Mount Kisco Recovers from January Snow

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Pete DiChiara

In the first snow storm since October, the members of Mount Kisco’s Highway Department are cleaning up the roads. By about noon, the main roads were clear. As the pictures below show, Route 117 south of Guard Hill (left) and Route 133 going over the railroad tracks (middle), the roads were clear. Driving south on Route 117 from Bedford Hills, there was a noticeable difference between Bedford and Mount Kisco. Mount Kisco roads were plowed.

The members of the Highway Department were clearing the walkways near the library to allow patrons to access the library. Although many programs are closed, library staff braved the snow and opened the library, something to enjoy on a snowy day.

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Photos and Videos from Mount Kisco Fire Department 9/11 Memorial

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Pete DiChiara

Yesterday, in Mount Kisco, there was a moving ceremony to dedicate Mount Kisco’s 9/11 Memorial. The ceremony, presided over by Mount Kisco and former New York City Firefighter Richard Alexander featured the fire department and ambulance corps with a moving speech by Governmor Andrew Cuomo. Elected officials such as Congresswoman Nan Hayworth, State Senator Greg Ball, State Assemblyman Robert Castelli and Westchester County Legislator Peter Harckham also spoke at the dedication. More on this dedication will follow. Please see the pictures and video below and this online news story from Channel 6 News using this link. Also, see pictures taken by talented local photographer Art Nelson posted at this website.

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Mount Kisco Fire Deparment 9/11 Memorial Dedication Today at 4:00

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Pete DiChiara

While many watched the dedication of the 9/11 Memorial in New York City on television, please remember the dedication of the Mount Kisco 9/11 memorial Monument at 4:00 today. The ceremony will start today with a short parage from Green Street to the monument north of the Mount Kisco Library.

Immediately after the ceremony is a barbeque across the street from the monument at the Mutual Firehouse. Also, afterwards, former Yankee Bernie Williams will perform alongside saxophonist great Mark Rivera. The dedication ceremony and the music will emanate through the local area to help bring residents together as we all remember the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

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Posted on September 10, 2011 by Pete DiChiara

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Mount Kisco Employees Key to Recovery from Hurricane Irene

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Pete DiChiara

One week after the storm, the Village of Mount Kisco has cleaned up from Hurricane Irene. Key to these cleanup efforts were the Mount Kisco Highway department, who went into overdrive cleaning up village property and removing the tree branches and limbs taken to the curb by village residents. The employees of the Mount Kisco Highway department are often unsung heroes in Mount Kisco. Let’s thank them for all of their efforts on this Labor Day. It is also appropriate to thank Pete Scala, the Highway Department supervisor, for all of his service and wish him well in his retirement.

Thanks also to the Recreation Department and the Mount Kisco Memorial Pool employees. They quickly cleaned up the pool, fixed the mechanical damage from Hurricane Irene and opened the pool for the Labor Day weekend. Hopefully the weather will cooperate for this last pool day of the season.

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Power Still Out on Captain Merritt’s Hill; Hillside Pump Station

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Pete DiChiara

Although power Mount Kisco has been restored in the downtown area and the vast majority of homes, there is still no power in the homes on Captain Merritt’s Hill. While this is definitely an inconvenience to residents, it could have disastrous effects for the Village of Mount Kisco’s water distribution system.

Hillside Avenue and Mount Avenue, the location of a massive tree that fell on Sunday morning, is also the location of the Hillside Avenue pump station. Since power in the neighborhood in out, the pump station is operating by a generator. This pump station is essential to the operation of the village’s water tank and water distribution system. If the pump station is not operating, water pressure could be lost in a wide area of Mount Kisco, including the fire hydrants.

The power was restored briefly and ConEdison thought the problem was solved. The power outage still remains. One Mountain Avenue resident explained, “it was fixed…for ten minutes! Then the fuses on the pole blew out. Those ten minutes were bliss.”

Since the Hillside Avenue pump station is critical to the village’s water distribution system and fire protection, the Village of Mount Kisco should be doing more at this time to get ConEdison to fix the power at Hillside and Mountain.

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Photos and Aftermath of Hurricane Irene in Mount Kisco

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Pete DiChiara

Please see the pictures below from Sunday morning in Mount Kisco:

Top Row: Flooding on South Moger and in Shoppers’ Park

Middle Row: 9/11 Memorial stands tall despite flooding; view of flooding behind library; flooding in front of American Legion

Bottom Row: Trees down at Hillside and Mountain that took down power; tree down in back yard on Croton Avenue; house on Willets Road escapes close call

In this time of emergency, many businesses are tyring to help local residents. Con Edison is distributing dry ice in the parking lot of the Mount Kisco train station from 10:00 am today. Starbucks was giving out free coffee.

If you are going to pick up dry ice in Mount Kisco, however, please put money in the meters. The Mount Kisco Parking Officers are ticketing all cars that do not pay the parking meters while picking up dry ice. Some things never change in Mount Kisco when there is no supervision and accountability of the “elected” officials.

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Mount Kisco Little Leaguers Win League; Battle to Last Out in Championship Final

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Pete DiChiara

Mount Kisco’s U10 baseball team finished its successful season on Saturday in the championship game against Lewisboro.

The team, coached by Ralph Nuzzi and Steven DiFiore, played well all year with a 16-2 regular season record. After finishing with the first seed in the American League of the WPBA U10 division, the team defeated Somers, Briarcliff Manor and Carmel in the playoffs to make it to the championship game. By making the championship game, they became the first Mount Kisco team to make the championship game in the last decade.

The championship game had several highlights for Mount Kisco as they built an 8-0 lead. The game was also memorable as it was a return game for Mikey Corsi, returning from a serious illness that required surgery and was the impetus for a drive to furnish each Mount Kisco Little League team with a defibrillator.

The Lewisboro team, however, showed that they had character and team unity as they battled back from a 9-3 deficit to edge Mount Kisco by a 10-9 score. Hopefully, this game will give the talented Mount Kisco team the chance to develop the character and team unity to return to the playoffs and become champions next year.

Some pictures from the game are included below. For more pictures, please use this link to see pictures taken by Art Nelson, a talented Mount Kisco photograper.

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Mount Kisco Fire Department’s 9/11 Memorial Nearing Completion

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Pete DiChiara

Almost around the clock, the Mount Kisco Fire Department has been working to complete the 9/11 Memorial. The 9-11 Memorial has been planned, built and financed by volunteers from the Mount Kisco Fire Department.

As pictured below, the two slabs of black granite to symbolize the World Trade Center towers have been installed in the middle of the framework for the pentangular pool to memorialize the victims of the attack on the Pentagon. The granite slabs have the names of the brave firefighters lost in the rescue after the attack. The granite slabs also have the names of local residents killed in the attacks. The Mount Kisco Fire Department has also added a beam of steel from one of the towers to the memorial.

The dedication has been set for Sunday, September 11, the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

There is still time to donate funds needed for the materials used by the Mount Kisco Fire Department. To donate, send a check payable to the Mount Kisco Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 91; Mount Kisco, NY 10549. You can also call one of the Mount Kisco Fire Department 9-11 Committee’s chairpeople, Paul Felice at 914-241-4593 and Rich Alexander at 914-218-8334.

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Mallification of Mount Kisco: BGR The Burger Joint

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Pete DiChiara

Property owners that own many of the stores in the downtown area, in a quest for corporate guarantees on their leases, are renting to national chain stores.

The latest in the “mallification” of Mount Kisco is BGR-The Burger Joint. With approximately one dozen locations on the east coast, this restaurant should be opening in Mount Kisco within the next few months on South Moger at the former location of the locally-owned Villa Del Sol.

Apparently, however, the contractor for this new addition to the Mount Kisco community believes it is appropriate to dig up our sidewalks and leave them unusable for days. Most chains do not care much for the communities that they profit from. Send a comment to BGR using this link. Tell them to clean up their mess.

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