Hits: 0WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. By John F. Bailey. May 18, 2010: Today the police and firefighter firings decided on last night in Common Council in Executive Session, were announced to the Department of Public Safety. A police veteran told WPCNR this afternoon, … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. By John F. Bailey. May 18, 2010 UPDATED 4 P.M. E.D.T.: The Common Council, meeting in Executive Session has agreed to defund 12 uniformed police officers and 9 fire-fighters, to deliver $2,000,000 of the $2.06 million in … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL-CHRONICLE EXAMINER. By John F. Bailey. May 17, 2010 UPDATED 8:35 A.M. E.D.T. May 18, 2010: As predicted by WPCNR this afternoon, the Common Council slashed the $160.2 Million proposed budget by $4 Million tonight, expecting $2.06Million … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR QUILL & EYESHADE. News & Comment by John F. Bailey. May 17, 2010: It’s cross-your-fingers time at the Common Council. And for police officers and fire fighters. Rumors are the council will decide on layoffs of … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR THE PARKING NEWS. By John F. Bailey. May 14, 2010: The $20 Parking Ticket has come to White Plains. The new, improved tickets started to be issued May 7, according Commissioner of Parking, Albert Moroni. The identity of … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR NASHVILLE EYEWITNESS. Special to WPCNR By Candyce Corcoran, former White Plains resident, now living in Nashville, Tennessee. May 13, 2010: Several days after it started raining in Middle Tennessee, the National Media finally caught up to this major national … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR NEWS & COMMENT: REAL ESTATE. Commentary By Ruthmarie Hicks. May 13, 2010: “Ruthmarie Hicks,(in the Common Council Public Hearing on the budget May 3) noted that White Plains single family homeowners, if property taxes are not held down, will … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR QUILL & EYESHADE. By John F. Bailey. May 12, 2010 UPDATED 9:20 P.M.: The White Plains Sales Tax pace, so encouraging in March when retail tax collections surged 11% flatlined in April (a marvelous weather month) only rising … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR THE LABOR FRONT. By John F. Bailey. May 12, 2010: Members of the White Plains Firefighters canvassed neighborhoods in the single family residential neighborhoods of White Plains yesterday “leafletting” the households with a flyer containing the telephone numbers … Continue reading
Hits: 0WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL-CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. From The City Clerk. May 11, 2010: The Common Council passed the 1/4% increase in the sales tax signed by New York Governor David Paterson last week as part of Mayor Adam Bradley’s effort to increase the city … Continue reading