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4 Named to Be Inducted into the White Plains High School Hall of Fame
WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. From the White Plains City School District. September 12, 2017:
Four White Plains High School graduates have been selected for induction into the school’s Hall of Fame this fall.
The Hall of Fame pays tribute to White PlainsHigh School alumni/ae who have distinguished themselves in their chosen careers and/or have significantly and positively impacted the lives of others.
The 2017 inductees are: Ralph Waite, ’46, award-winning stage, film and TV actor (posthumous), Dr. Robert L. Johnson, ’64, internationally recognized expert on adolescent health matters and Dean of the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Georgia Kacandes, ’77, producer of award-winning movies, David Levy, ‘80, President of Turner Broadcasting,
The honorees will visit the High School on Wednesday, November 15 and will meet with students during the day. The Induction Ceremony will take place in the Media Center at 3pm and will be followed by a reception. The public is invited.
This is the eighteenth class of distinguished alumni/ae selected since the Hall of Fame was established in 1996, bringing the total number of inductees to 78. It is estimated that more
than 30,000 students have graduated from White Plains High School in its 121 years of continuous operation.
The inductees were selected by a committee of representatives of civic and school groups from nominations submitted by the public. New nominations are welcomed each year.
More information available at whiteplainspublicschools.org, “District Info”.
Mayor Thomas Roach Secures Democratic Party Nomination Decisively by 3 to 1 Margin Over Challenger for Mayor, Milagros Lecuona. Democratic Voters Support City Committee Nominated Council Candidates, Martin, Kirkpatrick and Newcomer Brasch. Anti FASNY sentiment not a factor. Latimer Defeats Jenkins for the County Executive Dem Nod by almost 2 to 1.
WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2017. September 12, 2017 UPDATED 9:30 A.M.:
Mayor Thomas M. Roach turned aside the primary challenge of Councilwoman Milagrose Lecuona, securing the Democratic Party line by a 3 to 1 margin. This morning with 100% of the votes tallied here are the results (unofficial):
| Office | MAYOR – WHITE PLAINS | |||
| PARTY | Votes | Percent | ||
| DEM | THOMAS M ROACH JR | 2,950 | 72% | |
| DEM | MILAGROS LECUONA | 1,121 | 28% | |
| Office Totals | 4,071 | 100% | ||
| Office | COUNCILMAN – WHITE PLAINS | |||
| VOTE-FOR-THREE | ||||
| PARTY | Votes | Percent | ||
| DEM | SAAD T SIDDIQUI | 1,331 | 12% | |
| DEM | MICHAEL KRAVER | 1,707 | 15% | |
| DEM | JOHN M MARTIN | 2,273 | 20% | |
| DEM | ALAN D GOLDMAN | 1,581 | 14% | |
| DEM | JUSTIN C BRASCH | 1,973 | 18% | |
| DEM | JOHN B KIRKPATRICK | 2,308 | 21% | |
| Office Totals | 11,173 | 100% | ||
Roach’s Democratic Party nominated running mates, John Martin, John Kirkpatrick and Justin Brasch defeated challengers Goldman, Kraver and Siddiqui, with Kraver being the closest candidate to securing a Democratic Party line.
Mr. Siddiqui and Mr. Kraver will be on the ballot in November on the Working Families Party line.
Mr. Goldman will be on the Republican line for Council, along with Cass Cibelli and a third candidate.
Milagros Lequona is also on the Republican Ticket as Candidate for Mayor.
City Remembrance of 9/11—Reminds of our Commitment to Take Over for Those Who Were Lost
In Liberty Park this morning, members of the White Plains Common Council lay wreaths on the memorial to the six White Plains residents who died in the September 11 World Trade Center attack sixteen years ago.
WPCNR MILESTONES. By John F. Bailey. September 11, 2017:
The City of White Plains held its annual remembrance today of the World Trade Center loss and those who died in that attack sixteen years ago this morning.
In a moving ceremony featuring poetry, a stirring Star Spangled Banner performance by Joseph Mosely, and a touching thought by Mayor Thomas Roach, the city remembered Sharon Balkom, Marisa Dinardo, Hemanth Kumar Puttur, Joseph Riverso, Gregory Rodriguez and Linda Sheehan, six city residents who died in the 9/11 attack.
Mayor Thomas Roach (above) remembered it was a day just like this morning, clear, crisp, beautiful when the attack came.
He said there was no way we could make up or get over the loss of the six White Plains citizens and thousands of others who died, but that we should all remember each of the 9/11 dead had perhaps a child, a parent, loved ones who depended on them.
The Mayor said “We have the commitment to comfort that child, help the family of that person” to in no way replace the person lost, but “to help someone who needs help, not moving on, but moving forward.” It was a positive message to deal with the remembrance of loss and the lifelong process of building despite the loss.
Poems were read by a White Plains Police Officer, and a White Plains fireman, conveying the way “we all became one” on that day, today, 16 years ago.
Wreathes were laid by members of the Common Council on the marble slab engraved with the names of the White Plains dead. Mr. Mosley closed the ceremony with a goose-bumping, exhilarating performance of God Bless America, his voice ringing out across Silver Lake and rising to the Heavens.
