City of Mount Vernon OH

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215 E Sugar Street, Mount Vernon, OH 43050-2556

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First Presbyterian Church
Jul 9, 2022
First Presbyterian Church schedule
Local author to sign copies of young adult novel at Paragraphs Book Store
Jul 7, 2022
MOUNT VERNON – Larry Eley will be at Paragraphs Bookstore on Saturday, July 9, for a book-signing event. Eley co-authored "Mifflin Drift" with his son, Matthew Eley, during the pandemic.
Gloria Joan Branstool
Jul 5, 2022
Gloria Joan Branstool, 90 years old, gained her angel wings on Wednesday June 29, 2022 peacefully at the home she shared with her son and daughter in law in Columbus, Ohio.
Harold Gene Spurlock
Jul 5, 2022
Harold Spurlock was born March 9, 1938, in Salyersville, Kentucky to Lester Spurlock and Nell Patrick Triplett and passed away May 21, 2022 in Pueblo, Colorado.
Community Calendar
Jul 5, 2022
OngoingKnox Public Health has posted a notice on vaccine availability that will be updated regularly as conditions change.
Mount Vernon names Rinehart, Hager top volunteers
Jul 5, 2022
Mount Vernon honored its Volunteers of the Year at the First Friday event over the holiday weekend.
Kovach set to lead Academic Affairs at MVNU with collaboration, innovation
Jul 2, 2022
Mount Vernon Nazarene University President Henry W. Spaulding II, Ph.D., is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Kovach, Ph.D., as the Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective July 13.
James Wyant
Jul 2, 2022
James Wyant, 83, of Mount Vernon, passed away on June 28, 2022, after a short illness.
Community Calendar
Jul 2, 2022
OngoingKnox Public Health has posted a notice on vaccine availability that will be updated regularly as conditions change.
Places to donate blood in July
Jul 2, 2022
The following are a list of American Red Cross blood drives in the Knox area this month. For more information, from how your donation helps to eligibility info and scheduling an appointment, please visit www.redcrossblood.org, email [email protected] or call 1-800­-RED CROSS (1-800­-733-2767).
Don't let depression be a bully: Take it on
Jul 2, 2022
According to Webster a bully is someone who tries to coerce someone who is vulnerable. On school playgrounds a bully might be a kid whose purpose is to be in power of others by making hurtful taunts and threats that hold others in fear. Bullies can be found most anywhere in our world today – in the workplace, in a domestic situation where one of the partners wants to be in control and hold the other as a hostage, cyberbullying. Our health and mind are affected.
Philander Chase Conservancy director named
Jul 2, 2022
Khara Strum, a conservation professional with deep ties to Ohio and experience with agricultural land protection, will become the next director of the Philander Chase Conservancy, starting July 18. She succeeds the conservancy’s longtime director Lisa Schott, Kenyon Class of 1980, who retires on June 30.
Record number of Ohioans expected to travel this Independence Day
Jul 2, 2022
More than 47.9 million Americans, including a record 2.2 million Ohioans, will travel this Independence Day holiday weekend (June 30 – July 4). This is an increase of 3.7% nationally, and 3.8% for Ohio.
Spikeball gaining in popularity, now has Mount Vernon connection
Jul 2, 2022
Spikeball has been making waves over the past decade after the game was featured on the television show “Shark Tank” in 2015, but the history goes back to the 1980s and has evolved over the years as a game sold in stores and one that is involved in tournaments all around the world.
Faith Lutheran Church
Jul 2, 2022
Faith Lutheran Church schedule
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Jul 2, 2022
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church schedule
Berean Faith Fellowship
Jul 2, 2022
Berean Faith Fellowship schedule
Mulberry Street United Methodist Church
Jul 2, 2022
Mulberry Street United Methodist Church schedule
Brinkhaven Church of Christ
Jul 2, 2022
Brinkhaven Church of Christ schedule
Apostolic Christian Church
Jul 2, 2022
Apostolic Christian Church schedule