Mt. Vernon mayor’s aide up for $30G raise

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 15, 2008
The city’s Urban Renewal Agency will vote on a measure today to bump up the salary of the mayor’s chief of staff by $30,000.
Mayor Clinton Young said he promised Yolanda Robinson a salary of approximately $107,000 when she was hired, based on the pay of [...]

Mt. Vernon mayor names sister to key city post

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 15, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – Mayor Clinton Young is appointing his sister to a key post in city government – just one of a number of commissioner and deputy commissioner appointments he announced yesterday.
Mary Young, who ran her brother’s campaign, will become commissioner of management services, where [...]

Mount Vernon mayor will spend campaign funds for sister city visit to Italy

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 14, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – Mayor Clinton Young and a small entourage of city staff will leave on a business trip Saturday to a town in southern Italy where they will meet public officials, visit historic sites and participate in a sister city ceremony.
Young will use campaign [...]

Mount Vernon City Council to vote on ending 4-year terms for clerks

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 13, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – The City Council will vote on a local law at its meeting tonight that would eliminate set terms for city clerk and deputy city clerk, who now serve four-year stints, and allow the council to appoint people to the position at any [...]

Fundraising ensures fall sports season

Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 12, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – Parents and students celebrated the news yesterday that competitive sports will take place in city high schools in the fall, two months after the district eliminated funding for sports due to budget constraints.
A coalition of community members and public officials raised $225,000 to [...]

Another view on Eddie Vedder

 Here is a good piece on Eddie Vedder’s solo shows in NY and Newark. I only went to the Aug. 5 show and so can’t weigh in on how they differed. But the writer gives some good insight and insider info on the shows, like when she shows us Eddie’s sensitivity over the New York [...]

Mt. Vernon failed to secure N.Y. benefits for 37 businesses

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 10, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – Business owners who applied for a state tax benefit program through the city as far back as 2005 have learned that their applications were never processed or filed with the state, possibly costing them thousands of dollars in tax breaks and other [...]

Denzel gives Mt. Vernon sports $100G

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 8, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – Fundraising efforts for the schools’ sports programs got a boost yesterday with the announcement that actor Denzel Washington would contribute $100,000 to the cause.
Washington’s contribution matches the $100,000 that has already been raised by the community and brings the district closer to [...]

Mount Vernon cracks down on out-of-district students

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 7, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – The school district is requiring parents and guardians of students to visit its central offices to prove they live in the city in an attempt to weed out nonresidents from the schools.
School officials are taking a more aggressive approach to enforcing residency [...]

Mt. Vernon schools chief defends choice for new principal

By Hannan Adely • The Journal News • August 2, 2008
MOUNT VERNON – The city’s school district has hired James Rutter, a former school administrator in Michigan and California, as the new principal of Mount Vernon High School despite allegations of plagiarism that surfaced against him this year.
Rutter last served as deputy superintendent of the [...]