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.
In a recent holiday message to residents, Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner announced an amended 2020 town budget that includes a tax rate decrease and a tax levy freeze in the 2020 budget. “Prior to the November election I announced
Read MoreBy Dana White The 30-second commercial was in heavy rotation all summer. Closeup on a middle-aged guy, very fit, with a shaved head, a soul patch and serious swagger. He lifts weights, throws pitches, swings a bat, while his voiceover
Read MoreIf local fans think that the Thanksgiving Holiday Turkey Bowl in the City of White Plains is an event of the past; they should have been at Ebersole Ice Rink on Saturday for the Fifth Annual Guy Mathews Thanksgiving Hockey
Read MoreThe White Plains Common Council Debated proposed legislation from Councilwoman Milagros Lecuona that would no longer require many retired White Plains firefighters to pay a portion of their health insurance premiums at a Nov. 25 special meeting. The issue is
Read MoreThere’s a lot going on in White Plains this holiday season. City Lights, Bright Holiday Nights: The City of White Plains will kick off the start of the holiday season on Sunday, Dec. 1 with its annual City Lights, Bright
Read MoreDuring a press conference on Nov. 19, Westchester County Executive George Latimer officially released the county planning department’s housing needs assessment. “Affordable housing is a major contributing factor to a balanced and well-functioning county and in turn, its communities and
Read MoreIn this season of giving the White Plains-based Lifting Up Westchester is offering many ways to provide a LIFT for those in need. LUW, a nonprofit agency that provides homeless and poverty services to individuals throughout the county, has launched
Read MoreThe public hearing on the proposed subdivision at 1 Sterling Ave., White Plains continued during the Nov. 19 Planning Board meeting. At the reopening of the hearing, Planning Board chair John Ioris announced that the three-lot subdivision was fully zoning
Read MoreThe shooting of Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. on Nov. 19, 2011 in White Plains dominated local news at the time. Today, the story about the circumstances surrounding the retired Marine’s death will have an opportunity to reach a national audience through
Read MoreThe White Plains Housing Authority with co-developer Trinity Financial broke ground Nov. 15 on The Overture at Brookfield Commons, the second phase of the redevelopment of the existing Winbrook Housing campus. The Overture at Brookfield Commons will consist of a
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