Mount Vernon Avenue runs through the heart of the King-Lincoln-Bronzeville neighborhood. It is home to small stores and pharmacies, houses and a barber shop.
It s also been home to speeders and the scene of many crashes, making it dangerous at times not only for motorists, but also for pedestrians and bicyclists as the neighborhood near Downtown continues to become more popular with developers and new residents.
So the city of Columbus is embarking on a plan to make the Mount Vernon Avenue corridor safer. Over the past couple of years, we ve been concerned about crashes at some intersections and speeding in the corridor, said Reynaldo Stargell, administrator of the city s traffic management division.
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UPDATE: Missing Augusta Man Died From Suicide
On March 3rd, the body of missing Augusta man, Pierre Boluc, was found in Augusta. At the time, authorities didn t provide too many details regarding the circumstances or location, just that it was not considered suspicious.
An update from the Chief Medical Examiner indicates that Bolduc died from an apparent suicide. According to the Kennebec Journal, Augusta Police now say that his body was found near Bond Brook off of Mount Vernon Avenue near the Central Maine Power sub station. Our two previous stories follow
An Augusta man first reported missing on the 26th of January has been found deceased.
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UPDATE: A firefighter and a police officer saved the life of a junior firefighter when he was critically injured in an explosion behind a Ridgefield Park restaurant, authorities said Monday.
The 17-year-old Ridgefield Park High School senior remained in stable but critical condition following several surgeries at Hackensack University Medical Center, they said.
The junior firefighter, whose name was withheld because of his age, had completed a training exercise before the call came in at 2:12 p.m. Sunday, Fire Chief John Antola Jr. said.
A fire had erupted in a makeshift wooden garbage bin about 10 feet behind Kiseki, a Japanese restaurant at the corner of Mount Vernon Street and Lincoln Avenue, the chief said in a release.
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