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.
Last week was national Drive Electric Week and in honor of the energy-saving and green theme White Plains rolled out 10 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at pubic parking garages around the city, bringing the White Plains’ total to
Read MoreBy Skip Pearlman After their first game of the season was turned into a scrimmage, and after getting drubbed by Rye Neck 34-0 a week earlier, the Falcons of Woodlands High needed a game like this – a breakout game.
Read MoreThe police report investigating claims that a metal fragment, which struck a resident of the Ardsley Chase subdivision in her backyard off Birch Hill Road in June, originated from the nearby shooting range operated by the Westchester County Police Revolver
Read MoreAgreeing emphatically that White Plains is the transportation hub for Westchester County and a key component of the east to west and north to south travel plan growing along the I-287 corridor and in conjunction with bus rapid transit that
Read MoreBy Jon Craig The Greenburgh Town Board is expected to consider a developer’s $1 million donation to buy nearly 29 acres of open space along a park in Tarrytown during its Sept. 30 meeting. The vote follows Thursday’s decision by
Read MoreBy Jon Craig Harrison, Rye Brook and Larchmont are among six Westchester County communities singled out in a federal report last week for failing to fix local laws and municipal practices that reportedly exclude minorities from fair housing. The federal
Read MoreThe French American School of New York (FASNY) public hearings regarding a discontinuance of a portion of Hathaway Lane that runs through the school’s property and the special permit and site plan for the school development continued for the third
Read MoreThe White Plains Department of Public Works is advising residents to find alternate travel routes if they use Saxon Woods Road between Mamaroneck Avenue and the Scarsdale border. Con Edison will be performing complex road reconstruction and underground utility work
Read MoreIn a solemn ceremony Thursday night, Westchester County paid tribute to those who died in the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, including 111 Westchester residents and 12 former residents. County Executive Robert P. Astorino presided over the 13th anniversary ceremony that took
Read More(DOB 12/11/71) of 44 River Street, Lindenhurst, New York, was sentenced September 11 Westchester County Court to an indeterminate term of 2 to 6 years in prison on his February 2014 guilty plea to two counts of grand larceny after
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