Author: Pat Casey

The vacant building at 37 DeKalb Ave., a former 65-bed nursing home, is slated for a makeover to multi-family housing if a new Special Permit use is added to the R2-2.5 Zoning District in White Plains. The White Plains Planning

The Westchester County Department of Health and local hospitals have teamed up to launch a survey that asks county residents 18 and older to assess their own health as well as the health of their community. Available in English (www.surveymonkey.com/r/2019WCHealthSurvey) and Spanish online

Deep space and northern lights photos by White Plains resident Scott Nammacher will be on display at Larchmont Public Library, March 2 to 28. The exhibit is called Treasures of the Night Skies. Nammacher, who works by day as a

The decision last week by Amazon to pull out of a deal to build a second headquarters in New York City, caused a ripple effect of concern across the region, with local business organizations and government officials expressing how they

The White Plains School District and the White Plains Teachers’ Association reached agreement on a three-year contract Feb. 8, providing a 1.5% salary increase in each of the three years, with supplemental compensation for extra-curricular activities increasing similarly. The new

The White Plains Rural Cemetery Association has won an appeal in a quest it began in 2014 to build a crematory on its property at 167 N. Broadway in White Plains. Claiming financial hardship partly because the cemetery is running

On Jan. 17 Con Edison sent a letter to the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) announcing its intent to impose a natural gas infrastructure moratorium on much of its Westchester County service territory, beginning March 15. On Jan. 18,

As chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Harrison), played an active role in presenting what she called “eleven opportunities” to the Senate to end the partial federal government shutdown before it was temporarily ended on Jan. 25.

(This story was updated at 1:45  p.m., Jan. 25) Media reports that the heating and hot water system at 86 Dekalb Ave., White Plains, was broken and not delivering heat to the building’s residents is not true according to Ed