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Saturday, August 31, 2013

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State Fairgoers: Rochester Has N.Y. State's Tastiest Drinking Water

Rochester beat out New York City and Mount Vernon this week as the winner of the New York State Drinking Water Contest.



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Friedrich Introduces Kuhl A/Cs with Heat Pumps as Seasons Change...

... "I have always had a Friedrich in my apartment during the 24 years I have lived here," said Sherry Cener, of Mount Vernon, New York. "When it came time to upgrade this summer, I went back to Friedrich because it makes a great product. Then I fell in ...



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Friday, August 30, 2013

Dorothy W. Nazar, 84

Dorothy W. Nazar, 84, died at home Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. She was the wife of the late Michael Nazar.



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2013 Twin Harbors Football Preview: Strong nucleus sets up Raymond's road in 2013

The process of preparation for the 2013 season began on the long bus ride home from Mount Vernon last November for the Raymond Seagulls.



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Man could face up to 25 years in 1989 rape

... for the same company as security guards in a Ludlow Street office building. The woman, who was 25 and living in Mount Vernon, N.Y., at the time of the alleged sexual assault, said she was checking into noises she heard coming from a men's room in ...



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Thursday, August 29, 2013

At Mount Vernon High, no improper jeggings, hats or gym shorts

You know it's hard out here for a kid, when they're trying to get their fashion game on. But Mount Vernon High School in Fairfax County is laying down some dress code guidelines , as reported by The Post's T. Rees Shapiro Wednesday, to include no ...



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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Christine Givan, National Cathedral School official

... her 12 years in that job, she helped start an after-school program. Christine Lindblom Cadigan was a native of Mount Vernon, N.Y., and was a 1940 graduate of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. She began her teaching career two years later ...



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Weezie D Shows 'Fashion Has Heart'

Weezie D and Staples have teamed up with the Boys and Girls Club of Mount Vernon for a Back to School Drive that you can help with.



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Wartburg Hosts Mt. Vernon City Council Debate - August 28, 2013

Aug. 28, 2013 - MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Wartburg to Host Mount Vernon City Council Candidates Debate on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 Mount Vernon, NY, August 22, 2013 -- Wartburg is pleased to host a Democratic Primary City Council Debate on its campus on Wednesday, August 28, from 6:30 pm to 9 pm.



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Scarsdale To Offer Free Programs On Medicare Basics

... on Medicare basics Sept. 19, Oct. 10, Nov. 7 and Dec. 12 at the County Office Building on South First Avenue in Mount Vernon. Case workers will provide information about Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D and explain how to use Elderly Pharmaceutical ...



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Mount Vernon Resident Resumes College Life After Cancer Treatment

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. After spending a year away from the University of Hartford while she underwent chemotherapy for bone cancer, Mount Vernon resident Lashuana Cole is getting ready for her senior year in college.



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Eastchester To Offer Free Programs On Medicare Basics

... on Medicare basics Sept. 19, Oct. 10, Nov. 7 and Dec. 12 at the County Office Building on South First Avenue in Mount Vernon. Case workers will provide information about Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D and explain how to use Elderly Pharmaceutical ...



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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

At Mount Vernon High, no more a jeggingsa as pants

Beginning this fall, students at Fairfax's Mount Vernon High School will no longer be allowed to wear jeggings as pants.



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Mount Vernon cop pleads not guilty to 37 counts in overtime flap

A Mount Vernon police officer pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 37 felony and misdemeanor counts following his arrest earlier this year for claiming overtime that he never worked.



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Monday, August 26, 2013

Rauschenberg case: Judge reserves ruling on evidence dispute for later date

... Rauschenberg's Manhattan property, which includes the gallery and studio where the foundation is housed, and a Mount Vernon, N.Y., property that houses some of Rauschenberg's art.



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How Should You Calculate Lost Profits? Very Carefully, According to New York Supreme Court Decision

Aug. 26, 2013 - WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Sooner or later, most businesses are involved in a breach of contract matter when they or their counterpart break or fail to fulfill a valid contract.



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New Rochelle's Pearl Quarles is proof of March on Washington's legacy

... Quarles were part of a bus group sponsored by Sister to Sister International. Four other buses traveled from Mount Vernon, and another one came from White Plains to commemorate the anniversary of the 1963 march, where Martin Luther King Jr. ...



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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Jevon Richard Piccard, 58

Jevon Richard Piccard passed away quietly in his sleep on Aug. 23, 2013. He was preceded in death by parents Helen and Harry Piccard of Mount Vernon, NY.



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Alligator Captured in Mount Vernon Tops Pelham News This Week

A two-foot alligator that that was captured in Wilson's Woods Park in Mount Vernon was shipped to a wildlife preserve in New England.



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Saturday, August 24, 2013

Thousands arrive for new March on Washington

Tens of thousands gathered early Saturday on the nation's "front yard," the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, yearning for a bit of that transcendent sense of racial unity heralded on this spot by the Rev.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://www.hometownlife.com/usatoday/article/2693667

Bedford To Offer Free Programs On Medicare Basics

... on Medicare basics Sept. 19, Oct. 10, Nov. 7 and Dec. 12 at the County Office Building on South First Avenue in Mount Vernon. Case workers will provide information about Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D and explain how to use Elderly Pharmaceutical ...



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Friday, August 23, 2013

Colt football gears up for new season

... are strapping on a helmet for the first time and, for them, it's a whole new world. They play colt football for Mount Vernon and practice in the Mount Vernon High School practice field. The team, in its second year, plays in the tackle division of ...



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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Son fights Mount Vernon over mom's lost STAR tax exemption

... Mayor Ernie Davis to resolve his mother's tax bill. Stogel didn't expect he would need to solicit help from Mount Vernon's top elected official, but after navigating the mechanisms of municipal government -- and receiving few answers -- the city ...



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Bronx man convicted in robbery spree that included Yonkers

... a number of arrests in the case. Some others charged in the robbery spree, including Turhan "Vay" Jessamy of Mount Vernon; Tyrell "Smurf" Rock; Quincy "Capone" Williams; and Neil Morgan, have pleaded guilty to various criminal charges. Williams was ...



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Richard J. Giglio

Richard J. Giglio, 56, formerly of Pelham, NY, died August 16, 2013, after a long fight with cancer at home in Hancock.



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

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y., Aug. 22, 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 residential applications.



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Margaret Davison

... were traveling east from a trip to the West Coast when she was born in Denver on March 11, 1918. She grew up in Mount Vernon, N.Y., and on the Campbell family farm in Millerton, N.Y. She graduated from Oberlin College with an English degree and then ...



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Mount Vernon Charity To Hold Yonkers Walk In Honor Of Eastchester Woman

Friends of Danielle, a Mount Vernon charity founded in 2011 in memory of Eastchester resident Danielle Rinaldi, will have its first annual walk-a-thon Oct. 28 at Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers.



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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Richard J. Giglo

Richard J. Giglio, 56, formerly of Pelham, NY, died August 16, 2013, after a long fight with cancer at home in Hancock.



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Air Force Reserve Airman Fatima E. Davis

... the daughter of Rhonda Clark of Bass Drive, Holly Hill, S.C., and niece of Bradley Clark of South 11th Avenue, Mount Vernon, N.Y. She is a 2006 graduate of Lake Marion High School, Santee, S.C. She earned an associate degree in 2010 from Midlands ...



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Public Notice - City of Mount Vernon, Texas Department of Agriculture MS Grant Program - 8/22/2013

The City of Mount Vernon has recently completed Texas Community Development Block Grant Program activities under its 2011 TxCDBG Contract #711302 with the Texas Department of Agriculture.



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More

... last season's leading scorer for DSU, sophomore Taylor Addison. In only her first season, the sophomore out of Mount Vernon, N.Y. tallied four goals on her way to becoming the first Hornet ever to earn First Team All-Great West Conference ...



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Mount Vernon baby dies, was sleeping in stroller; cause unknown

... home Tuesday morning and was pronounced dead a short while later. The death of the unidentified child at Mount Vernon Hospital is under investigation by city detectives, the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office and the District Attorney. ...



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Labor Day: Good Shepherd International Festival Returns for 38th Year

by Greg Hambrick Good Shepherd Catholic Church will be bringing the Mount Vernon community together again this Labor Day for the 38th Annual International Festival . The event will be from noon to 6 p.m. on Sept. 2, held on the grounds of the church, ...



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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Ben Gordon hosts eighth annual Skills Academy

Approximately 60 of the top high school players in the tri-state area were invited to the eighth annual Ben Gordon Skills Academy on Tuesday as part of the week hosted by the Mount Vernon alum and current NBA star at his alma mater.



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Compass Control Gives Installers Complete System Solutions for Residential Applications

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y., Aug. 20, 2013 -- Key Digital® is proud to introduce its first complete system solution, Compass Control®, brought to fruition by Key Digital® and the Compass Alliance™ Partners .



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Labor Day: Good Shepherd International Festival Returns for 38th Year

Good Shepherd Catholic Church will be bringing the Mount Vernon community together again this Labor Day for the 38th Annual International Festival .



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Alberts out as Mount Vernon hoops coach

She hasn't coached a game yet at Mount Vernon High School, but the News has confirmed that Marcie Alberts is out as girls basketball coach.



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Jean P. Boddy

She was born Dec. 22, 1924, in Mount Vernon, and is the daughter of Clyde and Verna Pinkley.



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Yonkers, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle Sales Tax Receipts UP while White Plains Continues Flat.

In the first seven months of 2013, the cities of Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Yonkers are all generating more sales tax receipts growth than the City of White Plains based on figures from the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.



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Alberts out as Mount Vernon hoops coach

She hasn't coached a game yet at Mount Vernon High School, but the News has confirmed that Marcie Alberts is out as girls basketball coach.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://mountvernonnews.com/Sports/13/08/20/article?id=1

Monday, August 19, 2013

Mount Vernon man, 34, falls to his death at North Salem school

Claudinei Martins, of Mount Vernon, was taken to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla where he died from blunt force injuries to his head and multiple skeletal fractures, the Westchester County Office of the Medical Examiner said.



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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Gator shipped from New York park to wildlife preserve

... like this one was spotted a few days before its capture, and local man snapped a picture of the critter. Mount Vernon officials removed a 2-foot gator from a Westchester County park and shipped the reptile to a New England wildlife preserve. The ...



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Saturday, August 17, 2013

[News] Pete Rock Says Many Samples From "Mecca And The Soul Brother" Came From His Dad's Collection

... creative process and says his dad's record collection and Heavy D's brother helped spark his producing career. Mount Vernon, New York City native Pete Rock recently released his collaborative 80 Blocks From Tiffany's Pt. 2 mixtape with legendary Hip ...



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County Officials Assure White Plains Its Water Is Safe

County officials assured residents in Westchester Water District No. 1, which includes White Plains, Yonkers, Scarsdale and Mount Vernon, that their drinking water is safe despite a complaint made by the U.S. District Attorney's Office on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency.



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Friday, August 16, 2013

Maude 'Mae' Metcalf

... Morrow. Maude was a member of the First Christian Church. Maude is survived by one daughter, Bonnie Milligan of Mount Vernon; one granddaughter, Christy (Randy) Stanton of Howard; two great-grandchildren, Drayden and Colby Staton; along with several ...



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HDMI Extender supports HDBaseT technology.

... and viewing of any source/input with any display/output, regardless of multiple output viewing relation. MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Key Digital( ), an award winning (CES, CEDIA, InfoComm, NAHB) manufacturer of leading-edge technology for HDTV ...



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Touch-A-Truck Set To Return To Tuckahoe

... this event will be used to benefit outreach programs that aid children in the village, Eastchester, Yonkers and Mount Vernon.



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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Yellow Jackets '93 remember district title

The 1992 and 1993 Mount Vernon High School boys basketball teams were the last teams to give Mount Vernon a district title.



via Mount Vernon Newswire http://mountvernonnews.com/Sports/13/08/15/article?id=1

Cops Arrest Jefferson Valley Mall Employee Who Entered Store After Closing Hours

A 25-year-old Mount Vernon man is facing criminal charges in Yorktown for trespassing a store in the Jefferson Valley Mall after store hours, police said.



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More than Conquerors Conference 2013.

... new life. In attendance at the Communion service Sunday was Bishop Nathan Edwards (Friendship Worship Center, Mount Vernon NY) The favorite line of the convention comes from the conference host and founder of Living faith International Church, ...



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Mount Vernon lawyer: Judges used rule changes unfairly against black attorneys

Mount Vernon lawyer Peter St. George Davis -- who once represented the family of Sean Bell, the Queens man killed in a hail of police gunfire the night of his bachelor party in 2006 -- has seen better days.



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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

New Rochelle Resident Awarded Fellowship from Aging-Services Organization

Dorothea Ferguson-Bell was recently selected by Leading Age, an aging services organization, to participate in its Leadership Academy 2014 Fellowship program.



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Boy, 12, struck by minivan in Mount Vernon

A 12-year-old city boy was admitted to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx after being struck by a minivan Tuesday afternoon, police said.



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Mount Vernon man gets 20 years for gang war shooting

A Mount Vernon man was sentenced to 20 years in state prison Wednesday after pleading guilty in June to attempted murder charges in connection with the shooting of a 65-year-old woman last year.



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Helen Holmes Wilson Nicholl, 94, Of Riverside

Nicholl was born in 1919, in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., to Robert Lansing Wilson and Grace Evelyn Holmes Wilson of Stamford.



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Caregiver From New Rochelle Named To National Fellowship Program

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Leading Age, one of the nation's top aging-services organizations has selected a staff member from Wartburg in Mount Vernon to be a member of its Leadership Academy 2014 Fellowship program.



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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Diamond Diva Society celebrates member's 75th birthday

... would abound. After earning a bachelor's degree from Benedict College, Harriet became a social worker in Mount Vernon, N.Y. She chose to further her education at Fordham University, earning a master's degree in social work. Other things in her life ...



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Pedestrian, 50, killed on Route 9A in Greenburgh

... Lt. Brian Ryan said. He was first struck by a 2006 Toyota Scion, driven by 27-year-old Chante Ann Smith of Mount Vernon, police said. Burgers landed in the left lane of the southbound roadway and then was struck by a second car, a 2007 Honda Civic ...



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Mount Vernon lawyers: City judges' rule changes amount to 'harassment'

Mount Vernon lawyer Peter St. George Davis -- who once represented the family of Sean Bell, the Queens man killed in a hail of police gunfire the night of his bachelor party in 2006 -- has seen better days.



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Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck Route 9A In Greenburgh

... any of the occupants. The driver of the Toyota Scion, identified as Chante Ann Smith of 43 North Bleeker St., Mount Vernon, was subsequently arrested on an outstanding warrant for driving with a suspended license and suspended registration, ...



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80-year-old driver runs over Hastings man; Mount Vernon gas station...

... if the incidents happened over two nights or one. The locks on the windows were also broken. - Will David MOUNT VERNON - Detectives are looking for a lone gunman who robbed a Sunoco gas station on West First Street and escaped with an unknown ...



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Metro Card Mobile Van Coming To Tarrytown

... will be able to apply for reduced rates if they are 65 and older or have qualifying disabilities. It will be in Mount Vernon: Aug. 19 and Sept. 16 from 1-3 p.m. at the August Petrillo Plaza (across from Food Town Supermarket near Mount Vernon East ...



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Monday, August 12, 2013

Remodeling? Use our 10 cost-cutting tips.

Get ready for sticker shock: Even a minor kitchen remodel now costs more than $19,000, on average, according to Remodeling Magazine's annual Cost vs. Value report.



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10 cost-saving steps to a great kitchen

Get ready for sticker shock: Even a minor kitchen remodel now costs more than $19,000, on average, according to Remodeling Magazine's annual Cost vs. Value report.



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Man arrested after supplying teen with alcohol

Bethlehem Police have arrested a man from Mount Vernon, New York, after he allegedly gave a 16 year-old girl shots of Bacardi.



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Key Digital Introduces New Phantom Series HDMI Switchers and HDMI Distribution Amplifiers

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Key Digital introduces New Phantom Series HDMI SwitchersKD-HDSW4x1Pro / KD-HDSW2x1Pro, and HDMI Distribution AmplifiersKD-HDDA1x4Pro / KD-HDDA1x2Pro.



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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Watchdog group: Overall, N.Y. hospital services improving

... Medical Center in the Bronx, which is acquiring Sound Shore Medical Center's hospitals in New Rochelle and Mount Vernon. At the same time, no hospitals in Westchester, Rockland or Putnam ended up on the organization's watch list of problem ...



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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Heavy D post-mortem inconclusive

... 'Diddy' Combs and the Reverend Al Sharpton will speak at the private funeral service at Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon on 18 November. Born Dwight Arrington Myers in Jamaica in 1967, Heavy D found fame with his band The Boyz scoring hits with ...



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Sooners Win Again In Belgium

... Rosco Arena in Ronse, Belgium. Cousins got off to a strong start and kept his foot on the gas all night. The Mount Vernon, N.Y., product was 7-for-9 from the field in the first half and finished 11-for-15 while adding two assists and three steals. ...



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Friday, August 9, 2013

Tourist Gave Rum to 16-Year-Old Girl: Police

... girl he had met at Musikfest and brought back to his hotel room, Bethlehem police said. Eric Anthony Lewis of Mount Vernon, N.Y. was arrested after he admitted to an officer that he had given some Bacardi to the girl, according to an arrest ...



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Man provides teen booze in hotel room after Musikfest, court papers say

... at the hotel, vomiting in a trash can, authorities report. Police say she met up with Eric Anthony Lewis , of Mount Vernon, N.Y., among a group of people attending Musikfest on Thursday night. The teen told police Lewis invited her up to the hotel, ...



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Pet Projects: Mt. Vernon Shelter Needs Help

Cindy is a large mastiff mix with a heart of gold. Dark great color, this girl's sad face will steal your heart in a split second.



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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Hopfer School of Nursing says students' financial aid assured

... The announcement, made Thursday afternoon, came two weeks after officials from the school, which is in Mount Vernon, met with students to discuss the transition to new ownership. The Bronx-based Montefiore received approval from federal bankruptcy ...



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Convicted murderer face drug charges in Mount Vernon

A New York City man who was convicted of murder in Brooklyn 24 years ago was one of two people arrested this week in Mount Vernon on serious drug charges, police said Thursday.



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Driver in fatal Mount Vernon crash had 4 drinks: court records

A 27-year-old Yonkers man who was driving a car when it smashed into a tree in Mount Vernon Sunday morning, killing his girlfriend, told police that he had four drinks before getting behind the wheel, according to court records.



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First Thursday Redux, National Frozen Custard Day and Jazz

The Del Ray Business Association presents its monthly summer street festival from 6 to 9 p.m. along Mount Vernon Avenue.



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Mary Teresa McGovern, 78, Of New Rochelle, Worked At The Marian Residence

McGovern was born Aug. 5, 1935, in Aclare, County Sligo Ireland, daughter of James and Margaret Cunney.



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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Denis M. Squillacote, 57, Of Norwalk, Self-Employed Electrician

Squillacote was born Nov, 16, 1955, in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., to Leo Joseph and Ethel Mary Squillacote.



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Hepler returns to coaching at Clever

Hepler left education/coaching after 2011-12 at Mount Vernon High School. The Mount Vernon girls sent him out in style -- a second Missouri Class 3 championship in his five seasons as the head coach.



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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

New Rochelle Schools Timeline on Asbestos Incident Does Not Stand Up To Scrutiny

... the 34 bags from the second office or the carpet that had been illegally dumped at a Waste Transfer Station in Mount Vernon. At the same time, air-quality testing was conducted in the Main Office, the Principal's Office, and in the adjacent ...



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Yonkers man arraigned in Mount Vernon gang slay

A Yonkers man is was arraigned Tuesday morning on murder charges in connection with the killing of a gang rival in in Mount Vernon in May. Isaiah Hill, 24, was arrested following the killing of Christopher Foe, 26, inside The Alamo Bar & Restaurant on Gramatan Avenue.



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Find A Job In Eastchester

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law four bills last week that had been proposed by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin of Scardale.



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New Rochelle Teens Injured In Mount Vernon Stabbing

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Four people were injured in two separate and unrelated stabbing incidents over the weekend in Mount Vernon, police said.



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Assemblywoman Paulin Sees Four Of Her Bills Become Law

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law four bills last week that had been proposed by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin of Scardale.



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Monday, August 5, 2013

Yonkers, Mount Vernon police to take part in National Night Out

Yonkers and Mount Vernon city officials announced that their police departments will participate in the 30th annual National Night Out Tuesday.



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Tiles Tests Positive: Lab Tests Confirm Asbestos Exposure at New...

... yard at 51 Cliff Street, co-mingled with other district trash and delivered to a waste transfer station in Mount Vernon. By contrast, asbestos material taken from a second that was properly abated after Poretta and Sinkfield complained about ...



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What to know when selling your collectibles

... will sell if they're undamaged and in their original boxes, says Josh Tane, of estate seller Adams Unlimited in Mount Vernon, N.Y. Collectors are also buying very fine, old German and French dolls in porcelain and bisque. The ultimate baseball-card ...



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First Thursday (Again), Todd Rundgren, National Night Out and Free Yoga

... - The Del Ray Business Association presents its monthly summer street festival from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday along Mount Vernon Avenue. The event was rescheduled because of rain last week. This month's theme is "Did You Know?" and some Del Ray's ...



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Police search for suspect in New Rochelle shooting

... Police were looking for a single gunman. He was seen driving away in a black SUV, possibly in the direction of Mount Vernon. The 34-year-old male victim, who lives in the city, was shot in the right leg. He was taken to Sound Shore Medical Center ...



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Disruptions expected with Hutchinson bridge work in Pelham Manor

... see any way around it. It's definitely going to be bad." Other commuters, such as Derickson Lawrence, 56, of Mount Vernon, who travels to Queens for work, said he is willing to tolerate the delays as long as they don't extend past the week and the ...



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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Mount Vernon's finest get dunked for a good cause

A 22-year veteran of the Mount Vernon Police Department, Sgt. Vinny Stufano hasn't spent much time lately in the city where he was born and raised.



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4 injured in weekend stabbings in Mount Vernon

... to determine if that, too, was a stabbing, Detective Capt. Edward Adinaro said. An intoxicated man walked into Mount Vernon Hospital with stab wounds on Saturday night, but did not know how he received the wounds. A doctor told police the wounds ...



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Mount Vernon crash kills passenger; driver charged with DWI

A 31-year-old woman died early Sunday while riding in a car that slammed into a tree, city police said.



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Shooting Outside Fifth Avenue Apartments in New Rochelle, 2 Injured

... in an SUV heading towards the Potter Avenue Bridge. Witnesses at the scene said the shooter may have been from Mount Vernon. Thirty minutes after the shooting, a Westchester County Police helicopter circled downtown New Rochelle in the area between ...



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What you need to know when you are ready to sell your collectibles

... sell if they're undamaged and in their original boxes, says Josh Tane, of estate seller Adams Unlimited, in Mount Vernon, N.Y. Collectors are also buying very fine, old German and French dolls in porcelain and bisque. The ultimate baseball-card ...



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Man gets 65 years in fatal Mount Vernon robbery

A Bronx man connected to a violent crew that committed numerous robberies -- including one in New Rochelle and another in Mount Vernon, where they shot and killed a man -- was sentenced Friday to 65 years in prison.



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Shooting Outside Fifth Avenue Apartments in New Rochelle, 1 Injured

... in an SUV heading towards the Potter Avenue Bridge. Witnesses at the scene said the shooter may have been from Mount Vernon. Thirty minutes after the shooting, a Westchester County Police helicopter circled downtown New Rochelle in the area between ...



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2 shot in New Rochelle, suspect sought

... about 10:40 p.m. Police were looking for a suspect who drove away in a back Jeep, possibly in the direction of Mount Vernon.



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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Mount Vernon councilwoman, mayor clash over track repair

... stands. That plan drew $9.7 million in funding from the county in 2009. County Legislator Lyndon Williams, D-Mount Vernon, was instrumental in securing that funding. He said Thursday he doesn't care how many lanes the track has, he just wants work ...



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Friday, August 2, 2013

Man gets 65 years in fatal Mount Vernon robbery

A Bronx man connected to a violent crew that committed numerous robberies, including one in New Rochelle and another in Mount Vernon, where they shot and killed a man, was sentenced Friday to 65 years in prison.



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Montefiore Approved To Acquire Assets Of Sound Shore Health System By Federal Bankruptcy Court

... is expected to close this fall. At that time, Montefiore will begin to provide services at Sound Shore and Mount Vernon Hospitals and Schaffer Extended Care Center. Mt. Vernon's Hopfer School of Nursing is an important program and Montefiore is ...



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Police: Man Arrested with 17 Bags of Marijuana in Irvington

A traffic stop on South Broadway led to the arrest of a Mount Vernon man who had a large quantity of marijuana on him, according to the Irvington Police Department.



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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Tax Watch: New chief at BOCES inherits staff cuts

... finally found a replacement. It comes as the agency that provides services to 33 public school districts from Mount Vernon to Valhalla copes with its continued transformation from an organization that teaches special-education and ...



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Innovative Spac a/C Unit Spells Good News in Heat Wave

... heating and cooling systems and to replace old installations. The company's world headquarters is in Mount Vernon, New York. Ice Air offers advanced green technologies, environmentally sound "green" refrigerant, and provides world-class comfort at ...



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William A. Treasurer, 76, Of Larchmont

Treasurer was born March 3, 1937, in Mt. Vernon, to William and Dorcas Treasurer.



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The critical readers of Mount Vernon Roundup know that when reading, viewing, or listening to any local "mainstream" news report or blog post, the main thing to realize is that truth and objectivity may be partialy obscured or totaly absent.

While local "mainstream" media outlets and blogs often self-righteously proclaimed that only the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, is published, the critical reader knows that local news reports in "mainstream" media have three primary purposes: (a) to entice their readers, (b) to be "politically correct" so as not to offend the powers that be, and (c) to lure advertisers by showing the number of docile readers the local publication draws.

Beyond these less than honorable motivations listed above, local "mainstream" reporters, editors and especially publishers are also prone to inject their own personal prejudices and biases, either consciously or unconsciously.

The critical reader should be aware of these potential problems.The critical reader needs to have many questions in his mind when examining local "mainstream" media items and blog posts.

Many times the vocabulary employed by local "mainstream" journalists and editors is often pejorative and very value laden.

Actually, this is an argument in and of itself that there is a bias.It is up to the critical reader to point this out by means of blog posts and letters to the local "mainstream" newspaper editors and publishers..

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

However, these local journalists, editors and publishers who have succeed in resisting the pressures to be biased are few and far between.

Many times the critical reader will discover that these local "mainstream" journalists, editors and publishers cave in to pressures, and/or who are prejudiced and nonobjective by nature.

It is therefore up to the critical reader to carefully evaluate and then reject or accept the claims and assertions that are made in any given news story or blog post.

Local "mainstream" journalists, editors and publishers need to make sure they produce well-researched articles that are based on objective description of empirical facts.

One of the goals of Mount Vernon Roundup is to help these local "Mainstream" journalists, editors and publishers need to strive to convey reality and contribute to enlightenment of Mount Vernon.

However, the critical reader must understand that journalism which abandons these criteria can be misleading and destructive, pandering to the powers that be rather than courageously and honorably serving truth and justice

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Mount Vernon Roundup publishes email addresses for reporters, editors, and publishers when such addresses are publicly made available.

We encourage our reader to send intelligent, civil, and reasonable emails to these journalists, editors and publishers.

However, a critical reader who sends some correspondence to an email address obtained from this website is, in one sense, representing this blog.

What the writer says, and how it is said, reflects directly on Mount Vernon in general and on this site in particular.

Local "mainstream" reporters, editors and publishers are interested in deadlines and getting stories written that people will read.

If a critical reader can help them do that, then their contributions will be greatly appreciated.

Remember, good stories are factual and well organized, but they also communicate something of the human spirit.

Likewise, letters to local "mainstream" reporters, editors and publishers, while based on heartfelt convictions, also should be well organized, with points and logic developed in a rational sequence.

Proper grammar, spelling, and capitalization also help the local "mainsteam" reporter, editor or publisher view the received letter as worthy of serious consideration.

Brevity and conciseness are very important, and a long-winded rambling discourse is not likely to be given serious consideration.

For that matter, a "letter" does not even have to be a letter, a single sentence can get a point across.

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Many of the comments, suggestions, and cautions that we have provided the critical reader about the submission of comments are very applicable to participation in these forums.

There are no established "standards" for the submission of these comments, and it is necessary and important to very carefully read the instructions, requirements, and limitations for submitting your comments.

Some local "mainstream" newspaper or blog sites may ask for a name, but these are not checked, so there is no need to use your real name if you do not want to.

Other local "mainstream" newspaper or blog sites may allow only a first name, some may permit the inclusions of URL references, links, HTML code, and email addresses, whereas others may not.

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