WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER 3,374,995 VISITS IN ONE YEAR—65,000 VISITS A WEEK BY 985,281 VISITORS

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WPCNR WP AFTER DARK. From Cappelli Enterprises. July 27, 2004: Cappelli Enterprises will host an exciting free  “Summer Night’s Swing” at Renaissance Fountain Plaza, directly across from City Center at Main Street and Mamaroneck Avenue on Wednesday, August 11, beginning at 6:00 p.m. (rain date August 12). The “Summer Night’s Swing” will be an evening of swing dancing, complete with a live band, food, and entertainment.

SUPER DEVELOPER HOSTS SUMMER NIGHT’S SWING: Louis Cappelli, shown here at the opening of the White Plains Performing Arts Center last fall plans a “Thank You” to White Plains. Photo, WPCNR News Archive.

RENAISSANCE PLAZA. Photo, WPCNR News Archive.

 “We could thing of no better way to show our appreciation to the people who live and work in the White Plains area for their unbelievable support of the City Center complex,” said Marge Schneider, Vice President of Cappelli Enterprises, the City Center developer.   “We’re looking forward to a very special evening, and hope that ‘Summer Night’s Swing’ will become an annual event.”

Applebee’s, Legal Sea Foods, and Barnes & Noble will offer free refreshments from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.  The entertainment will begin at 7:00 p.m. with the Benson-Scott 20-piece Big Band and professional dancers from the Arthur Murray dance studio. The dancers will help to get the giant dance party started and will conduct a large group dance lesson. 

The evening will also include a special appearance by Robert Royston, choreographer of the Broadway show, “Swing.”  A four-time U.S. Open Swing Dance Champion, Mr. Royston has been featured on the “Today Show,” “The View,” “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” and others.  He is also an instructor at Dance Manhattan.  Mr. Royston and his partner, Nicola Royston, will dazzle the audience with a swing dance exhibition.

From 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., participants can enjoy a delicious assortment of desserts, courtesy of Zanaro’s Italian restaurant, just across the street from Fountain Plaza.   Parking for the event will be available at the City Center garage.

Cappelli Enterprises Inc., the City Center developer, is a prominent real estate developer and general contractor in the Northeast.  Headquartered in Valhalla, NY, the company has built more than 4 million square feet of mixed use, retail, waterfront, residential, office building, laboratory and parking facilities.

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WPCNR WHITE PLAINS VOICE. July 26, 2004: A few months ago, due to a flurry of caustic and scathing commentaries about officials of the City of White Plains, which they vehemently objected to, the CitizeNetReporter, seeking to show this publication had no malice towards our city servants, chose to spare those former officials and removed the ability for our readers to post comments to this site anonymously.

Today, with those particular officials no longer having anything to do with the operation of the city and safely out of the line of fire, the CitizeNetReporter again places its faith in the responsibilities of our readers and will again allow you to post comments to stories anonymously. However, WPCNR urges you to comment responsibly.

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WPCNR PRESS BOX. Special to WPCNR from Stacey Davison, Katelyn Griffin in Houston. July 25, 2004:  The Texas Thunder took their fifth straight from the New York New Jersey Juggernaut in their University of Houston ballpark Saturday night, shutting out the Nauts, 7-0, after beating the Nauts Friday evening, 2-1 in eleven innings. Texas leads the league by a half game over Akron and 2 full games over the Nauts, at 24-16, with Texas having a 24-11 record. The two teams play Sunday afternoon at 4.

Friday evening, Selena Collins hit a walkoff home run off Kaci Clark (pitching in relief of Amanda Scott)in the eleventh to defeat the Nauts, 2-1. Christa Williams went the distance for Texas to move her league leading record to 9-3.

Venus Taylor homered for the Nauts in the second inning for an earlier 1-0 Naut lead. That lasted until the sixth, when Ryan Realmuto doubled to right to score pinch runner Selena Collins.

Saturday night the wheels came off when Texas plated 3 in the fourth off Kellie Wilkerson (pitching in relief of Amanda Scott who was removed in the first inning), 1 in the fifth and 3 in the sixth off Gina Oaks to roll to a 7-0 win. A walk to Lindsay Gardner, a single by Clare Burnam and a single by Selena Collins scored Gardner. Ryan Realmuto doubled to right center to score Burnam, and Karrie Rider hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0. Texas picked up a another run in the fifth, scoring while Lyndsey Garner jockeyed in a rundown between first and second. Then added three more in the sixth, scoring on two passed balls and a single.

Judging from our correspendents Saturday night was one of the worst Juggernaut performances of the season.

NATIONAL PRO FASTPITCH STANDINGS July 25, 2004

Saturday Scores

Texas 7, Juggernaut 0

California 3, Akron 0

New England 3, Arizona 1

Friday Night Scores

Texas 2, Juggernaut 1 (11)

New England 3, Arizona 1

Akron 8 California 3

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WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. July 22, 2004: Larry Delgado, sworn-in Tuesday to the Common Council, replacing Glen Hockley will attend the work session this afternoon at 6 P.M. The agenda follows:
 

8.                               Resolution of the Common Council of the City of White Plains designating Sunrise Senior Living, Inc., as the Qualified and Eligible Sponsor for the development of an Assisted Living Facility on an air rights parcel to be created from certain air rights over the following parcels shown on the Tax Map of the City of White Plains:  Tax Lots 130.27-4-4 and 130.27-4-5, (Together “Acquisition Parcel A”); Tax Lot 130.27-4-3 (“Acquisition Parcel B”); and the City owned Tax Lot 130.27-4-6 known as the Longview Parking Lot (“Acquisition Parcel C”), all such parcels located in the East Post Road Phase II Urban Renewal Project, Project No. WPUR-9B: listed in Exhibit C of the East Post Road Phase II Urban Renewal Project, Project No. WPUR-9B; and shown on the attached Project Location Map.

DISCUSSION:

9.                  Our Lady of Sorrows site plan application.

10.             White Plains Medical Center Associates Accessory Parking Lot.

11.             221 Main Street Affordable Housing proposal.

12.             CAFRA Change in Due Date – Local Law.

13.             Budget transfers – Public Safety.

14.             Capital Project for paving of parts of Mamaroneck Avenue and Main Street.

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WPCNR TRAFFIC REPORT. From Westchester County Department of Transportation. July 21, 2004: Beginning at 3:45 p.m. the Westchester County Department of Transportation took those Metro-North New Haven line passengers headed towards New York City from various Westchester stations to the Mount Vernon West station (on the Harlem line), County Executive Andy Spano said.


The action to help so-called reverse commuters comes due to service
problems on the Westchester portion of Metro-North’s New Haven line. As of
this time, there has been partial restoration of service for commuters
heading home from New York City.

Westchester DOT will fill in the transit gap for those passengers headed
south, from Port Chester to Mount Vernon East (the stations on the New
Haven Line). Fifty buses have been called into service. As more
information become available, the county will post specifics on its
website: www.westchestergov.com <http://www.westchestergov.com>

During the morning rush hour, the county came to the rescue of about
10,000 commuters, mainly those going towards Manhattan. Buses picked up
commuters at the Westchester New Haven line stations (between Port Chester
and Mount Vernon East) and transported them to the Mount Vernon West
station (which is on the Harlem Line, where service has not been
affected.)

The buses being used are a combination of the county’s Bee-Line buses and
some private buses arranged by the county. Metro-North will reimburse
Westchester County for any expenses incurred.