A White Plains man pleaded guilty last week for making a series of bomb threats in a Greenburgh building last September, according to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. David Prieto, 22, made the bomb threats at 660 White
Read MoreChillemi Shoe Repair, which opened in 1949, is an institution in White Plains. Though the owners, White Plains residents Peter Chillemi (who originally opened the business on Mamaroneck Avenue) and his son Paul, are looking for a new location, they
Read MoreHarrison resident Mike Angarano recalled during an interview with The White Plains Examiner last week that he had worked for someone else when he was younger but had decided then he would go out on his own with his brother,
Read MoreStretching is a typical part of the process to prepare for athletic activities. At StretchLab stretching is the specialty. Rye resident Dawn Rinaldi, and her husband, Lincoln Briggs, are co-owners of the StretchLab franchise, which opened in White Plains on
Read MoreKEE Oyster House in White Plains is owned by three Westchester residents. “We’ve been in the business for years working for others,” Pleasantville resident Elvi Hoxhaj said last week. “For me, it was an opportunity to open up a
Read MoreThe Loola Doola Boutique in White Plains is not the first business city resident Lauren Morris has owned. She previously owned a boutique located on Post Road in White Plains, which she opened in 2010. Morris said last week she
Read MoreKoshy Chacko explained last week why he named his restaurant Fair Deal Café, which opened in on Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains in 1992. When Chacko, a former White Plains resident who currently lives in Armonk, purchased the building he
Read MoreCounty Executive George Latimer unveiled a proposal Thursday to hike the county sales tax by 1 percent cautioning that Westchester would face dire financial consequences unless it raises more revenue. The pitch to increase the tax to 8 3/8 percent,
Read MoreThe Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) in White Plains will expand its effort to provide the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors an outlet to preserve and share their family’s story of horror and survival. As the number
Read MoreOver the past few years Cynthia Abbott Kauffman has made sure that veterans who died in battle and buried in several Westchester cemeteries aren’t forgotten at holiday time. Kauffman, who co-founded Daughters of Liberty’s Legacy, a local nonprofit organization that
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