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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.
Westchester County has refuted claims of legal victories by a fixed-base operator at the county airport in its continued civil suit where it has hoped to build another hangar to house aircraft. County Attorney John Nonna said the private aviation
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A new Veterans Memorial Garden will be created at White Plains City Hall next year to honor those who have served and defended the country through the generations. Mayor Tom Roach, state Sen. Shelley Mayer (D-Yonkers) along with veterans and
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The Town of Greenburgh is slated to be the recipient of more than $6 million of road improvements over the next few years. Last week, U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) and New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins stood
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Westchester County Executive George Latimer last week presented a $662.5 million capital budget for 2023 that stresses protection of the environment, investment in infrastructure and additional commitments to affordable housing. Unveiled last Thursday at the County Office Building in White
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A White Plains man was found guilty Friday of murder for fatally shooting a 35-year-old man in 2020. After a five-week trial, Brandon Williams, 28, was found guilty by a jury of murdering Deron Strange in the parking lot of
Read moreThe White Plains Common Council last week ratified the settlement of negotiations that extends the collective bargaining agreement with city union workers through June 2024. The previous agreement between the city and the Civil Service Employees Association, Local 1000, AFSCME
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Most preschools begin their traditional programs for young children with a class for two-year-olds. Starting Oct. 24, the JCC of Mid-Westchester (JCCMW) Nursery School is introducing a new program at its White Plains location that offers a class to begin
Read moreThe Westchester County Board of Legislators unanimously voted last week to pass a resolution supporting the Clean Water, Clean Air, Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022. The proposition, which will be on the Nov. 8 election ballot, seeks to
Read moreMillion Air, a fixed-base operator at Westchester County Airport that is suing the county for breach of contract has claimed it has won the latest round in a legal battle playing out in federal court. Last week, the U.S. District
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A Yonkers man will spend the next 20 years behind bars for the murder of a White Plains man in 2011. Marcus Chambers, 31, received a 20-year prison sentence last week in federal court in White Plains by U.S. District
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