It’s been a busy week in Mount Vernon and Lisbon. We have news of two mergers and acquisitions alone on interior pages. Don’t take that the news isn’t on front page that it’s not important....

With the beginning of another year, comes another list of goals for the community to start tackling in 2025.   Investigation into possibility of child care center at LBC This is part of a...

We have to thank the Mount Vernon Fine Arts Association for a lovely concert featuring international Steinway artist Jim McDonogh in the Performing Arts Center just ahead of the Christmas holiday. It...

More than 110 years ago, another “Sun,” The New York Sun, received a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. She was distressed because she had heard there was no Santa Claus. What followed...

At the beginning of the school year, we set out a list of goals for the community and projects to be tackled. Here’s how the community did on those goals. New superintendent at MV schools The Mount...

We understand that maintenance on train tracks needs to happen. Like roads, they’re used almost every day between Mount Vernon and Lisbon, and we’ve gotten used to the whistles of the trains as...

There’s a lot to be thankful for in our communities this year. One of the big ones for this newspaper is Mount Vernon beginning the first steps on investigating a possible child care addition to the...

Lisbon will be going to a special election in March 4 to continue the Physical Plant and Equipment Levy they have. As superintendent Autumn Pino stated, the special election is not a new tax, and no...

The City of Mount Vernon being able to purchase a needed generator for the Lester Buresh Family Community Wellness Center adds to the ability to shelter individuals in numerous areas of the community...

Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Development Group are hosting two Shop Small Saturday events again this year, with the first — Holiday Open Houses — happening this Saturday in uptown Mount Vernon...

We all knew this was an issue after the Martha Parsons Family Activity Complex was constructed and a lot of high school activities moved to that space – What is going to happen to First Street Community...

It’s fire prevention week once again, and this year’s theme is “smoke alarms make them work for you.” Which always reminds of this question – when was the last time you checked that your smoke...