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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Gang member arrested in 2012 shooting

MOUNT VERNON A Mount Vernon man, who is a member of the "Gunnaz" street gang, has been arrested for the 2012 shooting of a city resident.



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Friday, November 29, 2013

Nancy LaNetta Pinkard Fowlkes, 89, Of White Plains

Fowlkes was born Aug. 26, 1924, to Amos M. and Nettie B. Pinkard. She grew up in Mount Vernon and graduated from A.B. Davis High School.



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Westchester B.L.U.E.: Officers band together to support their own

When Mount Vernon homicide detective Matt Frank was lying in a Bronx hospital bed after being shot, New York City police officers funneled into his room offering food, rides for family members and conversation.



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Mount Vernon, NY police dog dies of cancer

Officer Eugene Wilsea is the partner of Sito's handler. He says Sito was instrumental in the 2007 arrest of a suspect who was convicted of murder.



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Local Civil Air Patrol Cadets to Take Part in Wreaths Across America

Members of the Westchester Cadet Squadron 1 of the Civil Air Patrol, based in New Rochelle, will be holding its first Wreaths Across America ceremony this year at St. Paul's Church, a National Historic Site in Mount Vernon.



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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Girls basketball preview: Unsung bosses

... B. Since Class AA was established in 2004, three teams have combined to win every section title -- Ossining, Mount Vernon and White Plains. This season, the Pride, winners of the last three Class AA titles and inaugural title in 2004, have a BEDS ...



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Port Chester Police Arrest Alleged Grease Thieves

... behind a restaurant, according to a story on Patch. com. Michael Frazier-Footes, 40, 39 Elliot Street, Mount Vernon, and Michael Rush, 50, 23 First Street, New Rochelle, each were charged with attempted petit larceny, the story said. At about 4:40 ...



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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Port Chester Police Nab 'Grease Bandits'

Port Chester Police arrested a pair of Westchester men accused of stealing grease from its receptacle out back of a local restaurant.



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Independent Silver Band holds concert

The Independent Silver Band held a special free concert Thursday night at the First United Methodist Church in Mt.



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Remembrances

Joan Levy Abraham, a resident of Laguna Woods, passed away November 1, 2013; she was 87. She was born July 6, 1926, in Mt.



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The Shot: New Rochelle vs. Mt. Vernon, March 3, 2013

... New Rochelle High (12-9) trail the team that has won a record seven sectional championships in a row, the 19-1 Mount Vernon Knights, 60-58. From beneath his own basket New Rochelle's Khalil Edney, a 6' 4" senior forward, launches a pass toward ...



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Shop local: Gift ideas from Ace Endico

Whether you're servicing a small family gathering or hosting a holiday party bash, you'll find high quality and imported foods.



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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Westchester child-care, nonprofit groups guard funding in 2014 budget plan

... the Invest in Kids program, which has supported the Safe Haven after-school program at Longfellow Elementary in Mount Vernon. Jayleen stays there until her mother gets off work. "All I want is for my kid to be safe until I get there," she said. ...



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President Obama, Pardon Both the Turkey and Drug War Prisoners for the Holidays

... 1985, I was arrested when I got caught up in a drug sting. I delivered four ounces of cocaine from the Bronx to Mount Vernon, New York. Twenty cops came out of nowhere and I was placed under arrest. I did everything I could do wrong and was ...



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Monday, November 25, 2013

Ex-Mt. Vernon secretary accused of OT theft

A former secretary to the Mount Vernon water commissioner was arrested after allegedly stealing more than $4,000 by falsifying overtime claims.



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Alfred J. Ambrose

Alfred "Al" J. Ambrose, 91, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and a native of Mount Vernon, New York in Westchester County, died Nov. 18, 2013, at The Health Center at Adam's Place.



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Woman, 61, dies in Mount Vernon house fire

... a bathroom in the two-family home on East Cedar Street, apparently died while trying to put out the blaze, said Mount Vernon Fire Capt. Ricky Montana. Officials did not identify the woman, saying the fire was under investigation. They referred ...



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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Lawmakers divided on school tax liability distribution plan

... their funding through per-pupil allocations from local school districts. State Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson, D-Mount Vernon, warned that it would be unfair to exclude charter schools from the infusion of tax-credit dollars, especially when the public ...



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School Evacuation After Phone Threat Tops New Rochelle News This Week

... sent home early Wednesday after the district said it received a threatening phone call . Four members of the Mount Vernon street gang, Get Money Gangstas (GMG) , have been indicted on murder charges, effectively shutting down the organization, ...



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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Editorial: Busing in trouble for White Plains

... goal that day, when he got on the bus, was to "kill a white woman." He remains in prison. * In 2008, off-duty Mount Vernon police officer Christopher Ridley tried to arrest a shelter resident after a mugging down the street. When White Plains ...



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4 reputed Mount Vernon gang members indicted in revenge killings

Four men have been indicted in a pair of revenge killings in Mount Vernon last year in what authorities described as a major blow to a street gang responsible for some of the city's worst acts of recent gang violence.



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Pelham Drawbridge Re-Opens With One Lane Each Way

The Fulton Avenue Drawbridge between Secor Lane and Edison Avenue in Mount Vernon and Pelham Manor has re-opened to traffic, but with just one lane in each direction.



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Friday, November 22, 2013

Obituaries for Friday, November 22

Aud Wilson Brown , 93, of Paris went to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday November 20, 2013.



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Public debate Tuesday at Cultural Arts Center

The Franklin County Arts Alliance will partner with the Mount Vernon High School Debate teams for a Cross Examination debate for the public at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12 at the Cultural Arts Center at Dallas and Rusk streets in downtown Mount Vernon.



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Scouting for Food drive Saturday

The annual "Scouting for Food" door-to-door collection of non-perishable food items in Mount Vernon will be Saturday, November 23. Items collected will be used for the 2013 Christmas for All Food Baskets.



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Thursday, November 21, 2013

4 Gang Members Indicted For Murder In Mount Vernon

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Four members of the Mount Vernon street gang, Get Money Gangstas , have been indicted for murder, effectively shutting down the organization, according to Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore.



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Michael Brown's Central Park apartment reveals valuable art work

... of 19 pieces in the apartment on Central Park South was made Nov. 7 by appraiser R. Alexander Boyle of Mount Vernon, N.Y., and was filed Thursday in Houston federal court. According to another court document filed Thursday, it wasn't until Brown ...



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Sooners want to stick to game plan against Seton Hall

... Classic, where they will open with Seton Hall at 6 p.m. Friday at the Barclays Center. Cousins is from nearby Mount Vernon, N.Y., and will get a chance to play in front of a hometown crowd for the first time with the Sooners. "I can't wait," Cousins ...



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Lady Tigers sweep Daingerfield

The Mount Vernon High School Lady Tiger basketball varsity team started their 2013 season by sweeping the Daingerfield blue Tigers in their game Friday night in Mount Vernon.



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4 alleged Mount Vernon gang members indicted in revenge killings

Four men were indicted Thursday in a pair of revenge killings in Mount Vernon last year in what authorities described as a major blow to a street gang responsible for some of the city's worst acts of recent gang violence.



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Four Gang Members Indicted For Murder In Mount Vernon

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Four members of the Mount Vernon street gang, Get Money Gangstas , have been indicted for murder, effectively shutting down the organization, according to Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore.



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Westchester County Center Parking Scam Suspects Plead Guilty

From left to right: Jahmai Samuel, 27, of the Bronx; Alessia Velez, 28, of Queens; and Marcus Harris, 29, of Mount Vernon.



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3 ex-Westchester parking lot workers plead guilty in $195G permit scheme

... at least 12 other people. They were identified as Jahmai Samuel, 27, of the Bronx; Marcus Harris, 29, of Mount Vernon; and Alessia Velez, 28, of Queens. Authorities said the workers defrauded the county over three years, from Aug. 13, 2009, until ...



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Obituary for Sigmund Blatt

Sigmund Blatt, 85, of Chattanooga, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, at NHC of Chattanooga. A native of Mount Vernon, N.Y., he was a son of the late David and Shirley Askt Blatt. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a ...



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New VP, Executive Director Named For Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

Montefiore Health Systems appointed Anthony Alfano as vice president and executive director of Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital on Monday, Nov. 18. Montefiore recently opened Montefiore New Rochelle and Montefiore Mount Vernon along with Schaffer Extended Care Center at the former Sound Shore Health System facilities.



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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

LogoTags Offering Complimentary Ball Chain Necklaces with Custom Dog Tags

... of its parent company, Ball Chain Manufacturing (BCM), which was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Mount Vernon, New York. BCM is the world's largest manufacturer of Ball Chain and the only manufacturer of Ball Chain in the United States. BCM ...



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Mount Vernon to be host for girls basketball tournament

Members of the coaching staff at Mount Vernon High School will be hosts for the Belt Buster Round Up girls basketball tournament Thursday, November 21 through Saturday, November 23. "This is the first time Mount Vernon has been host for a varsity basketball tournament," said Coach Brad Floyd.



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Robert A. Baker

... of Lexington, and formerly of Spencer, went home to be with his Lord on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. He was born in Mount Vernon, to Howard and Margaret Adams Baker. Rev. Baker graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1946, Ashland University, Oberlin ...



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Nearly 5,000 Parents, Students, Teachers Rally For Education Tax Credit

... spoke at the rally, including representatives of Yonkers, New Rochelle, Greenburgh, Scarsdale, White Plains, Mount Vernon and other municipalities. State Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins told the students in the crowd she approved of ...



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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Montefiore names executive director to New Rochelle Hospital

... Downtown Hospital, which merged with New York Presbyterian over the summer. No leader has been named yet for Mount Vernon Hospital, which was also sold in the nearly $60 million Sound Shore bankruptcy deal. The facility, long seen as the ...



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I am awaiting the WBOE to finish counting votes

... 15 of the signatures give an address in the Bronx, 2 give a Larchmont address, and there is 1 each from Mount Vernon and Port Chester. These people are not New Rochelle residents let alone "neighbors" of Ms. Sherman. 46 of the names appear to have ...



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Court: Freshwater's termination valid

The Ohio Supreme Court, by a 4-3 vote, has denied the appeal of former Mount Vernon Middle School John Freshwater.



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Fairfield's DeBernardis Dies at 52

Kathy DeBernardis, age 52, of Fairfield, CT, the loving wife of Thomas DeBernardis and the mother of Kevin, Caroline and Lauren, passed away suddenly on Friday, November 15, 2013.



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First Executive Director of Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital Appointed

... director of Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital. Montefiore recently opened Montefiore New Rochelle and Montefiore Mount Vernon along with Schaffer Extended Care Center at the former Sound Shore Health System facilities. The two hospitals will be run ...



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Richard W. Haggerty, Jr., 83, Of Stamford, Owned R.W. Haggerty Pool

Haggerty was born Aug. 25, 1930, in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., to Richard W. and May Mahar Haggerty, Sr. He started his own business in 1956, R.W Haggerty Pool of Stamford.



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Notes From the Captain Lawrence Tasting Room

... new one. Steven DeRosa and his pug Bogie are still reveling in the Red Sox championship. Kayode Howard of Mount Vernon and Kristina Katz of Mahopac are here for an unofficial Westchester Community College reunion. He digs the Liquid Gold, but says ...



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Schools urged to amp up music instruction

... ent of Education. The first school to implement the program, the Sacred Heart/Mt. Carmel School for the Arts in Mount Vernon, N.Y., was awarded in 1994 a National Blue



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Monday, November 18, 2013

I am completely above board.

... 15 of the signatures give an address in the Bronx, 2 give a Larchmont address, and there is 1 each from Mount Vernon and Port Chester. These people are not New Rochelle residents let alone "neighbors" of Ms. Sherman. 46 of the names appear to have ...



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Man faces 40 years in Q Ball Cafe shooting Man accused of killing a...

... arrested the same day, and a nearly monthlong nationwide search was launched for Lampkin. He was arrested in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on April 27 after two plainclothes officers in the city west of the Bronx noticed a group of five men drinking alcohol ...



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Brian, You clearly fell off

... 15 of the signatures give an address in the Bronx, 2 give a Larchmont address, and there is 1 each from Mount Vernon and Port Chester. These people are not New Rochelle residents let alone "neighbors" of Ms. Sherman. 46 of the names appear to have ...



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Unscrupulous

... 15 of the signatures give an address in the Bronx, 2 give a Larchmont address, and there is 1 each from Mount Vernon and Port Chester. These people are not New Rochelle residents let alone "neighbors" of Ms. Sherman. 46 of the names appear to have ...



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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Yesterdays Nov. 17

... Mrs. Myers B. Curtis. Hostesses were Mrs. George W. Ligon and Mrs. Coy Turner. Tracey Garrison was named 1988 Mount Vernon High School homecoming queen during ceremonies at a recent basketball game with Bigelow High School. Miss Garrison, daughter ...



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Parking lots an example of Fairfax schools' economic gap

... "There's some things I wish we had that I could provide with extra revenue," said Nardos King, principal of Mount Vernon High School near Alexandria, where more than half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, a federal measure ...



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Harrison Police Arrested Car Chase Suspect

... but he was caught while trying to enter his vehicle. Bansey, who police said has felony charges pending in Mount Vernon, was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle Wednesday night in Harrison when a police officer tried to stop him. Police said Bansey ...



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March Of Dimes Honors Joe Simone With Lifetime Achievement Award

Joe Simone, of Simone Development Companies, received the Martin S. Berger Award for Lifetime Achievement at the annual March of Dimes Breakfast.



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Friday, November 15, 2013

Mount Vernon Man Charged in April Kidnapping, Robbery

Westchester County District Attorney Jane DiFiore announced Friday the 17-count indictment of Andre Jones, 23, of Locust Street in Mount Vernon.



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Mount Vernon man, 23, indicted on kidnapping, robbery charges

He's only 23, but a Mount Vernon man could be looking at 25 years in prison for his role in an armed robbery earlier this year in which the victim was locked in a car trunk and forced to withdraw cash from ATMs, Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore said Friday.



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Parolee Indicted For Eight Hour Kidnapping And Robbery Odyssey Through New Rochelle And Mount Vernon

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that Andre Jones, 23, of 506 Locust Street, Mount Vernon, New York was arraigned today on a seventeen count indictment charging him with one count of Kidnapping in the Second Degree, a class "B" Felony, three counts of Robbery in the First Degree, class "B" Felonies, three counts of ... (more)



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Mount Vernon Parolee Indicted For 8-Hour Kidnapping, Robbery Spree

A Mount Vernon parolee was indicted on 17 counts on Friday, including second-degree kidnapping and three counts of first-degree robbery, according to a statement released by Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore.



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Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle Hold Retail Development Conference

Officials from the cities of Mount Vernon, Yonkers and New Rochelle will join the International Council of Shopping Centers on Friday for a conference to discuss how to increase Lower Westchester's retail profile "Is Your Downtown Retail Ready? Understanding What Retailers Want," will bring developers together with retailers and municipal planners ... (more)



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Independent Silver Band holds concert

The Independent Silver Band held a special free concert Thursday night at the First United Methodist Church in Mt.



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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Harold Shiphorst, 95

... 95, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at Autumn Glen in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. He was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and grew up in Oakland, New Jersey. He worked for Watson and Flagg in Paterson, N.J. and later for General Electric. He ...



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'It was such a special day', Oxhey cancer survivor awarded British Empire Medal

... 17 years has been awarded a British Empire Medal. Angela Cox, of Brookmill Close, who runs a fitness class at Mount Vernon Hospital for women fighting or recovering from cancer, was recognised in The Queen's Birthday Honours List earlier this year. ...



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Jane J. Tille

... of 91. Jane was born Dec. 14, 1921, to the late Frank A. and Lucille S. (Steinmetz) Jones in the small town of Mount Vernon. She was a graduate of Mount Vernon High School, attended Denison University from 1939-1942 where she was a member of Kappa ...



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Shane Dean Tour Is Coming To GH Soon

... Group. Come out and Support this worthy cause! www.shanedean.com Shane Dean is a native of "Money Earnin" Mount Vernon, New York. This star-studded city produced such names as Denzel Washington, Sean P. Diddy" Combs, Ben Gordon, Dick Clark, Art ...



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The Colorful History of Westchester County

... our second President, John Adams, was forced to leave and came to live with his daughter on Route 22 in Mount Vernon. Founding Father John Jay was raised in Rye, matriculated at King's College (Columbia) at age 14 and went on to be Governor, ...



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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Gravy train: Yonkers woman swiped $35G in lunch money from Mount Vernon schools

Mount Vernon public school students enjoying a meatball hero or beef chimichanga during lunch were unwittingly padding the pockets of a food-service worker at the district -- to the tune of $35,000, authorities said Tuesday.



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Gravy train: Yonkers woman swiped $35G in lunch money from Mount Vernon schools

Mount Vernon public school students enjoying a meatball hero or beef chimichanga during lunch were unwittingly padding the pockets of a food-service worker at the district -- to the tune of $35,000, authorities said Tuesday.



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Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing $35,000 From School Lunch Program

A 39-year-old Yonkers woman, who formerly worked in food services at Mount Vernon High School, pled guilty Tuesday to stealing more than $35,000 from the school system by manipulating computer program that monitored the food program.



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Aramark Food Service Worker Pleads Guilty for Stealing Lunch Money in Mount Vernon

... The defendant, a former employee of Aramark, a food services/facilities management company, was assigned to the Mount Vernon School District Food Service Department located within Mount Vernon High School at 100 California Road. From September 10th, ...



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Woman Stole $35,000 From School Lunch Program: DA

A 39-year-old Yonkers woman, who formerly worked in food services at Mount Vernon High School, pled guilty Tuesday to stealing more than $35,000 from the school system by manipulating computer program that monitored the food program.



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Mount Vernon: Broken main leads to boil-water alert

The city has issued a boil-water alert in response to a ruptured water main. The break occurred earlier this morning on a line running below South Fulton Avenue between Beekman Avenue and Amsterdam Place, according to Shari Harris, an aide to Mayor Ernest Davis.



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Yonkers Woman Pleads Guilty To Stealing $35K In Lunch Money

A Yonkers woman has pleaded guilty to one count of grand larceny for stealing more than $35,000 from the Mount Vernon School District department, according to a statement released by Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore.



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Yonkers Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing $35,000 From Mount Vernon Schools

A 39-year-old Yonkers woman, who formerly worked in food services at Mount Vernon High School, pled guilty Tuesday to stealing more than $35,000 from the school system by manipulating computer program that monitored the food program.



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Monday, November 11, 2013

Filomena Spagnoletti, 76, Of Hawthorne

Spagnoletti was born Dec.10, 1936, to Antonio and Saveria Della Vecchia in Nusco, Italy.



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Rapper DMX's bankruptcy filing tossed

... his bankruptcy case, citing legal noncompliance. Earl Simmons, 42, the hip-hop star who traces his roots to Mount Vernon and Yonkers in New York, stands to lose his possessions, including his share of a Mount Kisco home, now that he doesn't have ...



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Public debate Tuesday at Cultural Arts Center

The Franklin County Arts Alliance will partner with the Mount Vernon High School Debate teams for a Cross Examination debate for the public at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12 at the Cultural Arts Center at Dallas and Rusk streets in downtown Mount Vernon.



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Sunday, November 10, 2013

'Tap-and-go' smart card on mass transit horizon

... a bus and find that the card reader won't take their MetroCard. That can happen often, said Cresolyn Smart of Mount Vernon, who was waiting Friday morning at New Rochelle's downtown transportation center to catch a bus to her healthcare job on ...



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SUNYIT wins 3rd NEAC title in four years

The SUNYIT Men's Soccer Team won their third NEAC Conference Championship in four years on Sunday, beating the defending champion Morrisville State Mustangs in a shootout, 4-2.



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Pelham liquor store robbery: Reward offered for tip; watch surveillance video of suspects

... village police will issue fliers offering the reward. The fliers will be posted and handed out in Pelham, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, Keller said. Crime Stoppers released surveillance photos and video of the suspects outside the store. At 5:14 ...



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$30G of heroin fished from river after Hutch crash, cops say

... two incidents, county police tried to stop a Honda on the northbound parkway near the Cross County Parkway in Mount Vernon about 3:25 p.m. Tuesday. The sedan sped off and made an illegal U-turn at Webster Avenue in New Rochelle back onto the ...



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Saturday, November 9, 2013

Mount Vernon school board votes for outside probes

... of Education voted unanimously on Wednesday to refer the allegations made by activist Samuel Rivers on his "Mount Vernon Exposed" blog to various federal, state and county agencies to determine if the broad-based charges of wrongdoing are valid or ...



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Henthorn, Ada Elizabeth

Ada Elizabeth Henthorn SOUTH CAROLINA: Ada Elizabeth Henthorn, age 77, of South Carolina formerly of Mount Vernon passed away on Thursday morning, November 07, 2013 at the Trident Medical Center in Charleston, SC.



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Open Houses In Pelham This Weekend

Mount Vernon-based Wartburg senior care facility announced the appointment of Pelham resident Jeanette Carlson to its board of directors recently.



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Wartburg Appoints Pelham Resident To Board Of Directors

Mount Vernon-based Wartburg senior care facility announced the appointment of Pelham resident Jeanette Carlson to its board of directors recently.



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Friday, November 8, 2013

Car fire ignites blaze that kills four family members in Westchester County

MOUNT VERNON Investigators in Mount Vernon said a car that caught fire next to a house at 11 South Bond Street in that city early Tuesday morning, set the house on fire and killed four family members.



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Rapper DMX's bankruptcy filing tossed

... his bankruptcy case citing legal noncompliance. Earl Simmons, 42, the hip-hop star who traces his roots to Mount Vernon and Yonkers, stands to lose his possessions, including his share of a Mount Kisco home, now that he doesn't have protection from ...



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Police Retrieve Heroin Worth $30,000 Dumped Along Hutchinson River

... according to LoHud.com . County police were in pursuit of a vehicle traveling northbound on the parkway near Mount Vernon. Following a crash, the suspect began throwing items into the river and nearby catch basin. Mount Vernon police later pulled ...



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Yorktown's Cynthia Rubino Named CEO of YMCA

Yorktown's Cynthia Rubino has been named as CEO for The YMCA of Central and Northern Westchester.



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Reward offered in Pelham liquor store robbery

... police will issue fliers Friday offering the reward. The fliers will be posted and handed out in Pelham, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, Keller said. At 5:14 p.m., two men walked into the liquor store when only the owner, a man in his 50s, was ...



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New Rochelle's Donny Powell Rises On Basketball Court At New Haven

... Powell, who was a member of the Section 1 champion New Rochelle High School basketball team that upset rival Mount Vernon and reached the Class AA state final being beaten last March, has made the Chargers 2013-14 varsity squad. "Things went good ...



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Police fish 2,900 heroin envelopes from Hutchinson River, basins

... county police tried to stop a Honda on the northbound lanes of the parkway near the Cross County Parkway in Mount Vernon about 3:25 p.m., Tuesday. But the sedan sped off and made an illegal U-turn at the Webster Avenue exit in New Rochelle back onto ...



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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Safety improved, Metro-North tells NTSB

The National Transportation Safety Board wants to know if a May 4 near-hit of a Metro-North track worker in Mount Vernon may have provided a warning that could have prevented a fatal train accident 24 days later.



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Wartburg Donates Medical Beds and Furniture to Hospitals in Jamaica

Nov. 7, 2013 - MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- CONTACT: Karen Thomas, 914.513.5308 kthomas@wartburg.org Wartburg Donates Medical Beds and Furniture to Hospitals in Jamaica Mount Vernon, NY, October 7, 2013 - Wartburg has donated over thirty medical beds, sixty night stands and miscellaneous furniture to the Faith Deliverance Tabernacle Medical Outreach ... (more)



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Wartburg's Model 'Creative Aging' Program Featured at LeadingAge Annual Meeting

Nov. 7, 2013 - MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- WARTBURG'S MODEL "CREATIVE AGING" PROGRAM FEATURED AT LEADINGAGE ANNUAL MEETING IN TEXAS Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Mount Vernon, NY -- At the 13th National LeadingAge Annual Meeting and Expo this week in Dallas, TX, Wartburg's Ann Frey, Director of Volunteers and Janet Palazzolo, Vice President of Residential ... (more)



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The Day Sean 'Diddy' Combs Came to Brownsville to Watch a Pop Warner Game

... him almost every day for a week in the fall of 2002. The Mo Better Jaguars had an upcoming match-up against the Mount Vernon Razor Backs. Combs's son was on the Midget team and he planned to come down to Brownsville's Betsy Head Park to watch the ...



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Westchester Children's Association Hosts 'Raise The Age' Meeting

... at 16; instead of being jailed as adults, they were sent to the Youth Shelter Program of Westchester in Mount Vernon, an innovative alternative to jail for young men ages 16-21 awaiting disposition of various criminal charges," representatives said ...



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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Montefiore Takes Over Former Sound Shore Medical Center

"The Mount Vernon hospital and the New Rochelle hospital are now on their way to becoming vital institutions offering the finest health care to these communities," said Steven Safyer, M.D., president and CEO at Montefiore Health System.



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Montefiore's $60M purchase of Sound Shore, Mount Vernon hospitals complete

The sale of Sound Shore and Mount Vernon hospitals was completed early Wednesday morning, according to its new owner, Montefiore Health System.



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Montefiore Completes Acquisition of Sound Shore Medical Center

Montefiore Health System today announced the opening of Montefiore New Rochelle, Montefiore Mount Vernon and Schaffer Extended Care Center at the former Sound Shore Health System facilities.



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Mount Vernon ends Mediapolis' season

When Mount Vernon High School senior Hannah Whitley takes off the protective facemask, she's a typical happy-go-lucky teenage ... John Gaines/The Hawk Eye Mediapolis' Molly Woodruff dives for a dig against Mount Vernon in a Class 3A regional final Tuesday at West Liberty.



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Next 25 Articles

... his plan and offering him a new one that's nearly twice as expensive. Then the 60-year-old retiree from Mount Vernon heard about more people like himself with canceled plans and soaring premiums. Finally, he spent hours on the phone and computer ...



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Westchester Board of Legislators: Democrats push to expand majority

... year by 50 votes. That's the year the Democrats lost their 12-5 veto-proof majority. In District 14 in Mount Vernon and Yonkers, longtime Republican incumbent Bernice Spreckman held a 400-vote lead with about 80 percent of districts reporting in ...



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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Westchester Voters Turn Out

... to be in charge of our county government for the next four years," Adam Washington, 72, said while leaving Mount Vernon City Hall. "The numbers have seemingly been down in recent years outside of presidential elections, so hopefully people step up ...



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2 close games, 1 Oak Harbor win | Youth football

The Oak Harbor senior division youth football team rallied to defeat Bellingham Red 18-16 in the North Cascade League tournament semifinals at Mount Vernon High School Saturday, Nov. 2, to snag a berth in the championship game.



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Dorothy Frances O'Brien Finch, 85, Of Hawthorne

Finch was born Feb. 19, 1928, to William and Mary Catherine O'Brien in Mt. Vernon.



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David Lawrence Center Adds Aaron Lapp to Development Team

... years as a Director of Development. In his most previous position with the Guidance Center of Westchester in Mount Vernon, New York, Lapp was responsible for developing diverse, innovative solicitation programs, stewarding major individuals, ...



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Dorothy Frances O'Brien Finch, 85, Retired Cosmetologist In White Plains

Finch was born Feb. 19, 1928, to William and Mary Catherine O'Brien in Mt. Vernon.



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Casinos make sense for New York

... membership would guarantee their jobs. This also could be done in private industry as well. Francis V. Volpe Mount Vernon



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Monday, November 4, 2013

Two Plead Guilty In Peekskill Barbershop Stabbing

A Bronx man pleaded guilty to manslaughter and a Mount Vernon man pleaded guilty to assault and illegal weapons charges stemming from an incident where a man was stabbed to death in a Peekskill barber shop a year ago, according to LoHud.com.



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Peekskill barbershop stabbing: Two men plead guilty

... would kill Rochester if he stepped inside the shop. "That man wants somebody to stab him up," Walker, 33, of Mount Vernon, said. Minutes later, Rochester was stabbed several times after first fighting with Walker and then Williams, who jumped into ...



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Mount Vernon infant's death probed by cops

... member who started CPR on the child, police said. The family called 911 at 10:11 a.m. The child was taken to Mount Vernon Hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced dead at 10:51 a.m. Sunday, Adinaro said. "The mother is distraught," Adinaro ...



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Wartburg Appoints Pelham Resident to Board of Directors

... living, Alzheimer's/dementia care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation and hospice care. Its 34-acre campus in Mount Vernon serves seniors and their families in southern Westchester and the northern Bronx. Wartburg's nursing home has been recognized by ...



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Additional Bramson Sign Stealer Video and High Resolution Photo...

... Halevi is the son of Serapher Conn Halevi, the Chief Marshall of the Marshall's Department of the City of Mount Vernon. From 2004 to 2008, Serapher Conn Halevi served as the Chairperson for the Mount Vernon Democratic Party, succeeding Reginald ...



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Hutch: Truck hits bridge in Mount Vernon, 1 N/B lane blocked

Westchester County police were trying to remove a truck carrying frozen food that was not supposed to be on the Hutchinson River Parkway and struck an overpass bridge early Monday morning in Mount Vernon.



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TDIM - P. Diddy's Birthday - 4th Nov

... Diddy, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. Combs was born in Harlem and grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. He worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding Bad Boy Records in 1993. He signed The Notorious ...



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Sunday, November 3, 2013

Mount Vernon house fire: Illegal, overcrowding housing taxes communities

Overcrowded, illegal housing is an issue communities throughout the Lower Hudson Valley have grappled with for decades, and one that tragically makes headlines when disaster strikes and people lose their homes or, as was the case in Mount Vernon on Tuesday, lose their lives.



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Obituaries: Jeffrey Davis, Kathleen Wortham, Mary Anne King, Irma Robert

Jeffrey E . Davis , 48, of Marlborough, died suddenly on Sunday, Oct. 27 at his home.



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Other Occasions: Mario Cestone

Mario was born Oct 18, 1913 in Mt. Vernon, NY to Amalia and Joseph Cestone. He grew up and was educated in Mt.



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Saturday, November 2, 2013

Local bands find success at state final

... Nolan tried to remain calm and not overthink the magnitude of competing with his fellow Marching Wildcats from Mount Vernon High School. The competition marked the first time the group of band students had performed at the finals. Mount Vernon last ...



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YMCA of Central and Northern Westchester Names New CEO

The YMCA of Central and Northern Westchester has been serving the community for more than 100 years, has appointed Cynthia Rubino as CEO.



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Noam Bramson Campaign Sign Stealers Caught on Video Are Family...

... election integrity in the County. From 2004 to 2008, Serapher Conn Halevi served as the Chairperson for the Mount Vernon Democratic Party, succeeding Reginald Lafayette who went on to be come Chairperson of the Westchester County Democratic Party ...



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Readers give their choices for exec

... The Gadsden Flag was the flag of the U.S. Colonies and is not the tea party as the mayor claims!" - Donna from Mount Vernon. ✓ BRAMSON: "I'm sick and tired of Astorino's boast of "no taxes pledge" when in reality he has taxed working ...



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Friday, November 1, 2013

Mount Vernon community aides fire victims

Stung by the death of four relatives in Tuesday's Mount Vernon fire, 11-year-olds Lorelis Chavez and Gabriela Matias sprang to action.



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LogoTags Offering Special Discounts on Custom Challenge Coins in November 2013

... , the largest manufacturer of ball chains in the world. BCM was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Mount Vernon, New York, where it operates its main production facilities, administrative offices, and customer service operations. LogoTags also ...



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Thomas Sullivan Jr.: 'I would love to support' Mount Vernon fire survivor Raymundo Urena

... Sullivan Sr.; his wife, Donna, 47; and their daughters, Meaghan, 17, and Mairead, 15. While investigators in Mount Vernon are still probing the cause of Tuesday's blaze, the fire that claimed the Sullivans' lives was blamed on Tommy Sullivan's ...



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Lady Hawks Looking Forward to New Season

... Basketball Head Coach Fred Batchelor brings back 11 players from last season, including senior Shanyce Stewart (Mount Vernon, NY), junior Shawnee Sweeney (Chester, VA), and redshirt-sophomore Alexis Udoji (Randolph, MA). "We are looking to build a ...



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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.

Suggest a News Story

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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