For example: (1) Democratic NYS Assembly candidate Mark Jaffe thinks it is acceptable to place a sign on the right of way in front of the Mount Kisco Justice Court; (2) Republican U.S. Congressional candidate Nan Hayworth thinks it is proper to place a sign in the right of way in front of Mount Kisco’s Leonard Park; (3) Republican U.S. Congressional candidate seems to be going after the dead person vote by placing a sign in front of Mount Kisco’s Oakwood Cemetery.  Where does Mr. DiCarlo think he is, Chicago?

The Town of North Castle has constructed a memorial at Gedney Park on Route 133. The memorial is not in a downtown area but in Gedney Park, with no signs to indicate its location. Gedney Park was the second choice for the memorial’s location. The first choice was the Duck Pond, near Route 120 and entrances to the Saw Mill River Parkway.

The memorial does not have one focal point but resembles more of a remembrance garden built along a brick path. There is a plaque on a rock to remember the three Town of New Castle residents that lost their life in the attack on the World Trade Center. Next along the trail, there is also a manmade waterfall into a small pond. Finally, there is a water fountain built alongside pieces of steel from the World Trade Center.

A memorial in Mount Kisco built downtown would be different than the approach taken by the Town of New Castle, where the memorial was delayed and contested by lawsuits and petitions. This information is provided just to show another community’s reponse.

Blithewold, on Lexington Avenue, carries antiques and decorative accessories.

Game schedules can be located using this website.  The following are the sports schedules for the next two weeks:

Go Foxes.

The Mount Kisco Memorial Pool will be open through Labor Day. The hours of operation will be from noon to 7:00 p.m.  Hopefully Hurricane Earl won’t ruin the last pool days.

Complete your back-to-school shopping in local stores.  Bedford Central Schools open on Tuesday, September 7.  Mount Kisco Elementary School and Fox Lane Middle School will have full days. Kindergarten, however, will have early dismissal.  Fox Lane High School 9th Graders will report to school at 7:45 and end the day with a BBQ from 10:50 to 11:25.  Fox Lane upper class students (10th through 12th) will have school from 11:30 to 2:22.

On Monday, September 6, St. Francis AME Zion Church will have their annual fundraising barbecue.  You can either pick up a meal from inside the church hall or stop by and eat in. 

Also, on Monday, September 6, the John Jay Homestead State Historic Site and the Max Pavey Chess Club will hold their annual John Jay Homestead Chess Tournament.  Registration is free of charge, and will take place between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m. in the Main Barn.

As reported earlier, the light has residents waiting as long as 90 seconds for a green light, even during periods of light traffic on Sunday evenings.  After a request by Deputy Mayor Peter DiChiara, James Palmer, the Mount Kisco Village Manager contacted the New York State Department of Transportation to have the timing of the light changed.  The North Bedford Road corridor is used by businesses and residents.  The Village of Mount Kisco should look after the residents’ concerns as well as those of the businesses.

While the traffic light needs to be adjusted, one resident on mountkisconews.com posted that, “the most dangerous aspect of the light is the numerous cars going through the northbound red on 117.”  While the police department is short staffed, there are still enough officers to work on a special detail to enforce this and other traffic laws.

Driving by Sherwin-Williams recently, it is hard to not notice the unending expanse of blacktop in their parking lot. This brings up two questions: where is the runoff going to flow and where is the green space. One nice feature of North Bedford Road is the green barrier from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church to the end of the Mount Kisco border at CVS (even in front of Dunkin Donuts). Looking at the plans and reviewing the Mount Kisco Planning Board minutes, there was a discussion regarding plantings. Along North Bedford Road, however, they are to be planted in a small strip planted in the right-of-way and not on the Sherwin-Williams’s property.

Mount Kisco residents will have to see how this turns out. With this new addition and the Planning Board’s recently-approved office building on Barker near Valley View Terrace, traffic will be busier along the North Bedford Road corridor.