All Entries Tagged With: "Mt. Kisco"
PHOTOS: Fire Dept., Bancroft Bestowed With Mount Kisco Chamber Awards
The tireless devotion of 15 local residents were honored last Wednesday night as the Mount Kisco Chamber of Commerce held its Citizen of the Year awards. The 14 members of the Mount Kisco Volunteer Fire Department 9/11 Memorial Committee were recognized for making the dream of having a Sept. 11 memorial within the village become [...]
Rotary To Host Tasting Event
The Mt. Kisco Rotary is hosting an evening of fine food and live music tomorrow at Mt. Kisco Country Club to benefit various charities. Carola Bracco, Executive Director of Neighbors Link will be the honoree at the event. Ms. Bracco will be presented with a Community Service award for her work at Neighbor’s Link. This [...]
Mount Kisco Trustees to Weigh in on ‘Citizens United’ Decision
The Mount Kisco Village Board is joining the debate on the controversial campaign finance ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court two years ago. Trustees voted unanimously on April 23 to draft a resolution in support of a constitutional amendment to overturn the ruling. The high court’s 5-4 decision in Citizens United versus the Federal Election [...]
International Distribution Business Project Approved in Mount Kisco
An international distribution company is coming to Mount Kisco. A proposal for a facility that will distribute natural stone, quartz and recycling surfacing products for walls, kitchen and bathroom countertops and other uses in the Diamond Properties building at 333 N. Bedford Rd.was approved by the planning board on May 8. Cosentino Center is a [...]
Support Your School at the First NWH FitQuest
Northern Westchester Hospital will host the first NWH FitQuest on Saturday, May 12. FitQuest will bring together all the communities in Northern Westchester for an afternoon of fun and challenging fitness activities in an effort to promote health and wellness throughout our community, while supporting local schools and the hospital. Participants from 27 elementary schools across [...]
Business of the Week: The Edge of Dance, Mount Kisco
Kristen Jones was no different than many little girls, taking dance lessons from the time she was three years old and thoroughly enjoying the local school where she grew up in Johnson City, Tenn. What set Jones apart was her love of dance and natural ability that saw her continue her instruction through competitions before [...]
Mount Kisco Trustees to weigh in on ‘Citizens United’ Decision
The Mount Kisco Village Board of Trustees may join the debate on the controversial “Citizens United versus Federal Elections Commission” campaign finance decision by the US Supreme Court. The trustees voted unanimously to draft a resolution in support of a constitutional amendment to overturn the ruling during their April 23 meeting. The 2010 5-4 ruling [...]
Surfacing Business Project Near Approval in Mount Kisco
A business proposed for the Diamond Properties–owned complex on North Bedford Road that would distribute natural stone, quartz and recycling surfacing products is close to approval in Mount Kisco. The Cosentino Center is being proposed for the building at 333 N. Bedford Rd. known as The Park. Last week, the planning board scheduled a vote [...]
Local Art Class Featured in Mt. Kisco Rock Portrait Exhibit
As a teacher at some of the country’s finest art schools, one of Alan Reingold’s favorite assignments for his students has been to develop a portrait of their favorite rock musician. Earlier this year, Reingold gave the students in his weekly color pencil class at The Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Mount Kisco the [...]
Ball Pitches Jobs Bill to Assist Disabled Veterans
State Sen. Greg Ball vowed last week to pass legislation that would allow businesses owned by service disabled veterans to receive preference on state contracts. Ball, who held a April 27 Veterans Advisory Council meeting on the issue at the Mount Kisco Public Library with Assemblyman Robert Castelli, said the proposed measure would help those [...]
Business of the Week: Yogi’s Paw
First-time shoppers to Yogi’s Paw in the heart of downtown Mount Kisco may be surprised to learn that this adorable store has nothing to do with pets. In fact, the Main Street shop, awash in an assortment of bright colors, has fast become the go-to destination for teen girls and young women. Co-owned by the [...]
Mount Kisco Restaurant Creates Gelato to Benefit Girl Scouts
Carla Gambescia had a great time as a Girl Scout growing up in Philadelphia and she is giving back in multiple ways to honor the Scouts’ 100th anniversary. Gambescia, the owner of the Via Vanti! restaurant in Mount Kisco, is donating $1 for each of the special pints of gelato and sorbetto created for the [...]
Mt. Kisco Planning Board Okays Car Dealership Expansion
The Mount Kisco Planning Board has unanimously approved a plan to expand the Arroway Chevrolet/Cadillac dealership. The car dealership, located at 175 N. Bedford Rd., received amended site plan approval and a wetlands permit from the planning board on April 10 to expand its business by 3,000 square feet and enclose the open-air roof. Approval [...]
Kennedy Maintains Innocence in NWH Flap; Lawyer Seeks Dismissal
The attorney for Douglas Kennedy requested on Thursday that Mount Kisco Village Justice John Donohue dismiss misdemeanor criminal charges against his client for allegedly harassing two Northern Westchester Hospital nurses in January. Attorney Robert Gottlieb said Kennedy, a Pleasantville resident and the youngest son of the late Robert Kennedy, committed no crime when he tried [...]
Northern Westchester Hospital Lighting Plan OKd in Mt. Kisco
A lighting plan for Northern Westchester Hospital’s planned parking garage was unanimously approved by the Mount Kisco Planning Board on March 27. In December the board unanimously okayed a plan for a new parking garage for the hospital. But it did not decide on a lighting plan for the new, three-and-one-half story, 457-space, open air [...]
Mount Kisco’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
County Executive Rob Astorino is one of hundreds of marchers who made their way through Mount Kisco’s downtown for the Ancient Order of Hibernians’ annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on a sun-splashed afternoon. Officials, emergency service responders, service organizations and community members took to the streets to commemorate the day.
Occupy Main Street Kicks Off in Mount Kisco
It stared with a chat over drinks last year at the Flying Pig restaurant and its founders hope it will mushroom into a movement to improve the quality of life in Mount Kisco. Sarah O’Grady and Maria Colaco, co-founders of Occupy Main Street, held the organization’s first meeting on March 6 at the Mount Kisco [...]
Cindrich Schedules Business Owners Meeting in Mt. Kisco
By Neal Rentz Buoyed by what he felt was a successful meeting with commercial property owners earlier this month, Mount Kisco Mayor Michael Cindrich has scheduled another work session addressing the need to fill empty downtown storefronts. This time, however, the gathering will be for the tenants of commercial buildings in the village. The work [...]
NW Hospital Lighting Plan Discussed in Mt. Kisco
A lighting plan for the Northern Westchester Hospital’s planned parking garage could be approved as early as next month. At its Jan. 24 meeting, the Mount Kisco Planning Board instructed village staff to create an approval resolution that could be voted on when the board meets on Feb. 28. In December the board unanimously approved [...]
Mt. Kisco Business, Nonprofit Look Beyond Disabiliites to Help Others
Three years ago when Steve Finkelstein hired Jon Callahan as a part-timer he didn’t have any reservations that his new employee would be a benefit to his store. Finkelstein, owner of Mt. Kisco Truck & Auto Parts, has been hiring disabled community members for nearly 15 years, ever since Ability Beyond Disability, a Connecticut-based organization [...]
Mt. Kisco Fife and Drum Corps: A 75 Year Tradition
The group has performed throughout the United States and have been in operation since FDR was president. The Mount Kisco Fire Department Ancient Fife and Drum Corps is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2012. Bill Stewart Sr. has been a member of the corps for 60 years. Stewart entered the corps shortly after graduating from [...]
Irrelevant Elephant, Mount Kisco
Laura Craig, owner of the new Mount Kisco art studio Irrelevant Elephant, couldn’t imagine herself behind a desk for seven hours a day. She’s happiest when she’s teaching art, imparting her knowledge to a diverse group of curious students that include preschool children, teens and adults. As a child, Craig said she was always interested in [...]
Bookstore Reflects on Borders Closing
The Village Bookstore continues to hang on as others bite the dust. The bookstore, a Pleasantville institution for almost 40 years, continues to remain standing, even more impressive after Borders filed for bankruptcy, closing its Mt. Kisco location. As bookstores struggle with the rise of the Kindle and the popularity of amazon.com, The Village Bookstore [...]
Business of the Week: Lexington Avenue Gym
The reopened Lexington Avenue Gym in Mount Kisco is sporting a new look these days. The boxing ring that patrons were familiar with is still there, but the focus is now on personalized training and providing a holistic approach to fitness and nutrition. Owned and operated by Nina Preizler, a Bedford Hills resident, the 4,000-square-foot [...]
Riley Leaving as Mount Kisco Library Director
Mount Kisco Library Director Susan Riley, who oversaw the construction of a new library, is leaving her job later this month for the same post in Mamaroneck. Riley, a Brewster resident who has lead the Mount Kisco Library for the past 10-plus years, will leave her current job on Jan. 15 and take her new [...]
Cindrich Seeks to Market Mount Kisco to Businesses
Mayor Michael Cindrich is making a push to market Mount Kisco as a good place to do business. At the Dec. 19 village board of trustees meeting, Cindrich said he wanted to meet with landlords of commercial buildings in the village in either late January or early February to discuss ways to encourage businesses to [...]
Sunday Benefit to Honor Blues Guitarist ‘Little Marty’ in Mt. Kisco
Marty Schechter may not have been a formally trained guitarist or have been able to read music but for a couple of his band mates whom he played with regularly there wasn’t a finer man to have on stage or to befriend. Schechter, a mainstay on the blues jam music circuit throughout Westchester and Putnam [...]
Live Food Cafe Opens in Mount Kisco
Tom Donnelly knows firsthand the benefits of a live food diet. Prior to changing his eating habits, Donnelly was significantly overweight. “It changed my life,” Donnelly said. “I was 50 pounds heavier and really in bad shape.” Donnelly formerly prepared traditional restaurant meals f0r 24 years at hotels in Manhattan. “Now I do this,” he said. [...]
Mt. Kisco Boy Organizes Team to Walk in Dad’s Memory
Mattew Florio isn’t letting a personal tragedy stop him from doing his best to help others. The nine-year-old Mount Kisco boy has organized his own team of more than a dozen friends and relatives for Sunday’s Voices Against Brain Cancer Run/Walk in Central Park. Florio, a fourth-grader at West Patent Elementary School, lost his father, [...]
Harckham Apparent Winner in District 2
Democratic Majority Leader Peter Harckham (D-Katonah) is the apparent winner in the race for District 2 on the county Board of Legislators, although Republican challenger Peter Michaelis has yet to concede. As of early Wednesday afternoon, Harckham was leading by 490 votes (3,741-3,251) with 80 percent of the votes tallied, according to latest numbers from [...]
