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Sunday, August 2, 2009

08/02/09 The Mount Vernon Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for Mount Vernon, NY.
  • Rockaway Swimmer Drowns
    posted on August 02, 2009 06:10:41 pm
    A 19-year-old aspiring lawyer drowned and his girlfriend was rescued yesterday afternoon at Rockaway Beach after getting caught in riptides, authorities said.
  • Lighted Boat Parade illuminates New Rochelle coast
    posted on August 02, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... boat came into view around 8:45 p.m. 'It's beautiful. I never saw anything like this,' said Julia Verdina of Mount Vernon. Doreen Bertone, watching with her daughter, Denise, and grandson, Jayden, 3, was among several spectators who likened the ...
  • Has the stimulus created jobs in New York?
    posted on August 02, 2009 04:33:48 pm
    ... which will provide 100 percent funding for three years' salaries for 30 police officers in Rochester, 10 in Mount Vernon and four in Poughkeepsie. The most visible aspect of the stimulus bill has been transportation projects funded around the state. ...
  • Genealogy Query - DERSCH
    posted on August 02, 2009 07:29:57 am
    ISO possible brother. Born 8/8/53, Manhattan NY. I was released for adoption in 1954, born, 8/18/54, Mt.
  • Open Gym nights surge in popularity
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... summer staple. Scores of teenagers from the surrounding towns and as far north as Peekskill and as far south as Mount Vernon and Yonkers flood the arena nightly for pickup basketball and other activities to keep busy. 'It's somewhere to play during ...
  • Three arrested in Mount Vernon drug raids
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    MOUNT VERNON - Police arrested three residents in a drug sweep Thursday night. Acting on a tip from the community, the Violent Crime and Emergency Services units executed a search warrant at a first-floor apartment at 110 S. 12th Ave.
  • Mount Vernon fire headquarters getting long-needed repairs
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    MOUNT VERNON - Work is under way to fix a mold problem at the city's fire headquarters and move firefighters back into the building, a year and a half after the building's deterioration forced their relocation to trailers.
  • Westchester briefing
    posted on August 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... found guilty of hostage taking resulting in the death of 62-year-old Balram Bachu Maharaj of 55 Hartley Ave. in Mount Vernon. The convicted men are Wayne Pierre, Kevin Nixon, Christopher Sealey, Anderson Straker, Ricardo De Four, Zion Clarke and ...
  • Calendar
    posted on July 30, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... or go to www.torpedofactory.org. Pizza Party and Family Orientation. 7 p.m. At Uhler Street Playground, Mount Vernon Community School, 2601 Commonwealth Ave., Alexandria. The orientation will take place in the school auditorium. Contact Wendy Moniz ...
  • Mount Vernon man accused of murder in Harvard shooting
    posted on July 31, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    WOBURN, Mass. - A Mount Vernon, N.Y., man has been indicted in the May shooting death of a 21-year-old Massachusetts man inside a Harvard University dormitory, moving his case to Massachusetts Superior Court.
  • Mount Vernon welcomes 16 new cops
    posted on July 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    MOUNT VERNON Sixteen new police recruits took the oath of office in the Mount Vernon Police Department.
  • NY man indicted in Harvard shooting
    posted on July 31, 2009 09:32:25 pm
    ... Massachusetts Superior Court. The charges handed up Thursday by a Middlesex grand jury accuse Blayn Jiggetts of Mount Vernon, N.Y., of first-degree murder, accessory after the fact of murder, armed robbery and possession of a firearm. He was ...
  • Pavtube Studio Releases Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac 2.0
    posted on July 31, 2009 05:36:17 pm
    Pavtube has announced Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac 2.0, an update to their all-in-one DVD Ripper on Mac OS X. With the intuitive interface, users can easily rip DVD movies into video formats including MP4, AVI, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, VOB, DV, FLV, MPG etc.
  • Police: Mom left twins in hot car in Mount Vernon
    posted on July 31, 2009 05:31:32 pm
    ... with the windows rolled up for more than 10 minutes and called police at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, said David Chong, Mount Vernon's police commissioner. Chong said police estimated the temperature to be 86 to 88 degrees and humid. Officers arrived at the ...
  • Mt. Vernon PD Receives Grant For New Officers
    posted on July 31, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    Mt. Vernon, NY - Mayor Clinton I. Young, Jr., Police Commissioner David Chong, on behalf of the City of Mount Vernon are pleased to announce that the Mount Vernon Police Department is the recipient of $1,877,000 to hire ten new police officers.
  • Man accused in gang-related killing charged with fleeing federal custody
    posted on July 31, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    A federal convict accused of killing a Mount Vernon youth while being housed at a halfway house has been charged with escaping from federal custody.
  • Mount Vernon to hire 10 more cops with $1.8M from feds
    posted on July 31, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    MOUNT VERNON - The city has been awarded $1.8 million from the federal government to hire 10 additional police officers for three years, city officials said.
  • Local man indicted in Harvard slaying
    posted on July 31, 2009 10:20:35 am
    A Mount Vernon man has been indicted in the May shooting death of a 21-year-old Massachusetts man inside a Harvard University dormitory, moving his case to Massachusetts Superior Court.
  • Mount Vernon Man Indicted in Deadly Harvard Shooting
    posted on July 31, 2009 09:54:00 am
    ... Superior Court. The charges handed up Thursday by a Middlesex grand jury accuse Blayn Jiggetts, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., of first-degree murder, accessory after the fact of murder, armed robbery and possession of a firearm. He was arrested in New York ...
  • Harvard Dormitory Slaying Leads to Second Murder Indictment by Grand Jury
    posted on July 31, 2009 09:14:35 am
    ... on murder, armed robbery and accessory charges. He and Jiggetts are jailed without bail. Jiggetts, who lived in Mount Vernon, New York, was arrested in Harlem in June by Massachusetts and New York police on a murder warrant. Jiggetts remains in New ...
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