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.
The NY Liberty concluded their 2019 season by defeating the Atlanta Dream, 71-63, in Atlanta, on Sunday. Nonetheless, the season finale victory, which ended a six-game losing streak, will not do much to improve a disappointing season for the Ladies
Read MoreWhite Plains City Judge Elizabeth (Liz) Shollenberger died Thursday morning at the age of 63. According to a message circulated by her husband Tim James, she had been in a series of hospitals since June, primarily for respiratory problems, and
Read MoreRobert F. Weinberg, a visionary commercial and residential developer who over six decades transformed the landscape and economy of Westchester County as co-founder of the Robert Martin Company, died of natural causes at his home in Manhattan on Sept. 3,
Read MoreFor the first time in a dozen years, longtime Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner will have an opponent this November. Candidate Lucas Cioffi will be on the ballot this fall appearing only on the Greenburgh Party line. Feiner, a Democrat who
Read MoreChristopher Ridley’s mother remembered that when her son was young, he mentioned to her that he would become famous one day. Little did Felita Bouche know that his comment would be prophetic but under the most tragic of circumstances. Westchester
Read MoreJust in time for the start of the new school year, a charitable White Plains tradition provided new shoes for local students. For the seventh year an Earth Day Shoe Recycling Drive was conducted in the city. This year the
Read MoreBy Abby Luby In a large classroom at White Plains High School Wednesday morning, a teacher placed a tourniquet on a mannequin while guided by a nurse. The life-saving instruction is part of the Stop the Bleed campaign started by
Read MoreEarly next month there will be the passing of the torch at the White Plains Business Improvement District. Brittany Brandwein will become the new BID executive director, replacing Kevin Nunn, who told the BID board earlier in the year he
Read MoreNYPD Detective and Air Force Technical Sergeant Joseph G. Lemm’s service to his country will be memorialized by renaming in his honor the White Plains Avenue bridge that crosses over Interstate 287 and connects White Plains Avenue and Westchester Avenue
Read MoreA White Plains resident sharply criticized the Institutes of Applied Human Dynamics (IAHD), saying they mislead state officials about the need to move its group home from Mount Vernon to White Plains. At the Citizen’s to Be Heard segment of
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