The White Plains Salvation Army Needs You to Make This Year’s Bell-ringing Street Campaign its best year ever–when your help is needed more than ever.

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New Corps Officers Jenny and Sam Alarcon of  White Plains Salvation Army Mission Invite you to ring bells  for good for the Salvation Army in White Plains, New York, USA

WPCNR SIDEWALKS OF WHITE PLAINS. December 9, 2017:

You’ve always admired them, standing on corners in the snow and cold smiling and ringing their bells of cheer, giving back to the community.

You’ve always wanted to ring those wonderful bells that Salvation Army volunteers in White Plains greet you with every year at malls and street locations  throughout the city — right?

Now’s your chance to fulfill that dream this week and through the holidays

If you want to volunteer to ring those holiday bills, wear the Salvation Army red celebrating the joy of giving and spreading holiday cheer, and fill your red pot with needed donations that keep the good coming that the Salvation Army does  for White Plains through the year ,contact The Salvation Army  at

 914-949-2908.

Call now while you’re thinking about it!

(If after hours, wait, leave a message in the telephone mailbox,we’ll get back to you.)

The Salvation Army mission wants you, Mr. and Mrs. And Ms. White Plains to help ring the Salvation Army bells,  feel good doing good with every donation from passersby, shoppers, and the spirit of White Plains that goes into your cheery red pot.

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New White Plains Salvation Army Major Jenny Alarcon and Salvation Army Board Member, White Plains Television’s John Vorperian, stopped by White Plains Television Studios Friday morning to spread good cheer and give an update on The Salvation Army’s annual charity collection to fund all The Salvation Army White Plains services for 2018.

Their interview will be televised Thursday evening, December 14 on White Plains Television’s People to Be Heard at 8 PM on White Plains Altice-Cablevision Channel 76 and countywide on Verizon Fios Channel 45, and again on both networks at 7 PM, on Saturday December 16 on those same stations it is also available Thursday on the internet at www.wpcommunitymedia.org at anytime  and also YouTube and at the www.whiteplainsweek.com site on Friday, December 17.

Ms. Alarcon with her husband, Samuel are the new Corps Officers appointed in July to manage the diversified services the White Plains Salvation Army offers:

The daily Food Pantry program, counseling services, the music program for youngsters, tutoring and an after-school day care program that’s a life-saver for White Plainsians.

Always wanted to help? In the holiday spirit? Call 914-949-2908 and ask about bell-ringing on the streets of White Plains or in malls,  or leave your name if interested in volunteering in any capacity for the White Plains Salvation Army.

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Feiner from Greenburgh: Governor Cuomo Should Allow Westchesterites to pay 2018 property taxes Now to Ease 2018 Monster Tax Hit

WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER. December 7, 2017:

Dear Editor:

Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has objected to the congressional action that may lead to the elimination of the real estate tax deduction for many New Yorkers whose taxes exceed $10,000 could help many property owners in Westchester save money if he calls a special session of the NYS Legislature quickly and the Legislature authorizes municipalities to accept partial payments of  the 2018 municipal, county, fire district and school taxes in 2017, rather than in 2018.

Many of my constituents have contacted me hoping to pre pay this year some of the property taxes that are expected to be due in 2018. They want to pay the taxes now, before the new federal tax code goes into effect.

If they had that ability many taxpayers in wealthier suburban communities could save thousands (perhaps tens of thousands) of dollars because of the  anticipated new code limiting deductions.  Property owners can pay the 2nd half of the school taxes in December because the taxes are due by the end of January but they can’t prepay the county, town taxes.

The problem:  Section 90 of the Real Property Tax law does not authorize local Tax Collectors to accept tax payments in advance of the tax warrant being issued. And the county/town warrants won’t be finalized before the end of the year.

If the Legislature and Governor would amend the law to allow residents of NY to pay part of next year’s real property taxes before the end of this year many people would be able to avoid the impact of the new in 2018.

Some cities and municipalities in other counties in NYS will have their town and county warrant done December 31st as they normally collect taxes in January.

What that means is that residents in other counties can pay their 2018 tax warrant this year while Westchester can’t —unless NYS does something about this quickly.

Paul Feiner

Supervisor, Town of Greenburgh

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WPTV’S PEOPLE TO BE HEARD: WHAT’S DOING IN WHITE PLAINS REAL ESTATE RIGHT NOW. ALSO SEE THE EXPERTS RIGHT NOW ON YOUTUBE AND WHITEPLAINSWEEK.COM

JOHN BAILEY INTERVIEWS

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CHRISTINE RICCI  AND STEVEN SCARNATI

OF  KELLER-WILLIAMS REALTY IN WHITE PLAINS NY USA

SATURDAY 7 PM

 ON THE INTERNET  INSTANTLY RIGHT NOW 

ptbh with the real estate EXPERTS has been posted  — the youtube link is
 
 
the whiteplainsweek.com link is
 

www.wpcommunitymedia.org

ON 

WHAT LIES AHEAD IN THE WHITE PLAINS REAL ESTATE MARKET

WHITE PLAINS PRICE TRENDS

WHO’S MOVING IN? WHO’S MOVING OUT?

THE LENDING CLIMATE

EFFECT OF THE NEW TAX LAW ON REAL ESTATE

SHOULD YOU PUT YOUR HOME ON THE MARKET NOW OR WAIT?

SHOULD YOU BUY A HOME NOW OR WAIT?

ON WHITE PLAINS TV’S  “PEOPLE TO BE HEARD”

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THE COUNTY’S MOST RELEVANT INTERVIEW PROGRAM

 

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76 Years Ago: The Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor. Remembering the Day of Infamy

Out of the Sun

A Memorial 

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Out of the sun on quiet Sunday morning they came

Birds of death blazened with red suns raining fiery havoc on Battleship Row.

One by one, ruthless planes dove, destroyed wantonly to their nation’s eternal shame.

Thunderous explosions scattered fiery death in Sunday dawn’s glow.

Flames belched from bowels of stricken Arizona, America’s pride,

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On Hickam Field pilots raced to planes to defend 

As their birds were crippled on ground by Zeros’ glide

Gunners in turrets on ships floundering filled skies with flack’s din.

In search of aircraft carriers, marauders could not find

Ruthlessly strafed and bombed leaving Pearl

 Smoking ruin. Ships sunk, burning as raiders flew  back into the Sun

 

The day of infamy had been ignited in the Zeros’ swirl.

 America listened a world away, somber FDR

Spoke of this day that will live in infamy.

America must never forget that Pearl Harbor Scar

When an unsuspecting America slept in complacency.

To the 2,403 perishing that day under merciless bombs

Hails of bullets,terror of torpedos out of nowhere

America must remember forces against our freedoms

Relentlessly work always to  remain aware of surprise of deadly bombs’ glare.

Vigilence is the price of freedom always to be defended

Against those who would destroy our republic from within

By dark forces in far off places we have offended.

 

The answer is not curtailing freedom at home rather it to champion.

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The USS Arizona lies today  in Pearl’s waters, bleeding lives

Of her men through the eerie eternal slick marking the rusting hulk.

Beneath Pearl’s waters, the blood of free people oozes from the shadowy bulk,

Bleeding forever, freedom’s spirit living eternally in lost lives remembered.

The Arizona never rests.

 Note: The Pearl Harbor attack took place 76 years ago today at 7 A.M. Honolulu time –just about 12 noon Eastern Standard Time.  Its aftermath is dramatically depicted at

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm

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