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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Obituary: Arlene E. Dreyer

... age 69, according to her obituary from Oelker-Cox & Sinatra Funeral Home. Dreyer was born on Nov. 26, 1944 in Mount Vernon, according to her obituary, which lists her career as having included working in the Human Resources department for Con Edison ...



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John J. Mahon Jr.

Born in Queens, N.Y. Sept. 27, 1933, he was the son of John and Ethel Mahon. From 1954 to 1956, John served in the U.S. Army then attended Columbia University receiving his law degree.



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Arlene E. Dreyer, 69, Of Mt. Kisco

Dreyer was born Nov. 26, 1944, in Mt. Vernon; daughter of Henry and Edith Dreyer Dreyer.



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It Was An Eventful 2013 In Westchester County

... he began his victory speech. In March, New Rochelle's Khalil Edney scored an improbable buzzer-beater against Mount Vernon. The feat was caught on a video that quickly went viral. The game-winning shot was the lead story on the 8 p.m. ESPN ...



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Monday, December 30, 2013

Robert A. Brooks

Bob was born in the Bronx, NY and worked as an electrical engineer at Magnetic Analysis in Mount Vernon, NY for 38 years until he retired in 1994.



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Eunice Greenberg, 84, Of Fairfield

Greenberg was born in Mount Vernon, N.Y.; daughter of William and Cora Schutzer.



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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Westchester Cadets Lay Wreaths at Historic Site

By Katherine Torres Cadets and Senior Members of Westchester Cadet Squadron 1 of the Civil Air Patrol , the official auxiliary of the US Air Force, participated with Wreaths Across America to honor the veterans interred at our nation's cemeteries and at cemeteries around the world, during the 22nd annual Wreaths Across America Day, which took place ... (more)



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New Democratic Leadership In Westchester Board Of Legislators

... Catherine Borgia (D-Ossining) who will be the next Majority Leader, and BOL Vice Chair Lyndon Williams (D-Mount Vernon) who will become the new Majority Whip. These new leadership positions will take effect at the next regular meeting of the BOL on ...



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Friday, December 27, 2013

Westchester Civil Air Patrol Honors Vets With Holiday Wreath Ceremony

... placed on a veteran's grave at St. Paul's reads "Today, I placed a Wreath on the Grave of an American Hero". MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Cadets and Senior Members of Westchester Cadet Squadron 1 of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) joined Wreaths Across America ...



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Westchester Civil Air Patrol Honors Vets With Holiday Wreath Ceremony

... and at cemeteries around the world. The ceremony took place at St. Paul's Church, a national historic site in Mount Vernon that was used as a hospital during the Revolutionary War. Veterans, retired service members and cadets travelled through the ...



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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Borgia picked as Westchester Board of Legislators' majority leader

... who announced last week that he would not be seeking a third term as majority leader. Lyndon Williams, D-Mount Vernon, will serve as majority whip to fill out the leadership team for the 2014-15 legislative session. The selections followed a caucus ...



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Frank Charles Nelson

... He was born August 5, 1940, to Grant and Clytie Nelson in Sedro Woolley, . He attended school in Conway and Mount Vernon. He graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1958, and attended Skagit Valley Community College for a year. On December 31, ...



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Monday, December 23, 2013

Patricia J. Voight, 72, Worked As Bookkeeper In White Plains

Voight was born March 10, 1941, in Mount Vernon. She was employed as a bookkeeper in New Rochelle, White Plains and Scarsdale.



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Stephen Calloway, 67, Former New Rochelle Resident, Vietnam War Veteran

Calloway was born Aug. 28, 1946, in Ossining, N.Y., to Samuel and Eleanor Calloway.



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Patricia J. Voight, 72, Worked As Bookkeeper In New Rochelle

Voight was born March 10, 1941, in Mount Vernon. She was employed as a bookkeeper in New Rochelle, White Plains and Scarsdale.



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"The Founders at Home: The Building of America, 1735-1817"

... on the architectural, social, and political relevancy of each man's private residence; from Washington's Mount Vernon and Jefferson's Monticello to Madison's Montpelier. Myron Magnet discusses his book with Richard Brookhiser, senior editor of ...



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How Astorino defeated Bramson: The town-by-town tally

... former County Executive Andy Spano when he lost to Astorino in 2009. Bramson won White Plains, Greenburgh and Mount Vernon with larger margins than Spano. And he pushed Mamaroneck and Scarsdale, which border New Rochelle, back into the Democratic ...



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Clare Elizabeth Trudel, 82, Of Norwalk, Administrative Specialist

... Kenlon, Sr. and Marie Burke Kenlon of Mt Vernon, N.Y., in 1931. She graduated from St. Gabriele's High School, Mount Vernon, class of 1949, and the Berkely Business School. She held various positions as an administrative specialist over the course ...



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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Obama Hopes for Trouble-Free Hawaii Vacation

... "I don't want any interruptions. He deserves a vacation," Brian Pritchett, an assistant principal visiting from Mount Vernon, N.Y., said as he sipped a rum-infused drink dubbed the "Obama Mama" at a Honolulu hotel. "He puts in too many hours to not ...



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Saturday, December 21, 2013

Wildcats win double-dual match | Wrestling

One was close, one was a rout and both were wins for the Oak Harbor High School wrestling team in a double-dual meet at Mount Vernon High School Thursday, Dec. 19. The Wildcats and Mount Vernon were tied going into the final bout, and it took Jackson Constant only seven seconds to pin his opponent and give Oak Harbor the 37-31 win.



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Friday, December 20, 2013

70 graduate from Westchester County Police Academy

... in age from 21 to 55 and will join 14 different law enforcement agencies across the county, with 21 headed to Mount Vernon and 16 going to Yonkers. This is the 136th session to graduate from the Westchester County Police Academy. Training of ...



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Road map to victory: Astorino cut into Dem strongholds to defeat Bramson

... former County Executive Andy Spano when he lost to Astorino in 2009. Bramson won White Plains, Greenburgh and Mount Vernon with larger margins than Spano. And he pushed Mamaroneck and Scarsdale, which both border New Rochelle, back into the ...



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LogoTags Now Offering Color Printed Dog Tags Starting at 40 Cents Each...

... and storage capabilities. In addition to its manufacturing facilities for both the tags and ball chains in Mount Vernon, New York, LogoTags now also has a factory in China that enables it to offer prices far below its nearest competitors. "It's ...



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Westchester Target Shoppers React To Credit Card Scam

... the store Thursday. "I just used my card," said Miriam Verna of New Rochelle as she finished shopping at the Mount Vernon Target. She said that the news did not make her nervous about visiting the store. "I checked my bill. I only spent $17. I ...



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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Trinidad woman sentenced for US vet's kidnapping

... her role in the kidnapping of a U.S. Army veteran in the Caribbean country. Gunmen snatched Balram Maharaj of Mount Vernon, New York, in April 2005 from a bar outside Trinidad's capital and held him for ransom. The naturalized U.S. citizen died as a ...



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In US court, Trinidad woman sentenced to 20 years for role in 2005 kidnapping of US Army vet

... her role in the kidnapping of a U.S. Army veteran in the Caribbean country. Gunmen snatched Balram Maharaj of Mount Vernon, New York, in April 2005 from a bar outside Trinidad's capital and held him for ransom. The naturalized U.S. citizen died as a ...



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Trinidad woman sentenced for US vet's...

... her role in the kidnapping of a U.S. Army veteran in the Caribbean country. Gunmen snatched Balram Maharaj of Mount Vernon, New York, in April 2005 from a bar outside Trinidad's capital and held him for ransom. The naturalized U.S. citizen died as a ...



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Westchester Board of Legislators leadership slate breaks party barriers

... who have so far stuck with the current leadership of Legislators Ken Jenkins, D-Yonkers, and Lyndon Williams, D-Mount Vernon, stayed away from the press conference and are scheduled to hold a meeting Monday to discuss their leadership decisions. ...



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Alleged Racist Facebook Post By Pleasantville Cop Prompts Outcry

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Mount Vernon is speaking out against Pleasantville police officer Peter Burns , who allegedly posted a racism-fueled rant against President Barack Obama on his Facebook page.



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Larchmont Tennis Player Accepted To Washington University

Yukelis plays for the Kela Tennis Club in Mount Vernon. She is currently ranked 42nd in the USTA Eastern Junior Ranking.



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BRIEFS: Harrison selling tickets to New Castle tournament

... on Dec. 28 in the City Securities Hall of Fame Classic in New Castle. Greensburg, ranked No. 1 in 3A, will meet Mount Vernon (Fortville) in the other semifinal. The consolation game is scheduled for 5:07 p.m. CST, with the title game to follow. ...



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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Music mogul Jeff Redd called us and told us about fatherhood - Part 2

... that they are going to make mistakes. I know that they are going to have to learn some things on their own." Mount Vernon, N.Y. - This is the continuation of our conversation with R & B star and star-maker, Jeff Redd , who while building his own ...



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Mount Vernon dad appeals for help finding missing son

... God in Christ, where he serves as a minister. "All we want to know is what happened." Michael Leslie Green, a Mount Vernon native who attended Salesian High School in New Rochelle, was working toward a degree in physical education at Virginia State ...



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Purchase Students Give Homework Help At Port Chester-Rye Brook Library

... three locations including the Port Chester-Rye Brook Library, Don Bosco Center in Port Chester, and Westhab in Mount Vernon. The program is a collaboration with the New York Campus Compact and the AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) ...



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Mamaroneck, Here Are Winning $636M Mega Millions Numbers

Januzzi was born Feb. 18, 1922, in Mount Vernon, to Vincenzo Ianuzzi and Pasqualina Paladino.



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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

George A. Januzzi, 91, Letter Carrier In New Rochelle

Januzzi was born Feb. 18, 1922, in Mount Vernon, to Vincenzo Ianuzzi and Pasqualina Paladino.



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George A. Januzzi, 91, Longtime Larchmont Resident

Januzzi was born Feb. 18, 1922, in Mount Vernon, to Vincenzo Ianuzzi and Pasqualina Paladino.



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"Christmas Store" in need of clothing

... Anyone wishing to donate items should deliver them to the church office at the First United Methodist Church - Mount Vernon. For more information, see the December 5 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.



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Donald R. Bateman

... away Dec. 12, 2013, at the Selma Markowitz Care Center, of Hospice of Central Ohio, Newark. He was born in Mount Vernon on March 22, 1922, to the late John J. and Mary (Lorena) Bateman. He was a graduate of Mount Vernon High School where he was a ...



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Monday, December 16, 2013

Sandy recovery: What did your donations pay for?

... fires here in New York connect -- 1 this morning that -- tragically lost four members of the community and Mount Vernon and so the work goes on we have between eight and ten disasters every day. Good enough and -- in the wake of Saturday and what ...



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Dennis Busti, 71, Of Eastchester

Busti is survived by his wife, Mary; children, Joanna and Jason Busti; brothers, Louis Scampone Sr., Edward Busti; and two grandchildren.



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Own One of Langdon Terrace's Most Magnificent Homes

One of Langdon Terrace's most magnificent homes is on the market at 231 Tecumseh Avenue in Mount Vernon.



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Own One of Langdon Terrace's Most Magnificent Homes

One of Langdon Terrace's most magnificent homes is on the market at 231 Tecumseh Avenue in Mount Vernon.



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The pot was in the mail; Mount Vernon man arrested

... 3 pounds of marijuana, officials said. Nicholas Clahar, 30, of 452 Union Ave. was arrested Thursday as Mount Vernon narcotics detectives conducted a surveillance on a residence on the 200 block of Union Avenue after learning that a package ...



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Own One of Langdon Terrace's Most Magnificent Homes

One of Langdon Terrace's most magnificent homes is on the market at 231 Tecumseh Avenue in Mount Vernon.



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Angel gifts to be picked up next Tuesday, Wednesday

... Family Life Center of the First United Methodist Church, just across from the elementary school on Hwy. 37 in Mount Vernon. Almost 300 children will receive an Angel Gift this year. For more details about the pick up process, see the December 12 ...



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Own One of Langdon Terrace's Most Magnificent Homes

One of Langdon Terrace's most magnificent homes is on the market at 231 Tecumseh Avenue in Mount Vernon.



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Sunday, December 15, 2013

25-year-old Mount Vernon murder mystery: Who is Jane Doe?

... placed on a set of used garage door springs. Her name is still a mystery; investigators call her Jane Doe. Mount Vernon detectives, swamped with unsolved murders and other serious crimes, set aside their investigation of the 1988 murder for most of ...



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Book Discussion on [The Founders at Home]

... on the architectural, social, and political relevancy of each man's private residence, from Washington's Mount Vernon and Jefferson's Monticello to Madison's Montpelier.Myron Magnet spoke about his book with Richard Brookhiser at the New York ...



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Saturday, December 14, 2013

Mary Hicks - updated

Funeral services for Mary Hicks of Mount Vernon will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at the First United Methodist Church in Mount Vernon.



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Friday, December 13, 2013

Francoise Bollack's New Book Highlights the Most Innovative Adaptive Reuse Projects

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Affordable Care Act Resources In Westchester: How To Get Enrolled

... it can become overwhelming. According to the New York State Department of Health, in New Rochelle, Mount Vernon and White Plains alone, there are 97,928 uninsured individuals. Despite the confusion of the new law, there are resources within ...



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The Short List: Top things to know today

... school district to borrow nearly $1.9 million to upgrade athletic fields and fix crumbling masonry. Mount Vernon residents flee fire Several Mount Vernon residents fled into the frigid outdoors after a fire broke out in their homes Thursday night, ...



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Boys basketball: White Plains starts season right

... you can ask for. I think we can have a great season." Veterans like DeMello helped Tucker -- the son of former Mount Vernon star Lewis Tucker -- overcome early nerves. After early foul trouble, he returned midway through the second quarter to hit ...



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Mount Vernon residents flee into frigid temperatures following fire

MOUNT VERNON Several residents fled into the frigid outdoors after a fire broke out in their homes Thursday night, officials said.



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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Doctor Discusses Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, each year in the United States hundreds of people are killed as a result of non-fire related Carbon Monoxide poisoning associated with consumer products.



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Charlotte Frances Bulanchuk, 91, Former Pelham Resident

The following obituary appeared on Legacy.com: Charlotte Frances Bulanchuk, 91, formerly of Pelham, NY died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, at Schuyler Ridge Residential Health Care.



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Anne Boyar, New Rochelle Resident

The following obituary appeared on Legacy.com : Anne Boyar of New Rochelle, NY, formerly from Bronxville, passed away on December 8, 2013.



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Charlotte Frances Bulanchuk, 91, Former Pelham Resident, Homemaker

Bulanchuk was born Dec. 3, 1922, in Mt. Vernon; daughter of William and Frances Rapp.



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Knights off to a fast start

... more than nine months from that moment and nearly three shy of exacting any true redemption for it. Still, as Mount Vernon's players huddled in the locker room before their season opener, that buzzer-beating loss to New Rochelle and their role in it ...



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Empire Coffee brews success

... has traditionally been a family business. "It made sense for a few reasons," says Richter, who grew up in Mount Vernon and graduated from Port Chester High School. "It was very expensive to start up a business; you needed capital for the ...



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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Westchester County Lawmakers Adopt Budget for 2014

... whether they are seniors on fixed-incomes or working mothers," said BOL Vice Chair Lyndon Williams (D-Mount Vernon). "Beneath the wealth and prosperity in Westchester, there is homelessness and residents with mental health issues. This budget works ...



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Tuesday, December 10, 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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Many projects considered by Mount Vernon council, school board

Collaborative projects between the school district and the city were discussed Monday evening when the Mount Vernon City Schools Board of Education hosted Mount Vernon City Council for their annual joint meeting at the Mount Vernon Middle School library.



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Best Ventilation Purifying system

Hi! We live in Mt. Vernon, NY. Our basement is plagued by a bad odor that sits at the top of the stairs.



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SUBJ1

The usual rules of courtesy apply: 1. Be nice. 2. If you can't be nice, be polite.



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"The Founders at Home: The Building of America, 1735-1817"

... on the architectural, social, and political relevancy of each man's private residence; from Washington's Mount Vernon and Jefferson's Monticello to Madison's Montpelier. Myron Magnet discusses his book with Richard Brookhiser, senior editor of ...



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Report: $7 billion in N.Y.tax breaks split unevenly

... major retailers. Target, for example, received tax breaks since 2001 to build stores in Monroe County and Mount Vernon. "We need a New York that works for all of us, where big corporations are responsible for paying their fair share of taxes to ...



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County Board Pass Astorino Budget. Add $900,000 in Child Care Spending

... whether they are seniors on fixed-incomes or working mothers," said BOL Vice Chair Lyndon Williams (D-Mount Vernon). "Beneath the wealth and prosperity in Westchester, there is homelessness and residents with mental health issues. This budget works ...



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Teachers Union Holds Westchester Rally For Increased Educational Funding

... day, that's wrong." Sen. George Latimer (D-37) spoke about his lower socioeconomic background growing up in Mount Vernon, and how it public schools affected his and his daughter's lives. "Were it not for public education: the schools I went to, the ...



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Gospel double for Brotha George

... out to record the funeral song, In the Arms of Jesus, for his friend Patrice Miller, a funeral home director in Mount Vernon, New York. The comments on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gleaner. The Gleaner reserves the right not ...



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Westchester County Adopt Budget for 2014

... whether they are seniors on fixed-incomes or working mothers," said BOL Vice Chair Lyndon Williams (D-Mount Vernon). "Beneath the wealth and prosperity in Westchester, there is homelessness and residents with mental health issues. This budget works ...



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Monday, December 9, 2013

Report: $7B in tax breaks not evenly split in NY

... major retailers. Target, for example, received tax breaks since 2001 to build stores in Monroe County and Mount Vernon. "We need a New York that works for all of us, where big corporations are responsible for paying their fair share of taxes to ...



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Report: New York's $7B in tax breaks unevenly split

... major retailers. Target, for example, received tax breaks since 2001 to build stores in Monroe County and Mount Vernon. "We need a New York that works for all of us, where big corporations are responsible for paying their fair share of taxes to ...



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Nadene McCullough

Nadene McCullough, 77, of Mount Vernon, passed away Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, at Riverside Hospital in Columbus.



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Doris M. Fable, 90, Retired Westport-Weston YMCA Receptionist

Fable was born Feb. 25, 1923, in Mount Vernon, N.Y., the daughter of Otto and Evelyn Mills.



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Female teacher 'raped boy, 16, she taught at Yonkers residential center for troubled youth'

... at Leake & Watts residential centre in Yonkers for three months. She has been accused of raping the student in Mount Vernon and at Glenwood Lake, in New Rochelle, New York. White was arrested on Wednesday by police and she was released without bail ...



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Westchester water study backs plan to abandon $100M ultraviolet treatment plan

... plan will work to get treated water to all of county Water District 1, which serves 175,000 people in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, White Plains, Scarsdale and North Castle, without hurting the other communities. Now, only Yonkers and Mount Vernon get ...



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Sunday, December 8, 2013

Police Search In New Rochelle School After Bomb Threat Tops News This Week

... 34, with rape in connection with two sexual encounters she had with a 16-year-old boy at a county park in Mount Vernon. The train that derailed Sunday morning in the Bronx was traveling at 82 miles per hour when it went over a curve, National ...



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Gingerbread Replica Of Sleepy Hollow Landmark Tops News This Week

... a teacher with rape in connection with two sexual encounters she had with a 16-year-old boy at a county park in Mount Vernon. There is no indication of any mechanical malfunction in the train, rails, or signal system involved the Metro-North Hudson ...



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Induction Of Radar 'Wrong Way' LED Signs Tops White Plains News This Week

... a teacher with rape in connection with two sexual encounters she had with a 16-year-old boy at a county park in Mount Vernon. The train that derailed Sunday morning in the Bronx was traveling at 82 miles per hour when it went over a curve, National ...



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Female Teacher's Arrest on Rape Charges Tops Pelham News This Week

Westchester County Police charged a teacher Meaghan White, 34, with rape in connection with two sexual encounters she had with a 16-year-old boy at a county park in Mount Vernon.



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New Facilities' Plan at School Of The Holy Child In Rye Tops News This Week

... a teacher with rape in connection with two sexual encounters she had with a 16-year-old boy at a county park in Mount Vernon.



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Four Killed In Metro-North Train Derailment Tops Mamaroneck News This Week

... 34, with rape in connection with two sexual encounters she had with a 16-year-old boy at a county park in Mount Vernon. Five Mamaroneck residents have nominated themselves to the public library's Board of Trustees . They will be elected on ...



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Opening of Smashburger In Scarsdale Tops News This Week

... a teacher with rape in connection with two sexual encounters she had with a 16-year-old boy at a county park in Mount Vernon. Certain motorists around Eastchester and Scarsdale got a little too into the Thanksgiving spirit over the long holiday ...



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End Of Police Chase In Eastchester Arrest Tops News This Week

... a teacher with rape in connection with two sexual encounters she had with a 16-year-old boy at a county park in Mount Vernon. The train that derailed Sunday morning in the Bronx was traveling at 82 miles per hour when it went over a curve, National ...



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Teachers and students in Nyack, Yonkers to rally against education overhaul

... to join local union leaders at the Richard C. Dodson School in Yonkers. Teachers union presidents from Yonkers, Mount Vernon and Harrison are slated to attend. In New York, rallies will also focus on concerns about the implementation of the Common ...



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Saturday, December 7, 2013

"Christmas Store" in need of clothing

... Anyone wishing to donate items should deliver them to the church office at the First United Methodist Church - Mount Vernon. For more information, see the December 5 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.



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Westchester water study backs plan to abandon $100M ultraviolet treatment plan

... will work to get treated water to all of county Water District 1, which serves about 175,000 people in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, White Plains, Scarsdale and North Castle, without hurting the other communities. Now, only Yonkers and Mount Vernon get ...



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Friday, December 6, 2013

Lone U.S. High School Bearing Mandela Name, In Westchester, Mourns His Loss

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Hearts hung heavy in Mount Vernon on Friday, as the lone high school named after South African civil rights icon Nelson Mandela mourned his death.



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Valley Cottage teacher charged in rape of student investigated in New Rochelle incident

A teacher at Leake & Watts residential center for troubled youth in Yonkers who was accused Wednesday of raping a 16-year-old male student in Mount Vernon is being investigated for allegedly having intercourse with the boy in a New Rochelle park, police said Friday.



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Spirit of Coopertion Aids $177M Cathedral Upgrade

What does it take to do a massive spire-to-sidewalk, inside-to-outside restoration of one of Manhattan's best-known landmark churches? The crew assigned to the three-year, $177-million upgrade of St. Patrick's Cathedral has found it comes down to preparation, coordination and an enormous amount of scaffolding.



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Women of Faith simulcast Saturday

Members of the First United Methodist Church of Mount Vernon will be hosts for a Women of Faith Christmas live simulcast on Friday, December 6. The event will be from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the Family Life Center.



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Horner jumps at chance to fight

... young man will enter the chain-link enclosure only having signed up to fight last Friday. When 19-year-old Mount Vernon resident Kyle Horner squares off with Chris Healy, it will be the first time each has fought as an amateur. Healy has trained for ...



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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Pleasantville Tree Lighting Brightened By Record Crowd

... Pace University is proud to be a content partner with The White Plains Daily Voice. Contact us to learn more. MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Westchester County Police today said they charged a teacher with rape in connection with two sexual encounters she ...



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Tax cap widens gap between school districts

... to an average of $114 per child in the poorest 10 percent. Judith Johnson, interim schools superintendent in Mount Vernon, one of Westchester's poorest districts, wrote in wide-ranging testimony submitted to the state Senate Education Committee ...



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Teacher at troubled youths center charged with rape

... with rape. She is accused of having sex with the boy at Willson's Woods Park, a Westchester County park in Mount Vernon, N.Y., said Kieran O'Leary, a county police spokesman. Other alleged sexual encounters between the student and teacher in ...



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Pleasantville Tree Lighting Brightened By Record Crowd

... out free cupcakes, basketball tickets, and other giveaways, and Pace mascot T-Bone posed for photos with fans. MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Westchester County Police today said they charged a teacher with rape in connection with two sexual encounters she ...



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Yonkers Female Teacher Charged With Having Sex With Student

Westchester County Police today said they charged a teacher with rape in connection with two sexual encounters she had with a 16-year-old boy at a county park in Mount Vernon.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://bronxville.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/yonkers-female-teacher-charged-having-sex-student

Westchester Residents Express Support For Child Care Funding Changes in 2014 Budget

... along with help for issues that are too big to solve on their own," said BOL Vice Chair Lyndon Williams (D-Mount Vernon). "As elected officials, it is our duty to protect those who are less fortunate. These public hearings give our residents ...



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Should You Be Taking A Statin?

Statins are medications that are used to help lower your cholesterol. Studies have shown that elevated cholesterol levels increase the risk of having a heart attack or stroke.



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Carmine Liberatore, 83, Retired Ewen Parker Employee In Elmsford

Liberatore was born July 19, 1930, in Yonkers, son of Joseph and Yolanda Liberatore.



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Pace University Goes Hollywood With Film Festival

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. Pace University will host a day of fun, film and food on Saturday, Dec. 7, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of its Pleasantville campus.



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Elmsford Resident Named Physician Of The Year

Dr. Akira Todo, medical director of the Stroke Program and Neurology Hospitalist at Northern Westchester Hospital, was named Physician of the Year at NWH's annual Physician Dinner.



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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Mount Vernon's Police Chief Roland retiring

... after a chase in the West Sidney Avenue area. He was driving in the area when he spotted Shayne Jumbo, 22, of Mount Vernon shooting at another city man. The 56-year-old chief, who is a marathon runner and police diver, jumped out of his car with ...



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Janet Gertrude Everett, 92, Former New Rochelle Resident

Everett was born May 5, 1921, in Mount Vernon, to Janet and O. Stanley Gilchrest.



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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Bridge and Tunnel Kid

... employ lightly, tapping these words as I am only a mile or so from the childhood home of E.B. White here in Mount Vernon - another of those small cities ringing the big one, urban places like New Rochelle, Yonkers, Union City, and Hoboken where ...



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Yesterdays Dec. 4

... daughter of Guy and Brenda Atkinson of the Naylor community, has been named the 1988-89 campus queen at Mount Vernon High School. Miss Atkinson is a junior at Mount Vernon and a member of the senior girls basketball team. John Mazurek Sr. of Glen ...



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Sports Illustrated Features New Rochelle's Edney and 'The Shot'

... court basketball miracle shot that gave the Huguenots the Section 1 Class AA boys basketball title over mighty Mount Vernon last February at the Westchester County Center. The Sports Illustrated piece details the fame and the long shot that went ...



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LogoTags Extends Special Discounts on Custom Challenge Coins Through the End of 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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Mount Vernon basketball teams have high expectations for season

The athletic nickname at Mount Vernon High School, as it turns out, is very appropriate this winter.



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Monday, December 2, 2013

Potomac Yard Construction, Del Ray Tree Lighting and Hitchcock

... at the library (2501 Commonwealth Ave.). An after-movie discussion will be held at St. Elmo's Coffee Pub (2300 Mount Vernon Ave.). Del Ray Tree Lighting and Luminarias - If you missed Alexandria's city tree lighting over the weekend, Del Ray will ...



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Celebration of Lights, White Plains Common Council Meets Monday;...

Tila Younger of Mount Vernon, joined by her daughter Jayleen Seeburg, spoke about the Invest in Kids programs during public hearing on the 2014 Proposed County Budget in Yonkers on Nov. 26. Photo credit: Westchester County BOL/ Aviv Meyers)



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Marianne Filizzola, 57, Of Pound Ridge

Filizzola was born May 20 1956, in Mount Vernon. She worked as an elementary school teacher for the Mount Vernon School District.



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Yakub, Sonya Smith

... Cindy (Gene) Perrin and her family of Bristol, TN; father and mother in law, Mohamed and Shireene Yakub of Mount Vernon, NY; and sister and brother in law Donna and David Tsui of Rye Brook, NY. Visitation will be held Monday, December 2, 2013 from ...



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NYC train derailment is latest woe for Metro-North

25, a feeder cable in suburban Mount Vernon, N.Y., failed, knocking out power for 12 days to Metro-North's New Haven line, which carries 132,000 commuters daily.



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NYC train derailment is latest woe for Metro-North

... even though the railroad's train accident record had been improving. - On Sept. 25, a feeder cable in suburban Mount Vernon, N.Y., failed, knocking out power for 12 days to Metro-North's New Haven line, which carries 132,000 commuters daily. - On ...



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Sunday, December 1, 2013

NYC train derailment is latest woe for Metro-North

... another problem in what has been a year plagued by safety issues. - On Sept. 25, a feeder cable in suburban Mount Vernon, N.Y., failed, knocking out power for 12 days to Metro-North's New Haven line, which carries 132,000 commuters daily. - On May ...



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NYC train derailment is latest woe for Metro-North

... another problem in what has been a year plagued by safety issues. - On Sept. 25, a feeder cable in suburban Mount Vernon, N.Y., failed, knocking out power for 12 days to Metro-North's New Haven line, which carries 132,000 commuters daily. - On May ...



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NYC train derailment is latest woe for Metro-North

... another problem in what has been a year plagued by safety issues. - On Sept. 25, a feeder cable in suburban Mount Vernon, N.Y., failed, knocking out power for 12 days to Metro-North's New Haven line, which carries 132,000 commuters daily. - On May ...



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NYC train derailment is latest woe for Metro-North

... another problem in what has been a year plagued by safety issues. - On Sept. 25, a feeder cable in suburban Mount Vernon, N.Y., failed, knocking out power for 12 days to Metro-North's New Haven line, which carries 132,000 commuters daily. - On May ...



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Police group seeks to offer peer counseling, emotional support

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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