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Mount Vernon Cancels Recycling Collection Due Grounded Garbage Trucks Mount Vernon Cancels Recycling Collection Due Grounded Garbage Trucks
Mount Vernon Cancels Recycling Collection Due Grounded Garbage Trucks Mount Vernon’s diminished DPW fleet forced the city to cancel its garbage and recycling collection on Wednesday. Last week, Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas announced that eight of the DPW’s 17 sanitation trucks are currently out of commission, and the city owes $257,066 to 13 parts vendors. Some of the unpaid bills allegedly date back to last April. Two of Mount Vernon’s five street sweepers are also out of commission. On Wednesday - a day after a malfunctioning DPW truck went rogue, slamming into a car and damaging a house - Thomas announced that citywide recycling is cancelled and garba…

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