A Yonkers man pled guilty Dec. 20 to participating in the March 2011 murder of a White Plains man during the course of an armed robbery for marijuana. According to Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of
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A White Plains resident was fatally shot just shy of midnight on New Year’s Eve. Shawn Jefferson, 49, was shot on North Kensico Avenue around 11:50 p.m. on Friday and was pronounced dead at White Plains Hospital at 12:29 a.m.
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By Rick Pezzullo White Plains Grandpas United held a virtual Awards Breakfast Dec. 21 honoring three grandfathers for their community service. The program was attended by Westchester County Executive George Latimer, Mayor Tom Roach, Senators Andrea Stewart Cousins and Shelley
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Michele Schoenfeld, who has served the White Plains Public Schools for 39 years as district clerk and is retiring at the end of this month, was celebrated at the December Board of Education (BOE) meeting. Schoenfeld’s nearly four-decade career with
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Westchester County Board of Legislators Chairman Ben Boykin reflected last week on the achievements of the board over the last four years in an end-of-term report. Boykin (D-White Plains), who was re-elected to a fifth two-year term representing District 5
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On Dec. 17, 13 mayors across the country were honored for their efforts to address the climate crisis as part of the 2021 Mayors Climate Protection Awards. City of White Plains Mayor Tom Roach was among the honorees for the
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A 282,000-square-foot solar carport may be coming to RPW Group’s office park at 1133 Westchester Avenue in White Plains. At the Dec. 6 Common Council meeting, residents voiced their concerns during a public hearing held in relation to Voda Solar
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Croton-on-Hudson Police Department Nov. 25: Patrol responded to Mount Airy Road at 10 p.m. after a resident reported observing an older model white pickup truck with black trim operated by a White male in his 20s wearing a hat. The vehicle
Read MoreThe French-American School of New York (FASNY) has sold its 130-acre property in the Gedney Farms neighborhood of White Plains to a residential developer. FASNY, which educates more than 720 students at three locations in Mamaroneck and Larchmont, had been
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County Police/Mount Kisco Dec. 2: Police responded to West Street at 8:20 a.m. on a report that a yard sign had been stolen sometime overnight. A resident reported that a large sign saying Happy 5th Birthday had been taken from
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