Well over a foot of snow fell on Mount Kisco on Thursday, February 25 and Friday, February 26. It was a wet snow that stuck to the trees and created beautiful winter scenes. Unfortunately, the wet snow caused many tree branches to break bringing down power lines and closing roads.
Once more, the Mount Kisco Highway Department did an excellent jobs clearing the roads. Another thank you needs to be sent to the Mount Kisco Fire Department that had approximately 15 calls during the winter storm.
View on Croton Avenue with snow on the trees and roads clear.
The Mount Kisco Public Library will be holding a children’s book sale on Saturday, February 27, 2010, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The children’s books on sale will be books that the Mount Kisco Public Library received this month as part of a donation drive to get books for a pair of schools in Swaziland. Each book will be on sale for $1.
The original goal for the book drive was to get 1,000 donated books. Since the library exceeded the goal, it is selling some of the excess books to defray the cost of shipping the books that will be sent to two primary schools in Swaziland. The books are being collected for the African Library Project. This is another example of the generosity of Mount Kisco residents.
In addition to this book drive, the Mount Kisco Library runs many different programs for residents of Mount Kisco. If you have a Twitter account, follow MTK_Library for frequent updates on these programs.
The Village/Town of Mount Kisco declared that a snow emergency exists and by reason of a severe snow storm established the following emergency parking and traffic rules:
1. No parking on any street or roadway from 12:01 AM to 6:00 AM on Friday, February 26, 2010. VIOLATORS MAY BE TICKETED OR TOWED
2. No person shall throw or deposit snow upon any plowed portion of any street or roadway. Homeowners are responsible for the actions of their private contractors.
3. FREE Parking is available in all municipal parking lots during the snow emergency.
Friday’s garbage has been cancelled by the Village of Mount Kisco. It will be picked up on Monday, March 1st. ALL recycables in Mount Kisco will be collected on Tuesday, March 2nd.
The Bedford Central School District announced that they will be releasing students early today because of the snow. The students at Fox Lane Middle School and Fox Lane High School will be dismissed at noon. The students at the elementary schools, including Mount Kisco Elementary School and West Patent Elementary School will be released at 1:30.
A Rutland Street resident recently sent a letter to Mount Kisco Mayor Michael Cindrich to thank Police Officer Matthew Lewis for helping the resident after he locked his keys in the car during a recent snow storm. The letter complimented Officer Lewis as a “most pleasant gentleman” and thanked Officer Lewis for treating the resident with respect. While pleasant and respectful police service is not uncommon, it is nice to see a letter praising the Mount Kisco Police Department instead of letters of complaint. Thank you to Officer Lewis for taking the time to “protect and serve” a resident of Mount Kisco in need of assistance.
This week the Village Board has a meeting on Monday and the Planning Board has a meeting on Tuesday.
Among other items, the Village Board will discuss the following topics:
Byram Lake Committee Report;
Kiscona Road On-Street Parking;
Use of Funds from MTA from Easement; and
Rezoning of 15 Locust Street.
Among other items, the Planning Board will discuss the following topics:
681 Main Street (Dunkin’ Donuts proposal);
127 Barket Street (Filippo Simone proposal); and
250 Kisco Avenue (BMW proposal).
On August 20, 2009, this blog wrote about unresolved court cases in Mount Kisco, especially one stalled case from 2007 where PCBs were illegally dumped near a residential neighborhood.
On November 30, another entry discussed how this case has remained buried like the alleged PCBs and other contaminants on the property for nearly three years.
As previously opined, three years seems like a long time to adjudicate an illegal dumping case but, according to Mount Kisco Town Court Judge John Donohue, it is part of the process. In a November 1, 2009 article in The Journal News, Judge Donohue denied dragging out cases and was quoted as saying “the village prosecutor and defense attorneys make the recommendations for adjournments.” Judge Donohue cannot have forgotten about this property, it is directly across the street from his law office.
Opinions are welcome on why Mount Kisco is not pursuing substantial fines for illegal dumping or zoning violations. Please watch this space six months from now on August 20; I am sure this case will still be unresolved.
On Sunday, February 21 from 9:00 to 4:00, Hair Expressions Salon (formerly Salon Nouveau), across from the Mount Kisco Diner, will be offering free haircuts. Customers will be asked to make donations to Red Cross to benefit operations in Haiti.
Mount Kisco’s Ancient Order of Hibernians announced that George Griffin will be the Grand Marshall of the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 13. The parade will line up on Moore Street and start at 2:00 p.m. The parade will head north on Main Street before making a “U” turn and heading south on South Moger Avenue.
Village Trustee George Griffin, the co-owner of L.B. Richards hardware store in Mount Kisco was selected to be the Grand Marshall. There are not many people that have volunteered more to the community than George Griffin. Although he never seeks any recognition, it is a fitting honor for his work in the community.
The Grand Marshal installation dinner will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 6, the week before the parade. The price of a ticket is $45 per person and the dinner will be held at the American Legion, the place where George Griffin volunteers so much of his time.
Assemblyman Castelli will open his assembly office at 4 King Street, Suite 125 in White Plains. Of course, Mount Kisco is the geographic center of the Assembly district and it would have been nice to have the office in Northern Westchester but Assemblyman Castelli is welcoming visitors on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 10:00 am.
