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As anyone driving on North Bedford Road (Route 117) can see, there is a Sherwin-Williams paint store and a Floor Liquidators outlet moving in to Mount Kisco. Mount Kisco welcomes new merchants that will contribute to the community, if they are going to be a positive influence on the community (and there is a debate on whether these national chains are).
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.
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Today, from 10:00 to 4:00, the St. Francis AME Zion Church will host a Street and Health Fair. This annual event will include blood pressure and glucose testing and have vendors selling various items. There will also be hot dog and hamburger sales from inside the church. The church is at the corner of Kisco Avenue and Hillside Avenue. As a result of the fair, Hillside Avenue will be closed from 10:00 to 4:00.
Next week, on Labor Day, September 6, the St. Francis AME Zion Church will have its annual Labor Day BBQ fundraiser. You can either pick up a meal from inside the church or stop by and eat in. The food is delicious and supports good neigbors.
Former Mount Kisco residents Enzo Simone and Bill Glover are involved in a project to raise both awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.
The project, started by Enzo Simone, involved assembling a group of mountain climbers to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease by climbing 10 of the world’s tallest mountains in 10 years. Simone initiated the climbing project after his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and his father-in-law was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The group members, called the “Regulars,” use the climbs to publicize their fundraising efforts. The Regulars are part of a larger group called The Army of Change which is made up of a group of volunteers who are each personally committed to the fight to end Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.
The list of mountains to be climbed by The Regulars began with Mont Blanc (which stands at 15,771 feet) and will end with Mount Everest (the tallest mountain in the world which stands at 29,035 feet). The project is the subject of a current documentary, 10 Mountains 10 Years. The film, by Back Light Productions and directed by Jennifer Yee, focuses on the team members climbing Mount Kilimanjaro last summer. Ms. Yee and her film crew climbed Kilimanjaro with The Regulars and documented the physical journey, while also revealing the mental connections the climbers have to Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.
This summer the group climbed Mount Washington in New Hampshire, their fifth mountain. Visit The Army of Change website and click on Legions to see the charities supported by The Army of Change. Watch the trailer for 10 Mountains 10 Years using this link.
At the Mount Kisco American Legion at 85 East Main Street from 6:00 to 8:00 tonight, Assemblyman Bob Castelli will have a town hall meeting to support a People’s Convention to Reform New York.
According to the Assemblyman’s press release, he is supporting legislation that would place the question of convening a People’s Convention to Reform New York before the voters in the 2010 election. A People’s Convention will be comprised of regular citizens, not politicians, as a means of bringing change to state government. If enacted, this legislation will give New Yorkers the ability to transform their government before 2017, which is the next time the question of holding a Constitutional Convention is automatically put on the ballot for a vote.
A recent entry in a Mount Kisco Police Department blotter noted that a 19-year-old Mount Kisco resident was arrested on South Moger Avenue and charged with criminal possession of a weapon (a gravity knife), criminal possession of marijuana and unlawful possesssion of marijuana.
What was not apparent from the blotter entry was that this arrest was the result of a special summer patrol that was approved by the Village Board and instituted by Police Chief Steven Anderson. While some board members of the Village Board advocated for a greater number of patrols, the Village Board did approve a limited budget for a patol with the acronym STARZ.
On July 30, an officer assigned to STARZ was on a foot patrol walking through an alleyway from South Moger Avenue towards the Shoppers Park parking lot. While on foot patrol, the officer smelled marijuana and saw several males in a group behind Cosi. One of the males began to walk and then run away from the officer. The officer was able to run to his police car and make the arrest.
Without being on foot an a special patrol, this arrest might not have been made by the Mount Kisco Police Department. More important than any single arrest, the presence of police officers walking downtown during the evenings in the summer serves as a deterrent. By giving the police department the support to be effective and deter mischievous activity, Mount Kisco residents can enjoy a better quality of life.
A location that has been an automobile repair shop, the home of Calico Corners and Pet Connection is getting a facelift and will be a much better gateway after its renovation. There will be two stores at the new location and the two tenants are rumored to be Dunkin Donuts and A S Fine Foods & Deli of Millwood.
Dunkin Donuts needs no explanation. This will be the second outlet of this chain store in Mount Kisco. Other than doughnuts and coffee, I am unaware of any contribution this chain makes to the Village of Mount Kisco.
The second store rumored to move in, A S Fine Foods & Deli of Millwood, is an Italian products store that sells sliced meats and prepared foods. As the name describes, the original A S Fine Foods store is in Millwood.
Hopefully, the construction project will move quickly and we will have two additional businesses contributing to the community.
