Mount Vernon
A city in Westchester County, New York — population 66,775 as of 2020.
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Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
September 22Mount Vernon Native and MVHS Class of 2003 Graduate to Have Original Screenplay Featured at Scranton Fringe Festival
Duane Granston, a Mount Vernon native and 2003 graduate of Mount Vernon High School, will return to the spotlight this October when his new original screenplay, Finding Matt Damon, receives a featured staged reading at the 2026 Scranton Fringe Festival. Presented by the Maslow…
Creatives & Arts
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
September 2238 Black Teen Girls Missing In New York
By: Dennis Richmond, Jr. Over the weekend, on Sunday September 20, 2026, I wrote about dozens of Black teen girls listed as missing across New York. Yonkers Voice broke my story digitally first, and I did not allow it to end there. I shared it through Mount Vernon Newswire and…
Public Safety
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
September 19Mt. Vernon Coach Admits to Sexually Abusing a Child Under 13 in Guilty Plea
Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced today that a prominent youth basketball coach in Mount Vernon pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child under the age of 13 for five months. The defendant, Dwayne Murray, 63, of Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty Friday…
Public Safety
Mid Hudson News
September 19Mount Vernon youth basketball coach pleads guilty to sexually abusing child
MOUNT VERNON – A prominent Mount Vernon youth basketball coach pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child under 13 over five months, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office said. Dwayne Murray, 63, of Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty Friday in Westchester County Court to…
Public Safety
New York Amsterdam News
September 10How author LaToya Thompson turned her journal entries into inspirational healing books
Mount Vernon esthetician LaToya Thompson uses writing to process trauma, abandonment, and the journey toward new blessings.
Creatives & Arts
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
September 9MOUNT VERNON MAN SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR FIREARMS, BURGLARY CHARGES
Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced today that a Mount Vernon man was sentenced to six years in state prison on charges stemming from the theft and subsequent sale of numerous firearms in 2025. The defendant, Zaid Lewis, 33, was sentenced Thursday before…
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See & do
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- 114 Plaza Deli & Grocery
- 1730 Wine Bar and Eats
- Cadillac Holding Tic Inc
- 14 S Fourth Ave Inc
- Big Billy's Tavern
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Mount Vernon by the numbers
- Area
- 4.39 sq mi (11.38 km²), 0.02 sq mi water
- Median age
- 40.7
- Households
- 28,078
- Persons per household
- 2.6
- Median household income
- $78,779
- Median house value
- $484,000
- Office
- PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR
- Address
- 1 ROOSEVELT SQ, MOUNT VERNON, NY 10550