Jacob Burns Screens 'Selma' For Students In Honor Of Black History Month

Jacob Burns Film Center is hosting an exclusive screening of "Selma " for students from a local school with a Q&A with executive director of the White Plains Youth Bureau Frank Williams Jr. on Tuesday. Students from Martin Luther King Jr. High School in the Greenburgh-Graham School District in Hastings-On-Hudson will watch the film and have a discussion with Williams.

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Proximity of Bush, Clinton suburbs seen in political light as 2016 election shapes up

... Office sweepstakes is just as ravenous in the adopted hometown of the former first lady, who is eying nearby White Plains, N.Y., for her campaign headquarters. "Everybody's very excited and waiting with a little bit bated breath to hear what she's ...

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Purple Heart Homes Group Helping Westchester Veteran

... Franzoso Contracting, as vice chair; Croton resident and Navy veteran Richard Zumbach as treasurer; and White Plains resident Lorraine Lathrop as recording secretary. Parrotta recalled how Purple Heart Homes, which is located in North Carolina and ...

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Lowey Marks Social Security Anniversary In White Plains

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison, the ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, joined a group of local senior citizens at The Esplanade Senior Residences on Saturday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Social Security. The first Social Security check was issued on Jan. 31, 1940.

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Entergy 'Jersey Night' Powers Up Students, Teachers And Westchester Knicks

Bettye H. Perkins, left, founder and chief executive officer of Today's Students, Tomorrow's Teachers and Deborah Fay of Entergy display jerseys given away at Friday's basketball game. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The County Center had it all Friday night: the Westchester Knicks -- including an actual New York Knickerbocker -- cheerleaders, fans, music and plenty of Entergy.

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Stepinac Souper Bowl Brings In 25,000 Cans Of Food

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Stepinac High School students learned they have succeeded in meeting an annual challenge known as the Souper Bowl by collecting 25,000 cans of food and other food items by the deadline of Super Bowl Sunday. As a result of their successful efforts in the massive drive to help feed the hungry and homeless of all ages throughout Westchester and the Bronx, they earned a day off from school.

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Pepe Auto Group Signs With Westchester Knicks

... from exposure and outreach at a Westchester Knicks home game. Pepe Auto Group has chosen My Sister's Place, a White Plains-based organization that provides education, awareness, and legal services to those who are victims of, or at risk of domestic ...

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