WHITE PLAINS WEEK TAKES STOCK AT MIDYEAR 2016 WITH THE JULY ROUNDUP

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT– PETER KATZ, JOHN BAILEY, JIM BENEROFE TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WHITE PLAINS, WESTCHESTER AND THE WORLD ARE AT MID-2016 WITH  THIS JULY SUMMER SPECIAL

 

JOHN BAILEY, PETER KATZ AND JIM BENEROFE

ON

THE GOOD COUNSEL DEVELOPMENT

HARRISON LOOKS TO BUILD APARTMENTS ON WHITE PLAINS BORDER

SMART METERS COMING TO WHITE PLAINS

CHEW-UP-ASPHALT-SPIT-NEW-ASPHALT-OUT MACHINES BEING TRIED BY THE CITY

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT KEEPS TIM CONNORS FOR ANOTHER TWO MONTHS.

THE CITY SALES TAX RECEIPTS NEED $5 MILLION FROM THE JUNE TILLS–OTHER BUDGET CUTS TO COME.

THE PRESIDENTIAL MANEUVERS

EFFECTS OF TERROR ATTACKS ON TRAVELERS ATTITUDES.

WHAT’S AHEAD IN CITY ISSUES THIS SUMMER

SEE THEM NOW ON

www.whiteplainsweek.com

www.wpcommunitymedia.org

and YOU TUBE WITH THIS LINK

https://youtu.be/VytNhzaAv34

 ON TV FRIDAYS AT 7:30 PM AND MONDAYS AT 7

ON VERIZON FIOS CHANNEL 45 COUNTYWIDE

AND ON CABLEVISION CH. 76 IN WHITE PLAINS

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SUNRISE PUTS 37 DEKALB ON MARKET. DETOX PROJECT APPARENTLY DROPPED.

WPCNR MAIN ST JOURNAL. From the Carhart Association. July 7, 2016:

Ken Kristal of the Carhart Association reported to members of the Council of Neighborhood Association yesterday by e-mail that a developer plan to build a detox center in the Carhart neighborhood has been abandoned for that site.

Mr. Kristal shared with WPCNR this statement:

“I have recently learned, and it has been confirmed, that Sunrise (detox center) has put the property at 37 Dekalb Avenue on the market for sale.

It’s probably a bit too early to celebrate until we see who buys the property and for what purpose.”

The White Plains Common Council refused to consider a Special Permit for Sunrise to build a detox center on the former Nathan Miller Nursing Home site, after the Building Department recommended against the project. The Zoning Board also upheld the Building Department ruling.

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90 in the shade.

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WHAT 90 DEGREES IN THE SHADE LOOKS LIKE. IT FEELS MUCH WORSE. IT WAS 90 IN THE SHADE AS OF 2 PM IN THE WHITE PLAINS CITIZENETREPORTER WEATHER CENTER, 45% HUMIDITY. A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE DAY. CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH CHANCE FOR THUNDERSHOWERS AFTER NOON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WE ARE HAVING A HEAT WAVE, A TROPICAL HEAT WAVE.

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AFTERWORKS DRAW A HAPPY CROWD BUT SMALLER THAN USUAL.

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CROWD FOR THE WHITE PLAINS “AFTERWORKS” INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION WHICH WENT OFF LAST NIGHT, POSTPONED FROM LAST FRIDAY DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBILITY. (A VERY PRUDENT DECISION BY CITY HALL GIVEN THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME)

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CROWD FILLED THE AMUSEMENTS AREA AT NORTH END OF THE STAGING GROUND.

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THE PROGRAM BEGAN WITH A RECORDING OF KATE SMITH SINGING GOD BLESS AMERICA. MAYOR TOM ROACH OPENED THE CEREMONIES, THANKED WAYNE BASS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS FOR PUTTING THE PROGRAM TOGETHER, INTRODUCED COUNCILMAN DENNIS KROLIAN AND ASSEMBLYMAN DAVID BUCHWALD, AND AFTER THE COLOR GUARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SALUTED THE FLAG THE FIREWORKS BEGAN.

 

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