WPCNR MAIN STREET JOURNAL. By John F. Bailey. October 28, 2005: Pat Casey, the new publisher of The White Plains Watch announced to WPCNR Thursday that her newspaper is expanding and will publish weekly beginning in January introducing a new force in White Plains reporting, the White Plains Times

Pat Casey of The White Plains Times in front of City Hall. Photo, WPCNR News.

Casey said the paper will remain the same length and size as it is now, 20 pages, but will change its name to the White Plains Times. Casey said the paper's logo is being redesigned by Berlin Associates, a city-based design firm, but the format will remain the same, retaining the color photographs. She plans no change in editorial style.

She said the paper will report hard news affecting the quality of life in White Plains, and present features focusing  on the activities of White Plains personalities, provide profiles  and continue its roundup of events and happenings around town.

Casey reports she has expanded the staff of the new Times to 7, with a Managing Editor, Associate Editor, an Advertising Sales Manager, and full-time writers, supplemented by a free-lance staff up to 25.  She said the paper will publish on Thursdays of each week, beginning January 5.

The paper will be circulated by mail at no charge to a resident population of 25,000. Subscriptions are $25, she said and will avail subscriber supporters of  certain privileges and benefits that are in the process of being determined.

The White Plains Times will join the White Plains Crusader as the second weekly in White Plains.