NEWS
By Jonathan Bandler | Rockland/Westchester Journal News
Trailblazing construction services firm pursuing affordable housing in Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is welcoming the nation’s oldest minority and woman-owned design and construction firm. McKissack & McKissack, a 117-year-old company based in New York City and Philadelphia for the past three decades, formally opened its regional office Thursday at 12 East Third St...
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Westchester County | westchestergov.com
Westchester County Executive Presented with Photo Book Chronicling Mount Vernon Soldier’s Sacrifice in World War I
Westchester County Executive George Latimer was presented a 58-page photo book paying tribute to the service and sacrifice of Corporal Morris D. Link of Mount Vernon. Link was killed in action during World War I and served with the legendary 369th Infantry Harlem Hellfighters...
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The Mount Vernon Inquirer | mvinquirer.com
Many attend wreath laying at gravesite of former ‘Harlem Hellfighter’
On Tuesday, October 12, over two hundred people, comprised of many former veterans, politicians, community leaders and residents flocked to St. Paul’s Church, a Mount Vernon National Historic Site, to attend an unprecedented wreath laying memorial service at the gravesite of Cpl. Morris D. Link...
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