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'Mount Vernon is open for business.' City pushes forward with vision to return to former glory

Forty-year Mount Vernon resident Armindo Figueiredo says he likes to reflect on his time growing up in Mount Vernon in the 1980s.

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May 4, 2022, 5:38 PM

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