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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

07/07/09 The Raw Mount Vernon News Feed

Comprehensive News Feed for Mount Vernon, NY.

Acts of Memoryposted on July 07, 2009 08:46:22 amRichard Conniff's most recent post, " Once Upon a Time in the Bronx ," recounted the family tales of his youth on Webster Avenue.

Man suspected in Harvard shooting back in courtposted on July 06, 2009 07:44:12 pm... at a Harvard University dormitory will be back in court in New York. Blayn Jiggetts (BLAINE JIG'-etts), of Mount Vernon, N.Y., was arrested in Harlem last month. He faces a murder charge for the shooting death of 21-year-old Justin Cosby. Jiggetts ...

ArtsWestchester Announces Additional Arts Alive Grants Seminarposted on June 24, 2009 03:00:00 pmArtsWestchester has added a free Arts Alive Grants guideline and application seminar in Port Chester.

Men's Basketball: Coburn and Team Jamaica Win CBC Championshipposted on July 05, 2009 09:08:45 pmTORTOLA, British Virgin Islands Rutgers rising junior guard Mike Coburn (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) played 15 minutes, grabbing three rebounds and scoring two points, to help Jamaica to a 65-61 victory over the British Virgin Islands Saturday evening at the ...

Historic Mount Vernon church takes a somber approach to Fourth of Julyposted on July 05, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - A church used to house injured and sick soldiers during the Revolutionary War was the site of a solemn celebration yesterday.

Reigning in the rain First 8K race the charm for men's championposted on July 05, 2009 11:57:39 am... Reta, the 2007 champion, finished 23 seconds back for another second-place finish. Abraham Ngetich, 28, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., finished two seconds behind Reta in third. Though he finished with a blistering mile pace of 4:35, Cheprot, 19, who lives ...

Men's Basketball: Jamaica Defeats Cuba in Overtimeposted on July 04, 2009 09:00:35 pmTORTOLA, British Virgin Islands Rutgers rising junior guard Mike Coburn (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) helped Jamaica to a 98-93 overtime victory over Cuba Friday evening at the Caribbean Basketball Championships. With the victory, Jamaica improves to 3-1 at ...

Advocates hope parents stay involvedposted on July 04, 2009 03:00:00 pm... or tips on identifying community concerns and organizing their neighbors. Future meetings are being planned for Mount Vernon and Yonkers, said Melvin Burruss, president of AAMW. Parents often complain about the lack of communication from trustees, ...

A plan to encourage bicycling beyond 'trophy trails'posted on July 04, 2009 03:00:00 pm... My nonprofit has just installed the first two bicycle parking racks at two of its multifamily properties, in Mount Vernon and White Plains, with plans to put them in the rest. And I'm so sure that bicycle parking could transform some of our ...

Food Bank Celebrates Hunger Heroesposted on July 04, 2009 03:00:01 pm... crisis, coupled with job loss and home foreclosures makes that responsibility more important than ever." Mount Vernon's Karen O'Brien of Community Services Associates (CSA) at the Sacred Heart Church received the Volunteer Award. O'Brien helps ...

Unsteady burglar falls off ladderposted on July 04, 2009 08:19:36 amMOUNT VERNON: A would-be burglar fell off a ladder this morning just inches before entering a second-floor window at 25 Adams St.

Men's Basketball: Jamaica Defeats Barbados to Advance at CBCposted on July 03, 2009 10:13:19 pmTORTOLA, British Virgin Islands Rutgers rising junior guard Mike Coburn (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) played a team-high 32 minutes, posting five points and dishing-out three assists, to help Jamaica to a 96-74 victory over Barbados Thursday evening at the ...

Mount Vernon police net 11 in prostitution crackdownposted on July 03, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - Eleven people - two women and nine men - were arrested Wednesday and yesterday on the Mount Vernon and Bronx border on prostitution-related offenses, police said.

Mount Vernon sows first community gardenposted on July 03, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - With the help of public officials, volunteer gardeners, businesses, seniors and children, local shelters will soon receive fresh fruits and vegetables from the city's first community garden.

All grown upposted on July 03, 2009 01:12:17 pm... quickly packed a bag and made the one-and-a-half-hour drive back to Lewistown, he said. Hosang, who grew up in Mount Vernon, N.Y., said he first visited Lewistown when he was 6 years old. His first visit lasted two weeks; but as he got older, he ...

Citizen's low-cost idea to add fire hydrants gets city's noticeposted on July 03, 2009 10:16:49 am... neighborhood map and realized the potential of installing hydrants on the larger, 6-inch water mains on or near Mount Vernon Avenue. The plan city officials have discussed involves replacing the entire length of 4-inch line on Mount Vernon with ...

Men's Basketball: Coburn Scores 11 to Help Jamaica to Victory at CBCposted on July 02, 2009 09:34:00 pmTortola, British Virgin Islands Rutgers rising junior Mike Coburn (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) scored 11 points to help Jamaica to a 77-73 victory over the Bahamas Wednesday at the Caribbean Basketball Championships. Five players scored in double figures for ...

Tomato, pumpkin and green tea ice cream?posted on July 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm... the rice pudding pop. It's like having creamy dessert on a stick. The Ice Cream Factory, 410 E. Sandford Blvd., Mount Vernon, 914-699-1349. Grape-Nuts ice cream is popular in both Jamaica and New England; go figure. In our area, you can find a huge ...

Athletes off to Israel for Maccabiah Gamesposted on July 02, 2009 03:00:00 pm... to compete in the Maccabiah Games represented an opportunity of a lifetime for distance runner Brad Weiss. The Mount Vernon native would be traveling to Israel, a country he had never been to but wanted to visit; he would be representing his ...

Mount Vernon motorcyclist 'critical' after Pelham Manor crashposted on July 02, 2009 03:00:00 pmPELHAM MANOR - A Mount Vernon man was in critical but stable condition yesterday after he was thrown from his motorcycle in an accident Tuesday.
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