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 Bailey Hosfelt A representative from Sustainable Westchester presented the path forward for its Westchester Power program at the White Plains Common Council special meeting/work session on March 28. As the current contract that purchased bulk electricity and locked in
Read MoreBy Bailey Hosfelt The City of White Plains and the White Plains Business Improvement District (WPBID) hosted a welcome ceremony Saturday afternoon to unveil the “Harriet Tubman – The Journey to Freedom” statue, which will be on display at Renaissance
Read MoreBy Bailey Hosfelt Everything changed for Natalie Ballin, a current eighth-grader at Highlands Middle School and a White Plains resident, in August 2019. When the Ballin family returned home from summer vacation, Natalie’s mother, Suzie, noticed bruises and red spots
Read MoreIt’s no secret that volunteer fire departments and ambulance corps face significant challenges in attracting new members to bolster their ranks. Now, Westchester County has introduced a new incentive to entice community members, particularly young adults, to serve their communities
Read MoreBurke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains has announced the expansion of its nationally recognized Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM &R) Department with the addition of two new attending physicians who work cooperatively with the interdisciplinary teams to provide excellence in
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo The Town of Greenburgh has created a GoFundMe page to support the children of former town police dispatcher Frank Cavaliere who died in February at the age of 53 of complications from COVID-19. Cavaliere, who resided in
Read MoreBy Bailey Hosfelt Latheia Smith was recently promoted to be the first woman, and the first Black woman, to hold the position of Senior Criminal Investigator in the history of the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. Westchester District Attorney Mimi
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand visited the YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester last week to announce she had secured $640,000 in federal funds for the organization as part of the bipartisan omnibus appropriations agreement for 2022. Gillibrand,
Read MoreBy Bailey Hosfelt Taxpayers can expect to see no tax increase in the 2022-23 proposed school budget for the White Plains City School District (WPCSD). Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph Ricca announced the good news at the WPCSD Board of
Read MoreThree anti-abortion advocates affiliated with the pro-life religious group Red Rose Rescue (RRR) were found guilty of criminal trespass in the third degree, a misdemeanor, following a three-day trial at White Plains City Court. The six-person, all-female jury found Matthew
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