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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

01/16/13 Hyper Local Mount Vernon News Reports

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  • Boys basketball: Mount Vernon pulls away in fourth, tops White Plains 2013-01-16, 03:00 am
    It took them awhile. More than a half, in fact. But the Mount Vernon Knights boys basketball team eventually looked at least a little like the defending state AA champions here Tuesday, defeating White Plains 72-53. The Knights proved big on the boards, hauling down 40 rebounds, 15 on the offensive side.
  • Boys basketball: Mount Vernon takes control late 2013-01-15, 03:00 am
    It took them awhile. More than a half, in fact. But the Mount Vernon Knights boys basketball team eventually looked at least a little like the defending state AA champions here today, defeating White Plains 72-53. The Knights proved big on the boards, hauling down 40 rebounds, 15 on the offensive side.
  • Mount Vernon And Bronx Residents Charged With Identity Theft 2013-01-15, 11:08 am
    Clarkstown Police arrested Komi Kalefe, 22, of the Bronx and Gary Taylor, 26, of Mount Vernon on Monday night on a variety of felony charges including identity theft.
  • Jalyn A. Rine 2013-01-15, 10:26 am
    ... Zanesville, and was the daughter of the late Richard and Nevadel (Miller) Young. Jalyn was a 1984 graduate of Mount Vernon High School and was a 20-plus year employee with Wendy's. She is survived by her loving husband of 25 years, Barry Rine; her ...
  • Home sales up 15%, local prices down in 2012 2013-01-15, 03:00 am
    ... homes. Leogrande said the region's high property taxes even affect relatively low-cost homes. He noted that a Mount Vernon home his agency is selling is listed at $220,000, yet annual property taxes are $24,000.
  • Westchester AAU Girls' Basketball Team To Hold Tryouts 2013-01-14, 07:00 pm
    ... 23 and Feb. 24 and four more tryouts on March 3. All tryouts will occur at Hoopestown, 300 E. Sandford Blvd. in Mount Vernon. The Hoopers are also looking for qualified coaches. Those interested can attend a meeting at Hooperstown on Feb. 23 at 3 ...
  • Alabama church seeks healing after shooting 2013-01-14, 05:15 pm
    Parishioners pray together at Gardendale-Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church during the first worship service after their pastor was accused of shooting and killing his wife and wounding their daughter UMNS photos by Mike DuBose.
  • White Plains Cashier Charged With Stealing From Work 2013-01-12, 03:00 am
    ... in clothing from the store, according to a police report. A loss prevention agent told police Friday the Mount Vernon woman rang up clothing worth $748 on Dec. 26, 2012, and $1,154.25 on Jan. 6, then voided both transactions, the reports says. She ...
  • Boys basketball: Mount Vernon Knights feel right at home 2013-01-12, 03:00 am
    There was no hiding the joy on Brandon Martin's face after Mount Vernon's first home game.
  • Mount Vernon Animal Shelter to clear out cats, resume euthanasia policy to fight disease 2013-01-12, 03:00 am
    The Mount Vernon Animal Shelter, in an effort to stanch the spread of disease through the city's feline population, has stopped accepting cats and is recommitting to management practices, including euthanasia, from which it had veered, a top official said.
  • Spiro Sparks Scarsdale Girls Basketball To Win 2013-01-12, 01:18 am
    SCARSDALE, N.Y. Scarsdale's Rachel Spiro faced a tall order Friday in the Raiders' Section 1 girls basketball game with Mount Vernon guard 6-foot-4 Lubirdia Gordon.
  • Mt. Vernon animal shelter clears out cats; fights disease with euthanasia 2013-01-11, 03:00 am
    The Mount Vernon Animal Shelter, in an effort to stanch the spread of disease through the city's feline population, has stopped accepting cats and is recommitting to management practices, including euthanasia, from which it had veered, a top official said.
  • Advice From Catalog Legend Lillian Vernon For Women Business Owners 2013-01-01, 12:48 pm
    ... (LV): I started my business in 1951, when I was a young housewife pregnant with my first child. I was living in Mount Vernon, New York and I wanted to help supplement my husband's income. I thought of an idea to use $2,000 of our wedding gift money ...
  • Crime and courts: Feds tip Mount Vernon cops to 'skimmer' suspects; Putnam cases 2013-01-11, 03:00 am
    According to the mayor's office, Secret Service agents called Mount Vernon police last week with a tip that two men suspected of using an electronic device to skim account information from bank ATM machines were about to strike in the city.
  • 2 indicted in Peekskill barbershop stabbing death 2013-01-11, 03:00 am
    ... stabbing death of a 23-year-old man in Peekskill. Sunil Williams, 29, of the Bronx and Maurice Walker, 33, of Mount Vernon pleaded not guilty at an arraignment Thursday on the charges related to the Nov. 23 stabbing. The investigation began when ...
  • Girls basketball: Peekskill figuring it out 2013-01-11, 03:00 am
    ... landed on the wrong side of several close decisions this season, including two-point losses to Somers and Mount Vernon and a six-point loss to New Rochelle. "We took our beatings this season, especially in the first four or five games," Peekskill ...
  • In the Service: Westchester military notes 2013-01-11, 03:00 am
    ... of Simora McKenniss and stepson of Michael McKenniss of New Rochelle. Crump is the son of Humphrey Crump of Mount Vernon and a 2008 graduate of Mount Vernon High School. Airman Daniel S. Connolly has graduated from basic military training at ...
  • Suspects Arraigned In Fatal Stabbing Of Peekskill Barber 2013-01-11, 01:17 am
    ... County District Attorney Janet DiFiore said Sunil Williams, 29, of the Bronx and Maurice Walker, 33, of Mount Vernon were arraigned on a three-count indictment charging them with one count of second-degree murder, a class A felony; one count of ...
  • FCC Enforcement in 2012: Going Nowhere Fast 2013-01-10, 09:37 pm
    ... Dexter Blake, first dinged by the FCC in 2008 and fined over the course of 2009 and 2010 for FM broadcasting in Mount Vernon, New York, successfully whittled his $10,000 penalty down to $1,700 this past December. That's nearly five years of effort ...
  • Mount Vernon student artists put their talents on display 2013-01-10, 06:29 pm
    The annual winter art show at Mount Vernon High School included this raku fired ceramic sculpture titled"Frog" by Alexandria Kippenbrock.
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