Hits: 230WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. From the New York State Education Department. August 12, 2015: The State Education Department today released the results of the 2015 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts (ELA) and Math Tests. Overall, students statewide have made incremental … Continue reading
Hits: 129WPCNR HEALTH NETWORK. From the Governor’s Office. August 12, 2015: Today, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Bassett and New York State Commissioner of Health Dr. Zucker gave an update on the outbreak Legionnaires’ … Continue reading
Hits: 99WPCNR FBI WIRE. SPECIAL TO WPCNR FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. AUGUST 11, 2015: Nine people were charged in two indictments unsealed today in Brooklyn, New York, and Newark federal court with an international scheme to hack into … Continue reading
Hits: 792 Tonight on FIOS CHANNEL 45 THROUGH WESTCHESTER COUNTY, and on CABLEVISION CHANNEL 76 IN WHITE PLAINS, John Vorperian of White Plains TV interviews Chuck Mercein, lifelong White Plains resident and veteran New York Giant and Green Bay Packer, … Continue reading
Hits: 207WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER. AUGUST 10, 2015: After the citizens of White Plains endured FASNY’s mendacity for almost five years the news that “The French-American School of New York fell one vote short of approval on Wednesday to build … Continue reading
Hits: 106WPCNR HEALTH ADVISORY. From the Governor’s Press Office. August 10, 2015, 7:10 PM: Today, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Bassett and New York State Commissioner of Health Dr. Zucker gave an update on … Continue reading
Hits: 77WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. AUGUST 10, 2015: Police are seeking information about possible incidents of violence in downtown White Plains over the weekend. According to Commissioner Public Safety David Chong, it is unclear what happened and no one is coming … Continue reading
Hits: 147WPCNR WEATHERED EYE. By John F. Bailey. August 9, 2015: I have taken to posting pollen count predictions after this spring’s warnings of higher pollen counts in the air. After interviewing an allergist about pollen and learning that even … Continue reading
Hits: 84WPCNR MAIN STREET JOURNAL. From the Mayor’s Office. August 7, 2015. 10 P.M. There is a water main break on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. between Quarropas St. and Martine Ave. City crews have isolated the break and stopped … Continue reading
Hits: 98 THE WATERMAIN BREAK ON MLK BOULEVARD at 5:30 PM. The Public Library is on the left. Photo by Don Hughes, Special to WPCNR WPCNR MAIN STREET JOURNAL. FROM THE MAYOR’S OFFICE. AUGUST 7, 2015, 5:45 P.M.: There is … Continue reading