The Burke Rehabilitation Center is sponsoring a medical equipment drive in recognition of National Physical Therapy Month. Donations of items such as canes, crutches, walkers, braces and manual wheelchairs are being collected at Burke’s main campus in White Plains and at its satellite centers until Oct. 31. “There are so… Read More →
El Centro Hispano has received a $100,000 challenge grant from the Lanza Family Foundation to help the 37-year-old organization continue to serve the Hispanic community. In order to receive the donation, El Centro Hispano will need to raise an additional $100,000 by April 15, 2012. “I am very happy to… Read More →
Mourners pause before the caskets of Amy Friedlander and her children Molly, 10, and Gregory, 8, after a burial service at Montefiore Cemetery in Rockledge, Pa. earlier today. Photo by Seth Harrison Samuel Friedlander killed his wife and children before killing himself in the family’s Cross River home last Tuesday…. Read More →
Stepinac’s Mark White runs in for a touchdown as Iona Prep’s Daniel Fischer, right, tries to stop him during the second half of the inaugural football game on Archbishop Stepinac High School’s new turf field in White Plains on Oct. 22, 2011. Iona Prep beat Stepinac 30-17. ( Xavier Mascareñas… Read More →
The witches and goblins — along with a few musicians and clowns — will get an early start on Halloween this weekend at the annual Spooktoberfest for Kids event in Greenburgh. Little ghouls and gals will fill Hart’s Brook Park on Preserve on Ridge Road in Hartsdale tomorrow from 1 p.m…. Read More →
A member of President Obama’s administration earlier today said that its housing settlement with Westchester County should act as a “wake up call” for the nation. Speaking at an affordable housing symposium at Pace University, John Trasvina (standing behind for County Executive Andy Spano in a 2009 photo), assistant secretary… Read More →
Two men are in custody after a wild chase involving several police agencies that began in White Plains and ended in the woods off the Hutchinson River Parkway in Harrison, near the Hutch’s Mobil gas station. White Plains Police Chief James Bradley said the chase involving burglary suspects began about… Read More →
Mamaroneck’s Marciano Rosales, left, and Shaquille Jackson-Lee sandwich White Plains’ Hader Ortiz to keep him from possesing the ball during the boys soccer game at White Plains High School on Oct. 20, 2011. Mamaroneck beat White Plains 3-1. ( Xavier Mascareñas / The Journal News ) See more photos from… Read More →
Janet Kovacs of Irvington will be a guest on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” on Friday. The 36-year-old stay-at-home mother of fraternal twins, Reese and Justin, will compete for $1 million and other prizes on the popular game show. Kovacs, whose husband, Jimmy, sat in the audience as her… Read More →
It’s official. White Plains is among the 100, Best Communities for Young People in the USA, as determined by the America’s Promise Alliance, which held a national competition to recognize local programs and initiatives aimed at supporting young people and ending the high school dropout crisis. The award was announced… Read More →
