Hits: 34WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. BY JOHN F. BAILEY JANUARY 15, 2016: The White Plains City School District has been unable to come to a consensus on how to add State-mandated instruction to English Language Learners. Dr. Paul Fried, Superintendent of … Continue reading
Hits: 28WPCNR THE BIG EXTRA. News & Comment by John F. Bailey. January 14,, 2016: I wrote this column twelve years ago in 2004. It still stands relevant today, Even more so. Reading President Barack Obama’s last State of the … Continue reading
Hits: 36WPCNR LIBRARY LINE. From Libby Hollahan. January 14, 2016: The White Plains Library Foundation (WPLF) has been awarded a $35,000 grant for 2016 from The Allstate Foundation (TAF) to support educational programs, titled the “Allstate Readiness Series,” on two … Continue reading
Hits: 26WPCNR DISABLED ADVOCATE From various advocacy groups. January 9, 2016: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Transformation Panel Report on recommendations for reorganizing how services to the disabled are delivered and decided lays out the process, vision and recommendations of the Transformation Panel, … Continue reading
Hits: 42WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. From the “NextDoor” Network. January 9, 2016: The “Nextdoor Network” a neighborhood “grapevine” service reports that after Public Safety Commissioner David Chong advised neighborhood associations of an”uptick” in breakins of unlocked vehicles lately — Two persons … Continue reading
Hits: 20 FROM WHITE PLAINS WEEK 2001 TO WHITE PLAINS WEEK JANUARY 2016 Tonight They Start Year 16 7:30 ON VERIZON FIOS CH. 45 COUNTYWIDE WHITE PLAINS CABLEVISION CH. 76 AND ON www.whiteplainsweek.com AND ON YOUTUBE AT https://youtu.be/B66vMr-VrlI THE … Continue reading
Hits: 33WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. JANUARY 7, 2015: WHITE PLAINS POLICE HAVE ADVISED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THERE HAS BEEN A “SLIGHT UPTICK” IN THEFTS FROM VEHICLES AND PROVIDE THESE CRIME PREVENTION STEPS RESIDENTS CAN USE TO SECURE THEIR HOMES AND VEHICLES. CRIME … Continue reading
Hits: 0 PEOPLE TO BE HEARD JOHN BAILEY INTERVIEWS DR. FARUKH JAFRI CO-MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL’S NEW URGENT CENTER ON ‘THE FLU” WHAT TO EXPECT HOW IT’S TREATED WHEN TO SEE A DOCTOR HOW IT AFFECTS CHILDREN THE … Continue reading
Hits: 31The White Plains Public Schools have scheduled two important 2016-17 budget planning forums for January and March. The first forum will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 20th, at 7:30 p.m., and the second forum will be held on Wednesday, March 16th, also … Continue reading
Hits: 39WPCNR ALBANY ROUNDS. From the Governor’s Office. January 3, 2015: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today issued an Executive Order to protect homeless individuals from inclement winter weather where temperatures decline to 32 degrees or below. The order will ensure … Continue reading