in the open space: God & culture (Free subscription) | yesterday
A couple of weeks ago, some good friends from Alabama visited us and we took the opportunity --including this one: Mount Vernon, the home spread of , who served as a general during the Revolutionary War for the colonies' independence from the British and served as America's first president.Like , my visit to this historical site netted some thought-provoking elements. While Washington wasn't...
Life in Mount Vernon Square (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Hi all After many months of construction, Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church is going back to is main location at 900 Massachusetts Avenue this Sunday, July 27th.. Services start at 11:00 am and all are welcome. Just come as you are. The church is led by Paster Donna Claycomb Sokol and the website appears below. http://www.mvpumc.org/ Tamden
IndyStar.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Mount Vernon school officials moved forward Monday on plans to replace the district's swimming pool and purchase land in southern Buck Creek Township for a new school.
Right Angles (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
If you’re a history buff, you’ll want to watch this 4-minute video clip found on the Smithsonian magazine site. It features a look at some of the exhibits found at Mount Vernon and reveals how the staff used age regression techniques to determine what George Washington looked like as a younger man since there are [...]
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Though veteran Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, D-Mount Vernon, faces no opposition on the Republican line in his re-election bid in the 87 Assembly District, two challengers have filed petitions to battle him on the Working Family and the Conservative lines this November. Ernest Darko Boaten, a 27-year-old Mount Vernon native who lives in Yonkers, filed petitions [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... of trustees and the executive board of the PMS. A native of New York City, Dr. Gurman grew up in Mount Vernon, N.Y. He attended Syracuse University and received his medical degree from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, in 1980. He served his surgical internship and orthopaedic residency at the Montefiore Hospital/Albert Einstein Hospitals in the Bronx,...
A Bite of Sanity (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Washed up debris on the side of Mount Vernon Road in Cedar Rapids. The leaning utility pole, despite its need to be eventually replaced/reset, is not considered a danger, visual evidence to the contrary. Technorati Tags: photography, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, downtown, Flood 2008, cleanup, debris, street
