City keeping Nativity
The nativity scene will stay on the Mount Vernon Public Square, said Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Mavis. However, the religious scene will be integrated with other holiday themes in order to stay in compliance with the Supreme Court’s decision on separation of church and state.
Kenesha Beheler
Caution needed for bus safety
“Stop on Red, Kids Ahead.” That is this year’s theme for National School Bus Safety Week, sponsored by the National Association for Pupil Transportation. Traditionally the third full week in October, School Bus Safety Week is observed to remind students and motorists to follow bus safety guidelines because nothing is more precious than a child’s life.
Pamela Schehl
Red means stop, green means go
Motorists traveling Newark Road just south of Mount Vernon and Blackjack Road have become familiar with the flashing lights on new traffic signals installed recently by the city.
Virgil Shipley
Sculptor Price coming to COTC Newark
“Sculpture to Inspire” is the title of a lecture to be presented Thursday at 2 p.m. by internationally known sculptor Gary Lee Price.
Dan Emmett a ‘School of Promise’
Dan Emmett Elementary School has been recognized as a 2007-08 “School of Promise” by the Ohio Department of Education, one of 146 statewide to be so designated.
Pamela Schehl
