The White Plains Examiner

Local high school students sent a strong message to adults at the roundtable discussion “E-Cigarettes and Youth,” chaired by Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Harrison) last week. Their message: Here’s what we’re doing to stop kids vaping, but we need your help.

By Ed Perratore Westchester County in January reduced penalties for possessing up to two ounces of marijuana, and New York State’s new law decriminalizing possession of similar amounts takes effect later this month. A new poll from Siena College also

By Natalie Chun Seventeen-year-old Nicolas Checa, Dobbs Ferry resident and Grandmaster chess player, recently took second place in the US Junior Championship in St. Louis and won $4,000 in prize money. The national championship was hosted by Saint Louis Chess

According to the Greenburgh Cricket Committee, the sport is the second most followed in the world behind soccer. “In the US baseball may be thought of as an American sport with a long and illustrious history, however cricket predates it,”

After 409 submissions from the public, County Executive George Latimer was joined by 1st through 6th grade children attending the County’s Nature Camp at Cranberry Lake Preserve in White Plains last week to choose the name for Playland Park’s first

By Joan Gaylord Lawyers for President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit this past week in an effort to block New York State’s recently enacted TRUST Act. Sponsored by Assemblyman David Buchwald (D-White Plains) and signed into law this month by

Richard Liebson, 61, White Plains resident and long-time reporter for The Journal News/lohud, died in his home on July 28. He succumbed to cancer, which he had struggled with for two years. Liebson was a well-known reporter covering news in

Temple Israel Center of White Plains welcomed Rabbi Annie Tucker as Senior Rabbi on July 15. She replaces the congregation’s previous Senior Rabbi, Rabbi Gordon Tucker (of no relation], who retired in 2017 after serving in the role for 24

Two Westchester assemblymen last week called on the state to set equitable tolls on the new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge and strongly urged the Thruway Authority to provide discounts for Westchester and Rockland residents. Assemblymen Tom Abinanti (D-Pleasantville) and David

A lawsuit in federal court, filed July 17 seeks to challenge regulations that were recently finalized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department that would deny a full charitable deduction for donations to the charitable funds for