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.
It is typical for students graduating and moving to a new school within a district to get a look at their new place of learning prior to moving in at the start of the next school year in September. For
Read MoreThe suspect charged in the attempted murder of a Westchester County Police Officer was remanded to the Westchester County Jail Monday following his arraignment in New Rochelle City Court. Kevin Santos, 22, of Springfield, Mass., was ordered held without bail
Read MoreThree Common Council candidates endorsed by the White Plains Democratic City Committee are being challenged by one candidate who did not receive the party’s nod in the June 25 primary. Kat Brezler will face off against the endorsed candidates, incumbent
Read MoreSeveral retired White Plains firefighters came to the Citizens to be Heard portion of the June Common Council meeting to call on city officials to no longer require them to pay a portion of their health insurance. However, in an
Read MoreUna O’Donnell, a 12-year-old seventh grader at Scarsdale Middle School, won first-place on Saturday at the team championship portion of the Pitch Hit & Run contest, Major League Baseball’s annual youth skills competition for kids ages 7 to 14. The
Read MoreThe League of Women Voters of White Plains confirms that there will be a Candidates Forum for candidates running in the Democratic Primary. The Primary will be to select three candidates to run as Democrats in the General Election for
Read MoreBy Lindsay Emery A panel supporting the legalization of marijuana in New York last week discussed the benefits of passing the legislation, covering topics from equity in the cannabis industry to how law enforcement would be able to determine impairment.
Read MoreThe White Plains Common Council voted unanimously on June 3 to allow more areas in town to have various recreational facilities, including video games and eSports. The Council approved legislation to amend the city’s ordinance to allow commercial “Recreation Facilities.”
Read MoreKat Brezler, a Democratic candidate for the White Plains Common Council, will remain on the June 25 primary ballot after beating back her most recent ballot challenge. “There can be no further distractions. The courts have recognized what we’ve long
Read MoreResidents of Westchester are being hit by another telemarketing scam, this time involving their social security number. The scam targets people with a robo-call pretending to alert them that their social security number has been frozen or compromised. If the person
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