Hits: 349WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. John Bailey Interviews Jessica O’Donovan, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction. (PART 1) November 27, 2014: In response to statewide furor over the state Common Core Assessment tests for the second straight year, half of the … Continue reading
Hits: 940WPCNR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DAY. November 27, 2014: One week ago, the traffic reports on the radio were ignoring the incredible shutdown of one of two northbound entrance lanes at the beginning of the northbound Major Deegan Expressway which … Continue reading
Hits: 428WPCNR THIS WHITE PLAINS LIFE. By John F. Bailey First published in 2007: The celebrity is coming back to town. She was dropped off in a little college town three months ago, having landed a bit role as a freshman at a humungus campus … Continue reading
Hits: 412WPCNR ROVING PHOTOGRAPHER. Thanksgiving Portfolio: On this Thanksgiving, let us remember the band of hardy intrepid souls who crossed an ocean in a boat no bigger than a large Chris Craft and settled in an unforgiving landscape and started a … Continue reading
Hits: 411 PEOPLE TO BE HEARD WESTCHESTER’S MOST RELEVANT TALK SHOW “WHERE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY HAVE THEIR SAY” YOU’VE GOT MIKE GRAESSLE “MR. REAL ESTATE” OF RAND REALTY ON THE WHITE PLAINS HOUSING MARKET REALTY REALITY THE … Continue reading
Hits: 371WPCNR QUILL & EYESHADE. From the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. November 24, 2014: White Plains City sales tax collections, just out from the New York State Department of Taxation continued modestly up in October retail … Continue reading
Hits: 405WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL EXAMINER. November 24, 2014: The city website announced this afternoon: “It is anticipated that the Common Council will be adjourning tonight’s FASNY hearing to Wednesday, December 3 at 6:00 PM to permit additional time for review … Continue reading
Hits: 444WPCNR NEWS COMMENT. By John F. Bailey. November 22, 2014 (Originally published in 2001): Someone made a big mistake this year. The papers this morning have no reference to the day John F. Kennedy was shot and killed Today … Continue reading
Hits: 423 SEE KATZ, BAILEY BENEROFE ON THE EMPTY MALLS THE OBAMA IMMIGRATION POLICY THE PANHANDLING PARADISE AT COURT STREET AT THE MICHAELIAN BUILDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ANTI- ASSESSMENT TEST FORUM THE WHITE PLAINS POLICE LIFE-SAVERS PREVENT ANOTHER CITIZEN FROM … Continue reading
Hits: 187 WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER. November 19, 2014: The following letter from Ron and Marie Rhodes, who have been conducting extensive analysis of the French American School of NewYork updated site plan for the planned school campus on the … Continue reading