Hopefully, by now, everyone has changed most of their clocks and are recovering from one less hour of sleep,
Fire departments, including the Mount Kisco Fire Department, urge residents to check and change their smoke and CO detector batteries as they change their clocks.
All residents should check their alarms to ensure their safety and save the fire departments from false alarms. False alarms not only strain the fire department’s resources but can cost residents thousands of dollars in fines. After one false alarm, residents can be charged as much as $500 for a false alarm.
The Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester, located in Mount Kisco, is now hosting an indoor farmers market. The market will be held every Saturday from 9:00 am to1:00 pm through May 22. A variety of local produce and homemade treats will be available at the indoor farmers market. The market will also feature live music and other entertainment.
Due to poor weather forecasted for tomorrow, Saturday, March 13, 2010, and the concern for all participants the Ancient Order of Hibernians St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Mount Kisco has been canceled. The AOH looks forward to seeing you at next year’s parade on Saturday, March 12, 2011.
For more information on the Ancient Order of Hibernians, please check their website.
Mount Kisco author Shannon White will have a book signing at Borders in Mount Kisco on Saturday, March 13 at 2:00. Shannon will be signing the book “How Was School Today? Fine” that she wrote with her daughter. According to the website, the book was written “to help parents and their elementary school-aged children, or ‘tweens’ to begin conversations, continue conversations or reintroduce conversations and take them to another level.” Shannon is an author, minister, news personality and Mount Kisco resident.
Three Mount Kisco restaurants will be participating in Hudson Valley Restaurant Week from March 15 through March 28. During this promotion, a diner can receive a three-course, prix-fixe lunch for $20 and dinner for $28 at participating restaurants. Prices are per person and do not include beverage, tax or gratuity. Reservations are recommended. More information about Hudson Valley Restaurant Week can be found on their website.
Participating restaurants in Mount Kisco are Cafe of Love, Lexington Square Cafe and Via Vanti! Their websites have been added to the links list.
The arrest of Jevon Courtney Odum and Jeven Courtney Odum Jr. on Maple Avenue on charges that they were involved in a robbery on Maple Avenue was turned into a punchline by many news sources. The event, however, shows that Mount Kisco needs to force changes in neighborhoods that do not have a high percentage of owner occupied housing. One change would be to build owner occupied affordable housing on Maple Avenue.
There is a current proposal to build approximately 20 townhouses to be subsidized by state and county funds on Maple Avenue. Each townhouse will have a garage and a front door opening on to Maple Avenue. The townhouses will be offered to local residents with plans to give first preference to volunteer first responders, second preference to village employees and third preference to Bedford Central School District employees. As part of this project, the current playground will be moved south on Maple Avenue and be a part of the townhouse project.
For the village to just sell the land and allow absentee landlords to build more rental housing would be a lost opportunity.
Swimming is a great sport for children and young adults and the Aces, Mount Kisco’s Saw Mill Club’s swim team, is a competitive swim program for athletes ages 6–18. The competitive swim season begins mid-September and continues through mid-March. The Aces coaches work with the swimmers on stroke drills, starts and turns, and racing technique.
Recently, the ACES competed at the Metropolitan Swimming Silver Championships and had many swimmers finish near the top of their age groups and, most important for young swimmers, improved personal times.
More information can be found at the ACE Aquatics web site.
While there have been restaurants and stores closing in Mount Kisco, Mount Kisco is still a shopping destination and stores are opening here. One store that opened in November is Silcotts Boutique on Main Street across from the movie theatres.
The store is a ladies clothing boutique carrying designer labels as well as a small variety of mens accessories. Their website is www.silcottsboutique.com.
Also last year, ACADIA ON MAIN opened for those who are interested in shopping for stylish clothing, footwear and camping gear. Top brands offered include Patagonia, Bilabong and Oakley. Unlike many stores in Mount Kisco, ACADIA ON MAIN carries men’s clothes.
Westchester County issued a report card for municipal recycling rates and Mount Kisco had the sixth highest recycling rate out of the thirty reporting municipalities. Mount Kisco recycled 1,284 tons out of 5,333 tons of total garbage. Mount Kisco’s Highway Department had to work hard to both collect and process the recycleables and other garbage.
Recyclables (glass, plastic and metal) are picked up on Mondays for residents on a Monday-Thursday collection schedule and Tuesdays for residents on a Tuesday-Friday collection schedule. It makes it easier for collection if these items are brought to the curb.
Newspapers, Cardboard, Magazine & Junkmail are picked up for all residents on Wednesdays. These items must be brought to the curb.
In an article written by Jill Brooke of The Huffington Post, Dr. Abe Levy, Medical Director of the Mount Kisco Medical Group, gives his opinion on how to solve the health care crisis. Dr. Levy’s solution is to required all employers with more than 25 employees pay for health insurance for their employees. This would certainly be easier than the current health care solution being proposed by the government.
Click here for a copy of the article.
