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.
By Jon Craig The threat of litigation from Harrison neighbors of a town-approved professional soccer facility at Manhattanville College has prompted the New York City Football Club to practice elsewhere. Representatives of the new Major League Soccer team, which won
Read MoreWestchester County District Attorney’s Office announced that Alberto Plasencia (DOB 07/19/86) of 611 Bronx River Road, Yonkers New York pled guilty June 4 to one count of Manslaughter in the Second Degree, a class “C” Felony, relating to the 2004 death of Marie
Read MoreThe White Plains Downtown Criterium will take place Sunday, June 8 from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. along a half-mile circuit that includes, Mamaroneck Avenue, Quarropas Street, Martine Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in White Plains. A special
Read MoreBy Jon Craig Greenburgh’s star speller Harshita Shet placed 47th in the nation Thursday after Round 4 of the E.W. Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Harshita, a fourth-grader at Richard J. Bailey Elementary School, advanced from a field
Read MoreBy Jon Craig An undeveloped eyesore in the heart of the Village of Harrison is one step closer to construction following last month’s Zoning Board of Appeals approval of multiple variances. Alex D’Onofrio has scaled down his original plan for
Read MoreBy Jon Craig The town of Greenburgh is slowly inching its way toward auctioning off seven acres of property it seized for unpaid taxes in 2011. Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner said last week that — subject to approval by the
Read MoreThe religious order of the Sisters of the Divine Compassion announced its intention last week to seek potential buyers for its 16-acre campus located at 52 North Broadway, White Plains. The property, which houses the Roman Catholic order’s mother house
Read MoreThe White Plains Downtown Criterium will take place Sunday, June 8 from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. along a half-mile circuit that includes, Mamaroneck Avenue, Quarropas Street, Martine Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in White Plains. A special
Read MoreIn its 52nd year, the White Plains Outdoor Arts Festival (WPOA) continues its tradition of awarding art scholarships to White Plains High School students who have shown exceptional talent and devotion to their art. This year, $13,500 was awarded to
Read MoreBy Jon Craig If Greenburgh department heads get their wishes this year, the town will spend more than $12 million on street paving and stormwater projects, new police cars, plows and garbage trucks as well as new lighting, a courthouse
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