New York State Assembly Speaker of the House Sheldon Silver announced that Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88th District) was named Thursday as the Chair of the Assembly Standing Committee on Energy. Paulin has previously chaired the Committee on Children and Families
Read MoreThey are colorful, they smell wonderful and they are, oh so delicious! That’s what customers are saying at the Buttercup Bake Shop on Martine Avenue in White Plains when they taste the cupcakes and other old-fashioned American-style desserts baked fresh
Read MoreIt appears White Plains Schools Superintendent Christopher Clouet will be leaving the district to take on the same job for the Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns. The unexpected news became public during a rash of e-mails on Friday
Read MoreIn a media statement released Thursday evening, White Plains Councilman Benjamin Boykin announced that he he is a candidate for County Legislator, District 5, covering most of White Plains, all of Scarsdale and a portion of Harrison. Boykin has been
Read MoreIt’s not spring yet but something beautiful has sprouted in White Plains. Bloom Floral Design opened last week just one store over from Dunkin Donuts by the corner of Martine and Mamaroneck Avenues in the city’s downtown. The floral arrangements
Read MoreThe 2013 Miss New York USA and Miss New York Teen USA Competition will be held at The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College in Purchase on Jan.19 and 20. The two-day pageant will feature 200 girls competing in three
Read MoreDr. Iris Pagan, a White Plains resident and former teacher whose experience also includes working for the White Plains Youth Bureau, has been named head of Westchester County’s Youth Bureau. In her role, she will lead the county’s efforts to
Read MoreIf you live or work in White Plains you may recognize Julio Vilar. He is well known along the Mamaroneck Avenue strip, sometimes toting his camera equipment and sometimes not. He’s got a smile for everyone and his easy-going manner
Read MoreBook Review by John Mclean I recently received a copy of architectural historian Mary Ann Hunting’s new book “Edward Durell Stone: Modernism’s Populist Architect,” published by W. W. Norton and Company, November 2012. The book is timely, and of particular
Read MoreNew York State Senator Greg Ball (R-Patterson) has been leading the fray against the interactive pistol permit holders map published online by The Journal News in late December. In a press release issued Sunday, Ball claims a burglary and attempted
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