Hits: 130WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. From the NYS Office of the Comptroller and reporting by John F. Bailey. January 21, 2016: Property tax levy growth for school districts will be capped at 0.12 percent above current levels for the 2016-17 fiscal … Continue reading
Hits: 152UP UNTIL YESTERDAY, THE WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ANTICIPATED HAVING TO HOLD THEIR GROWTH IN TAX LEVY TO 0.06% THE RATE ANNOUNCED LATE LAST YEAR BY THE COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE. … Continue reading
Hits: 144WPCNR 255 MAIN STREET. From the Mayor’s Office. January 20,2016: A White Plains City spokesperson announced to select media Tuesday that a private pest control company, engaged by the city, had inspected the National Amusements Cinema de Lux in … Continue reading
Hits: 129WPCNR QUILL & EYESHADE. By John F. Bailey. Based on statistics From Rand Realty. January 18, 2016: Single Family Home Sales in White Plains were slightly up, and it takes 5 months to sell your home if you cooperate … Continue reading
Hits: 175The School Board is positive on the possibility of training nurses, coaches, trainers in the use of administering the Opioid antidote injection used by police to stop a student or person from having a drug type seizure. The program … Continue reading
Hits: 144WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. JANUARY 16, 2016: In other action at the School Board this week, the Board tabled the decision to hire Solar City to install solar panels on 5 city schools: the high school, Eastview, Highlands, Ridgeway and … Continue reading
Hits: 144WPCNR 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: 153WPCNR 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: 157WPCNR 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: 139WPCNR 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