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 Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act (A.506), written by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale), was passed by the NYS Assembly and is on its way to Governor Cuomo to be signed into law. “I can’t begin to say how thrilled
Read MoreDespite a formal announcement by the Sisters of the Divine Compassion (RDC) that Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy High School (GCA) would close in June 2015, an organization of parents, teachers and alumnae are continuing the fight to keep
Read MoreThe Town of Harrison/Village of Harrison and the County Executive’s Office released a joint press release Thursday saying that the luxury, transit-oriented Avalon development at the Metro-North train station in Harrison will now set aside 5 percent of its 143
Read MoreWhite Plains St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The Parade will begin at 1 p.m. (time changed from noon due to rain) on Mamaroneck Avenue and proceed to City Hall, on Main Street. Mary Beth Walsh, MD, representing Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and their
Read MoreARTSEE: A Festival of New Work, was kicked off last Friday during a press conference at ArtsWestchester’s main gallery in White Plains. The festival which includes dance, film, theatre, art exhibitions, concerts, open studios, poetry readings and more, encompasses 70 events
Read MoreFamily Services of Westchester (FSW), along with more than 100 local dignitaries, supporters and guests celebrated the culmination of a goal set years ago – to bring a state-of-the art intergenerational facility to White Plains – with a ribbon cutting
Read MoreIt’s only in the beginning stages, but Greenburgh officials have already begun to express concerns about a proposed multifamily residential development at One Lawrence Street in the unincorporated section of Ardsley (also known as the Azko Nobel property). The proposal,
Read MoreCongresswoman Nita Lowey’s (D-Harrison) and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney’s (D-Cold Spring) proposed legislation H.R. 705, the Rail Crossings Safety Improvement Act, is in front of the House of Representatives this week as part of the Passenger Rail Reform and Investment
Read MoreThe winter of 2014/15 will be remembered not only for intense cold and snow, but also for highway accidents that resulted in fatalities in one form or another. Friday’s wrong-way accident on the Sprain Brook Parkway in which Hartsdale resident
Read MoreBarnes & Noble Talk and Book Signing. Yona Zeldis McDonough, author of Who Was Rosa Parks? Who Was Louis Armstrong?, What Was the Underground Railroad? and many other children’s books, will talk about, read from and autograph her books from
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