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Thursday, August 20, 2009

08/20/09 The White Plains Briefing

Comprehensive News Feed for White Plains, NY.
  • Swiss banker, lawyer charged with helping clients evade US taxes in new UBS-related indictment
    posted on August 21, 2009 03:10:30 am
    ... from the widening U.S. tax evasion investigation. Two other clients are named only by initials: J.E., from White Plains, N.Y., and E.G. of Boca Raton, Fla. It was Chernick who was told by Schumacher and Rickenbach that a $45,000 bribe had been paid ...
  • Garber: U.S. taking a more unified approach
    posted on August 21, 2009 01:26:22 am
    ... at his Southampton home, Patrick McEnroe is driving himself to the United States Tennis Association offices in White Plains, N.Y. After several scheduled meetings, it's into the city for a haircut and then dinner with Jim Courier, the two noshing on ...
  • 3 debt collectors face abuse suit
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    The debt collection business is growing, and so is abuse, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said at his regional office in White Plains yesterday.
  • Judge tosses out attempted murder, weapon charges against Peekskill man
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... shooting in Peekskill last year. Leon Clement, who lives in Peekskill, was on trial in state Supreme Court in White Plains on attempted murder and weapon possession charges in the May 14, 2008, shooting of a 31-year-old Georgia man. Justice Lester ...
  • Workshop to focus on cancer diagnoses
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS: A workshop titled 'Cancer, What You Need to Know' will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept.
  • Challenge, networking event raises money
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS: The 3rd annual BNI Golf & Tennis Challenge and Networking Event was recently held at Elmwood Country Club.
  • Taste of Westchester planned for Oct. 28
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS: Cerebral Palsy of Westchester will hold A Taste of Westchester at the Westchester Renaissance Hotel at 6:30 p.m. Oct.
  • Conservatory awarded grant for scholarships
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS: The Music Conservatory of Westchester has been awarded an $18,000 grant from the New York State Council on the Arts.
  • Coleman School plans annual walkathon
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS: The John A. Coleman School will host its annual For The Children walkathon at 11:30 a.m. Oct.
  • Teen dance to benefit back-to-school efforts
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS: Lexie Drago, a sophomore at Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy High School, is planning her first fundraiser.
  • Westy to hold sign ups for fundraising walk
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... The Create Footprints 3K Walk will be held at 10 a.m. Sept. 13 at Saxon Woods Park, 1800 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains. Westy is open seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and from 11 a.m. to 4 ...
  • Con Ed to make repairs to blown wire in White Plains
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS - Consolidated Edison crews are investigating the cause of a blown feeder wire that knocked out power to a senior citizens home at 95 S. Broadway, as well as other buildings, last night.
  • Kinisky steps up to help a family in need
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... Shop in Port Chester last month. He was in the neighborhood and, while he normally does his grocery shopping in White Plains, he thought this would be a time saver. Little did he know his idea to save time would also help save a child in need. ...
  • Spano wasn't chauffered to Yankees game
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    Donna Greene White Plains The writer is communications director, Westchester County.
  • Join Crohn's Colitis Foundation to run for a cure
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... the Westchester Track Club, and Declan Foley. Team members included Eli Abemayor, Chappaqua; Michelle Acosta, White Plains; Ashley Brailsford, Nyack; Brianna Buckley, Tarrytown; Karen Buckwald, Larchmont; Elvira Damore, New Rochelle; Richard ...
  • Parking machine change method inconvenient
    posted on August 20, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    I wonder which rocket scientist was responsible for installing the new parking fee machines at the Target/Wal-Mart/1 North Broadway White Plains parking lot? When I was finished shopping recently, I had rung up a $4 parking fee and only had $20 bills with me.
  • Statement by the Westchester County Board of Legislators (Re: Today's ...
    posted on August 20, 2009 07:47:47 am
    ... Tara L. Martin, Press Secretary Westchester County Board of Legislators 148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 Ofc: (914) 995-2016 Fax: (914) 995-3884 Cell: (914) 380-0931 Please be sure to sign up for our e-newsletter and receive ...
  • Ex-VP Of SK Foods Charged In Tomato Fraud Case
    posted on August 20, 2009 05:16:43 am
    ... SK Foods LP and that the case could reach the top of the company, owner Scott Salyer. Robert L. Watson of White Plains, N.Y., the first defendant sentenced in the widespread corruption SK Foods, was given two years in jail for his connection in the ...
  • AG releases recording of abusive debt collector, files suit. Listen to the call.
    posted on August 20, 2009 04:25:00 am
    ... said his office was taking the collector's company to court. At a press conference at his regional office in White Plains, Cuomo said his office and other agencies had received more than 850 consumer complaints across the nation about 13 debt ...
  • Lockeford Man Charged In Corruption Case
    posted on August 20, 2009 02:36:49 am
    A Lockeford man has been charged in connection with the government's ongoing investigation of corruption in the tomato industry.

Monday, August 17, 2009

08/17/09 The White Plains Briefing (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for White Plains, NY.
  • SWBOCES Center Releases Fall-Winter Catalog
    posted on August 17, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... Sleepy Hollow. BOCES also offers citizenship classes in satellite locations in New Rochelle, Sleepy Hollow and White Plains. For more information, visit the BOCES Adult and Community Services website at www.swboces.org/ault-Education.cfm where you ...
  • Former BU dean posthumously given music-society honor
    posted on August 17, 2009 12:00:00 pm
    ... including a stint as conductor of the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra. Grainger died at the age of 78 in White Plains, N.Y., in 1961, and his home there serves as headquarters for the International Percy Grainger Society. The medallion, presently ...
  • Read Comments
    posted on August 17, 2009 09:21:50 am
    ... for affordable housing in the Lower Hudson Valley can easily be traced to the World War II era. In 1941, in White Plains for example, there were attempts to form a permanent housing committee to deal with a lack of decent affordable housing and to ...
  • Town halls on health bills hard to plan
    posted on August 16, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... she was relegated to a conference call on President Barack Obama's health care plan. The mother of five from White Plains wanted to tell her congresswoman - Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison - in person that she thinks the plan stinks. But that never ...
  • 1 in 10 White Plains workers earned $110G
    posted on August 16, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS - One of every 10 workers on the city payroll earned at least $110,000 last year, records show.
  • Advocate: White Plains has no basis to withhold salaries data
    posted on August 16, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS - Top aides to Mayor Joseph Delfino have rejected several requests from The Journal News during the past four months for an account of the $2.6 million in overtime the city expects to pay this year, claiming no reports are kept on the issue.
  • Stephen K. Peeples: Les Paul's legend and legacy loom large
    posted on August 15, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... and we'll make that move later.'" Now I guess that time will come soon, as Les Paul died Thursday in a nearby White Plains, N.Y., hospital from complications of severe pneumonia. Family and loved ones were by his side. At Paul's favorite club, the ...
  • Revered guitar player-inventor Les Paul dead at 94
    posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... Keith Richards. "All of us owe an unimaginable debt to his work and his talent." Paul, who died Thursday in White Plains, N.Y., of complications from pneumonia, was a tireless tinkerer, whose quest for a particular sound led him to create the first ...
  • Music Great Les Paul Dies at 94
    posted on August 17, 2009 04:03:41 am
    Les Paul, famed jazz virtuoso and inventor of Gibson's popular guitar series, died Thursday in White Plains, NY, of compilations from pneumonia, according to CNN .
  • Continue reading Municipal bonds make a comeback
    posted on August 17, 2009 12:23:35 am
    ... returned 9.9 percent. "Munis are hot and not showing signs of cooling anytime soon," Belle Haven Investments, a White Plains, New York-based fixed-income management firm headed by Chief Executive Officer Matt Dalton, said in a monthly update ...
  • Audio Pundit: Les Paul: June 9, 1915 a August 13, 2009
    posted on August 17, 2009 12:00:50 am
    ... the term properly applied: Les Paul was an icon. He passed away today from complications of severe pneumonia at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York, at the age of 94, following a fascinating life of invention and music. I grew up ...
  • Westchester Board of Legislators Officially Receives Affordable Housing Settlement Agreement
    posted on August 16, 2009 10:45:04 pm
    ... the federal government and Westchester county government now in the hands of legislators for authorization (White Plains, NY) ~ In response to the landmark settlement between the federal government and Westchester County, the county's Board of ...
  • Miles Philip Liporto
    posted on August 16, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... es will be private. Memorial donations in Miles's memory can be made to March of Dimes, 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605, www.marchofdimes.com To leave a note of sympathy for Miles's family, please visit, www.brittonfuneralhomes.com
  • AP Bans Use of Famed Woodstock Photo By Members
    posted on August 16, 2009 01:17:48 pm
    ... that we took or were given to us," said Larry Nyland, deputy managing editor/visual at The Journal News in White Plains, N.Y., which ran a collage of Woodstock images on the front page today "I don't know why they would do that." Rex Smith, editor ...
  • Legendary guitarist Les Paul had friends in Prince William
    posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... equipment manufacturer. Wolff met Paul when he worked on some of Paul's equipment at his house in suburban White Plains, N.Y. "I used to go up there and resolve issues for him," Wolff said. One of the stories that both men recall is the one about ...
  • Guitar legend-inventor Les Paul dies at age 94...
    posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the most important forces in popular music. Paul, who died in White Plains, N.Y., of complications from pneumonia, was a tireless tinkerer, whose quest for a particular sound led him to create the first ...
  • Guitar legend Les Paul dies, 94
    posted on August 14, 2009 12:13:52 pm
    ... into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the most important forces in popular music. Paul, who died in White Plains, N.Y., of complications from pneumonia, was a tireless tinkerer, whose quest for a particular sound led him to create the first ...
  • Edward A. Lajoie
    posted on August 13, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    Edward A. Lajoie, 73, died suddenly August 10, in Carmel, N.Y. Mr Lajoie was born in White Plains, N.Y., August 23, 1935, to Edward and Jenni Lajoie.
  • JBT Corporation to Present at CJS Securities Conference
    posted on August 10, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    JBT Corporation Release date: August 10, 2009 CHICAGO, Aug. 10 - JBT Corporation today announced that it will present at the ninth annual CJS Securities "New Ideas" Small-Cap Investor Conference on August 18th in White Plains, New York.
  • Worker Files Discrimination Suit Against City for Tolerating Racial Harassment
    posted on August 16, 2009 11:11:19 am
    You are doing a very good job with your show, WHITE PLAINS WEEK. It is one of the best local access programs I have seen in Westchester.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

08/11/09 The White Plains Briefing (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for White Plains, NY.
  • Hitachi Joins Local-Agency Trend With Creative Shift to Gotham
    posted on August 12, 2009 08:23:00 am
    ... such as teleconferencing and are opting to hire ad agencies right in their backyard. Earlier this summer, White Plains, N.Y.-based Heineken USA conducted a creative agency review and stated that shops outside the New York-area need not apply. ...
  • Tomato corruption probe nets Kraft buyer 2 years
    posted on August 12, 2009 08:49:15 am
    ... for accepting bribes from a Central California supplier of the company's tomato products. Robert L. Watson of White Plains, N.Y., is the first defendant sentenced in the widespread corruption case involving Lemoore-based SK Foods. He pleaded guilty ...
  • Post a Comment
    posted on August 12, 2009 01:02:09 am
    ... for 16 years running, has been tapped to lead the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. David Kappos, a 48-year-old White Plains resident, will begin a new job this week as the undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the ...
  • Spano got tickets to Yankees game as gift
    posted on August 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS - It pays to have friends with connections. That's how Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano landed choice seats for Sunday's sold-out Yankees-Red Sox game at the famed Bronx ballpark.
  • Mt. Vernon council candidates kept off ballot
    posted on August 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... ballot for the September primary, following a state Supreme Court ruling yesterday. Justice William Giacomo in White Plains agreed with the county Board of Elections that the petition violated election law by failing to note that one of them was ...
  • Digital conversion hasn't been successful
    posted on August 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    I agree with B.J. Innamorato in White Plains . Just what is the FCC going to do about this mess it created? The only channel I get is NBC Channel 4. As far as I'm concerned, we better go back to the way we were.
  • New Rochelle city employee accused of selling Ecstasy
    posted on August 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... and he was arrested.' Martinez was arraigned later that day and released on $2,500 bail. He is due Sept. 16 in White Plains City Court. New Rochelle City Manager Charles Strome III confirmed that an employee in the city's technology department had ...
  • Residents react to immigration detention reform
    posted on August 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... infractions. Being in the U.S. illegally is a civil offense. Robin Bikkal, an immigration attorney in White Plains and president of the service agency El Centro Hispano in White Plains, criticized the current system, in which detainees who are in ...
  • Burbs: Earnings more than double at AboveNet
    posted on August 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    Quarterly profits more than doubled at AboveNet Inc., a White Plains-based telecommunications company that benefited from strong demand from corporate customers for its high-speed data links.
  • 2 local dealers censured over 'clunkers' ads
    posted on August 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... to explain. 'It is so complicated,' he said. 'It has become extremely confusing.'' Smith Cairns Ford Inc. of White Plains received a letter from Cuomo's office that said the dealership's ads didn't explain how customers could qualify for the ...
  • Finally, a plan
    posted on August 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... are black, and fewer than 7 percent are Hispanic - that means they won't be built in cities like Yonkers, White Plains, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle or Peekskill. The county has agreed to spend $51.6 million to build the housing - $21.6 million the ...
  • NY Wrong-Way Crash Survivor Leaves Hospital
    posted on August 11, 2009 09:32:06 pm
    Share + Aug 11, 2009 10:31 am US/Eastern WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. 1 of 1 Firefighters look at the shell of the minivan that had burst into flames after it collided head-on with an SUV on the Taconic State Parkway on July 26, 2009.
  • Rogers Corporation to Present at CJS Securities, Inc. Ninth Annual a oeNew Ideasa Summer Conference
    posted on August 11, 2009 09:18:29 pm
    Rogers Corporation will be presenting at the Ninth Annual CJS Securities "New Ideas" Summer Conference, on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 in White Plains, NY.
  • Columbus McKinnon to Present at the CJS Securities New Ideas Small-Cap Investor Conference
    posted on August 11, 2009 07:42:49 pm
    ... will be presenting at the CJS Securities, Inc. 9th Annual Summer "New Ideas" Small-Cap Investor Conference in White Plains, NY on August 18, 2009. The presentation slides will be available on the day of the presentation at the Company's web site at ...
  • Cuomo Junks Dealers' 'clunker' Ads
    posted on August 11, 2009 07:17:20 pm
    ... city dealerships Plaza Hyundai, City World Toyota and City World Hyundai. In Westchester, Smith Cairns Ford in White Plains and Central Avenue Chrysler Jeep Dodge in Yonkers got letters. According to Cuomo's office, all 40 dealers ran ads that did ...
  • Brooklyn Paramount Lives. Eagles, Orbison, Tucker, Winter Turn Back Time
    posted on August 11, 2009 05:42:57 pm
    ... is a pleasure to see a paper that reports the news instead of making the news. -- William Waterman, Jr. former White Plains Councilman - The Councilman in Exile Brooklyn Paramount Lives. Eagles, Orbison, Tucker, Winter Turn Back Time Posted on ...
  • ITT's Enhanced Software Inspects Entire Document Collections for Sensitive Information
    posted on August 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... that create more livable environments, provide protection and safety and connect our world. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company generated 2008 sales of $11.7 billion. www.itt.com ### Media Contact: ITT Advanced ...
  • County north of NYC to market housing to nonwhites
    posted on August 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    by Jim Fitzgerald Associated Press Writer WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - The suburban county just north of New York City agreed Monday to create hundreds of affordable homes in heavily white communities and encourage nonwhites to move in. The federal ...
  • White Plains 12-year-old draws an ace
    posted on August 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... Westchester Hills and quickly disappear into the hole. The startled 12-year-old wasn't sure how to react. A White Plains resident who has been playing for six years, he experienced a hole-in-one moment some golfers wait a lifetime for during a ...
  • NY wrongway crash survivor, 5, leaves hospital
    posted on August 11, 2009 11:09:00 am
    NY wrong-way crash survivor, 5, leaves hospital Eds: APNewsNow. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. The 5-year-old boy who survived the wrong-way crash that killed eight people on a New York highway has left the hospital.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

08/05/09 The White Pains Briefing By Robo Blogger

Comprehensive News Feed for White Plains, NY.
  • Merrill brokers: Sontag's sayonara stings
    posted on August 06, 2009 02:33:00 am
    ... Bank of America. "It's a big loss," said recruiter Danny Sarch , founder of Leitner Sarch Consultants Ltd. of White Plains, N.Y. "He's a guy who's been there forever [and] knew the [Merrill] system and knew the culture." Observers expect that Ms. ...
  • Yonkers goes to the dogs, happily
    posted on August 06, 2009 01:34:37 am
    ... who moved to the neighborhood from Battery Park City a year ago. Hamel and his wife had looked at apartments in White Plains, but were told they would need to pay a $100 to $200 monthly surcharge for the pet. "That just seemed wacky. If they don't ...
  • Welsh whiskey has healing properties?
    posted on August 05, 2009 10:44:48 pm
    ... in Cardiff, Wales. "This will relieve any symptoms." Trivial pursuits Cliff Blau, a retired accountant from White Plains, N.Y., certainly took it well when he lost in the finals of this year's Society for American Baseball Research trivia contest. ...
  • Schuler was drunk and on marijuana
    posted on August 05, 2009 09:52:51 pm
    Schuler was going the wrong way at high speed, in the northbound lane , when her minivan slammed into an oncoming SUV, and burned up in the median WHITE PLAINS Diane Schuler was drunk and under the influence of marijuana, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
  • What's new in the business scene
    posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    New Business New insurance company to serve Dutchess - Mass Mutual Life Insurance is opening a new business in White Plains, Westchester County, that will serve Dutchess County.
  • Graham Hills lives up to its name
    posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... to enjoy this,' said Hawthorne resident Anthony Ardis, 34. 'You have to climb for everything.' Kevin Eade of White Plains comes to Graham Hills three times a week for hill training. 'You can go here, do a lap and get a good workout with all the ...
  • Little League: Tough Cappiello throws perfect game
    posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... The Our Lady of Mount Carmel eighth-grader pitched a perfect game with five strikeouts and helped his team beat White Plains 9-0. 'Before the game my grandma said, 'I'm praying for you to have a perfect game,' ' said Cappiello, who started playing ...
  • The scoop on the most popular ice-cream shops in the region
    posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    All summer, we're profiling the most popular ice-cream shops in the Lower Hudson Valley. 854 North Broadway, White Plains. 914-761-1334 Hours: 9 a.m-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, til 7 p.m Friday and Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Sunday. For more than 62 ...
  • DA meeting with kin of wrong-way crash victims
    posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS - Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore will meet this morning with relatives of two Yonkers men who were killed when a drunken Long Island woman drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway and into their SUV, causing eight deaths.
  • Burglar at heart of Pleasantville cop's discipline case pleads guilty
    posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... he agreed to serve 8 1/2 years in prison, according to his lawyer. State Supreme Court Justice Robert Neary in White Plains set the sentencing date for Sept. 23. Gonzalez was arrested in May 2008 in connection with a $217,000 jewelry heist in ...
  • Man with ruined pond files civil rights suit against Rye
    posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... caused 'feelings of betrayal' and 'shock and emotional scarring.' The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in White Plains, names City Council members and Shew as defendants and Schubert and his wife, Rita, as plaintiffs. Schubert's long battle ...
  • Weather: Afternoon storm could sock Lower Hudson Valley
    posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS - A thunderstorm with potential for strong winds and urban flooding is expected to hit at mid-afternoon today across much of the Lower Hudson Valley.
  • Business people in the news
    posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... Montebello. She will support the lending team at Provident Bank's commercial banking centers in Tarrytown and White Plains. Robillo, who has more than 10 years of experience in the banking industry, most recently was a vice president of personal ...
  • The secrets women keep
    posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    The White Plains Public Library screens "Volver" as part of their Summer Foreign Film Festival.
  • Jenny, I Sold Your Number
    posted on August 04, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... . "We got it as a joke and the second we plugged it into the wall it started ringing," said Spencer Potter, of White Plains, NY. "We turned off the ringer permanently after the first day and you'd see the phone flashing all of the time." Spencer ...
  • FILM
    posted on August 05, 2009 03:39:44 pm
    The White Plains Public Library screens 'Volver' as part of their Summer Foreign Film Festival.
  • Well work could lessen dump odors many smell
    posted on August 05, 2009 12:00:00 pm
    ... installed and maintained by a national company called Fortistar Methane Group. According to the Web site of the White Plains, N.Y., company, Fortistar owns 12 percent of the gas-to-energy projects in the U.S. As happens elsewhere, Fortistar has a ...
  • Business People
    posted on August 05, 2009 10:44:14 am
    ... Forum Advisory Committee. The newly formed group of independent professionals and business leaders promotes White Plains, N.Y.-based Community Mutual Savings Bank, a 122-year old financial institution. Community Mutual Savings serves Westchester, ...
  • Man with ruined pond files federal civil rights lawsuit against Rye
    posted on August 05, 2009 10:43:44 am
    ... and caused "feelings of betrayal" and "shock and emotional scarring," according to the lawsuit filed in White Plains federal court. It names City Council members and Shew as defendants and Schubert and his wife, Rita, as plaintiffs. Schubert's long ...
  • Sontag Said to Leave Merrill Lynch as Krawcheck Is Hired for Wealth Unit
    posted on August 05, 2009 10:28:28 am
    ... of America . a oeIta s a big blow for Merrill,a said Danny Sarch , president of Leitner Sarch Consultants in White Plains, New York. a oeWith all due respect to Ms. Krawcheck, she doesna t have nearly the depth of experience in terms of ...

Sunday, August 2, 2009

08/02/09 The White Plains Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for White Plains, NY.
  • Cockpit pioneer
    posted on August 02, 2009 11:54:36 pm
    ... visit family. At the time, the mid 1970s, she was working for Ted Healy, owner of Panorama Flight Services in White Plains, N.Y., as a dispatcher, secretary, bookkeeper and cashier. She rode as co-pilot on freight runs for a year to build enough ...
  • Always - Atlantic Starr
    posted on August 02, 2009 06:12:10 pm
    ... adult contemporary market as well, but their roots were '70s soul and funk. The East Coast outfit was formed in White Plains, NY, in 1976 by three brothers: lead singer/guitarist David Lewis, lead singer/keyboardist Wayne Lewis, and ...
  • Reporter recalls his close call on Taconic
    posted on August 02, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... me. It was about 9 p.m. and I was driving my 1996 Nissan Sentra north near Stormville, about 50 miles north of White Plains. I was 24, driving back to my apartment in the Berkshires after visiting a friend in New York City. My first thought was ...
  • 3rd Annual Port Chester Health Fair
    posted on August 02, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... President Lindsay Farrell for the ceremony. Health care professionals from Open Door Family Medical Centers, White Plains Hospital Center, Greenwich Hospital and other organizations will offer free health screenings at Open Door's Port Chester ...
  • Streep channels moma s joie de vivre in a Juliaa
    posted on August 02, 2009 02:09:35 pm
    ... of Julia Child. That voice was so familiar," Streep said at a small Ritz-Carlton hotel press conference in White Plains, N.Y. "And then, how do we know whether we're doing her - or Dan Aykroyd's version of her?" Streep said director Nora Ephron's ...
  • Across the area
    posted on August 02, 2009 12:52:50 pm
    ... 1987. He worked as a photo editor for several newspapers, was photo director for Gannett Suburban Newspapers in White Plains, N.Y., and was assistant managing editor for photography at the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, N.Y. 78-year-old robbed ...
  • Officials To Check Signs After Taconic Pkwy Crash
    posted on August 01, 2009 09:24:06 pm
    Share + Aug 1, 2009 10:23 am US/Eastern WHITE PLAINS 1 of 1 Remains of the minivan that smashed head-on into an SUV on the Taconic State Parkway before bursting into flames on July 26, 2009.
  • Business in the Burbs: Profits, sales fall sharply at Drew Industries
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    Sharp declines in shipments of manufactured homes and recreational vehicles continue to hurt Drew Industries Inc., a White Plains-based company that supplies components to those economically sensitive industries.
  • ITT quarterly results better than expected on cost cutting
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    Cost cutting helped diversified global manufacturer ITT Corp. of White Plains produce better-than-expected second-quarter results.
  • White Plains man heals after saving friends
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS - 'Stay awake, 12 minutes.' That's what Patrick Massaroni remembers the EMTs telling him, over and over.
  • Open Gym nights surge in popularity
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS - No less than four nights a week, from 7 p.m. until darkness washes over every inch of the Westchester County Center about three hours later, Aaron Daughtrey is there, dribbling, shooting, watching.
  • Digital conversion isn't working for everyone
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... p. Are others still having conversion trouble? What is the FCC going to do about this? B.J. Innamorato White Plains
  • Sound Shore Lacrosse: Putnam Valley, Fox Lane win semis; will meet in ...
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    From staff reports Putnam Valley 7, White Plains 6: In a Sound Shore High School League semifinal at White Plains, Ryan Fitzgerald scored the winning goal.
  • IBM can't try again to keep ex-MA chief from Dell
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... chief from performing duties at Dell Inc., a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Stephen Robinson in White Plains, New York, rejected IBM's claim this week that it had new evidence to include in a motion for a preliminary injunction against the ...
  • Lewis: Torrent of badmouthing against bbottled water
    posted on August 01, 2009 05:22:26 pm
    ... strategy and communications agency in New York City. Yaverbaum is the founder of Ericho Communications in White Plains, N.Y. Yaverbaum said he simply wants all water companies to list their sources. In many cases, if consumers knew where their ...
  • Research Perspectives Signs 8,000 SF Lease
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    Research Perspectives has signed a five-year lease for 8,000 square feet at Gannett Office Park in White Plains, N.Y. Research Perspectives is a full-service custom-market-research firm offering strategic and tactical market research solutions with a worldwide perspective.
  • Special Events At Saxon Woods Pool
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    Mt. Kisco, NY - One of Westchester County's most popular pools, Saxon Woods in White Plains, will host several special events for people of all ages during August.
  • Drew Industries Inc. Reports Second Quarter Profit
    posted on August 01, 2009 06:00:28 am
    Drew Industries Inc. , White Plains, N.Y., Thursday A reported net income of $2.6 million for the second quarter ended June 30, compared to net income for the second quarter of 2008 of $9.2 million.
  • Port Chester man sentenced to 8 years for terrorizing ex-girlfriend
    posted on July 31, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WHITE PLAINS - A Port Chester man accused of terrorizing his ex-girlfriend was sentenced today to eight years in state prison for setting fire to her apartment and breaking into her father's home.
  • State Running a $2.1 BILLION Deficit After 1st Quarter
    posted on August 01, 2009 01:46:19 am
    Been out of town...still felt I was in White Plains, reading what is new in CitizeNetReporter.

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