Mount Vernon News

A To quote rapper-turned-actor Will Smith, 'it's summer time' and the Pelham Civic Association is kicking off the season with its 28th annual "Summer Olympics." The annual event takes place this Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Glover Field track, invites children in grades Kindergarten through 5 to take place in an assortment of competitive ... (more)

The Rev. Franklyn Richardson longs for the old days, when all it took was Sunday sermons by African-American ministers to fire up their flocks to get registered and vote in local, state and federal elections.

In SETAUKET closed due to parade on NY-25A BOTH EB/WB near OLD TOWN RD/UPPER DEPOT RD/MAIN ST and before MYRTLE AVE in PORT JEFFERSON Ashlei Doughty of Mount Vernon dances with the Revelators down Gramatan Avenue in the 2012 Mount Vernon Memorial Day Parade.

Locally you can catch Memorial Day celebrations in New Rochelle and Pelham. A In New Rochelle, there's a ceremony beginning at 10:30 a.m. today, followed by a parade and a picnic .

There's a reason people know "Baby John" DeLutro as the "Cannoli King." Open since the spring of 1973, DeLutro's Cafe Palermo has been the dessert destination for those in the know in the hustle and bustle of Little Italy.

Pelham Mayor Ed Hotchkiss received a barrage of complaints from Carol Avenue residents during Tuesday night's village Board of Trustees meeting.

Gretchen Mol will star in the world premiere of Francine Volpe's The Good Mother for The New Group 's 2012-2013 season, which will also include Jonathan Marc Sherman's Clive , directed by and starring Ethan Hawke .

New Rochelle police wrongly trashed a woman's car and brutalized her passenger during a search for drugs, a federal lawsuit charges.

A 1.) "Dog Bite Prevention Week" began Sunday, May 20 and ends Saturday, May 26.A The American Veterinary Medical Association reports thatA 4.7 million are bitten by dogs each year in this country.

There will be lane closures on the Hutchinson River Parkway Tuesday, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., in Pelham and Mount Vernon, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Where to Park, as in County Parks, this Summer Plastic Bag Ban Vote 'Carried' Over Cool Finds: The Lazy Lounge Tom Rush at the Watercolor Cafe Wednesday Night School Budgets Approved Across Westchester Tuesday's Closing Photo Passes are available at the Westchester County Center and the Parks Department on 450 Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley on Monday ... (more)

A 61-year-old purse snatcher is in jail after he was chased down by an employee of the Helen and MichaelA SchafferA ExtendedA CareA Center in New Rochelle Tuesday.

Mourners in Yonkers carry the coffin of Mount Vernon police officer Reginald Velez, who died in a car accident March 29.

NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER: Black law enforcement leaders want Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino to appoint a civilian oversight committee to review complaints against police.

According to Lt. Robert Jensen of the Eastchester Police Department, store security guards stopped the women at about 7 p.m. Wednesday after they left the store at 750 White Plains Road without paying for merchandise valued at $1,439.19. Eastchester police were called and the women were arrested and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, police ... (more)

An 18-year-old Mount Vernon man was arrested in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 6, and accused of assaulting a Bronx man outside of Vintage Bar in White Plains, according to a police report.

Isaac Davis, 32, from Mount Vernon, N.Y., was charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to drive right on Saturday, May 5, at 11 p.m. According to the report, Davis was driving a 2004 BMW 325XI westbound on the Post Road in the eastbound lane of travel.

A Although Pelham officials have agreed to hear the concerns Carol Avenue residents have over parking during their May 22 board meeting, residents are pushing for village officials to meet with A them even sooner.

In NASSAU CNTY road construction. two lanes closed on THE SOUTHERN ST PKWY EB between GRAND AVE/BALDWIN RD/X20 and NASSAU RD/X21 Closed due to road construction on THE L.I.E./I-495 WB between X39/GLEN COVE RD and X37/WILLIS AVE in NASSAU CNTY In GREENVALE road construction.

Lynn Bagliebter of Scarsdale will receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester and Putnam at Thursday's Spring Gala.