07/24/09 The Raw Mount Vernon News Feed By Robo Blogger (Updasted)

Comprehensive News Feed for Mount Vernon, NY.

• Eastchester's long-awaited $4.5M hub coming to life
  posted on July 27, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... Route 22 - called White Plains Post Road in this section - is a crossroads for lower Westchester, leading to Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, or north to Scarsdale and White Plains. And it's an Eastchester town center of sorts. In fact, the work is ...
• Edney takes over as Huguenots' QB
  posted on July 27, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... Champions Camp is an important offseason event at New Rochelle, Edney is eager for opening day at home against Mount Vernon on Sept. 12. It's a start he didn't seem likely to make. 'As the new starting varsity quarterback, I'm sure he'll have goose ...
• Eastchester's long-awaited $4.5M hub coming to life
  posted on July 27, 2009 04:52:42 pm
  ... Route 22 - called White Plains Post Road in this section - is a crossroads for lower Westchester, leading to Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, or north to Scarsdale and White Plains. And it's an Eastchester town center of sorts. In fact, the work is ...
• Weakened Economy Takes Toll On African American Chamber
  posted on July 27, 2009 03:00:01 pm
  Mt. Vernon, NY - It is with great regret that the Africa American Chamber of Commerce has had to close it Rockland office, downsize the size of its Westchester offices and reduce the number of days the office will be open.
• Aiken group reunites, reminisces
  posted on July 27, 2009 02:42:29 pm
  ... aunt got a pharmacy degree from the University of Iowa in 1930." The guest of honor was Naomi McDowell Byrd of Mount Vernon, N.Y. When she made plans about coming to Aiken for a family reunion, she mentioned a York Street reunion to Porter, who set ...
• Crash worst in Westchester in 65 years
  posted on July 27, 2009 09:17:24 am
  ... car hits a tree on Route 9 in Dobbs Ferry. - May 31, 1958, Seven die in a crash on the Cross County Parkway in Mount Vernon.
• GM LIves: How closure affects families
  posted on July 26, 2009 08:42:21 pm
  ... department at the Mansfield/Ontario Metal Center. On July 6, he started with Rolls-Royce Energy Systems in Mount Vernon as a fabricator for the manufacturer of pipeline and barrel centrifugal compressors, power turbines and Entronic control systems ...
• Sales-tax losses hurt region
  posted on July 26, 2009 04:33:13 pm
  ... case, it divvies the remaining percentage with municipalities, excluding its four largest cities - Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, White Plains and Yonkers. Those cities experienced declines of 3 percent to 19 percent. (2 of 3) Sales and property taxes ...
• Westchester briefing
  posted on July 26, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... to tentative information from the county Board of Elections. Independent petitions are due Aug. 18. MOUNT VERNON: The City Council has authorized the mayor to contract with Woodard and Curran for design services for the reconstruction of ...
• NY to Germany, by way of summers in Pa.
  posted on July 26, 2009 12:17:00 pm
  ... packed a bag and made the 1 1/2-hour drive 50 miles southwest to Lewistown, he said.Hosang, who grew up in Mount Vernon, N.Y., just north of the Bronx, said he first visited Lewistown when he was 6 years old. His first visit lasted two weeks; but as ...
• Kenyans claim titles in New Milford 8-Mile Road Race
  posted on July 26, 2009 07:48:48 am
  ... Kenya that claimed titles in the 42nd Annual New Milford 8-Mile Road Race. Abraham Ngetich, now residing in Mount Vernon, N.Y., claimed the men's title with a time of 39:43 while Salome Kosgei, of White Plains, N.Y., claimed the women's title in ...
• City is urban core of renowned Route 22
  posted on July 25, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... Canadian border. Almost a fifth of it stretches through Westchester and Putnam, moving through urban cores of Mount Vernon and White Plains, past quiet streets in Eastchester and Scarsdale and pushing north past lakes, quaint villages and farmland. ...
• Longtime Mount Vernon police department volunteer dies at 97
  posted on July 25, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  MOUNT VERNON - She baked cookies and cakes and crocheted countless baby blankets for them.
• Business in the Burbs: Tech job market in Westchester declines at lower rate
  posted on July 25, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... company Jetline LLC is pushing ahead with plans to relocate major operations after it closes a plant in Mount Vernon next year. Damara Kotash, director of operations at Jetline, said that the company could possibly move operations to another state ...
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  posted on July 25, 2009 03:50:00 pm
  ... company Jetline LLC is pushing ahead with plans to relocate major operations after it closes a plant in Mount Vernon next year. Damara Kotash, director of operations at Jetline, said that the company could possibly move operations to another state ...
• From http://spotcrime.com - Shooting - 96XX Gramatan Ave, Mt Vernon, Ny
  posted on July 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Michael Owens was arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder and attempted manslaughter.
• Jetline LLC Plans Closure
  posted on July 24, 2009 05:46:00 pm
  ... in 100,000 sq.ft. plant. by Lisa Cross, Senior Editor -- Graphic Arts Online, 7/24/2009 5:46:00 AM Jetline LLC, Mount Vernon, NY, a commercial trade printer, plans to cease operations, eliminating 81 jobs. According to information Jetline filed with ...
• Mount Vernon man charged with attempted murder
  posted on July 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  MOUNT VERNON Police in Mount Vernon Thursday arrested a local man on charges that he shot and seriously wounded a man as he sat in a car with another person outside a nightclub earlier this month.
• Post offices in White Plains and Mount Vernon may close
  posted on July 24, 2009 03:37:04 pm
  ... the Gedney station at 620 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains and the Sanford station at 440 E. Sandford Blvd. in Mount Vernon, in an effort to contain a $6 billion loss this year brought on by the economic slump and e-mail's explosive growth. "The post ...
• African-American Chamber curtails hours, closes Rockland office
  posted on July 24, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... The nonprofit organization has closed its Rockland office in Spring Valley and is reducing the size of its Mount Vernon office and limiting the number of days it will be open. Chamber President Robin L. Douglas said in a written statement that the ...

07/23/09 The Raw Mount Vernon News Feed

• Missing Mt. Vernon girl located
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  MOUNT VERNON - The family of a 14-year-old girl, who has been missing since early yesterday when she crawled out of a dining-room window, fears she may have been abducted.
• Critics upset public was left in dark after Westchester murder suspect freed
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... check records showing that Bonhomme was also being held on $175,000 bail in the Jan. 6 killing of Paul Laing in Mount Vernon, Spano said. Authorities didn't recognize the oversight until Bonhomme's lawyer, after receiving a message from his client, ...
• Ice Air Announces Baltimore and Washington DC Expansion
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... and systems. For more information, visit www.danrainville.com. Ice Air 80 Hartford Ave. Mount Vernon, N.Y. 10553 (914)665-8320 1(877)ICE-AIR-1 http://www.ice-air.com ### Media Contact: Ice ...
• Man pleads not guilty in Harvard shooting
  posted on July 23, 2009 12:38:57 pm
  ... and marijuana from Cosby, whose girlfriend was a Harvard student. The other suspect, Blayn Jiggetts, 19, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., remains in custody in his home state because he has fought extradition to Massachusetts. A third suspect remains at ...
• NY man pleads not guilty in Harvard shooting
  posted on July 23, 2009 10:24:17 am
  ... on May 18. The men did not attend Harvard, though Copney's girlfriend did. Nineteen-year-old Blayn Jiggetts, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., has also been charged. A third suspect remains at large. Police have not said who they believe the triggerman was. ...
• Man pleads not guilty in Harv. shooting
  posted on July 23, 2009 07:42:30 am
  ... on May 18. The men did not attend Harvard, though Copney's girlfriend did. Nineteen-year-old Blayn Jiggetts, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., has also been charged. A third suspect remains at large. Police have not said who they believe the triggerman was. ...
• Mount Vernon police searching for missing 14-year-old
  posted on July 23, 2009 06:39:26 am
  ... in surrounding cities and towns, and had conducted a grid search of backyards in Smith's neighborhood. All Mount Vernon police cruisers are carrying fliers with a picture of the missing girl, he said. At 3:30 p.m. he said he had also asked the ...
• Pelham Teams Win All Three District 21 Little League Championships - Teams Will Compete in Sectionals
  posted on July 23, 2009 06:13:34 am
  Pelham Teams Win All Three District 21 Little League Championships - Teams Will Compete in Sectionals - Riley Munson pitching in the U-10 Little League tournament on July 11 vs.
• Teen pleads not guilty in Harvard killing
  posted on July 23, 2009 05:36:17 am
  ... and marijuana from Cosby, whose girlfriend was a Harvard student. The other suspect, Blayn Jiggetts, 19, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., remains in custody in his home state because he has fought extradition to Massachusetts. A third suspect remains at ...
• Harvard Murder Suspect Linked to Crime by Pistol, Phone, Prosecutor Says
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:11:05 am
  ... lawyer said. Two other men were involved in the crime, the prosecutor said. Blayn a oeBliza Jiggetts, 19, of Mount Vernon, New York, is opposing extradition to Massachusetts. A third suspect, whose identity is unknown, remains at large, said Corey ...

07/22/09 The Raw Mount Vernon News Feed

Westchester slaying suspect released by mistakeposted on July 22, 2009 03:00:00 pm... check records showing that Bonhomme was also being held on $175,000 bail in the Jan. 6 killing of Paul Laing in Mount Vernon, Spano said. Authorities didn't recognize the oversight until Sunday night when Bonhomme's lawyer, after receiving a ...

NY man charged in Harvard shooting heads to courtposted on July 22, 2009 10:20:10 pm... student. The men did not attend Harvard, though Copney's girlfriend did. Nineteen-year-old Blayn Jiggetts, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., has also been charged. A third suspect remains at large. Copney's compositions have been recorded by various artists, ...

Slaying suspect released by mistakeposted on July 22, 2009 03:00:00 pm... check records showing that Bonhomme was also being held on $175,000 bail in the Jan. 6 killing of Paul Laing in Mount Vernon, Spano said. Authorities didn't recognize the oversight until Sunday night when Bonhomme's lawyer, after receiving a ...

4 Mount Vernon council candidates kicked off ballotposted on July 22, 2009 03:00:00 pmWHITE PLAINS - The four candidates for City Council in Mount Vernon endorsed by the Democratic City Committee have been tossed from the ballot because of a mistake in their petitions.

Teens looking for summer jobs face reduced opportunitiesposted on July 22, 2009 03:00:00 pm... that teens are searching for jobs without many good leads. 'I went to Footlocker and movie theaters,' said Mount Vernon resident Brandon Brown, 17, a junior at Thornton High School. 'I didn't get interviews. I didn't get a call back. I didn't get ...

Guns recovered after Mount Vernon-Bronx police chaseposted on July 22, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - The driver of a sport utility vehicle led Mount Vernon and New York City police on a wild chase early yesterday morning, and police later recovered three loaded handguns that had been tossed from the vehicle along the way.

Murder suspect released in error recapturedposted on July 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm... Department of Corrections' Special Investigations Unit. Bonhomme is accused of shooting Paul Laing, 27, of Mount Vernon to death on January 6. He was arrested later that month and charged with murder in the second degree. At the time of his arrest, ...

One arrested, three guns seized following high-speed chaseposted on July 09, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON One man is in custody and three handguns were seized following a high-speech chase through the streets of Mount Vernon and the Bronx early Tuesday morning.

'KILLER' RECAUGHTposted on July 22, 2009 05:38:22 pm... eph Spano said Bonhomme had been arrested and indicted on a second-degree murder charge in a Jan. 6 shooting in Mount Vernon, where he lives.

Post a Commentposted on July 22, 2009 02:57:11 pm... that teens are searching for jobs without many good leads. "I went to Footlocker and movie theaters," said Mount Vernon resident Brandon Brown, 17, a junior at Thornton High School. "I didn't get interviews. I didn't get a call back. I didn't get ...

Taylor Gourmet Deli Coming to Edens Avant's CityVistaposted on July 22, 2009 01:08:18 pmD.C.'s most distinctive Italian hoagie is about to get more accessible. Taylor, recently named in the Top 50 D.C. Restaurants by Washington City Paper , will open a second location at CityVista in Mount Vernon Triangle in early 2010.

NY murder suspect released by mistake, recapturedposted on July 22, 2009 12:21:32 pm... Spano said Bonhomme had been arrested and indicted on a second-degree murder charge in a Jan. 6 shooting in Mount Vernon, where he lives. The department says that Bonhomme finished serving an unrelated sentence for violating probation and was ...

New Yorkers Fed Up With 2nd Ave. Subway Delaysposted on July 22, 2009 10:49:41 am... very happy when it comes, but you can't rush the city. They always push back everything," said Kirk Bramble of Mount Vernon. Back on the upper 90s, where the quality of life could be better, people just want to see some change. "It's a nightmare ...

Four Mount Vernon council candidates kicked off ballotposted on July 22, 2009 07:29:41 amThe four candidates for city council in Mount Vernon endorsed by the Democratic City Committee have been tossed from the ballot because of a mistake in their petitions.

Murder Suspect Recaptured After Accidental Releaseposted on July 22, 2009 07:15:22 am... Spano said Bonhomme had been arrested and indicted on a second-degree murder charge in a Jan. 6 shooting in Mount Vernon, where he lives. The department said that Bonhomme finished serving an unrelated sentence for violating probation and was ...

Prisoner Captured After Being Mistakenly Releasedposted on July 22, 2009 06:23:33 am... a jail sentence for a parole violation. On January 27, Bonhomme was arrested for a fatal Jan.6 shooting in Mount Vernon. He was later indicted on a charge of second-degree murder and bail was set at $175,000 in Westchester County Court. He was sent ...

The Gents Organization still influencing community youthposted on July 22, 2009 05:22:19 am... the 1950s, life was often a struggle for survival. There was grinding poverty in their housing projects in the Mount Vernon area and gang activity on the sometimes mean streets. Somehow, a group of teens rose above the circumstances and formed a ...

Freed by accident, Mt. Vernon slaying suspect apprehended in New Rochelleposted on July 22, 2009 03:48:01 amA Mount Vernon man awaiting trial on murder charges was taken into custody this afternoon, four days after he was mistakenly freed from the Westchester County jail, county officials said.

Murder Suspect Mistakenly Releasedposted on July 22, 2009 03:19:08 am... Spano said Bonhomme had been arrested and indicted on a second-degree murder charge in a Jan. 6 shooting in Mount Vernon, where he lives. The department says that Bonhomme finished serving an unrelated sentence for violating probation and was ...

A prison inmate in Westchester County was released due to an error last Friday.posted on July 22, 2009 03:15:44 am... by the Westchester County Court. On January 27, 2009, the 21-year-old Bonhomme was arrested by the City of Mount Vernon Police Department in connection with a fatal shooting which occurred on January 6, 2009, in Mount Vernon. On May 11, 2009, ...

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• NY man in court for Harvard shooting
  posted on July 20, 2009 07:14:28 am
  ... girlfriend did. Authorities found marijuana and $1,000 in cash near Cosby. Nineteen-year-old Blayn Jiggetts, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., has also been charged. A third suspect remains at large. Copney is a songwriter whose compositions have been recorded ...
• Police: Staples employee stabbed co-worker in head with scissors
  posted on July 19, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  MOUNT VERNON - An employee of the Staples at 275 East Sanford Blvd. was stabbed in the head with a pair of scissors yesterday during an argument with another employee.
• City adds take-home cars amid tax hikes
  posted on July 19, 2009 03:08:10 pm
  ... In all, one in 26 of the city's 1,000 workers gets a take-home car, more than in New Rochelle (one in 66) and Mount Vernon (one in 33), but less than in Yonkers (one in 11), according to officials in those cities. Yonkers has cut its take-home fleet ...
• Mount Vernon has the power to stop the violence
  posted on July 19, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Re 'Stop the Violence event in Mount Vernon,' : Mount Vernon residents gathered at Memorial Field to show support against the violence in Mount Vernon.
• Mt. Vernon Driveway Robbery
  posted on July 18, 2009 07:18:02 pm
  Mt. Vernon police are investigating a robbery in a driveway. It happened on Sheridan Avenue.A There are reports that three men came up on the victim in the driveway and one of them had a gun.
• Yonkers police look for ways to stem recent wave of shootings
  posted on July 18, 2009 03:06:53 pm
  ... up enforcement of quality-of-life violations at city hot spots to put pressure on gang members and has enlisted Mount Vernon police, as well as state and federal authorities, in the effort. "It seems to have heated up the last few weeks," the ...
• HUD grants announced for Westchester
  posted on July 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... Shelter. The City of Yonkers will receive $1 million in Community Development Block Grant funds. The City of Mount Vernon will receive $2.6 million; $1.8 million will be in the form of a CDBG grant and $783,000 will be in the HOME program. The funds ...
• Westchester Scholars Help Others In Community
  posted on July 18, 2009 02:20:15 pm
  ... The following students are participating: Joseline Rodriguez, Peekskill; Tiara Worrell, Yonkers; Turone Bason, Mount Vernon; Marquitah Snowball, New Rochelle; Tiffany Brunson, Yonkers; Kathy McVay, Yonkers; Mastanna Eraifej, Yonkers; Dominique Ames, ...
• Ground Broken on First Hudson Valley Stimulus Project
  posted on July 18, 2009 08:42:35 am
  ... place, the existing bridge will be demolished. The construction contract was awarded to PCI Industries Corp. of Mount Vernon, Westchester County. The project is expected to be completed in December. New York State Department of Transportation Acting ...
• State Democrats get lion's share of pork
  posted on July 17, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... list details spending for more than 3,800 community projects, such as $100,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Mount Vernon, Westchester County, and $75,000 for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. But Senate Republicans, who largely represent ...
• Mount Vernon teen wounded in latest Yonkers shooting
  posted on July 17, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  YONKERS - City police say a Mount Vernon teenager who was shot Wednesday afternoon on Nodine Hill may have been another victim of a rash of gang-related shootings in the west and southwest sections of the city in the past two weeks.
• New Rochelle: Small fraction of students found to be nonresidents
  posted on July 17, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... reported the figures after residents pressed for them at recent meetings, spurred by a report in April that a Mount Vernon probe had found close to 800 students violating residency requirements. Assistant Superintendent John B. Quinn said the ...
• Region's jobless rate hits 7.5%
  posted on July 17, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... get worse before they get better.' The jobless numbers were far worse in individual communities in the region. Mount Vernon and Yonkers posted unemployment of 9.5 percent and 9 percent, respectively. In Rockland, Spring Valley had a jobless rate of ...
• To the majority goes the pork
  posted on July 17, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... list details spending for more than 3,800 community projects, such as $100,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Mount Vernon, Westchester County, and $75,000 for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Sen. Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton, who brought back ...
• Ex-Mount Vernon superintendent named principal of Greenburgh's Woodlands H.S.
  posted on July 17, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... in local education circles. He began his teaching career in 1968. He became the first black superintendent in Mount Vernon, a position held four years before leaving in 2002. He was praised for revamping the administration and boosting test scores. ...
• 4 Mount Vernon residents accused of assault
  posted on July 17, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  MOUNT VERNON - Two men and two teens are accused of pummeling a 53-year-old city man, police said.
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  posted on July 17, 2009 03:31:17 pm
  ... get worse before they get better." The jobless numbers were far worse in individual communities in the region. Mount Vernon and Yonkers posted unemployment of 9.5 percent and 9 percent, respectively. In Rockland, Spring Valley had a jobless rate of ...
• Pharmacies Join Effort To Stop Prescription Drub Abuse
  posted on July 17, 2009 02:08:18 pm
  ... to a letter from Spano to participate. The following are among the participants: Gramatan Pharmacy (Circle RX), Mount Vernon; Cross Pharmacy, Cross River; CVS Pharmacy, Pelham; Rite Aid, Peekskill; Baxter's Pharmacy, Peekskill; Bedford Rexall ...
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  posted on July 17, 2009 11:10:24 am
  ... list details spending on more than 3,800 community projects, such as $100,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Mount Vernon, Westchester County, and $75,000 for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. But Senate Republicans, who largely represent ...
• Mount Vernon 16-year-old shot in Yonkers; 7th recent shooting victim
  posted on July 16, 2009 11:17:56 pm
  A 16-year-old Mount Vernon boy was admitted to a Yonkers hospital yesterday afternoon after he was shot in the lower left leg in the Nodine Hill section, police said this morning.

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Mount Vernon shooting victim still criticalposted on July 12, 2009 10:44:00 pmA 25-year-old man who was shot in the chest and shoulder early yesterday morning after visiting a local strip club is still in critical condition this morning, police said.

Stop the Violence event in Mount Vernonposted on July 12, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - Church groups and local political leaders launched a smorgasbord of activities for young people on a sunny afternoon at Memorial Field yesterday in what some described as an initial step toward undoing an alarming trend of youth violence.

Cops: Mount Vernon shooting victim in critical conditionposted on July 12, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - A 25-year-old man was shot in the chest and shoulder early yesterday while sitting in his parked car, police said.

Big Brothers Big Sisters hosts annual 'day of play'posted on July 12, 2009 03:00:00 pm... county. With headquarters in Port Chester, the organization also holds offices in Sleepy Hollow, Yonkers and Mount Vernon. Mentors, who must be 18 or older, are interviewed and paired with children with similar interests. 'Every young person ...

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Three Mount Vernon teens accused of robberyposted on July 12, 2009 07:28:58 am... by his mother, police said. All three are charged with second-degree robbery, a felony. The victim was taken to Mount Vernon Hospital for treatment of a bloody lip and scratches to the side of his face.

Mount Vernon shooting victim in critical conditionposted on July 11, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - A 25-year-old man who was shot in the chest and shoulder this morning while sitting in his parked car.

10 sights the guidebooks often missposted on July 11, 2009 08:14:51 pm... show off the way local people lived and worked a century ago. (441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island; 718-351-1611) Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Practically in the shadow of the 59th Street bridge, this is a remnant of the city as it was in the early 19th ...

Galleria mall gets $7 million tax refundposted on July 11, 2009 03:00:00 pm... nurse's assistant who was reading a novel on a bench at the mall, was of two minds about it all. 'I live in Mount Vernon so I could shop at the Cross County (Shopping Center) but I'd rather come here - there are more stores,' she said. Rhoden ...

Two men shot while on Yonkers streetposted on July 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm... vestibule. One had an illegal handgun and 15 twists of crack cocaine in his pocket. Parish Powell, 21, of Mount Vernon, was arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a controlled ...

Counties receive federal money to fight homelessnessposted on July 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm... The City of Yonkers will receive $1.5 million; the City of New Rochelle will receive $687,000; and the City of Mount Vernon will receive $745,000.

Happy Birthday, E.B. White, Beloved Author of Charlotte's Webposted on July 11, 2009 07:10:48 pm... to inspire, inform and entertain new generations. E.B. was born Elwyn Brooks White on July 11, 1899, in Mount Vernon, N.Y. Though his father owned a piano manufacturing company and there were always musical instruments around, Elwyn and his five ...

Power back after storm except to 83 addresses in Mount Vernonposted on July 10, 2009 07:51:27 pmSome residents in Mount Vernon are still without power after Tuesday night's storm with 83 power outages this morning.

Mount Vernon candidate arrested on motor vehicle chargeposted on July 10, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - City Council candidate Samuel Rivers, an outspoken critic of many city and county officials, said he's not surprised people are talking about his arrest yesterday.

Two shot in Yonkers; 1 suspect arrested; 6 shot in a weekposted on July 10, 2009 03:00:00 pm... was found with an illegal handgun and 15 packets of crack, police said Parish Powell, 21, of 435 Fifth Ave., Mount Vernon, was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled ...

NLRB files complaint against Ardsley Bus Corp.posted on July 10, 2009 03:00:00 pm... and in good faith with union representatives. The company provides bus service to school districts in Ardsley, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Yonkers, as well as charter bus services. The complaint says company general manager Thomas Gillison made ...

New fire hydrants on tap for area affected by June 9 blazeposted on July 10, 2009 05:45:46 am... Edward Howard. Mr. Howard came up with the idea to tap into 6-inch lines that cut across or dead-end on Mount Vernon Avenue. The only alternative the city had discussed previously was to install a new 8-inch line at a cost of $305,000. He reviewed ...

Two shot in Yonkers; 6 shot in a week; 1 suspect arrestedposted on July 10, 2009 03:11:10 am... was accused of having an illegal handgun and 15 packets of crack cocaine. Parish Powell, 21, of 435 Fifth Ave., Mount Vernon, was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled ...

NLRB files complaint against Ardsley Bus Co.posted on July 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm... and in good faith with union representatives. The company provides bus service to school districts in Ardsley, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Yonkers, as well as charter bus services. The complaint says company general manager Thomas Gillison made ...

07/09/09 The Raw Mount Vernon News Feed

1,000+ remain without power as storm cleanup continues; 3 Yonkers roads still closedposted on July 09, 2009 10:41:50 pm... at 9 a.m. today after the hail storm that hit Tuesday night. Areas with the most outages were Yonkers with 550, Mount Vernon with 190, New Rochelle with 120, and Bronxville with 70. Consolidated Edison expects to have everyone restored by 11 p.m. ...

1,300+ remain without power in southern Westchester as storm cleanup continuesposted on July 09, 2009 07:00:04 pm... hit lower Westchester County on Tuesday night. The current areas with the most outages are Yonkers with 529, Mount Vernon with 514, New Rochelle with 118, and Bronxville with 69. Yesterday, nearly 17,000 Consolidated Edison were without power at the ...

New fire hydrants on tap for area affected by June 9 blazeposted on July 09, 2009 05:57:38 pm... Edward Howard. Mr. Howard came up with the idea to tap into 6-inch lines that cut across or dead-end on Mount Vernon Avenue. The only alternative the city had discussed previously was to install a new 8-inch line at a cost of $305,000. He reviewed ...

A perfect pairposted on July 09, 2009 03:51:26 pm... ith their impressive musicianship. There is no cover, so there is no excuse not to be there. 580 Gramatan Ave., Mount Vernon. 914-668-2634.

Boy suspect in prostitution sting also accused of graffitiposted on July 09, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - A 17-year-old city boy who was arrested Sunday night in a sting operation involving prostitution is now accused of writing graffiti as well, police said.

State may cut Yonkers, Mount Vernon businesses' tax breaksposted on July 09, 2009 03:00:00 pm... of the lucrative Empire Zone tax-break program. The state notified 544 businesses, including 73 in Yonkers and Mount Vernon, that they face decertification if they can't justify the benefits they received. Two local businessmen said the program ...

13,000+ without power after hail stormposted on July 09, 2009 04:00:00 am... at over 13,000 addresses in lower Westchester just before 1 p.m. Hardest hit are Yonkers with 8,531 outages, Mount Vernon with 2,108, New Rochelle with 999 and Bronxville with 411 as of 1 p.m. Two meteorologist from the National Weather Service are ...

Best Wedding Photographer Near Mount Vernon, New Yorkposted on July 09, 2009 03:44:05 amDo you want to know the best wedding photographer around or near Mount Vernon, New York? There are only few wedding photographers around or near Mount Vernon, New York.

State seeks to decertify 544 businesses from Empire Zoneposted on July 08, 2009 03:00:00 pm... -- including Fennell Properties, LLC in Elmira; Hickey Freeman Co. in Rochester; and Rohlf's Realty, LLC in Mount Vernon -- were kept because they are largely manufacturing companies that were able to show they are meeting certain cost-benefit ...

Mount Vernon man among 2 charged with DWI on Central Ave. in Yonkers, Taconic in Kentposted on July 09, 2009 04:52:06 am... stop at 1:30 a.m. today on the southbound Taconic State Parkway in Kent, police said. Luis A. Caceres, 23, of Mount Vernon was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop Saturday at 1:30 a.m. on Central Avenue in ...

Storms cause power outagesposted on July 09, 2009 04:00:00 am... Outages also were reported on Long Island. Consolidated Edison says the hardest-hit areas are Yonkers and Mount Vernon. Service may not be fully restored in some areas until Thursday. Bronxville, New Rochelle and Eastchester also were affected. A ...

NY storms causes power outagesposted on July 09, 2009 02:20:40 am... Outages also were reported on Long Island. Consolidated Edison says the hardest-hit areas are Yonkers and Mount Vernon. Service may not be fully restored in some areas until Thursday. Bronxville, New Rochelle and Eastchester also were affected. A ...

Read Commentsposted on July 09, 2009 02:19:55 am... -- including Fennell Properties, LLC in Elmira; Hickey Freeman Co. in Rochester; and Rohlf's Realty, LLC in Mount Vernon -- were kept because they are largely manufacturing companies that were able to show they are meeting certain cost-benefit ...

PHOTOS: Westchester Cleans up after July Snowstormposted on July 09, 2009 02:06:44 am... still without power as a result of the storm. Consolidated Edison says the hardest-hit areas are Yonkers and Mount Vernon -- where about 13,000 customers were without power. The say service may not be fully restored in some areas until Thursday. ...

Strong Storms Hit Area - See Photosposted on July 09, 2009 01:43:11 am... County. Outages also were reported on Long Island. Consolidated Edison the hardest-hit areas are Yonkers and Mount Vernon. Service may not be fully restored in some areas until Thursday. Bronxville, New Rochelle and Eastchester also were affected. A ...

NY storm causes power outagesposted on July 09, 2009 01:20:00 am... Westchester County. Consolidated Edison spokesman Allan Drury says the hardest-hit areas are Yonkers and Mount Vernon. Service may not be fully restored there until late Wednesday afternoon. Bronxville, New Rochelle and Eastchester also were ...

Snow Plows Remove Hail After Summer Storm in Westchesterposted on July 08, 2009 10:57:25 pm... he utility company said they were working to restore power to the affected areas, which included Bronxville and Mount Vernon.

16,000+ without power after hail stormposted on July 08, 2009 03:00:00 pm... over 16,000 addresses in lower Westchester just after 11 a.m. Hardest hit are Yonkers with 11,063 outages, Mount Vernon with 2,207, New Rochelle with 1,092 and Bronxville with 864. Local emergency management officials will survey the damage in ...

Westchester briefingposted on July 08, 2009 03:00:00 pm... wires sparking and flooded roads. Outages were reported in several municipalities, including New Rochelle, Mount Vernon and Yonkers. Pam Bodley, 50, of Corbalis Place, in Yonkers said all she could see outside her door was a blanket of hail stones. ...

Mt. Vernon Democratic chairman says some candidates have ulterior motivesposted on July 08, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - The chairman of the Democratic City Committee says a large interest in city elections this year is being driven, in part, by individuals who have personal agendas and want to upset Mount Vernon politics.

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NY storm causes power outagesposted on July 08, 2009 09:24:36 pm... Westchester County. Consolidated Edison spokesman Allan Drury says the hardest-hit areas are Yonkers and Mount Vernon. Service may not be fully restored there until late Wednesday afternoon. Bronxville, New Rochelle and Eastchester also were ...

NY storm causes power outagesposted on July 08, 2009 09:10:51 pm... Westchester County. Consolidated Edison spokesman Allan Drury says the hardest-hit areas are Yonkers and Mount Vernon. Service may not be fully restored there until late Wednesday afternoon. Bronxville, New Rochelle and Eastchester also were ...

12,000+ without power after hail stormposted on July 08, 2009 07:51:21 pm... in lower Westchester were without power as of 7:30 a.m. There were 8,021 outages in Yonkers, 2,476 outages in Mount Vernon, 1,077 outages in New Rochelle and 797 outages in Bronxville. The secondary summer school program at Riverside High School in ...

Wintry Mess In The Dead Of Summerposted on July 08, 2009 06:05:56 pm... commute. Consolidated Edison spokesman Allan Drury says the hardest-hit areas were Yonkers and Mount Vernon. Service may not be fully restored there until late Wednesday afternoon. Bronxville, New Rochelle and Eastchester ...

Storm Leaves Power Outages In Westchesteposted on July 08, 2009 05:02:44 pm... Westchester County. Consolidated Edison spokesman Allan Drury says the hardest-hit areas are Yonkers and Mount Vernon. Service may not be fully restored there until late Wednesday afternoon. Bronxville, New Rochelle and Eastchester also were ...

Severe thunder and hail storm wreak havoc across Westchesterposted on July 08, 2009 02:26:04 pm... wires sparking and flooded roadways. Outages were reported in several municipalities, including New Rochelle, Mount Vernon and Yonkers. Pam Bodley, 50, of Corbalis Place in Yonkers said all she can see out her door is a blanket of hail stones. "It ...

Bronx Based Hydra Management Signs Label Distribution Deal With Select Recordsposted on July 08, 2009 11:10:04 am... a name for themselves by being involved in every aspect of the music industry from their Recording Studio in Mount Vernon, NY to their commitment to promoting unsigned artists. HyDra's first official act after formation was to record the singles a ...
Residents want higher priority for Westmoreland water mainsposted on July 08, 2009 05:14:39 amAn inadequate, four-inch water main along Mount Vernon Avenue might be replaced with an eight-inch line next year.

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Acts of Memoryposted on July 07, 2009 08:46:22 amRichard Conniff's most recent post, " Once Upon a Time in the Bronx ," recounted the family tales of his youth on Webster Avenue.

Man suspected in Harvard shooting back in courtposted on July 06, 2009 07:44:12 pm... at a Harvard University dormitory will be back in court in New York. Blayn Jiggetts (BLAINE JIG'-etts), of Mount Vernon, N.Y., was arrested in Harlem last month. He faces a murder charge for the shooting death of 21-year-old Justin Cosby. Jiggetts ...

ArtsWestchester Announces Additional Arts Alive Grants Seminarposted on June 24, 2009 03:00:00 pmArtsWestchester has added a free Arts Alive Grants guideline and application seminar in Port Chester.

Men's Basketball: Coburn and Team Jamaica Win CBC Championshipposted on July 05, 2009 09:08:45 pmTORTOLA, British Virgin Islands Rutgers rising junior guard Mike Coburn (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) played 15 minutes, grabbing three rebounds and scoring two points, to help Jamaica to a 65-61 victory over the British Virgin Islands Saturday evening at the ...

Historic Mount Vernon church takes a somber approach to Fourth of Julyposted on July 05, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - A church used to house injured and sick soldiers during the Revolutionary War was the site of a solemn celebration yesterday.

Reigning in the rain First 8K race the charm for men's championposted on July 05, 2009 11:57:39 am... Reta, the 2007 champion, finished 23 seconds back for another second-place finish. Abraham Ngetich, 28, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., finished two seconds behind Reta in third. Though he finished with a blistering mile pace of 4:35, Cheprot, 19, who lives ...

Men's Basketball: Jamaica Defeats Cuba in Overtimeposted on July 04, 2009 09:00:35 pmTORTOLA, British Virgin Islands Rutgers rising junior guard Mike Coburn (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) helped Jamaica to a 98-93 overtime victory over Cuba Friday evening at the Caribbean Basketball Championships. With the victory, Jamaica improves to 3-1 at ...

Advocates hope parents stay involvedposted on July 04, 2009 03:00:00 pm... or tips on identifying community concerns and organizing their neighbors. Future meetings are being planned for Mount Vernon and Yonkers, said Melvin Burruss, president of AAMW. Parents often complain about the lack of communication from trustees, ...

A plan to encourage bicycling beyond 'trophy trails'posted on July 04, 2009 03:00:00 pm... My nonprofit has just installed the first two bicycle parking racks at two of its multifamily properties, in Mount Vernon and White Plains, with plans to put them in the rest. And I'm so sure that bicycle parking could transform some of our ...

Food Bank Celebrates Hunger Heroesposted on July 04, 2009 03:00:01 pm... crisis, coupled with job loss and home foreclosures makes that responsibility more important than ever." Mount Vernon's Karen O'Brien of Community Services Associates (CSA) at the Sacred Heart Church received the Volunteer Award. O'Brien helps ...

Unsteady burglar falls off ladderposted on July 04, 2009 08:19:36 amMOUNT VERNON: A would-be burglar fell off a ladder this morning just inches before entering a second-floor window at 25 Adams St.

Men's Basketball: Jamaica Defeats Barbados to Advance at CBCposted on July 03, 2009 10:13:19 pmTORTOLA, British Virgin Islands Rutgers rising junior guard Mike Coburn (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) played a team-high 32 minutes, posting five points and dishing-out three assists, to help Jamaica to a 96-74 victory over Barbados Thursday evening at the ...

Mount Vernon police net 11 in prostitution crackdownposted on July 03, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - Eleven people - two women and nine men - were arrested Wednesday and yesterday on the Mount Vernon and Bronx border on prostitution-related offenses, police said.

Mount Vernon sows first community gardenposted on July 03, 2009 03:00:00 pmMOUNT VERNON - With the help of public officials, volunteer gardeners, businesses, seniors and children, local shelters will soon receive fresh fruits and vegetables from the city's first community garden.

All grown upposted on July 03, 2009 01:12:17 pm... quickly packed a bag and made the one-and-a-half-hour drive back to Lewistown, he said. Hosang, who grew up in Mount Vernon, N.Y., said he first visited Lewistown when he was 6 years old. His first visit lasted two weeks; but as he got older, he ...

Citizen's low-cost idea to add fire hydrants gets city's noticeposted on July 03, 2009 10:16:49 am... neighborhood map and realized the potential of installing hydrants on the larger, 6-inch water mains on or near Mount Vernon Avenue. The plan city officials have discussed involves replacing the entire length of 4-inch line on Mount Vernon with ...

Men's Basketball: Coburn Scores 11 to Help Jamaica to Victory at CBCposted on July 02, 2009 09:34:00 pmTortola, British Virgin Islands Rutgers rising junior Mike Coburn (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) scored 11 points to help Jamaica to a 77-73 victory over the Bahamas Wednesday at the Caribbean Basketball Championships. Five players scored in double figures for ...

Tomato, pumpkin and green tea ice cream?posted on July 01, 2009 03:00:00 pm... the rice pudding pop. It's like having creamy dessert on a stick. The Ice Cream Factory, 410 E. Sandford Blvd., Mount Vernon, 914-699-1349. Grape-Nuts ice cream is popular in both Jamaica and New England; go figure. In our area, you can find a huge ...

Athletes off to Israel for Maccabiah Gamesposted on July 02, 2009 03:00:00 pm... to compete in the Maccabiah Games represented an opportunity of a lifetime for distance runner Brad Weiss. The Mount Vernon native would be traveling to Israel, a country he had never been to but wanted to visit; he would be representing his ...

Mount Vernon motorcyclist 'critical' after Pelham Manor crashposted on July 02, 2009 03:00:00 pmPELHAM MANOR - A Mount Vernon man was in critical but stable condition yesterday after he was thrown from his motorcycle in an accident Tuesday.

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6 more johns arrested in Mount Vernon prostitution sweep Lower Hudson Journal news - West Harrison,NY By Barbara Livingston Nackman • bnackman@lohud.com MOUNT VERNON - Police arrested six more men on prostitution-related charges during a sweep ...

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Mount Vernon school district cuts teachers, custodians Lower Hudson Journal news - West Harrison,NY By Hannan Adely • hadely@lohud.com • July 3, 2009 MOUNT VERNON - School officials have cut 40 teaching positions, a move that has some parents and staff ... See all stories on this topic

Mount Vernon sows first community garden Lower Hudson Journal news - West Harrison,NY By Christine Pizzuti • cpizzuti@lohud.com • July 3, 2009 MOUNT VERNON - With the help of public officials, volunteer gardeners, businesses, ... See all stories on this topic

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Mount Vernon's Gordon jumps to Detroit Lower Hudson Journal news - West Harrison,NY By Vince Ellis and Michael Rosenberg • Detroit Free Press • July 2, 2009 On the first day of the NBA's free-agency period, the former Mount Vernon star, ...

Mount Vernon's Palmer picks West Virginia Lower Hudson Journal news - West Harrison,NY The Mount Vernon senior gave her oral commitment there, ending her recruiting process before it ever reached full steam. "I was just going to wait until the ...

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Mount Vernon carter sentenced to 7 years in bribe case Lower Hudson Journal news - West Harrison,NY WHITE PLAINS - A garbage hauler who bilked Mount Vernon out of $1.25 million by bribing city officials was sentenced this afternoon to seven years in ...

Mothers rally against violence in Mount Vernon Lower Hudson Journal news - West Harrison,NY By Hannan Adely • hadely@lohud.com • July 1, 2009 MOUNT VERNON - Several months have passed since Sarah Yitzchak's son was killed, but her sorrow and ...

31 Rockridge Rd, Mount Vernon, NY 10552 MLS# 2920914 For sale: 3 bed, 2 bath, 1930 sq. ft. house located at 31 Rockridge Rd, Mount Vernon, NY 10552 on sale for $499000. MLS# 2920914. Charming Mediterranean on a tree lined block with awning covered f... Redfin - <1 day old - http://www.redfin.com/help/search/search-by-location