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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Mount Vernon man busted riding watercraft after dark

A Mount Vernon man was arrested Saturday night after he was found riding a Jet Ski-style personal watercraft on the Hudson River after dark, which is illegal.



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Two motorcyclists hospitalized in separate Parkway crashes in Holmdel

Two separate crashes involving motorcycles happened nearly an hour apart Saturday night into Sunday morning on the Garden State Parkway in Holmdel.



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Sydney E. Henderson

Sydney Elliot Henderson, 93, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 20, 2013, after a brief illness.



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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Moody's lowers Mount Vernon's rating

... a total of $4.7 million, the city issued this year. Although the company cited several factors working in Mount Vernon's favor, including a "medium-sized tax base" and a manageable debt load, it raised a red flag over the city's reliance on its ...



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New Rochelle's Ray Rice, Khalil Edney Vie For Espy Award's Best Play

... the Section 1 boys basketball title went viral with millions seeing the thrilling game-winner over No. 1 ranked Mount Vernon. Rice caught a short pass from quarterback Joe Flacco and danced through the San Diego Chargers defense for a crucial ...



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Georgia Tech Transfer Joins WVU Women's Hoops

... 315 steals. McDonald becomes the third addition to next season's roster, joining true freshmen Luburdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon) and Teana Muldrow (East Orange, N.J./East Orange).



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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Phil Reisman: Smooth-talking Astorino chases votes beyond his base

... it's really OK to vote for him. That's one reason he's been spending a lot of time and effort in the City of Mount Vernon, where he has received some support from African-American clergy. It's also why he keeps mentioning (and praising) the ...



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Jordan Tiger propels ADE Lighting; Ossining prevails in volleyball; more games ...

... Tuesday, Craig Katz and Jim Keenan each scored two goals. Volleyball: Violet Thompson had six digs for the Mount Vernon JV in a 22-25, 25-20, 25-17 win over the Panas JV in a Lower Hudson League match at Pelham Middle School. Ossining 2, Mount ...



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Cablevision Closes Newday's Westchester Sites

Viggiano was born March 2, 1944, in Mt. Vernon. He received a Bachelor's Degree in criminal justice from Iona College and served as a police officer for the Village of Mamaroneck for 22 years. He was in the air force reserves and called to duty from 1968 to 1970. He was ...



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Peekskill targets illegal weapons with tip line, buy-back program

... City of Peekskill, we are ready to lead that fight," Rigger said. Similar programs have been held in Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New York City. In 2007, Mount Vernon officials introduced a program dubbed "Talk and Get Paid," in which tips leading to ...



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Carl Viggiano, 69, Of White Plains

Viggiano was born March 2, 1944, in Mt. Vernon. He received a Bachelor's Degree in criminal justice from Iona College and served as a police officer for the Village of Mamaroneck for 22 years.



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Sydney Elliot Henderson

Sydney Elliot Henderson, 93, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2013 after a brief illness.



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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Editorial: Public deserves more details on Westchester jail

... basic medical or mental health care. Critics, including Board of Legislators vice chairman Lyndon Williams of Mount Vernon, and lawyers representing inmates who have sued the county, are claiming the jail has done little to clean up its act since ...



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Montefiore raises offer for Sound Shore hospital system; seeks private sale

The Montefiore health system has added $4.75 million to its purchase offer for Sound Shore Medical Center and Mount Vernon Hospital to speed up the sale.



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Phyllis A. Jervis

Phyllis A. Jervis, 69, of Mount Vernon, went to be with the Lord on June 9, 2013, at Country Court Nursing Center.



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Monday, June 24, 2013

Peekskill School Board Appoints Interim Superintendent

... Hillcrest Elementary Schools, according to the district. Prior to her career in Peekskill, Liburd worked in the Mount Vernon and Yonkers school districts for more than 15 years. Board President Joseph Urbanowicz said selecting Liburd for the ...



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Thank Albany for double dipping

... terest with respect to the close relationship between these officials and the labor unions. Frank DeLeonardis Mount Vernon



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Westchester County Jail: Officials, critics spar about conditions

... what it's supposed to do," said Lyndon Williams, a Democratic member of the County Board of Legislators from Mount Vernon who sits on the board's public safety committee. "Something has to be done." One inmate, Jose R. Marrero, 51, died of throat ...



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Mount Vernon police: Man's face slashed at party

Mount Vernon police are looking for the person who slashed a partygoer in the face early Saturday morning, sending him to the hospital, officials said.



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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Barbara Lockwood Russell, New Rochelle School Teacher at Stephenson, Webster, Teacher of the Year

... wrote, and explained the Magnet School programs. Mrs. Russell also taught early childhood grades in both Mount Vernon, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Russell was born in West Haven, Connecticut, and attended school in Mount Vernon, ...



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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Mount Vernon council seeks legislative aide

The City Council has a job opening. For the past 19 months, the council has been considering, drafting and passing legislation with help and advice, where needed, from the city clerk and an attorney from the city's Law Department assigned to the council.



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Okla. guard arrested on intoxication complaint

... e. As a true freshman last season, Cousins started early on for the Sooners. But midway through the season, the Mount Vernon, N.Y., native lost his starting job to Sam Grooms and played sparingly down the stretch.



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Lunches of Love to start Monday, July 8

The community ministry provides meals and activities each day from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Family Life Center at First United Methodist Church in Mount Vernon.



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Friday, June 21, 2013

Carl Ragland of Mount Vernon charged with attempted murder in woman's shooting

Carl Ragland, 35, was nabbed Thursday in the shooting of a woman on 9th Avenue late Tuesday night, Mount Vernon Mayor Ernie Davis' office said.



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Zaino: Seven districts pass budgets, and all wait for mandate reform

... districts passed their budgets -- the four districts in Westchester (Briarcliff Manor, Elmsford, Scarsdale and Mount Vernon), two in Orange County (Cornwall and Valley Central) and one in Rockland County (East Ramapo). Voters in these districts ...



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Stars remember Gandolfini's humanity, humility

... was one of the greatest I've ever known." Gandolfini may have played a tough guy in front of the camera, but Mount Vernon native Michael Imperioli -- whose character, Christopher, was murdered by Tony in the show's final season -- said he couldn't ...



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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Mt. Vernon man charged with attempted murder in shooting

A 35-year-old Mount Vernon man was arrested Thursday afternoon by police in connection with the shooting Tuesday of a woman on the south side of the city, police said.



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Mt. Vernon man accused of beating Yonkers resident with concrete chunk

A 21-year-old Mount Vernon man is facing charges that he and a Yonkers man beat another man about the head with a large piece of concrete and then stole his wallet on April 25, authorities said Thursday.



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Work halted again on Larchmont streetscape project

... contractor's lack of compliance," McAndrews wrote. In August, the village awarded a $1.36 million contract to Mount Vernon-based DiMarino Brothers Contracting for the improvements, which include replacing 4,000 square feet of sidewalk, planting ...



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Eastchester Police Assigns Two New Detectives

... the force, and Michael Martins, who has been serving in Eastchester after two years patrolling the streets of Mount Vernon, each had their detective designations approved by the Eastchester Town Board on Tuesday. Martins was the Rookie of the Year ...



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New Rochelle Police Commissioner Repeatedly Intervened After Arrest...

... contractor with clients including the City of New Rochelle, the New Rochelle Board of Education and the City of Mount Vernon, has categorically denied the account of events contained in Rye PD and Westchester County records.



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Eastchester names 2 detectives

... and Michael Martins, who has been on the force for four years. Martins previously spent two years on the Mount Vernon police force. Lage has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Iona College. He has worked in the Traffic Division, Drug and ...



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Nearly All Second-Round School Budgets Statewide Pass

... ra County and Remsen in Oneida County now face that challenge. The count was too close to call Wednesday in the Mount Vernon district in Westchester County.



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Mount Vernon police search for man in shooting

Mount Vernon police are investigating the shooting of a woman after an argument late Tuesday night on the city's south side, officials said.



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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Phil Reisman: Astorino gets a hand in a tough battleground -- Mount Vernon

This being an election year, Rob Astorino has been stumping in several towns and cities all over Westchester, but he has yet to hold one of his so-called town hall meetings in Mount Vernon -- a place that is not expected to throw him many votes.



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Mount Vernon man charged with stealing 2 motorcycles in New Rochelle

A 19-year-old Mount Vernon man was arrested by city police after he allegedly stole two Yamaha motorcycles worth $16,000 from a local dealership and returned later in the day to recover one of them from where he hid it, officials said Wednesday.



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Jeanne Collins

She was born April 24, 1927, in Mount Vernon and was the daughter of Omer G. "Red" and Elizabeth S. Spurling.



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Betty Merrick

Betty Merrick, 87, Palmetto, Fla., died June 4, 2013. Born in Mount Vernon, to Wesley and Estella Burger.



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Mount Vernon youth soccer program thriving

... league. "When I looked through their early history, I saw that they used to lose every game," said outgoing Mount Vernon Sting president Sean Ries. "Later, those kids would get up to the high school level, and they would make it to national ...



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Rye Police Tell Different Story About Arrest of New Rochelle Police Foundation Director

... contractor with clients including the City of New Rochelle, the New Rochelle Board of Education and the City of Mount Vernon, has categorically denied the account of events contained in Rye PD and Westchester County records. A review of records from ...



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Mount Vernon police investigate incident on S. 9th Ave.

... could be seen discarded on the street near where police had centered their investigation. Minutes later, a Mount Vernon Emergency Services unit arrived on scene. Officers concentrated their search to a stretch of sidewalk that runs the width of the ...



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The Short List: Top things you need to know today

The vote was too close to call in Mount Vernon. http://bit.ly/1ariX3Z 2. How's the economy? The financial world looks to the Federal Reserve today as its chairman, Ben Bernanke, gives a post-policy meeting news conference.



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Kingdom Summit 2013 and Chapel Dedication

More than 1000 people gathered to celebrate the dedication of Living Faith International Church renovated and expanded Chapel on June 16. The Church is situated at 195 West First Street in Mount Vernon, NY.



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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

School budgets pass in Scarsdale, Elmsford, Briarcliff; too close to call in Mount Vernon

... gave their approval to revised budgets that went down in defeat last month. The vote was too close to call in Mount Vernon. The trimmed spending plans put up for a second vote found greater favor with local taxpayers in a diverse array of districts ...



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Mount Vernon school budget appears headed for defeat

Though the count is still unofficial and the result preliminary, it appears Mount Vernon residents have voted down the budget for the second time in as many months.



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Mount Vernon man shot in foot by masked person, police say

A 22-year-old Mount Vernon man walked into the city hospital emergency room suffering from a gunshot wound to the right foot, police said Tuesday.



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Mount Vernon woman pleads guilty in death of newborn

A Mount Vernon woman has pleaded guilty in the suffocation death last summer of her newborn son, who she wrapped in plastic bags after giving birth to him at her apartment.



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Former New Rochelle Police Foundation Director Vigorously Denies Rye Police Report of 2008 Arrest

... contractor with clients including the City of New Rochelle, the New Rochelle Board of Education and the City of Mount Vernon. For Zonzini, up until recently the Vice President of the New Rochelle Police Advisory Board and a Director of the New ...



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Gerald 'Gary' Donaldson

Gerald L. "Gary" Donaldson, 65, of Hilltop Drive, Mount Vernon, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Country Court Nursing Home.



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Monday, June 17, 2013

Christopher Ridley's family 'agonizing' as jury weighs wrongful-death case

As a federal jury ended its first day of deliberations Monday in the alleged wrongful death of a Mount Vernon police officer fatally shot by county cops in White Plains five years ago, the slain officer's family said they were struggling with waiting for a decision in the case.



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Chiara Hudson of the Bronx admits getting $100K in tax fraud

... No one answered at the number listed for her accounting business, which prosecutors said was formerly based in Mount Vernon.



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Tyrone McCallum, reputed Mt. Vernon gang member, admits attempted murder

Reputed Mount Vernon street gang member Tyrone McCallum admitted Monday that he was one of three men who fired shots at a car full of rival gang members, resulting in a 65-year-old passerby in a car being struck by a bullet.



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Community View: Promise to improve Mount Vernon district kept

Two years ago the citizens of Mount Vernon elected a new slate of candidates to the school board who had promised to work with existing trustees to bring improvements and positive change to the district.



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Editorial: A lot riding on school budget revotes

... like Scarsdale and Briarcliff Manor and painful for Elmsford, it would be devastating in East Ramapo and Mount Vernon. All five of these districts have a lot riding on the outcome of Tuesday's budget revotes. Mount Vernon's budget failure in May ...



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State: Many local high school grads not ready for college, jobs

... with a 69.2 graduation rate; Greenburgh, 31.1 percent APM compared with a 91.3 percent graduation rate; and Mount Vernon, 9.3 percent APM compared with a 62.2 percent graduation rate.. Devan Ganeshananthan, principal at Edgemont Junior/Senior High ...



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NY woman admits filing 100 false tax returns

... ra Hudson of the Bronx pleaded guilty to grand larceny and tax fraud. Hudson owned a tax and accounting firm in Mount Vernon. Prosecutors said she collected more than $100,000 in tax refunds.



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Mount Vernon man pleads guilty in gang-related shooting

A Mount Vernon man is expected to receive 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty Monday to attempted murder charges in connection with the shooting of a 65-year-old woman in July 2012.



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Bronx woman, 25, pleads guilty in $121K theft through Mount Vernon business

A Bronx woman who formerly ran an accounting business in Mount Vernon pleaded guilty Monday to grand larceny and tax fraud charges after authorities said she cost the state more than $121,000 in connection with the theft of unemployment insurance benefits and unwarranted tax refund checks.



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Critical Play: Picturing Playgrounds in Central Park

... - were injured in a Brownsville playground shooting . In hopes of discouraging crime this summer, officials in Mount Vernon are installing cameras in their parks, though many residents have pointed out the obvious - that money spent installing them ...



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Ruth Ward Snow

Ruth E. Ward Snow, age 90, of Mount Vernon, died peacefully Friday, June 14, 2013, at The Laurels of Mount Vernon.



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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Schools face crucial votes

The five local school districts holding second budget votes Tuesday -- Briarcliff Manor, East Ramapo, Elmsford, Mount Vernon and Scarsdale -- better hope that voters understand what a second defeat would mean.



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Jewish historical group remembering arrested rabbis

The St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society will present a special program at noon Tuesday at the Hilton Garden Inn, 32 Avenida Menendez, remembering 16 rabbis arrested in St. Augustine June 18, 1964, during the days of the racial unrest in the Oldest City.



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Ken Singleton on his dad's baseball influence

... pedigree, even in daily life. A self-professed New York Giants fan as a youngster, Ken grew up in a home in Mount Vernon that that was once owned by the family of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, learned to switch-hit by sometimes eschewing ...



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Saturday, June 15, 2013

The Score Hears: Kenny's singular father

... even in the dead of winter. He never coached me, though. He was working too hard." Singleton, who grew up in Mount Vernon, says he was 4 years old when his dad took him to his first game, a Phillies-Dodgers doubleheader at Ebbets Field. "I was ...



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Friday, June 14, 2013

Mt. Vernon church group assembles goodie bags for troops

... in Afghanistan and Iraq broke out more than 10 years ago, she and her church theater group from St. Ursula's in Mount Vernon thought it only natural to help the troops in whatever way they could. "What happened to this family hit me, the sadness. ...



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Mount Vernon among fastest growing cities, financial site says

The City of Homes is the city that grows. According NerdWallet, which describes itself as a "financial literacy and consumer advocacy website," Mount Vernon is among the fastest growing cities in the country.



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Voters across the County

The leader of the 5,000-member Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, former 19-year Democratic State Assemblyman Ronald Tocci , and prominent Westchester Jewish community leaders Martine Fleishman and Nancy Zaro today joined with Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino in announcing the launch of "Democrats for Astorino," a committee of ... (more)



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Wheels coming off the Bramson Bus

The leader of the 5,000-member Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, former 19-year Democratic State Assemblyman Ronald Tocci , and prominent Westchester Jewish community leaders Martine Fleishman and Nancy Zaro today joined with Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino in announcing the launch of "Democrats for Astorino," a committee of ... (more)



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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Ron Tocci Joins Other Westchester Dems to Form "Democrats For Astorino"

The leader of the 5,000-member Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, former 19-year Democratic State Assemblyman Ronald Tocci , and prominent Westchester Jewish community leaders Martine Fleishman and Nancy Zaro today joined with Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino in announcing the launch of "Democrats for Astorino," a committee of ... (more)



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Video: Norwalk Teen Pitches Common Council

... Jerry Petrini says Mt. Vernon, NY installed $3,000 cameras in its parks. "It's been working in other cities and Mount Vernon has it," he says. "It works. Something like that just might work." Mayor Richard Moccia says the city has cameras at ...



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Tommie Long, respondent, v. City of Mount Vernon, appellant.

Nichelle A. Johnson, Corporation Counsel, Mount Vernon, N.Y. , for appellant.Mallilo & Grossman, Flushing, N.Y. , for respondent.



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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Teens use photovoice to advocate for safer city parks

... told Ticking that the day after her May 23 presentation, he had seen a news broadcast about a pilot program in Mount Vernon, N.Y., where video cameras were mounted in public parks, with a direct feed to police. They came on after dusk and featured ...



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LSHV files court complaint against Mt. Vernon schools

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley and Morrison Foerster, LLP filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Mt.



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Marcia Feldman, 67, Of Armonk

The funeral service will be held at 12 p.m. Wednesday, June 12 at Riverside Memorial Chapel 21 West Broad St., Mount Vernon, New York 10552.



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Who Wouldn't Want to Live in a Town Named Pleasantville?

... The funeral service will be held at 12 p.m. Wednesday, June 12 at Riverside Memorial Chapel 21 West Broad St., Mount Vernon, New York 10552. The interment will follow the service at Sharon Gardens Cemetery 273 Lakeview Ave., Valhalla, New York ...



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School briefs: Local college students graduate; more

... Medical Center. She works as a research consultant at March of Dimes in White Plains. Jonathan Filipe of Mount Vernon received a bachelor's degree in athletic training from King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., during the college's 64th commencement ...



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Arnold Kramer

... He attended a Yeshiva primary school for his first grade. In 1938, Arnie and his family moved to Fleetwood, Mount Vernon, N.Y., and there he attended Pennington Elementary School, Wilson Junior High School and A.B. Davis High School, where he ...



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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Bankruptcy often death knell for hospitals

Sound Shore Medical Center and Mount Vernon Hospital aren't the first medical facilities in the Lower Hudson Valley to end up on a financial deathbed.



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Traffic: Accidents on S/B Bronx River Parkway, S/B I-684

An accident on the southbound Bronx River Parkway at the Cross County Parkway in Mount Vernon was blocking the right lane at 6:24 a.m. Also, an accident on southbound I-684, south of Exit 9 for I-84 in Southeast was blocking the shoulder at 6:32 a.m.



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Skyjacker of the Day

... returned to his native New York, where he taught SAT prep classes for the Board of Education. He later moved to Mount Vernon, N.Y., and became a popular mentor at a Westchester County youth shelter. Critton's good deeds would prove to be his ...



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Recreational Improvements Coming to Route 1: VOICE, Others Celebrate Funding Approval

Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement organized a 200-person public action to celebrate their progress on improving youth recreation facilities and programming in Route 1. More than $1 million has been approved for Mount Vernon High School and West Potomac High School thanks to Supervisor Gerry Hyland, according to a recent news ... (more)



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Mount Vernon's Fabricant Shares 'Baseball Boys' Memories In New Book

... memories of 1950s baseball in his latest book, "Baseball Boys, Rediscovering 1950s Little League Baseball in Mount Vernon, NY" Born and raised in Mount Vernon, a resident of Ardsley for many years and now a resident of Somers, Fabricant runs his own ...



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Nursing home director charged with endangering resident with dementia

... from dementia, was missing from the facility. The defendant, Juliet Clifford, 43, of 122 Pelhamdale Ave., Mount Vernon, NY, was arrested on one count of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree, one ...



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Motorcyclist dies in accident after attempting stunt in Mount Vernon

A motorcyclist died early morning on June 10 after he was flung off his bike while attempting a stunt on Broad Street in Mount Vernon .



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Man arrested in Mount Vernon for 14 pounds of marijuana

A man was arrested in Mount Vernon for the possession of 14 pounds of marijuana by the newly formed task force consisting of Mount Vernon and Westchester County police.



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Monday, June 10, 2013

Westchester County joins Mount Vernon police in gang crackdown

Mount Vernon police joined with the Westchester County Department of Public Safety to increase the number of uniformed officers patrolling critical gang locations in the city during Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights during the summer, which is when crime tends to increase.



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Cousin of cop killed in police shooting testifies in civil trial

The civil trial for four Westchester County cops who fatally shot off-duty Mount Vernon Police Officer Christopher Ridley in downtown White Plains began Monday, with dramatic testimony from Ridley's cousin.



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Surveillance society puts cameras in more locations

... surveillance are still blurry or yet to be drawn. "It's not great to put up cameras to watch people," said Mount Vernon, N.Y., City Council President Yuhanna Edwards after watching a demonstration of cameras now in use above a Mount Vernon ...



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Motorcyclist killed popping wheelie on Mount Vernon street

... the bike, which showered sparks and slid 250 feet before striking an occupied parked car about 3:45 a.m. Two Mount Vernon police officers were on patrol dispersing groups in the vicinity of Gramatan and Broad Street when they heard the roar of the ...



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Who's watching you? Surveillance cameras focus on suburbs

... surveillance are still blurry or yet to be drawn. "It's not great to put up cameras to watch people," said Mount Vernon City Council President Yuhanna Edwards after watching a demonstration of cameras now in use above a Mount Vernon playground. ...



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Joint task force seizes 14 lbs. of pot from Bronx man

... street value of about $60,000 from him over the weekend. Neville Peterson of Pratt Avenue was arrested on the Mount Vernon-Bronx border at 8 p.m. Friday by the newly formed Westchester County/Mount Vernon task force. Members launched an ...



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Patricia Hamon Arbogast Ruggles

... morning Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Knox Community Hospital. She was 39 going on 82. She was born Aug. 6, 1930, in Mount Vernon to parents, Delbert and Dorothy (Purbaugh) Wells, and was graduated from Mount Vernon High School. Pat had a tremendous work ...



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[News] Pete Rock Remembers Creating "In The Flesh" In Front Of The Notorious B.I.G.

... B.I.G.'s seminal 1994 hit "Juicy" know that the many versions of 12" feature a Pete Rock remix. The legendary Mount Vernon, New York producer/emcee actually is said to have made the track's original demo version - also containing the Mtume sample, ...



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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Culinary studies not just a flashin the pan

... cooking, the feeling of it, it's the best thing in the world to do, it's awesome," said Josiah Sanders, 16, of Mount Vernon. "Everybody needs a chef." Many students said they expect to attend college in addition to working in food services. The ...



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Juliet Clifford of Mount Vernon, nursing home supervisor, covered up...

... no matter who is at fault or who would get the backlash for losing him," DeBold said. Clifford, a 43-year-old Mount Vernon woman, is the director of nursing services at the Bishop Charles Waldo MacLean Episcopal Nursing Home in Queens. On May 26, ...



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Saturday, June 8, 2013

Nursing home director accused of covering up missing patient

... covered up the disappearance of a missing patient with dementia. Authorities say 43-year-old Julie Clifford of Mount Vernon, falsified records to cover-up the disappearance of 74-year-old resident Alan Frazer, who suffers from dementia. Frazer was ...



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Mount Vernon woman charged in nursing home patient's disappearance

A Mount Vernon woman who ran nursing services at a Queens nursing home was arrested on an endangerment charge for allegedly falsifying records regarding the disappearance of a patient suffering from dementia.



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Spirits soar with kites over New Rochelle

... This is great for families to get together and a great way to bond with people." Steven and Brenda Horton of Mount Vernon brought their granddaughter, Anaiya Horton, 8, to try her luck with a kite. A few short runs and Steven Horton took over the ...



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Westchester Roadway Closures Due To Flooding

... Commerce Street and Stevens Avenue in Mount Pleasant. The Hutchinson was closed between Exit 7 and Exit 13 in Mount Vernon. The Bronx River was closed to northbound traffic at Exit 10B in Yonkers. Mile Marker 10.33 in Greenburgh in Westchester ...



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Overnight Rains Cause Westchester Roadway Closures

... Commerce Street and Stevens Avenue in Mount Pleasant. The Hutchinson was closed between Exit 7 and Exit 13 in Mount Vernon. The Bronx River was closed to northbound traffic at Exit 10B in Yonkers. Mile Marker 10.33 in Greenburgh in Westchester ...



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Friday, June 7, 2013

Friday June 7, 2013 - Past 24 Hours on @TalkoftheSound

Unfortunately due to the inclement weather the 'Gansett Patio Party has been postponed!!We're still here pouring... fb.me/2huN90TdC The Job Readiness Coach is here Monday from 3:00-6:00 pm in the 2nd floor Help Center.



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Mount Vernon's new top cop vows to 'push these thugs out' of city

... Friday as the new head of the force by Mayor Ernie Davis. Raynor said that most of the murders and violence in Mount Vernon are caused by gangs, and said he is committed to stopping them with the help of the community. "Our streets do not belong ...



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Astorino, Davis promise more cops on Mount Vernon streets this summer

Crime-plagued Mount Vernon will have more police officers patrolling its streets and more detectives working cases this summer thanks to a joint effort between the city's police department and Westchester County Police.



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Elmsford schools to put same budget up for re-vote

... with slimmer versions of their financial plans after failing to get voter approval to exceed the cap, and Mount Vernon is also cutting back its initial proposal. In Elmsford, district officials said the allowable tax levy of 3.49 percent resulted ...



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Key Digital Invites InfoComm 2013 Attendees to Booth Tours and Introduction of New ...

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Key Digital is extending an exclusive invitation to all journalists, as well as Pro A/V integrators, contractors, consultants, dealers and sales professionals to a personal tour of the totally redesigned Key Digital booth at InfoComm 2013! Each visitor will have a chance to see company's newest additions to its product portfolio.



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In Mount Vernon, the play's the thing - again

... "Big River," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Your Arms Too Short to Box with God." This spring, he's helping put Mount Vernon High School back on the theatrical map, directing the school's production of the musical "Once Upon a Mattress," which runs ...



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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Mount Vernon turns to county for crime-fighting help

In its ongoing fight to curtail crime, the Mount Vernon Police Department is turning to the county for assistance.



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Dominick Mascolino, 66, Longtime New Rochelle Resident

Mascolino was born Feb. 21, 1947, in Mt. Vernon to Dominic and Mary Mascolino. He worked in construction as a contractor for many years.



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Bramson Receives Endorsement From Mount Vernon Officials

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Westchester County Executive hopeful Noam Bramson received a ringing endorsement from Mount Vernon civic and political leaders on Thursday in his bid for election over incumbent Rob Astorino.



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Brown, coaches top 15-2A baseball All-District selections

... 15-2A Most Valuable Player by coaches in the district. He is the son of B. J. and Camille Brown and a senior at Mount Vernon High School. The Mount Vernon coaches, B. J. Brown and Casey Bush, were selected as the Coach/Staff of the Year. For more ...



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Lewisboro Republicans Celebrate Campaign Kickoff

... is a member of the Westchester County Domestic Violence Council, and has been an Acting City Court Judge in Mount Vernon and White Plains. The Lewisboro Republican Town Committee's Campaign Kickoff party will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, ...



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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Players Pen: A final curtain call for a longtime Players friend

How do I know summer is almost here? Peninsula Players is approaching its opening night.



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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Federal judge tosses 2009 convictions against ex-Mount Vernon planning commissioner

A 2009 corruption conviction against former Mount Vernon Planning Commissioner Constance "Gerri" Post has been thrown out by a federal judge.



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Monday, June 3, 2013

have at 'Em: Sound Shore Medical Bankruptcy Filing Documents

Sound Shore lost $8 million in 2011 and $18 million in 2012, according to court papers. Mount Vernon lost $6.4 million in 2011, according to documents. The clerk at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has posted ...



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Sunday, June 2, 2013

America's Bridges Are Falling Down, Falling Down...

An Interstate 5 bridge collapsed into the Skagit River, dumping two vehicles and a trailer in the waters north of Mount Vernon.



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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Jo Ann Ward

... at home with her family beside her. She was born to Wilbur and Jeanette (Gleason) Ulery on Feb. 12, 1936, in Mount Vernon. She will stop by the Erie Canal on her way to make up for missing the yearly trip she and her husband took every year in a ...



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

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