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’s financial picture received a strong boost last week as the three ratings agencies all deemed the county to have a positive outlook. County Executive George Latimer said Monday that Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor each gave Westchester
Read MoreA public forum on an upcoming referendum on a proposed new fire house in the Hartsdale Fire District is scheduled for Tuesday, December 6. The Hartsdale Neighborhood Association will be hosting the moderated online discussion with Fire District Chief Raymond
Read MoreWhen Dan Herzner was a child, he remembers being in the car with his mom and how she couldn’t pass up a church rummage sale, a flea market or a tag sale without stopping. “My mom was always into memorabilia
Read MoreA swastika was found earlier this month drawn on a desk in a classroom at White Plains High School. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph Ricca and High School Principal Emerly Martinez notified high school families about the incident prior to
Read MoreDr. Kimberly Crawford was named Principal at Ridgeway School by the White Plains Board of Education last week. She replaces Jessica Torres-Maheia, who took a position in another district. Crawford had been serving as Interim Principal at Ridgeway. Prior to
Read MoreA crowd of people braced against the cold Saturday afternoon in a vigil remembering Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a veteran killed by White Plains police at his home 11 years ago. Huddled together in front of the White Plains Department of
Read MoreTwo large, mixed-use projects planned in the City of White Plains received separate approvals from the Common Council last week. On April 2, 2018, the council adopted environmental findings and granted Site Plan and Special Permit approvals to Saber Chauncey
Read MoreThe New York Fathering Conference theme this year will be “Fathering and Families: building safe, healthy and thriving communities together by addressing and ending youth violence in our communities.” The Conference will be held virtually on Tues., Nov. 15 at
Read MoreGreenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner unveiled a proposed 2023 budget that calls for no town tax increase for the fourth consecutive year. “With inflation so high, the price of food, gas, rent and all the essentials of life have increased dramatically,
Read MoreWestchester County Executive George Latimer will propose a 2023 operating budget later this week that contains an “unprecedented” fourth consecutive property tax levy reduction by $6M. Previewing the scheduled Thursday release of next year’s spending plan on Nov. 3, Latimer
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