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.
2015 is a big year for ArtsWestchester. Celebrating its 50th Anniversary the organization has selected 50 outstanding local artists in a “50 for 50” celebration, who will each receive $1,000 in recognition of their artistic work and contributions to Westchester’s
Read MoreStudents in Alyson Stone’s second grade class at George Washington Elementary School participated in the Jr. Editors-in-Chief Program last week for global children’s newspaper News-O-Matic. Russell Kahn, Editor-in-Chief of the daily kids newspaper, came to their classroom in White Plains
Read MoreLWV Human Trafficking Forum: Wednesday, April 15; 7 p.m. at the White Plains Public Library, The League of Women Voters of White Plains, along with the White Plains Rotary, the Slater Center, El Centro Hispano will present a Forum on Human
Read MoreAccording to media reports, at about 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 13, Aliyah Espinal was located. Irvington Police released a statement that they would interview the youth before restoring her back with her parents. Greenburgh authorities have asked the public to
Read MoreWestchester County graduate students pursuing careers in social work or public health are invited to apply for scholarship assistance through the Ruth Taylor Award Fund. The fund was established in tribute to Ruth Taylor upon her retirement as the county’s
Read MoreA transition lies in store for White Plains Hospital this year as current CEO Jon Schandler retires and turns the reigns over to Hospital President Susan Fox. The two have been working together for the past five years, a power
Read MoreThe City of White Plains 2015 to 2016 Proposed Budget was submitted to the Common Council on Monday evening. Keeping within the tax cap of 1.65 percent for this year, White Plains has proposed and maintained a budget within State
Read MoreThe much anticipated and long-time coming White Plains Historic Preservation Law has been drafted and a copy was submitted to the Common Council at their April meeting on Monday night. The hope is to get the proposed legislation onto the
Read MoreThe press release announcing the first meeting of the relaunched Westchester Chapter of NOW (National Organization for Women) held a powerful message: “The last 12 months saw iconic moments in feminism – Malala Yousafzai accepted her Nobel Peace Prize and
Read MoreAmerican Women of African Heritage, Inc. (AWAH) in collaboration with Westchester Community College and Westchester Community College Foundation unveiled the AWAH Spirit of Women Archives at a special ceremony at the WCC Harold L. Drimmer Library, March 26. The first
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