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Friday, May 31, 2013

Time Warner Cable Adjusts Service Appointment Schedules for Customers

There is nothing more frustrating than dialing one of your service providers' customer service call centers and hearing that telephone message.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://outbound-call-center.tmcnet.com/topics/outbound-call-center/articles/340215-time-warner-cable-adjusts-service-appointment-schedules-customers.htm

Time Warner Cable offers one-hour service windows in NYC

Time Warner Cable is polishing up its customer service by offering its subscribers in some areas of New York City one-hour appointment windows for installation of its triple play services.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.cedmagazine.com/news/2013/05/time-warner-cable-offers-one-hour-service-windows-in-nyc

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Tuckahoe Traffic Stop Leads To Federal Guilty Plea

... convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl in Yonkers and has a first-degree attempted robbery conviction in Mount Vernon. He was living in the Bronx at the time of his February arrest. On Feb. 17, Yarborough was stopped in Tuckahoe for driving without ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://bronxville.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/tuckahoe-traffic-stop-leads-federal-guilty-plea

Sound Shore Medical, Mount Vernon Hospital To Be Absorbed

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx has announced its plans to absorb New Rochelle's Sound Shore Medical Center and its sister facility, Mount Vernon Hospital.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://newrochelle.dailyvoice.com/news/sound-shore-medical-mount-vernon-hospital-be-absorbed

New improved customer service from Time Warner Cable now guaranteed

Time Warner Cable has great news for New Yorkers today -TWC has made substantial service improvements for residential customers which now includes the option of one-hour window appointments, expanded weekend and nighttime appointments, and text message arrival alerts.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.examiner.com/article/new-improved-customer-service-from-time-warner-cable-now-guaranteed?cid=rss

Montefiore buying two N.Y. hospitals

... Shore is in bankruptcy proceedings. Montefiore plans to keep open and operate Sound Shore's two hospitals in Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, as well as its nursing home. The proposed transaction needs bankruptcy court and New York state Department of ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130530/INFO/305309994

Terrance Raynor to take reins as Mount Vernon police commissioner, mayor says

Terrance Raynor, right, leans in to talk with another attendee at the swearing-in ceremony for Mount Vernon Police Department Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety Richard Burke Jr.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.newsday.com/terrance-raynor-to-take-reins-as-mount-vernon-police-commissioner-mayor-says-1.5364087

Montefiore Makes Bid For Westchester Hospitals

... Shore Health System, which is currently being liquidated. Sound Shore's two main hospitals, in New Rochelle and Mount Vernon, have been struggling for years, as debts have mounted, revenue has shrunk and patients have fled. Montefiore, meanwhile, ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2013/may/29/montefiore-makes-bid-westchester-hopsitals/

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Eastchester Pastor Celebrated By Community

... the Members of the Society of the National Shrine of the Bill of Rights at the historic Saint Paul's Church in Mount Vernon. The presentation in Mount Vernon marked the 250th anniversary of the church, emphasizing the connection of the church and ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://eastchester.dailyvoice.com/news/bronxville-pastor-celebrated-church-community

Bronxville Pastor Celebrated By Church, Community

... the Members of the Society of the National Shrine of the Bill of Rights at the historic Saint Paul's Church in Mount Vernon. The presentation in Mount Vernon marked the 250th anniversary of the church, emphasizing the connection of the church and ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://bronxville.dailyvoice.com/news/bronxville-pastor-celebrated-church-community

EXCLUSIVE: A Few Words with Sound Shore Medical CEO John Spice on Montefiore Acquisition

In between meeting with employees in New Rochelle and Mount Vernon, Sound Shore Health System President and CEO John Spicer took a few moments to discuss the process under which Montefiore Health System will acquire the assets of Sound Shore Health System including Sound Shore and Mount Vernon Hospitals as well as the Schaffer Extended Care Center.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.newrochelletalk.com/content/exclusive-few-words-sound-shore-medical-ceo-john-spice-montefiore-acquisition

Rockland County measles alert

... and shift supervisors divide up the cash jar weekly because they essentially provide the same customer service. Mount Vernon, N.Y., officials have begun installing motion-sensor cameras in their playgrounds. The camera is not a live feed. Instead it ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.myfoxny.com/story/22450575/rockland-county-measles-alert

Fred Hudepohl

... of John E. and June L. (Taylor) Hudepohl, Fred was born June 12, 1951, in Kane, Pa. In 1969 he graduated from Mount Vernon High School. A military veteran, Fred was honorably discharged from the US Army. For 32 years, Fred worked for Cooper Energy ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mountvernonnews.com/obituary/13/05/29/obit?id=2

Gerald M. 'Gus' Walker

He was born in Mount Vernon on Feb. 16, 1924, to the late Iva and Hubert M. Walker.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mountvernonnews.com/obituary/13/05/29/obit?id=8

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Key Digital(r) Presents New Champion Series HDMI Matrix Switcher and Distribution Amplifier Line

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y., May 28, 2013 -- Key Digital® presents new Champion Series HDMI Matrix, Switcher and Distribution Amplifier line: KD-3x1CS, KD-1x3CS, KD-2x2CS, and KD-4x2CS, with full support of 3D stereoscopic signals for commercial applications such as Digital Movie Theaters, CAD, Post Production, Graphics and etc.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://postproduction.digitalmedianet.com/article/Key-Digital(r)-Presents-New-Champion-Series-HDMI-Matrix-Switcher-and-Distribution-Amplifier-Line-2623211

Mount Vernon puts cameras in some playgrounds

Mount Vernon, N.Y., officials have begun installing motion-sensor cameras in their playgrounds.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.myfoxny.com/story/22441895/mount-vernon-puts-cameras-in-some-playgrounds

Fulton Avenue Bridge Closed Intermittently This Week

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. The Fulton Avenue Drawbridge, between Secor Lane and Edison Avenue in Mount Vernon and Pelham Manor, will be intermittently closed to both vehicular and pedestrian traffic this week, for regular maintenance work.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://pelham.dailyvoice.com/news/fulton-avenue-bridge-closed-intermittently-week

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

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y., May 28, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Key Digital is extending an exclusive invitation to all journalists, as well as Pro A/V integrators, contractors, consultants, dealers and sales professionals to a personal tour of the totally redesigned Key Digital booth at InfoComm 2013! Each visitor will have a chance to see company's ... (more)



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://it.tmcnet.com/news/2013/05/28/7164083.htm

Cameras mounted in Mount Vernon playgrounds

The city says the cameras will help law enforcement identify trespassers, vandals and others committing illegal activity in the playgrounds.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.myfoxny.com/story/22436207/cameras-mounted-in-mount-vernon-playgrounds

Crouch returns to Mount Vernon as champion

... Then Division II National Champion. Then national quarterfinalist in team competition. The junior returned to Mount Vernon over the weekend after a successful season at Florida Southern College. Crouch has a lengthy resume filled with success on the ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mountvernonnews.com/Sports/13/05/28/article?id=1

American 'Homesick Hijacker' wants to return to the U.S. from Cuba to ...

In March 1984, on a Miami-bound Piedmont Airlines flight that originated in Newark, N.J., Potts pushed his call button and gave the flight attendant a note saying he had two accomplices aboard with explosives Now the Mount Vernon, N.Y., native wants to return to the United States to apologize to his hijacking victims Almost 30-years-ago, William ... (more)



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331926/American-Homesick-Hijacker-wants-return-U-S-Cuba-apologize-commandeering-flight-30-years-ago--authorities-dont-want-him.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Westchester, Rockland beaches, pools ready for swim season

... for most parks begin. Pools at Saxon Woods Park in White Plains, Willson's Waves at Willson's Woods Park in Mount Vernon, and The Brook at Tibbets Brook Park in Yonkers also will open June 21. Meanwhile, in Rockland County, the Frederick J. Rella ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.newsday.com/westchester-rockland-beaches-pools-ready-for-swim-season-1.5342723

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Police: 3 in custody in murder of Mount Vernon man, Christopher Foe

Police say they have arrested three known gang members in connection to a fatal shooting that happened at a Mount Vernon bar last weekend.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.newsday.com/police-3-in-custody-in-murder-of-mount-vernon-man-christopher-foe-1.5339940

Three Gang Members Arrested for Murder in Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Police arrested three members of the "Goonies" street gang Friday evening in connection with a murder inside a crowded Alamo Bar at 166 Gramatan Ave.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.examiner.com/article/three-gang-members-arrested-for-murder-mount-vernon?cid=rss

3 charged in shooting death in Mount Vernon, NY

... arrested Friday in the killing of 26-year-old Christopher Foe on May 19. Foe was gunned down in the Alamo bar. Mount Vernon Detective Capt. Edward Adinaro said the victim was a member of the Get Money Gangstas. All three were expected to be ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.wcax.com/story/22422657/3-charged-in-shooting-death-in-mount-vernon-ny

'Goonies' Isaiah Hill, Donnie Dixon, Demetrius Price arrested in...

Mount Vernon police arrested Donnie Dixon, Demetrius Price and Isiah Hill on May 24, 2013 in connection with the murder of Christopher Foe.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.newsday.com/goonies-isaiah-hill-donnie-dixon-demetrius-price-arrested-in-connection-with-christopher-foe-slaying-in-mount-vernon-1.5338645

Mount Vernon grad Coon 'surprised' at Ohio HOF nod

Arguably the best player to ever play in front of "The Hive" at Mount Vernon High School, Nick Coon has joined some exclusive company.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mountvernonnews.com/Sports/13/05/25/article?id=1

Friday, May 24, 2013

Antoine Langston of Mount Vernon held on drugs, weapons charges

A Mount Vernon man was in the city lockup Thursday on drug and weapons charges after police raided his west side home earlier in the day, officials said.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.newsday.com/antoine-langston-of-mount-vernon-held-on-drugs-weapons-charges-1.5327131

How to get around the Washington state Skagit River Bridge collapse

... off the I-5 highway connecting Vancouver and Seattle after a bridge collapsed over the Skagit River near Mount Vernon. Perhaps you're one of the thousands of Lower Mainland residents moving to-and-from Washington State for the Sasquatch! Music ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.straight.com/blogra/385206/how-get-around-washington-state-skagit-river-bridge-collapse

Mount Vernon Man Arrested For Guns and Drugs

Mount Vernon Police executed a search warrant on Thursday to search the home of 66 West 2nd St., which resulted in the arrest of a 29-year-old Mount Vernon man.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.examiner.com/article/mount-vernon-man-arrested-for-guns-and-drugs?cid=rss

Man sorry for tossing 5-week-old kitten out window

... Authorities said there remain warrants out for his arrest. A 5-week-old kitten named Precious was taken to a Mount Vernon, N.Y., animal hospital in April 2013 after being thrown from a third-floor window. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/23/kitten-tossed-out-window-apology/2356083/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%29

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Mount Vernon Resident Charged With DWI In Tuckahoe

TUCKAHOE, N.Y. A Mount Vernon resident was arrested in Tuckahoe after police were alerted to his erratic driving on the southbound side of the Sprain Brook Parkway.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://eastchester.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/mount-vernon-resident-charged-dwi-tuckahoe

Man sorry for tossing 5-week-old kitten out window

A 5-week-old kitten named Precious was taken to a Mount Vernon, N.Y., animal hospital in April 2013 after being thrown from a third-floor window.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.rgj.com/usatoday/article/2356083

Coleman and Rodriguez-Lagonia Appointed to Hudson Valley Hospital's Foundation Board

... farm, Coleman Crest, which has been in his family since 1888. He is a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon and lives with his wife in Eastchester. Rodriguez-Lagnonia is an adjunct professor at Mercy College where she serves as distance ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.prlog.org/12143617-coleman-and-rodriguez-lagonia-appointed-to-hudson-valley-hospitals-foundation-board.html

Three charged with murder in Yonkers killing

... night have now been charged with murder. Police charged Keith Thigpen, 209, of Tarrytown, Adam Kirkland, 21, of Mount Vernon, and Eric Chappelle, 20, also of Mount Vernon, were all charged with killing Henry DiMatteo, 49, of Yonkers.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20130521-2.html

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Debra A. Hammond

On May 20, 2013, we lost our beloved wife, mother, stepmother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandma and dear friend, Debra A. "Debbie" Hammond, 62, of Mount Vernon, Ohio.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mountvernonnews.com/obituary/13/05/22/obit?id=1

Sherry 'Buck' Gladwin Reed

Sherry "Buck" Gladwin Reed, 68, originally of Mount Vernon, died Feb. 1, 2013, in Flushing, N.Y. He was born Sept.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mountvernonnews.com/obituary/13/05/22/obit?id=4

Stamp out Hunger

The postal carriers at the Mount Vernon Post Office collected more than 6,000 pounds of food during the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday, May 11.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mt-vernon.com/home/artsnews/community-news/9854-stamp-out-hunger.html

Jennifer A. Algire

Jennifer A. Algire, 68, of Mount Vernon, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at the Knox Community Hospital in Mount Vernon.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mountvernonnews.com/obituary/13/05/21/obit?id=1

Jackie Robinson Teammate Ralph Branca Attends Pelham Tribute

All Star pitcher Ralph Branca will attend a tribute to his old friend and teammate Jackie Robinson in Pelham Tuesday evening with county executive Robert P. Astorino at a showing of the Robinson biopic '42'. Branca, a Mount Vernon native, is a three-time All Star pitcher and a former Dodgers teammate and friend of Robinson.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://pelham.dailyvoice.com/news/jackie-robinson-teammate-ralph-branca-attends-pelham-tribute

Sunday, May 19, 2013

TravelLine

... will host 16 large citywide conferences. WASHINGTON -- Washington National Cathedral and George Washington's Mount Vernon estate each won $100,000 last week, among 24 sites around the nation's capital competing for historic preservation funds. The ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.goerie.com/article/20130519/TOURISM03/305199989/TravelLine

Deutsche Bank's Kirkland Becomes NYSSCPA President

... recipient the 2013 National Association of Black Accountants National Achievement - Public Accounting Award. A Mount Vernon, N.Y. native, Kirkland attended Mount Vernon High School and is a graduate of Fordham University, Bronx New York College of ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/Deutsche-Bank-Kirkland-NYSSCPA-President-66736-1.html

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Susie Essman, of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' is actually charming

... to the point of neurosis. Unlike her character, Essman, who was born and raised in the New York suburb of Mount Vernon, is very much the product of an East Coast, liberal, intellectual household. Russian, during the McCarthy era? Were the Essmans on ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/05/16/2505662/susie-essman-of-curb-your-enthusiasm.html#storylink=rss

Allcare Medical and Landauer Metropolitan Announce Merger, Creating...

... Plainview, N.Y., currently operates in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, while Landauer, headquartered in Mount Vernon, N.Y., serves patients in nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states, and the District of Columbia.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130516005323/en

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Diddy's car stopped by police at gunpoint

... P. Diddy, a popular 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. Fortune magazine listed ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.examiner.com/article/diddy-s-car-stopped-by-police-at-gunpoint?cid=rss

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Carl Bencivenga, 77, Of Rye Brook, Was Self-Employed Courier

Bencivenga was born March 13, 1936, to Joseph and Anna Silvestro Bencivenga. He was raised and educated in Mount Vernon.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://rye.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/carl-bencivenga-77-rye-brook-was-self-employed-courier

Obituary: Carl Bencivenga of Rye Brook Dies at Age 77

... 77. He was born March 13, 1936, to the late Joseph and Anna Silvestro Bencivenga. He was raised and educated in Mount Vernon. Mr. Bencivenga, a self-employed courier, was predeceased by his wife Rosemarie Morelli Bencivenga. Mr. Bencivenga is ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://rye.patch.com/articles/obituary-carl-bencivenga-of-rye-brook-dies-at-age-77

Westchester man indicted in two car crash deaths

WHITE PLAINS A Mount Vernon man has been charged with two counts of felony criminally negligent homicide in an eight count indictment in connection with the deaths of two people on July 8, 2012.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20130514-3.html

Monday, May 13, 2013

2 arrested in death of Malcolm X's grandson

... York's Lower Hudson Valley. After her husband's assassination in 1965, Betty Shabazz and her family moved to Mount Vernon, N.Y., where they lived for decades. Ilyasah Shabazz, one of Betty and Malcolm's daughters, still lives in New Rochelle, N.Y. A ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/usatoday/article/2156029

Diana Spafford, 83, Lifelong New Rochelle Resident

Spafford was born Oct. 20, 1929, in New Rochelle, to Salvatore and Grace Guiliano.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://newrochelle.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/diana-spafford-83-lifelong-new-rochelle-resident

Multi-layered Turn of Century Tale The Green Legacy Published by Outskirts Press

Mt. Vernon, NY, United States., May 13, 2013 - - Outskirts Press, Inc. has published The Green Legacy by Lloyd Green.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/multi-layered-turn-century-tale-green-legacy-published-outskirts-press

Pelham's Three Persons of the Year

... organizations: The Pelham Civic Association, The Pelham Board of Education, The Pelham Little League, The Mount Vernon Kiwanis Club, and The Westchester Municipal Officials Association. He has also served as General Manager and Organizer of the ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://pelham.patch.com/articles/pelham-s-three-persons-of-the-year

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Shots disrupt Mount Vernon baby shower, police say

A group celebrating a baby shower at the New Life Fellowship Church on South Third Avenue in Mount Vernon was jarred at 12:30 a.m. Sunday when seven shots were fired outside.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.newsday.com/shots-disrupt-mount-vernon-baby-shower-police-say-1.5247242

Mount Vernon women tried to rob man with sword, police say

Two Mount Vernon women were arrested early Sunday morning after they allegedly tried to rob a man with a sword, police said.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.newsday.com/mount-vernon-women-tried-to-rob-man-with-sword-police-say-1.5246685

Two men stabbed in Mount Vernon altercation

Police responded to 16 East 4th Street at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday and found two men with stab wounds, one to the chest and the other on his hand. One of the victims was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, the other was treated on the scene.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.newsday.com/two-men-stabbed-in-mount-vernon-altercation-1.5246685

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Tappan Zee Bridge painters reach the heights for a brush with greatness

... almost disappears once the painters get locked into their work, said bridge painter Clifton Thomas, 29, of Mount Vernon. "It's like you block everything out," Thomas said. "You don't realize the traffic is there and you're up on a bridge." The crew ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.newsday.com/tappan-zee-bridge-painters-reach-the-heights-for-a-brush-with-greatness-1.5239300

Tasters Give Briarcliff's Water 2nd Place Honors

... represented in the anonymous test, Briarcliff Manor earned the second most amount of votes (29). Just Mount Vernon, with 47 votes, beat out the village. Elmsford came in third, with 21 votes. Nok Siriphonlai, an associate engineer with the health ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://pleasantville.patch.com/articles/tasters-give-briarcliffs-water-2nd-place-honors

Curbside Water Taste Test Held in White Plains

Mount Vernon has snagged the title of best municipal water source during the Westchester County Health Department's annuak tap water taste test Friday.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://peekskill.patch.com/articles/curbside-water-taste-test-held-in-white-plains

The out intern - Ross Mathews is living the Hollywood dream

The Washington state native - Mount Vernon, to be exact - made his big debut as Jay Leno's commentator-in-training, earning the nickname 'Ross the Intern', and then rapidly began popping up on TV shows like The View, Celebrity Fit Club, and Chelsea Lately, where he routinely sits in as a panel member.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews41_19/page24.cfm

Friday, May 10, 2013

Lestro looks forward to bright Reggae future

... Jersey Reggae Fest in the United States, and locally at Rebel Salute. He was personally invited by the mayor of Mount Vernon, New York, to perform at their staging of Jamaica's 50th Independence Celebration. He will continue to release music ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20130510/ent/ent3.html

Curbside Water Taste Test Held in White Plains [UPDATE]

Mount Vernon received 47 votes. The runner-up was Briarcliff Manor Village, with 29 votes.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://newrochelle.patch.com/articles/curbside-water-taste-test-held-in-white-plains-update

Helyn L. Fink, 86, Of New Rochelle

Fink was born July 24, 1926, to F. Henry and Henrietta Lautz in the Bronx. She worked as the assistant to the director for Mt.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://newrochelle.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/helyn-l-fink-86-new-rochelle

Westchester Water Taste Test Winners

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Nearly 200 Westchester residents voted Mount Vernon the tastiest water in the county during an annual blind taste test of the county's water suppliers Friday.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://yorktown.dailyvoice.com/news/westchester-water-taste-test-winners

Malcolm X's Grandson Killed In Mexico

... sad that things turned out the way they did." Malcolm X's widow, Betty Shabazz, raised her six daughters in Mount Vernon - including Malcolm Shabazz's mother, Qubilah - after the civil rights leader's 1965 assassination in Harlem. Mount Vernon Mayor ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.digtriad.com/rss/article/284190/175/Malcolm-Xs-Grandson-Killed-In-Mexico

McQuaid hire could change Section V Basketball Landscape

... coming back, McQuaid would go on to win their schools 3rd state Championship beating perennial NYS powerhouse Mount Vernon 57-50 in the State Championship game. The number of Division 1 Basketball players to come out of McQuaid at this time was ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.dansvilleonline.com/community/blogs/section_5_talksback_blog/x514216639/McQuaid-hire-could-change-Section-V-Basketball-Landscape

Mount Vernon runner reaches major milestone

... lifetime achievement that is set to come full circle - literally - in a few short years. For now, however, Mount Vernon resident Bruce Butler continues to run past milestone after milestone. Recently Butler, 54, passed 20,000 miles of running, which ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mountvernonnews.com/Sports/13/05/10/article?id=1

Pelham Persons of the Year

... organizations: The Pelham Civic Association, The Pelham Board of Education, The Pelham Little League, The Mount Vernon Kiwanis Club, and The Westchester Municipal Officials Association. He has also served as General Manager and Organizer of the ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://pelham.patch.com/articles/pelham-persons-of-the-year

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Philip J. Mosca, 77, Of Ardsley, Insurance Broker

Mosca was born in Mount Vernon, son of Patsy and Mary Mosca. He served as an MP in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://greenburgh.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/philip-j-mosca-77-ardsley-insurance-broker

Find A Job In Pelham

... tique dubbed Girl Topia. Organizers displayed thousands of new and gently used donated items in the VFW Hall in Mount Vernon on April 28, a statement ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://pelham.dailyvoice.com/business/find-job-pelham-13

Man Faces Felony DWI Charges in Tuckahoe

Police say a Mount Vernon man was arrested in Tuckahoe for driving drunk in the Village.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://bronxville.patch.com/articles/man-faces-felony-dwi-charges-in-tuckahoe

Childe Hassam's 1920 oil painting "The East Hampton Elms in May" climbs to $288,000 at Shannon's

The top lot of the sale was Childe Hassam's 1920 oil, The East Hampton Elms in May .



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=62457

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson 'perplexed' she was secretly taped by former Sen. Huntley

State Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson speaks during a gathering of city officials and residents at City Hall in Mount Vernon to mourn the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.newsday.com/sen-ruth-hassell-thompson-perplexed-she-was-secretly-taped-by-former-sen-huntley-1.5223452

Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson secretly taped by former state Sen. Huntley, document says

State Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson speaks during a gathering of city officials and residents at City Hall in Mount Vernon to mourn the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.newsday.com/sen-ruth-hassell-thompson-secretly-taped-by-former-state-sen-huntley-document-says-1.5223452

SPCA: Three Pets Left to Starve to Death

A Mount Vernon woman has been charged with three counts of animal cruelty following the deaths of two pit bull puppies and a kitten that were left in an apartment without food or water for more than two months, according to the SPCA of Westchester .



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://pleasantville.patch.com/articles/spca-three-pets-left-to-starve-to-death

Former Mount Vernon drum major aspires to Script Ohio

Mount Vernon High School graduate Cole McDonough may feel a twinge of anxiety before he steps before the judges who will decide who will be the next "man out front" of The Ohio State University Marching Band.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/13/05/08/article?id=10

SPCA: Mount Vernon Woman Let 2 Puppies, Kitten Starve To Death

... starve to death when she left them alone for more than two months without food or water. Irema Johnson, 31, of Mount Vernon was charged with three counts of animal cruelty Tuesday, Ernest Lungaro, enforcement director for the Westchester County ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/05/08/spca-mount-vernon-woman-let-2-puppies-kitten-starve-to-death/

[UPDATE] Woman Accused of Leaving Animals to Starve to Death in Apartment

A Mount Vernon woman has been charged with three counts of animal cruelty following the deaths of two pit bull puppies and a kitten that were left in an apartment without food or water for more than two months, according to the SPCA of Westchester.



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Mount Vernon woman charged for puppies and kitten starving to death

Irema Johnson was charged with three counts of animal cruelty on Tuesday for abandoning two pit bull puppies and a kitten in her former apartment in Mount Vernon with no food or water for two months.



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NY woman accused of letting puppies, kitten starve

... assistant Steve Stirling pushed to keep Pageau in the pros when Ottawa discussed sending him back to his junior MOUNT VERNON - A woman in New York has been accused of letting two puppies and a kitten starve to death when she left them alone for more ...



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Irema Johnson, of Mount Vernon, left 2 pit bull pups, kitten to starve to death, officials say

This photo shows the Mount Vernon apartment of Irema Johnson, 31, who is charged with three counts of animal cruelty after allegedly leaving two pit bull puppies and a kitten to starve to death.



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Woman Accused of Leaving Animals to Starve to Death in Apartment

A Mount Vernon woman has been charged with three counts of animal cruelty following the deaths of two pit bull puppies and a kitten that were left in an apartment without food or water for more than two months, according to the SPCA of Westchester.



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Woman Accused of Leaving Animals to Starve to Death in Apartment

A Mount Vernon woman has been charged with three counts of animal cruelty following the deaths of two pit bull puppies and a kitten that were left in an apartment without food or water for more than two months, according to the SPCA of Westchester.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://pelham.patch.com/articles/woman-accused-of-leaving-animals-to-starve-to-death

Junior League's 'Girl-Topia' a Big Success

... well as shorts, pants, jackets, skirts, dresses, shoes, handbags and jewelry and set up shop in the VFW Hall in Mount Vernon. Volunteers from Sephora joined the event, providing free makeovers. Attendees arrived from throughout Westchester, ...



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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Finding solace on the pitch

... and the fog was just settling onto the field on a recent cool night at Robinson High in Fairfax. As the Mount Vernon boys' soccer team hustled to one end of the field for the customary halftime speech from its coaching staff, Simond Kargbo jogged to ...



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Anthony Papa: 40th Anniversary of the Rockefeller Drug Laws: A Window ...

In 1973, two years after President Nixon declared a "war on drugs," New York Governor Rockefeller passed the toughest drug laws in the nation.



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Bronxville Volunteers Bring Shopping To Girls In Need

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Community members from around Eastchester, Bronxville and Scarsdale traveled to Mount Vernon to help disadvantaged teenage girls at a shopping event.



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Scarsdale Volunteers Bring Shopping To Girls In Need

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Community members from around Eastchester, Bronxville and Scarsdale traveled to Mount Vernon to help disadvantaged teenage girls at a shopping event.



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Brunson hopes to tackle struggling Harrison football problems

... It's no secret that Harrison has also lacked organization and good line play the last several years. "I was at Mount Vernon (as offensive coordinator from 2004 to '06) before Reitz and we put up a lot of points on the board and I'd like to do the ...



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Monday, May 6, 2013

Brad Durant, Mount Vernon police dispatcher, found dead Sunday night

Brad Durant, 42, of Mount Vernon, had worked for the Police Department for more than five years.



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CT duo faces drug charge after NY stop

... criminal possession of a controlled substance. They were arrested Sunday night on the Cross County Parkway in Mount Vernon, N.Y. Police tell The Journal News that they stopped the vehicle because its license plate was partially obstructed and its ...



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Conn. residents face drug charge after NY stop

... criminal possession of a controlled substance. They were arrested Sunday night on the Cross County Parkway in Mount Vernon, N.Y. Police tell The Journal News (http://lohud.us/11aGBAp ) that they stopped the vehicle because its license plate was ...



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Westchester Teen Wins National Red Cross Award

... His work on the county level frequently puts him at the scene of a disater-last week, he was on the ground in Mount Vernon as a powerful blaze ripped through a series of apartment , displacing eight families. Russ missed out on two of his high ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://whiteplains.patch.com/articles/eli-russ

Saturday, May 4, 2013

First Friday opens with perfect weather

Sunshine, clear skies, warm temperatures and just a slight breeze provided a perfect setting for the inaugural edition of the 2013 series of First Fridays in downtown Mount Vernon yesterday evening.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/13/05/04/article?id=1

Mount Vernon students score well in French exams

All of the Mount Vernon High School students who participated in the 2013 National French Contest earned state rankings above 50.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/13/05/04/article?id=2

Friday, May 3, 2013

Yonkers and Mount Vernon briefs: Pierorazio to deliver keynote address; student earns scholarship

... to students from the School of Education and Health. -- Submitted on behalf of the superintendent's office MOUNT VERNON - Akunna Faith Uka of Mount Vernon was a recipient of the Truman Scholarship, one of only 62 honorees in the country. The ...



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Tuckahoe cops: Erratic driving, 2-car crash leads to two DWI arrests

A Mount Vernon man with a previous drunken-driving conviction was arrested Friday morning on the same charge after being spotted driving erratically on the southbound Sprain Brook Parkway.



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Students recognized at scholastic program

The first of many award ceremonies for the current academic year at Mount Vernon High School took place Thursday evening at the high school cafeteria when the Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon conducted their 51st annual scholastic recognition program.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/13/05/03/article?id=1

Ahrens-Fox fire engine sells for $125,000

... six survive today. While all are said to be functional, registration number 4107, formerly in service with the Mount Vernon, New York, fire department, was billed by Mecum as "the finest example remaining." Though restored using parts from other ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/05/03/ahrens-fox-fire-engine-takes-top-spot-at-mecum-kansas-city/

On high school stages: 60 musicals down, 4 to go

... Hamilton and "The Music Man" at Walter Panas, which will open and close this weekend. That leaves just Mount Vernon, which will revive its theater program in a refurbished auditorium in mid-June with "Once Upon a Mattress." Here are this weekend's ...



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Best of the weekend

... event in Live@ArtsWestchester's jazz-themed spring concert season. The performers are featured artists with the Mount Vernon-based Lewis & Kirk Music Inc. Admission: $25 at the door, $20 in advance. Visit www.artswestchester.org or call 914-428-4220 ...



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Past students give back to Mt James All-Age

Phyllis Anderson of the Jamaica Reading Association reads to grade-three students at the Jamaica Reading Association and First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union Reading Week 'Read-Aloud' session at the Cockburn Gardens Primary and Junior High School on Tuesday.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130503/news/news2.html

Extradition fight anticipated The man accused in the fatal shooting...

... Cartier "Fresh" Lampkin, 27, is being held at the Westchester County Jail on four misdemeanor charges in Mount Vernon, N.Y. According to Spotsylvania Commonwealth's Attorney Bill Neely, New York authorities will serve Lampkin on Wednesday with a new ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://news.fredericksburg.com/newsdesk/2013/05/02/extradition-fight-anticipated/

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Cops: Mount Vernon man commits suicide in car parked in Eastchester

A 52-year-old Mount Vernon man who apparently had financial difficulties took his life in a car parked at a service station in Eastchester, police said Thursday.



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Jacob Aboodi brightens Scarsdale's picture

Scarsdale coach Doc Scholl was so focused on winning last Friday's game against Mount Vernon that he had no idea that he was witnessing history.



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8 Families Displaced by Mount Vernon Fire

Eight families were displaced by a smokey fire in Mount Vernon Wednesday that tore through several apartments and spat a dense cloud of smoke onto the nearby Cross County Parkway, snarling traffic.



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Cinco de Mayo celebration set Sunday, May 5

The local celebration of Cinco de Mayo will be Sunday, May 5 at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Mount Vernon.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mt-vernon.com/home/artsnews/arts/9746-cinco-de-mayo-celebration-set-sunday-may-5.html

8 Families Displaced by Mount Vernon Fire; Con Ed Workers Acted as Rescuers

Eight families were displaced by a smokey fire in Mount Vernon Wednesday that tore through several apartments and spat a dense cloud of smoke onto the nearby Cross County Parkway, snarling traffic.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://whiteplains.patch.com/articles/8-families-displaced-in-mount-vernon-fire-con-ed-workers-acted-as-rescuers

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Public Notice - Advertisement for Bids City of Mount Vernon - 5/2/2013

Sealed bids addressed to Tony Stonecypher, City Administrator, City of Mount Vernon, TX, 109 North Kaufman, Mount Vernon, TX, 75457, will be received until Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 2:00 p.m., for furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, supplies, and supervision necessary for construction of the City's Rehabilitation of Lift Station No.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.mt-vernon.com/publiclnotices/9737-public-notice-advertisement-for-bids-city-of-mount-vernon-522013.html

Mount Vernon pot bust nets man wanted for Va. murder

A 27-year-old man arrested by Mount Vernon police earlier this week is being held on a fugitive warrant in connection with a murder in Spotsylvania, Va., man, police said.



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TZ Bridge Update: Soil, Surveys, Deck Work, Jobs

... here for the schedule . __ The Westchester County Board of Legislators (BOL)'s Vice Chair Lyndon Williams (D-Mount Vernon) co-hosted a forum for business owners and residents on economic opportunities to come with the New Tappan Zee Bridge Tuesday. ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://pleasantville.patch.com/articles/tz-bridge-update-soil-surveys-deck-work-jobs

Fire Spews Smoke Over Cross County Parkway in Mount Vernon

A dense cloud of smoke hangs over the Cross County Parkway in southern Westchester this Wednesday afternoon as a fire rips through the top floors of a Mount Vernon apartment building.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://whiteplains.patch.com/articles/mt-vernon-fire-spews-smoke-over-cross-county-parkway

Mount Vernon apartment house still burning, smoke hampers Cross County traffic

Firefighters are still battling a two-alarm blaze at a large apartment house at 3 Sherman Avenue, but no injuries have been reported.



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Bronxville's Finest Support Special Olympics

Four of Bronxville's Finest carried the Special Olympics torch through the Village today, receiving it from Mount Vernon officers and handing it off to Eastchester officers at the EVAC building.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://bronxville.patch.com/articles/bronxville-s-finest-support-special-olympics

New York CPAs to install Kirkland as next President

... the 2013 National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) National Achievement - Public Accounting Award. A Mount Vernon, New York native, Kirkland attended Mount Vernon High School and is a graduate of Fordham University, Bronx New York College of ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.hvpress.net/news/119/ARTICLE/12378/2013-05-01.html

County Park Passes Now On Sale In Ossining

... to purchase a Season Swim Pass, enabling them to swim at Glen Island Beach in New Rochelle, Willson's Waves in Mount Vernon, "The Brook" at Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers and Saxon Woods Pool in White Plains for one low fee, eliminating the need to ...



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County Park Passes Available Next Month In Mount Vernon

... to purchase a Season Swim Pass, enabling them to swim at Glen Island Beach in New Rochelle, Willson's Waves in Mount Vernon, "The Brook" at Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers and Saxon Woods Pool in White Plains for one low fee, eliminating the need to ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://pelham.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/county-park-passes-available-next-month-mount-vernon

County Park Passes On Sale In Ossining

... to purchase a Season Swim Pass, enabling them to swim at Glen Island Beach in New Rochelle, Willson's Waves in Mount Vernon, "The Brook" at Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers and Saxon Woods Pool in White Plains for one low fee, eliminating the need to ...



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://briarcliff.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/county-park-passes-sale-ossining

Woman Charged in $252 Theft at Port Chester Store

A Mount Vernon woman is accused of petty larceny in connection with the theft of more than $250 worth of merchandise from a Port Chester store, according to Port Chester Police.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://portchester.patch.com/articles/woman-charged-in-252-theft-at-port-chester-store

County Park Passes Available In White Plains

... to purchase a Season Swim Pass, enabling them to swim at Glen Island Beach in New Rochelle, Willson's Waves in Mount Vernon, "The Brook" at Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers and Saxon Woods Pool in White Plains for one low fee, eliminating the need to ...



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Playland, County Park Passes Available Now

... to purchase a Season Swim Pass, enabling them to swim at Glen Island Beach in New Rochelle, Willson's Waves in Mount Vernon, "The Brook" at Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers and Saxon Woods Pool in White Plains for one low fee, eliminating the need to ...



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