The Mid-Week Neighborhood Dish: Ash Wednesday, A Benefit for Battered Women and More

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In this week's Mid-Week Neighborhood Dish: Ash Wednesday, a benefit for battered women, a lecture on John Jay, candidates will be chosen and more.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for Christians, a 46-day (40 if you don’t count Sundays) period of penance, reflection and fasting. During Lent Christians will give something up or fast to thank God for sacrificing his only son (Jesus) so that the sins of the world could be forgiven.

On Ash Wednesday, Christians mark their foreheads with ashes, from palms burned the prior year on Palm Sunday. Receiving ashes is an act of devotion, penance and humility, and acts a reminder of God’s love for all.

Stop in and get your ashes today during lunch from noon until 1 p.m. at the at 39 N. Broadway.  A brief service, where ashes will be given, will take place from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. The evening service is from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 

Enjoy entertainment, a silent auction and speakers to raise awareness and funding to support domestic violence services for women. Proceeds from this benefit will go to My Sisters’ Place who offers shelter, legal aid, and other services to battered, sexually abused and human trafficked women.

The gala takes place at at 3 Renaissance Sq. Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Click here to purchase a ticket. Check back with Patch for the story on the gala.

Listen to Barnard College History Professor Herbert Sloan discuss how John Jay was one of the culprits behind the American Revolution. The lecture is free and open to all on Thurs., March 10 at 4 p.m. at Pace Law School, 78 North Broadway. 

Officials from the French-American School of New York made a presentation before the White Plains Council of Neighborhood Associations Tuesday regarding their plans to turn the former Ridgway Country Club into a k-12 school. Residents asked questions and vented their concerns that the project would negatively impact the environment and quality of life in the area, as well as change the character of the Gedney Farms neighborhood forever. Check back with White Plains Patch for the full story.

The White Plains Democratic City Committee is expected to select their candidate for mayor on Thurs., March 10. City Republicans are also expected to select a candidate by the end of the week. The special election to fill the remainder of former Mayor Adam Bradley’s term will take place on March 31. Check back with White Plains Patch for election coverage.