WPCNR ABOUT TOWN. From the Womens Club of White Plains. April 7, 2014:
The recent White Plains Woman’s Club Scholarship Luncheon & Fashion Show raised about $15,000 for scholarships for White Plains High School seniors and honored former White Plains teachers Judy Schermerhorn and Beckie Bright.
Mike Couzens, right shown broadcasting a Fort Wayne Tincapsbaseball game. For an article on his stint this weekend telecasting the national high school final four on ESPN follow the link below.
WPCNR VIEW FROM THE UPPER DECK. From the Fort Wayne Tincaps. April 6. 2014:
Mike Couzens, 2007 graduate of White Plains High School and 2011 Syracuse University graduate as you know from a previous feature on Mike on WPCNR is the Promotion Director and Voice of the Fort Wayne Tincaps, a minor league affiliate of the San Diego Padres, during the baseball season. He also is a go-to broadcaster for all kinds of games in a galaxy of sports all over the country for ESPN.
This weekend, the Tincaps report, Mike has been tapped to telecast on ESPN the high school national basketball tournament, and is featured in an article on the ESPN website, which you can read right here: http://frontrow.espn.go.com/2014/04/mike-couzens-brooke-weisbrod/
Mike got to telecast from Madison Square Garden. Congrats, Mike, we’ll be looking for you in a major league play-by-play booth someday soon.
PETER KATZ, JOHN BAILEY AND JIM BENEROFE
CONNECTED. CONTEMPORARY. COGNIZANT.
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THE SCHOOL AID CAPER
THE JET BLUE BIRD STRIKE
TOM ROACH ON WHAT’S GOING ON THE FORMER SHOLZ BUICK PROPERTY
THE NEW WHITE PLAINS CITY WEBSITE–WHAT’S THERE. WHAT’S NOT.
SUSTAINABLE PLAYLAND TAKES A TIMEOUT
THE NOBLE DEMOCRATS GLOSS OVER DISTRICT LEADERS PROTESTS WITH A TASK FORCE
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SUSTAINABLE PLAYLAND SUMMIT
WHAT HAPPENED. WHAT DIDN’T HAPPEN
HUD MONITOR REACHING AGREEMENTS IN ZONING CHANGES WITH THE WESTCHESTER 7
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WPCNR PLAYLAND REPORTER. By John F. Bailey. April 1, 2014:
A spokesman for Sustainable Playland, the group attempting to redesign and develop the 1928 Playland amusement park owned by the county, denied today that Sustainable Playland was withdrawing temporarily from the Playland Improvement Plan review process as a delaying tactic to avoid taking over Playland this year (2014).
Geoffrey Thompson, spokesman for Sustainable Playland
Thompson said that when the Sustainable group walked out of last week’s Board of Legislators Committee meeting, they were optimistic that matters were proceeding satisfactorily..
Thomson said that the management of Sustainable Playland announced their indefinite withdrawal only when confronted by the City of Rye legal consultant, the environmental lawyer Michael Gerrard, in a letter calling for a complete environmental review of Playland, citing various cases which Gerrard interprets as giving the City of Rye full rights to approve any changes to Playland, and conducting a full environmental review.
Thompson said Sustainable decided to suspend spending further dollars on consultants and professionals in the active Playland Review (now underway under the leadership of County Legislator Peter Harckham. Thompson said that “when the county and the City of Rye decides who’s on first, and who’s in charge, and gives some clarity we will be glad to rejoin the review, otherwise there’s no point to it.”
Thompson added that County Legislator Kenneth Jenkins second lawsuit contending that the county should not have signed a management agreement with Sustainable Playland without approval of the Board of Legislators, and also includes Sustainable Playland in the suit, can also have the affect of limiting Sustainable Playland ability to raise funds.
County Executive Robert Astorino in a news release and statement said he is attempting to get the Mayor of Rye and the Chairman of the Board of Legislators, Michael Kaplowitz together to hold talks on resolving the controversy over who’s decision is it anyway (The County’s or the City of Rye) to decide on the future development of Playland.
Thompson said the City of Rye Mayor and City Council voted unanimously to approve the original Sustainable Playland plan which included the field hourse. “From the beginning, Sustainable Playland assured the Mayor and the City of Rye whey would have a seat at the table, they could bring their planning commission in. But, we never said they would have the final decision.”