum, Mitchell Stogel of White Plains won a New York Army National Guard soldier competition as Best of the Brigade for Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs). He will advance to the National Guard’s statewide competition. Stogel
Read MoreBy Anna Young – Westchester residents and local organizations assembled Monday afternoon in White Plains in support of civil and human rights protesting President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict travel by refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Carrying
Read MoreIn a decision filed Feb. 15, a four-judge panel of the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court unanimously upheld an earlier Supreme Court ruling that there was no basis to the Gedney Association’s claim that the White Plains Common
Read MoreBy Dandre Chery-Richards – On Wednesday night the White Plains Council of Neighborhood Associations (WPCNA) held its monthly meeting, inviting the White Plains Professional Firefighters of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 274 to speak. With over 60 people
Read MoreFrom a Press Release submitted Feb. 17: In a decision filed Wednesday, a four-judge panel of the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court unanimously upheld a Supreme Court ruling that that there was no basis to the Gedney Association’s
Read MoreIn its first entry into the Downtown White Plains market, Ginsburg Development Companies (GDC), a developer of luxury rental apartments, purchased the 124-unit rental building at 25 Martine Ave., in White Plains. The 12-story building, known as Halstead White Plains,
Read MoreCombining two public hearings on a proposed residential development at One DeKalb Ave., White Plains, the Common Council listened to comments during its February meeting about a special permit for a six-story building on the site as well as the
Read MoreWhite Plains High School Head Coach Spencer Mayfield is in his 24th season at the helm of the Tigers basketball program. For half of his career Mayfield has pitted his Tigers teams against Head Coach Tyrone Carver, Jr. and his
Read MoreHoward I. Stein, founder of RiteCheck in 1949 and founder in 1957 of the Check Cashers Association of New York (FSCNY) died Tuesday, Feb. 7, at his home in Scarsdale. He was 96 years old. Stein was a true exemplar of the “Greatest
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