Metro-North Power Outage Tops Mount Vernon News This Week

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. – Here are some of the stories that topped the news in Mount Vernon this week:

by The Daily Voice

09/29/2013 5:00 a.m.

The commute to and from New York City was crippled after a major power outage on the New Haven Line. It could be weeks before full power is restored.
County Executive Rob Astorino and Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church co-hosted a Job Readiness workshop Day in Mount Vernon. The center of discussion was the unemployment rate.

Samuele L. Fortino, 91, formerly of Mount Vernon and a retired police officer, died Sept. 23.

U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey criticized Republicans who are trying to defund the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.

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