Tag: MOUNT VERNON

Allen Mendenhall: Mount Vernon and the meaning of 250

That, I have come to believe, is the whole of it: not the fireworks' brief light, not the anthem sung an hour before, but the freedom to argue at all, before people who have not yet decided – and may never entirely decide – what they owe something larger than themselves.

Mount Vernon Police chief terminated following harassment charge

The Mount Vernon City Council voted to terminate its police chief following his December arrest for domestic violence.