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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Talk of the Sound Exclusive: City Failed to Apply Nondiscrimination...

... jobs and contracting opportunity. Instead, the entire project is being built by MacQuestern Construction a Mount Vernon construction with close ties to Steve Horton who was, up until recently a City Councilman in Mount Vernon. He gave up his seat, ...



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Obituaries for Friday, Feb. 1, 2013

... 88, Henderson, passed from death into life with his Lord at 3:40 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. He was born in Mount Vernon, Ind., on April 25, 1924, to Lawrence David and Cora Grace Benner Culley. He owned his own construction company and was also ...



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Mount Vernon plans to renovate, reopen former YMCA

The building that had long been home to the Mount Vernon YMCA has a new owner: Mount Vernon.



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Westchester crime and courts news

... Schaller said. The man reported the assault to Pelham police, who alerted New Rochelle police. -- Will David MOUNT VERNON - New York City police chased a car from the Bronx into Mount Vernon after it struck an unoccupied car early Wednesday. ...



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Mount Vernon's Bob Cimmino notches 400th win

... and four at the Federation. By contrast to those triumphs in gyms like the County Center and Glens Falls, the Mount Vernon basketball coach seemed subdued Thursday among a sea of well-wishers after the Knights' 75-50 victory at Scarsdale High ...



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Boys basketball notebook: It took two (North Salem's Umar Singh, Joey ...

... his future. He has received offers from three Division II programs: Pace, Dominican and Mercy. Around the rim: Mount Vernon has extended its Coaches vs. Cancer event to two days this year. The Knights host Wadleigh Friday at 5, followed by Edgemont ...



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Outcry over warming center in Mount Vernon

Some residents of Mount Vernon, N.Y., are upset they were never told about plans to have the warming center in their neighborhood.



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New York biker events, February 1-3

... FEBRUARY 2: Yonkers MC 28th Annual Chili Party ! 8:00 p.m., Yonkers MC Clubhouse, 152 S. Macquesten Pkwy, Mount Vernon, NY; Come and party with the oldest motorcycle club in the world and taste some of the best homemade chilis that you could ever ...



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Hotel to rise on West 29th Street vacant lot

... of Buildings show. Yesterday, the DOB approved a new building permit for the lot, allowing Cava Construction, a Mount Vernon, N.Y.-based construction firm, to begin building the structure the same day. The permit was reissued after work was approved ...



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Grand Central carves new terminal from deep rocks for LIRR

... would be convenient when he goes to events at Madison Square Garden. On the other hand, Frank Tarsney, 49, of Mount Vernon said he was concerned about the cost of such ambitious plans, which could contribute to future fare increases. 'I think it's a ...



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Mount Vernon homeless shelter in 'wrong place,' Lyndon Williams says

Lyndon Williams, the county legislator who represents Mount Vernon, is speaking out against a new Westchester County-funded homeless shelter that has opened in a church in the city's north end that also houses a charter school.



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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Mount Vernon homeless shelter in 'wrong place,' Lyndon Williams says

Lyndon Williams, the county legislator who represents Mount Vernon, is speaking out against a new Westchester County-funded homeless shelter that has opened in a church in the city's north end that also houses a charter school.



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In brief: Community news from Yonkers and Mount Vernon

... docked on downtown Yonkers' waterfront. The Barge opens to the public in mid-April. Nicole DiTolla, a Mount Vernon resident who attends Loyola School in Manhattan, was a semifinalist at "The Dream@50" art contest at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...



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Deep under Grand Central, new LIRR station taking shape

... would be conveinent when he goes to events at Madison Square Garden. On the other hand, Frank Tarsney, 49, of Mount Vernon said he was concerned about the cost of such ambitious plans, which could contribute to future fare hikes. "I think it's a ...



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Police chase in Bronx hit, run ends in Mount Vernon

A car that crashed into an unoccupied parked car in the Bronx and then sped into Mount Vernon crashed near the city border, police said.



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Bronx man charged in Mamaroneck, Mount Vernon bank robberies

A Bronx man has been charged with robbing Capital One Bank branches in Mamaroneck and Mount Vernon two years ago and robbing a storage facility in the Bronx.



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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Cara Alexander Kealy, 43, Bronxville Realtor

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Cara Sheridan Alexander Kealy, a Mount Vernon resident and Bronxville real estate broker, died Jan.



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Portuguese secretary of state to visit Yonkers

... Portuguese parliament member Maria Joao Machado de Avila. Also in attendance will be Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, Mount Vernon Mayor Ernest Davis and state Sen. Jack Martins, R-Nassau County, among others.



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Westchester County legislators ask if taxpayers will pick up Playland tab

... whether those charges would be appropriate, given that Playland is popular among families from Yonkers and Mount Vernon who don't have much disposable income. Also appearing before the board was the new president of Sustainable Playland, Kim Morque, ...



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Man charged in Mamaroneck, Mount Vernon bank robberies

A man has been charged with robbing Capital One Bank branches in Mamaroneck and Mount Vernon two years ago and robbing a storage facility in the Bronx.



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'You kill once, you'll kill again' says Mount Vernon slay suspect Lucius Crawford

... on Liebig Avenue in the Bronx, a short distance from Yonkers. When police went to question Crawford at his Mount Vernon apartment Dec. 4, they found Tonya Simmons dead in his bed. She had been stabbed to death that morning. He wasn't home but was ...



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Player Shot During Church Basketball Game

... stop Monday night. Shots were fired outside the Memorial Park Recreation Center. The game, between rivals Mount Vernon and Union Baptist Church, turned ugly when a disgruntled fan allegedly pulled a gun on a Union player. Community Activist Danny ...



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Monday, January 28, 2013

Lucius Crawford, alleged serial killer, pleads not guilty in 2 Westchester slayings

Alleged serial killer Lucius Crawford on Monday denied he murdered a Mount Vernon woman in December and a Yonkers woman in 1993.



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In brief: Yonkers and Mount Vernon

Suspected serial killer pleads not guilty

... to the slayings of two women, one a prostitute killed in 1993, court records said. Lucius Crawford, 60, of Mount Vernon was ordered held for a psychiatric examination at his arraignment in Westchester County Court, The (White Plains) Journal News ...



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Documents: Mount Vernon Murder Suspect Said 'Kill Once, You'll Kill Again'

... to his lawyer, Angelo MacDonald, was not immediately returned. MacDonald said earlier Monday that Crawford, of Mount Vernon, denies at least some of the killings. Crawford's statements were released after he pleaded not guilty in Westchester County ...



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Lucius Crawford Admits To Stabbing Women To Death In Court Documents, But Pleads Not Guilty

... to his lawyer, Angelo MacDonald, was not immediately returned. MacDonald said earlier Monday that Crawford, of Mount Vernon, denies at least some of the killings. Crawford's statements were released after he pleaded not guilty in Westchester County ...



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Docs: NY Triple Murder Suspect Said, "Stab 'Em All"

... to his lawyer, Angelo MacDonald, was not immediately returned. MacDonald said earlier Monday that Crawford, of Mount Vernon, denies at least some of the killings. Crawford's statements were released after he pleaded not guilty in Westchester County ...



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Documents: NY murder suspect said, 'Stab 'em all'

... to his lawyer, Angelo MacDonald, was not immediately returned. MacDonald said earlier Monday that Crawford, of Mount Vernon, denies at least some of the killings. Crawford's statements were released after he pleaded not guilty in Westchester County ...



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Mount Vernon Man Arraigned In Stabbing Deaths Of Women

A Mount Vernon man charged with fatally stabbing three women was arraigned in Westchester County Court on Monday in two of the slayings.



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Court papers quote suspect in 3 NY murders as saying, 'You stab one, stab 'em all.'

... but relatives of the victims suggested the suspect was just trying to avoid life in prison. Lucius Crawford, of Mount Vernon, pleaded not guilty in Westchester County Court as he was arraigned on murder charges in two of the killings. A third case ...



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Mt. Vernon Hospital

The newly-constructed Good Samaritan Regional Health Center in Mount Vernon transferred patients from an outdated existing facility with more than a dozen ambulances over the weekend.



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Documents: NY murder suspect said, 'Stab 'em all'

... but relatives of the victims suggested the suspect was just trying to avoid life in prison. Lucius Crawford, of Mount Vernon, pleaded not guilty in Westchester County Court as he was arraigned on murder charges in two of the killings. A third case ...



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Documents: NY murder suspect said, 'Stab 'em all'

... but relatives of the victims suggested the suspect was just trying to avoid life in prison. Lucius Crawford, of Mount Vernon, pleaded not guilty in Westchester County Court as he was arraigned on murder charges in two of the killings. A third case ...



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Judge: Mental exam for NY man accused of killing 3

... but relatives of the victims suggested the suspect was just trying to avoid life in prison. Lucius Crawford, of Mount Vernon, pleaded not guilty in Westchester County Court as he was arraigned on murder charges in two of the killings. A third case ...



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Judge in NY orders mental exam for former Charleston resident accused in fatal stabbings

... has ordered a mental exam for a man accused of fatally stabbing three women in 20 years. Lucius Crawford, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., pleaded not guilty Monday at his Westchester County arraignment on two of the killings. A third murder case is being ...



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Judge: Mental exam for NY man accused of killing 3

... has ordered a mental exam for a man accused of fatally stabbing three women in 20 years. Lucius Crawford, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., pleaded not guilty Monday at his Westchester County arraignment on two of the killings. A third murder case is being ...



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Judge: Mental exam for NY man accused of killing 3

Lucius Crawford, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., pleaded not guilty Monday at his Westchester County arraignment on two of the killings.



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Lucius Crawford pleads not guilty in two Westchester stabbing murders

Lucius Crawford, 60, who was arraigned in the fatal stabbing of 42-year-old Tanya Simmons of Mount Vernon, has confessed to at least two other slayings and has a decades-long criminal record that includes a five-day spree in which he was convicted of knifing four women, police said.



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Judge: Mental exam for NY man accused of killing 3

... has ordered a mental exam for a man accused of fatally stabbing three women in 20 years. Lucius Crawford , of Mount Vernon, N.Y., pleaded not guilty Monday at his Westchester County arraignment on two of the killings. A third murder case is being ...



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Judge: Mental exam for NY man...

... has ordered a mental exam for a man accused of fatally stabbing three women in 20 years. Lucius Crawford, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., pleaded not guilty Monday at his Westchester County arraignment on two of the killings. A third murder case is being ...



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Hutch: Vehicle fire S/B in Mount Vernon blocks a lane

Mount Vernon man accused of killing 3 women set for arraignment

... stabbed two women in Westchester County, Learonda Shealy in 1993 in Yonkers and Tonya Simmons in 2012 in Mount Vernon. In a separate case, the 60-year-old Mount Vernon man is accused of murdering Nella West in the Bronx, also in 1993. Police say a ...



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Rye Brook in line for proposed four-rink ice palace

Fordham University coach Rich Guberti, who also coaches the youth hockey organization Westchester Mariners, stands inside the Ice Hutch in Mount Vernon before a Fordham game.



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NYC stray animal adoption center to open

... its seventh day on Friday. Firefighters responding to a burst pipe discovered hundreds of marijuana plants in a Mount Vernon building that once housed a flower shop. Firefighters responding to a burst pipe discovered hundreds of marijuana plants in ...



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Lucius Crawford, alleged serial killer, scheduled for arraignment Monday

Lucius Crawford, 60, who was arraigned in the fatal stabbing of 42-year-old Tanya Simmons of Mount Vernon, has confessed to at least two other slayings and has a decades-long criminal record that includes a five-day spree in which he was convicted of knifing four women, police said.



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5 Things for the Week Ahead

... information, call 914-948-3907. The French and Indian War , Wednesday, January 30, 1 p.m. 897 S. Columbus Ave., Mount Vernon, NY. Talk and discussion about the Great War for Empire: The French and Indian War. For more information, call 914-667-4116. ...



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Jewish Council of Yonkers merges with Family Service Society

... Federation of Yonkers was formed. Its services include reading buddy programs at elementary schools in Yonkers, Mount Vernon and White Plains; Holocaust remembrance efforts; and Introduction to America, which targets immigrant high school students ...



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Educators baffled by Peekskill's transcript scandal

... into Fort Knox to try to change something on a transcript," said John Cucurullo, a guidance counselor in Mount Vernon and head of the Lower Hudson Valley region for the New York State School Counselor Association. In letters to parents in the past ...



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Arraignment for NY man accused of killing 3 women

... stabbed two women in Westchester County, one in 1993 and one in 2012. In a separate case, the 60-year-old Mount Vernon man is accused of murdering a woman in the Bronx, also in 1993. Police say a recent DNA match linked Crawford to the 1993 ...



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Arraignment for NY man accused of killing 3 women

... stabbed two women in Westchester County, one in 1993 and one in 2012. In a separate case, the 60-year-old Mount Vernon man is accused of murdering a woman in the Bronx, also in 1993. Police say a recent DNA match linked Crawford to the 1993 ...



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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Westchester athletes swoop into Colgate track and field semifinals

... Sarah Flynn; Cortlandt Manor's Lauryn Aviles and Jenna Pressman; Shenece Davis of Peekskill; and Nia Lundy of Mount Vernon. The high school division includes Irvington's Helene Hall and Kiana Lee; Joshane Wakefield of Holy Child in Rye; Jordana ...



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Places, please ... 63 high-school musicals await theatergoers

... school budgets, the Lower Hudson Valley remains a cornucopia of options for theatergoers. In fact, one school, Mount Vernon, is restoring its musical after a few years' absence: They'll present "The Wiz" -- which happens to be the season's most ...



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Host A Healthier Super Bowl Party In Westchester

... turned off football when the Giants lost, so I couldn't care less about the Super Bowl," said Gerald Braman of Mount Vernon. "I'm not watching."



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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Mt. Vernon firefighters find pot operation

Firefighters responding to a report of a burst pipe found a fully-equipped marijuana grow operation inside a former flower shop in Mount Vernon Saturday, News12 reported.



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Snow Falls In Westchester County

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Snow fell Friday night in Westchester County, leaving residents with a little shoveling to do in the morning.



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Haddonfield Police: 22K Stolen from Safe at HMHS

... several political signs on lawns and a Marine Corp flag for the fourth time from a home in the 100 block of Mount Vernon Ave. Stolen street signs were reported at: 500 block of Redman Ave, where signs from Mount Vernon and Peyton Avenue were found ...



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Track and field: Indoor playing field more level

Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, North Rockland and Arlington have ninth-through-11th-grade enrollment numbers that dwarf the likes of Brewster, Somers and Tappan Zee.



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Detective Christopher Ridley honored as hero at White Plains vigil

Mount Vernon Police Detective Christopher Ridley was remembered Friday as a hero and an inspiration during a candlelight vigil marking the fifth anniversary of his death on Court Street in White Plains.



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Friday, January 25, 2013

NY man charged in 1 murder now accused of 2 more

... last month and in 1993, the Westchester district attorney's office said Thursday. When Crawford was arrested, Mount Vernon police Commissioner Carl Bell said he "focuses his attacks on young women. He befriends them and at some point he ends up ...



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Mount Vernon library: Checks are in the ... safe

Maybe it's time to switch to direct deposit. It's payday at the Mount Vernon Public Library, but about a dozen employees are out of luck because their checks are locked in a safe and nobody at the office has the combination.



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Chris Ridley death: Vigil marks 5th anniversary of off-duty officer's fatal shooting

Mount Vernon Police Detective Christopher Ridley was remembered Friday as a hero and an inspiration during a candlelight vigil marking the fifth anniversary of his death on Court Street in White Plains.



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Parolee Lucius Crawford indicted on 2 new murder counts in killings

A 60-year-old parolee accused of fatally stabbing a Mount Vernon woman in December and two Yonkers women in 1993 was newly indicted on murder charges related to two of the killings.



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Christopher Ridley: Details of fatal police shooting debated 5 years later

Of the more than three dozen witnesses to the fatal shooting of Mount Vernon police Officer Christopher Ridley, only four suggested that the armed off-duty cop had turned toward county police officers in his final moment.



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Thursday, January 24, 2013

New Rochelle Boys' Basketball Knocks Off White Plains

... They always stay in it." The win snapped a two-game losing streak for New Rochelle, which lost to Scarsdale and Mount Vernon last week.



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White Plains Boys' Basketball Falls At New Rochelle

... they did. They played a hard-fought game." New Rochelle has struggled this season and lost to Scarsdale and Mount Vernon last week. But Mayfield knew he and the Tigers had to respect the Huguenots, regardless of their record this year. "It's (Class) ...



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NY man charged in 1 murder now accused of 2 more

... woman 20 years ago has now been indicted in the fatal stabbings of 2 others. Sixty-year-old Lucius Crawford of Mount Vernon has spent 30 years in prison for nonfatal stabbings in New York and North Carolina going back to the 1970s. The Westchester ...



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New Rochelle Hosts White Plains In Boys Basketball

... play hard and match their intensity to get a win." New Rochelle was on a two-game skid, losing to Scarsdale and Mount Vernon high schools, before rebounding with a 17-point win over Shenendehowa High School on Sunday. "We didn't play well against ...



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Lucius Crawford, alleged serial killer, faces 2 additional murder charges

Lucius Crawford, 60, who was arraigned in the fatal stabbing of 42-year-old Tanya Simmons of Mount Vernon, has confessed to at least two other slayings and has a decades-long criminal record that includes a five-day spree in which he was convicted of knifing four women, police said.



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NY man charged in 1 murder now accused of 2 more

... last month and in 1993, the Westchester district attorney's office said Thursday. When Crawford was arrested, Mount Vernon police Commissioner Carl Bell said he "focuses his attacks on young women. He befriends them and at some point he ends up ...



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NY man charged in 1 murder now accused of 2 more

... last month and in 1993, the Westchester district attorney's office said Thursday. When Crawford was arrested, Mount Vernon police Commissioner Carl Bell said he "focuses his attacks on young women. He befriends them and at some point he ends up ...



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Resolution Solution: Tips To Quit Smoking

... you stay on track. The following list of health centers is provided by Westchester County's Health Department: Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center 107 West Fourth Street Mount Vernon, NY 10550 Phone: (914) 69-7200 St. John's Riverside Hospital ...



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Resolution Solution: Tips To Quit Smoking, Scarsdale

... you stay on track. The following list of health centers is provided by Westchester County's Health Department: Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center 107 West Fourth Street Mount Vernon, NY 10550 Phone: (914) 69-7200 St. John's Riverside Hospital ...



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Yonkers' Jewish Council, Family Service Society to merge

... Federation of Yonkers was formed. Its services include reading buddy programs at elementary schools in Yonkers, Mount Vernon and White Plains; Holocaust remembrance efforts; and Introduction to America, which targets immigrant high school students ...



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Lucius Crawford hit with 2 new murder indictments

A 60-year-old parolee accused of fatally stabbing a Mount Vernon woman in December and two Yonkers women in 1993 has been newly indicted on murder charges related to two of the killings.



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Darien Police Charge Suspect With Attempted Larceny

Gorham Valentine of Mount Vernon, N.Y. was charged with criminal attempt at third-degree larceny, interfering with an officer and resisting arrest.



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Man Charged with Jewelry Store Theft Attempt

A 28-year-old Mount Vernon, NY man suspected in a 2012 jewelry store robbery in New Canaan was arrested Wednesday after he ran out of a Darien jewelry store with plainclothes detectives in hot pursuit.



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Mount Vernon featured in young adult series

Mount Vernon High School is the setting for "Seeing Red," the first in a series of young adult novels written by Ann K. Shepherd.



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Blessed Sacrament high school will close; community 'devastated'

... because of declining enrollments. "When I found out, I was absolutely devastated," said Kristina Malagiero of Mount Vernon, who graduated from Blessed Sacrament last year. The high school with 200 students in the city's south end is one of two ...



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Christopher Ridley shooting: Vigil, benefit to mark 5th anniversary of detective's death

A candlelight vigil commemorating the fifth anniversary of the death of Mount Vernon police Detective Christopher Ridley is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Friday in the plaza where he was killed.



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Palmer is a standout for WVU

The 5-foot-9 junior guard from Mount Vernon, N.Y., is averaging 11.9 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.



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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

New Rochelle Catholic school's planned closure a shock

... because of declining enrollments. "When I found out, I was absolutely devastated," said Kristina Malagiero of Mount Vernon, who graduated from Blessed Sacrament last year. The high school with 200 students in the city's south end is one of two ...



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Girls basketball: Ardsley fends off Ursuline, 59-55

Ursuline came into Ardsley's gym Tuesday fresh off strong showings in wins against Scarsdale and Mount Vernon.



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Mount Vernon police seek gunman who shot 4 at bar

City detectives are searching for a gunman who shot a New Rochelle resident and three other Mount Vernon men outside a bar Sunday morning, Police Commissioner Carl Bell said Tuesday.



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Mountaineer Morning Links: Monday (1/21/13) Edition

... the No. 4 pick in this year's draft on Geno Smith? Moore among the best - Martinsburg Journal Lowes Moore of Mount Vernon, N.Y., ranks among the all-time top 10 men's basketball scorers in West Virginia University history. Defeated Huggins: I Didn't ...



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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Girls basketball: Nicolina Chenard sparks Ardsley

When Ardsley welcomed Ursuline into its gym Tuesday, the Panthers knew they were facing a squad fresh off of wins against Scarsdale and Mount Vernon.



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10 Suburbs You Can Afford

... a single-screen movie theater. Otherwise, the nearest shopping centers are in White Plains, New Rochelle, or Mount Vernon. Pelham's Recreation Department offers more than 70 programs each year. There's also an arts center, the New York Athletic Club ...



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Michael R. Petti, of Yorktown, Dies at 91

From the Yorktown Funeral Home: Michael R. Petti passed away Jan. 17, 2013 at the Field Home Holy Comforter.



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Mount Vernon police seek gunman who shot 4 at bar early Sunday

City detectives are searching for a gunman who shot a New Rochelle resident and three other Mount Vernon men outside a bar Sunday morning, Police Commissioner Carl Bell said today.



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Funeral Held for Bridgewater Victim of Crash

... and faiing to keep right, after further investigation of the Wednesday evening accident. Calvelli was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and lived in Wappingers Falls, New York, before moving to Bridgewater seven years ago, according to his obituary . ...



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Joe Lovano, Judi Silvano to play Mount Vernon

... Lovano and vocal pioneer Judi Silvano. The concert is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Mount Vernon, starting with a set by young jazz musicians. Silvano and Lovano and his band will follow. Lovano and Silvano are of New ...



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Barry Centers New Rochelle Hockey In 7-4 Victory

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. New Rochelle forward Brett Barry flew out of the penalty box Monday and began hounding Fordham Prep's defenseman on the way to a 7-4 New Rochelle win.



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Boys basketball: Croton's Ian Thom breaks school's scoring record; more results

... had a season-high 13 points and three steals for the Tigers. Greg Handler had 12 points for the Quakers. Mount Vernon 69, Erie Central Tech 39: At Erie, Pa. Sunday, Yhanni Bartley scored 14 points. Josh Doughty, Traquann Scales and Marques Henry ...



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Hearing on Bus Fare Hikes Wednesday in White Plains

... may be submitted to: The Westchester County Department of Public Works and Transportation, 100 E. 1st St., Mount Vernon, New York 10550. These written comments must be received by the close of business on Jan. 24. The Westchester County Center is ...



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Rye Brook in line for proposed four-rink ice palace

Fordham University coach Rich Guberti, who also coaches the youth hockey organization Westchester Mariners, stands inside the Ice Hutch in Mount Vernon before a Fordham game.



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Monday, January 21, 2013

Neva Mills Grieves

... 59 of Round Rock, Tex. are set for 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25 tentatively at the First United Methodist Church in Mount Vernon. Mrs. Grieves died Saturday, Jan. 19 at Scott and White Hospital in Round Rock. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, ...



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Dwight E. Keckley

... son, Michael Keckley of Sidney; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Harvey Keckley of Mount Vernon and Vernon Keckley of Hebron; two sisters, Mrs. Jim (Ruth) Elliott of Newark and Edna White of Johnstown. Dwight was an ...



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Community View: Kindergarten must be a priority

... We counted 13 that considered it in 2012, including East Ramapo and Port Chester. We also learned that Mount Vernon considered it a few years ago. The fact that kindergarten is not considered a basic staple of our educational strategy comes as a ...



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Moore among the best

Lowes Moore of Mount Vernon, N.Y., ranks among the all-time top 10 men's basketball scorers in West Virginia University history.



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Sunday, January 20, 2013

4 shot, 1 beaten at Mount Vernon bar

Four people were shot and one man beaten in a melee a city bar early Sunday morning that drew a large crowd. Mount Vernon police responded to a report at 2:34 a.m. Sunday of shots fired in the area of West First Street. When they arrived they ...



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Arthur Albert Alexander Jr.

... Jr. passed away Thursday evening, January 3, 2013 at his home on Shelter Island. He was 81 years old. Born in Mount Vernon, New York on November 24, 1931 to the late Mary and Arthur Alexander, Bert - as he was known to his friends - went on to study ...



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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Columbus High students head to inauguration

... the stops around Washington will be the Smithsonian museums, the famous memorials, Arlington National Cemetery, Mount Vernon, the U.S. Capitol building, the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress. In New York, the schedule includes visits to ...



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Crime and Courts: 1/19

Mt. Vernon library is worth preserving

3 article: So now our library is drying up "like a raisin in the sun." Creeping and creepy economics are threatening a Mount Vernon institution.



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Friday, January 18, 2013

Security for New Rochelle v. Mount Vernon Basketball Game Runs Smoothly Without Security Director

For New Rochelle School Security Officer Paul Sarachelli, last night's New Rochelle - Mount Vernon boys basketball game represented his biggest security challenge since his promotion to 2011 following the "unexpected resignation" of former Security Officer Rolf Kohler .



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Girls basketball: Mount Vernon snaps New Rochelle's winning streak;...

Mount Vernon 69, New Rochelle 54: At Mount Vernon, Lubirdia Gordon had 28 points, 14 rebounds and two blocks as the Knights snapped New Rochelle's 11-game winning streak.



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New Rochelle Boys Basketball Falls To Mount Vernon

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. First-year New Rochelle High School boys basketball coach Rasaun Young coached his first game against Mount Vernon High School and its coach, Bob Cimmino, on Thursday.



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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Boys basketball: Jamal Lewis leads Mount Vernon over New Rochelle

Mount Vernon's Jamal Lewis was ready. The senior forward had been looking forward to the Knights' game against rival New Rochelle on Thursday, and while a leg injury kept him out of the starting lineup, Lewis made the most of his minutes when he got them.



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Agnes Ceglio, 93, Of New Rochelle

... Westchester Funeral Home in Eastchester. Funeral services will be at 9:45 a.m. Saturday at St. Ursula Church in Mount Vernon. Burial will follow at Holy Mount Cemetery in Tuckahoe.



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Margaret Gurksnis, 87, Of Hawthorne

... to Arthur and Margaret Trainor Combs. She was a retired bookkeeper for Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co. in Mount Vernon. She is survived by two children, Maureen (Stephen) McLynn, of Hawthorne, and John McCabe, of Yonkers; a brother, George ...



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Anti-Gun Violence Rallies To Pop Up Tonight

... violence in our communities." Two ad hoc meetings will be held in Westchester-one in White Plains, and one in Mount Vernon. The White Plains meet-up is slated for 7 p.m. at the Community Unitarian Church; 33 people have already signed on. "Join us ...



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Anti-Gun Violence Rallies Planned for Tonight

... violence in our communities." Two ad hoc meetings will be held in Westchester-one in White Plains, and one in Mount Vernon. The White Plains meet-up is slated for 7 p.m. at the Community Unitarian Church; 33 people have already signed on. "Join us ...



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Anti-Gun Violence Rallies to Pop Up Tonight

... violence in our communities." Two ad hoc meetings will be held in Westchester-one in White Plains, and one in Mount Vernon. The White Plains meet-up is slated for 7 p.m. at the Community Unitarian Church; 33 people have already signed on. "Join us ...



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Anti-Gun Violence Rallies to Pop Up Tonight

... violence in our communities." Two ad hoc meetings will be held in Westchester-one in White Plains, and one in Mount Vernon. The White Plains meet-up is slated for 7 p.m. at the Community Unitarian Church; 33 people have already signed on. "Join us ...



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Jean Frascone, 63, Of Elmsford

Born in Bronx, N.Y., she was the daughter of Nicholas and Ruth Frascone. She graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Yonkers and was a longtime employee of the City of Mount Vernon Water Department.



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Former Decatur Methodist official to replace Greer at Gardendale church

... of his wife. Bill Bostick, a former district superintendent in the Decatur area, will take over at Gardendale-Mount Vernon United Methodist Church beginning Thursday. The former pastor at Mount Vernon, the Rev. Terry Greer, is recovering from what ...



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Phil Reisman: Rally is a reminder of the price of violence

... where the police officers held their rally. Unveiled in 2007, the statue is the work of Milton L. Sherrill of Mount Vernon. It dominates the plaza. I was in eighth grade when King was assassinated. Memory plays tricks, but the way I remember it, I ...



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Westchester exec Astorino names liaison to religious community

... the stigma about asking for help, he said. Bishop Collie Edwers -- pastor of the Friendship Worship Center in Mount Vernon, which runs an emergency shelter, a day-care program and other community services -- said he's excited by the collaboration ...



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Mount Vernon, New Rochelle To Meet In Boys Basketball

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. Mount Vernon and New Rochelle high schools will take their 2012-13 storied boys basketball rivalry to the court Thursday.



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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Westchester exec. appoints liaison to religious community

... the stigma about asking for help, he said. Bishop Collie Edwers, pastor of the Friendship Worship Center in Mount Vernon, which runs an emergency shelter, day care program and other community services, said he's excited by the collaboration between ...



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Margaret E. Minott

... 1922, to George and Cornelia Boyd Carroll in Black Ridge, Va., and moved to Port Charlotte 24 years ago from Mount Vernon, N.Y. Margaret was baptized in her younger years at Good Hope Baptist Church under the leadership of the Rev. Sandy Grigg. ...



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Sandra Braddock

She was born April 9, 1940, in Mount Vernon, to William M. Midos and Nellie Mae Midos.



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01/16/13 Hyper Local Mount Vernon News Reports

Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Mount Vernon, NY.

  • 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 ...
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Resources For Critical Readers

The critical readers of Mount Vernon Roundup know that when reading, viewing, or listening to any local "mainstream" news report or blog post, the main thing to realize is that truth and objectivity may be partialy obscured or totaly absent.

While local "mainstream" media outlets and blogs often self-righteously proclaimed that only the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, is published, the critical reader knows that local news reports in "mainstream" media have three primary purposes: (a) to entice their readers, (b) to be "politically correct" so as not to offend the powers that be, and (c) to lure advertisers by showing the number of docile readers the local publication draws.

Beyond these less than honorable motivations listed above, local "mainstream" reporters, editors and especially publishers are also prone to inject their own personal prejudices and biases, either consciously or unconsciously.

The critical reader should be aware of these potential problems.The critical reader needs to have many questions in his mind when examining local "mainstream" media items and blog posts.

Many times the vocabulary employed by local "mainstream" journalists and editors is often pejorative and very value laden.

Actually, this is an argument in and of itself that there is a bias.It is up to the critical reader to point this out by means of blog posts and letters to the local "mainstream" newspaper editors and publishers..

There are honest and objective local "Mainstream" journalists, editors and publishers who try and produce a newsppaper that presents all sides of every issue.

However, these local journalists, editors and publishers who have succeed in resisting the pressures to be biased are few and far between.

Many times the critical reader will discover that these local "mainstream" journalists, editors and publishers cave in to pressures, and/or who are prejudiced and nonobjective by nature.

It is therefore up to the critical reader to carefully evaluate and then reject or accept the claims and assertions that are made in any given news story or blog post.

Local "mainstream" journalists, editors and publishers need to make sure they produce well-researched articles that are based on objective description of empirical facts.

One of the goals of Mount Vernon Roundup is to help these local "Mainstream" journalists, editors and publishers need to strive to convey reality and contribute to enlightenment of Mount Vernon.

However, the critical reader must understand that journalism which abandons these criteria can be misleading and destructive, pandering to the powers that be rather than courageously and honorably serving truth and justice

Resources for Letter Writers

Mount Vernon Roundup publishes email addresses for reporters, editors, and publishers when such addresses are publicly made available.

We encourage our reader to send intelligent, civil, and reasonable emails to these journalists, editors and publishers.

However, a critical reader who sends some correspondence to an email address obtained from this website is, in one sense, representing this blog.

What the writer says, and how it is said, reflects directly on Mount Vernon in general and on this site in particular.

Local "mainstream" reporters, editors and publishers are interested in deadlines and getting stories written that people will read.

If a critical reader can help them do that, then their contributions will be greatly appreciated.

Remember, good stories are factual and well organized, but they also communicate something of the human spirit.

Likewise, letters to local "mainstream" reporters, editors and publishers, while based on heartfelt convictions, also should be well organized, with points and logic developed in a rational sequence.

Proper grammar, spelling, and capitalization also help the local "mainsteam" reporter, editor or publisher view the received letter as worthy of serious consideration.

Brevity and conciseness are very important, and a long-winded rambling discourse is not likely to be given serious consideration.

For that matter, a "letter" does not even have to be a letter, a single sentence can get a point across.

Nor does a letter have to be for publication or even come from a verifiable source, all it needs to do is provide valid food for thought.

Resources For Blog Comments

More and more local "mainstream" media-sponsored web sites are providing submission forms or links where anyone and everyone can post "comments" on their stories.

Some sites also provide various forums of one type or another.However, these forums may require registration.

Many of the comments, suggestions, and cautions that we have provided the critical reader about the submission of comments are very applicable to participation in these forums.

There are no established "standards" for the submission of these comments, and it is necessary and important to very carefully read the instructions, requirements, and limitations for submitting your comments.

Some local "mainstream" newspaper or blog sites may ask for a name, but these are not checked, so there is no need to use your real name if you do not want to.

Other local "mainstream" newspaper or blog sites may allow only a first name, some may permit the inclusions of URL references, links, HTML code, and email addresses, whereas others may not.

When submitting such comments, it is important to "take the high road."Personal attacks, hatefulness, rash accusations, snide insinuations, misleading assertions, and outright lies are the stock in trade of many posters, but the most effective way to disarm and dismiss these posts is to rise far above such tactics.

Name-calling, abrasiveness, unsupported and insupportable assertions, and otherwise descending to the level of negative posters' inanities not only undermines one's credibility, but reduces the likelihood that one's comments will be accepted and printed.

Submissions should be brief and concise.

Two or three short paragraphs is about all that the average reader will assimilate .

Be polite, but factual.

Try to deal with reality, and not with far out ideas or wishful thinking.

Take your own concept or idea and address it as thoughtfully, professionally, and concisely as possible.

But first read the existing comments and make sure you are not repeating what someone else has already posted.

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Mount Vernon Roundup is a website that encourages fair, accurate, and complete media reports and blog posts about the people and events in and around Mount Vernon.

If you would like to be one of Mount Vernon's newest ethical journalists that is willing to report the complete truth about the diversity and magnitude of the human experience in our city, then please submit your news story to....

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Or if you have a blog about Mount Vernon, then submit links to your blog posts to.....

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Or if you have a news tip or story idea, then submit these items to....

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Or if you notice news or blog links concerning Mount Vernon, then send them to......

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Please include contact information with the items you submit to us.

You will not be contacted unless your submission has a problem or is unusable.