Mount Vernon News

It was clear on Election Night that she'd won a second term as Westchester district attorney.

Mount Vernon voters stayed true to party lines last night, electing a slate of Democrats, while Yonkers saw a close race for city council president that threatened to unseat incumbent Chuck Lesnick.

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An emotionally disturbed woman walked naked for blocks in Mount Vernon holding a baby and nobody stopped her, a according to eyewitnesses.

Police in Mount Vernon say an emotionally disturbed naked woman slammed her 6-month-old son repeatedly into the sidewalk Friday afternoon.

A 5-month-old infant was in critical condition at Westchester Medical Center on Friday after he was slammed to the sidewalk at least two to three times by his mother, who was naked and screaming in the street, police said.

Water pipe repairs may mean weak pressure in Mount Vernon and Yonkers tonight and may cut off water completely for a brief time in eastern Yonkers.

Mount Vernon politics are byzantine, with so many shifting alliances and factions.

NEW ROCHELLE - A Mount Vernon man suspected of mugging four people, including a Monroe College student, in two incidents in New Rochelle was arrested by police in a cab heading home, authorities said Monday.

MOUNT VERNON - A 12-year-old boy who police said was assaulted by his father at the A.B. Davis Middle School last week walked home alone and wasn't taken to the hospital until his mother saw his severe head injury, the mother told The Journal News today.

A sad article appeared in the December 7, 1899 issue of The New York Times. It recounted the suicide of Frederick B. Russell, manager of the Pelham Manor Links.

Voters in the Lower Hudson Valley go to the polls Nov. 3 to decide a host of local elections.

A custodian at the A.B. Davis Middle School was accused of fracturing his own son's skull at the school after the 12-year-old boy got into a fight, police said.

MOUNT VERNON - Police with a search warrant raided a man's home before dawn today and seized two handguns and 150 grams of marijuana.

NEW ROCHELLE - Two Mount Vernon men were rescued by another boater after their boat burst into flames off the New Rochelle City Marina this afternoon.

A passenger in a car that was pulled over last year in Mount Vernon will serve 12 years in prison for having a loaded pistol and cocaine in his backpack, the Westchester District Attorney's Office said.

WHITE PLAINS - A passenger in a car that was pulled over in Mount Vernon last year will serve 12 years in state prison for having an illegal gun and cocaine in his backpack, the Westchester County District Attorney's office said.

The head of the Mount Vernon Avenue District Improvement Association has a new idea to improve the area.

MOUNT VERNON - The City Council has taken a big step toward building a new sports area at Memorial Field with the approval of $20.7 million in borrowing.

MOUNT VERNON - Eleven residents were displaced following a fire at their apartment building at 419 South Columbus Ave today.