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10th Annual Feed Me Fresh: An Edible Evening

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Mount Kisco Child Care Center (MKCCC) will host its 10th Annual Feed Me Fresh: An Edible Evening event on Saturday, September 20, 2014 beginning at 6:00pm. The signature annual fundraiser will once again be hosted by Eric Hadar at Ivanna Farms in Bedford Corners, NY. Honorary Co-Chairs Curt Beusman, Sharon Pollack and Fran Osborne will coordinate the honoree recognition. Kelly Sullivan, of Quaker Hill Tavern in Chappaqua, is the returning Event Chair.

This 10th Annual event will celebrate the long-time dedication of two past MKCCC Board Presidents, Clark Robson and Janet Schloat, and the outstanding community leadership each continues to demonstrate. We also look forward to honoring our friends, neighbors and supporters, Joe and Joan DiMauro, owners of everyone’s favorite Mt. Kisco Seafood.

Feed Me Fresh, An Edible Evening showcases delicious food from local restaurants that subscribe to the same culinary philosophy as MKCCC – serving locally grown organic food and supporting local agriculture. Through our very own Feed Me Fresh garden-to-table nutrition program, MKCCC provides our children with meals prepared from many local farmers and purveyors. Featured restaurants of the evening include: Belizzi; Café of Love/Ladle of Love; Captain Lawrence Brewing Company; Crabtree’s Kittle House; Cortlandt Colonial; Frannie’s Goodie Shop; Hito Restaurant; La Tulipe Desserts; Lexington Square Café; Little Kabab Station/Little Crepe Street; LOCAL; Locali Pizza Bar & Kitchen; MKCCC’s own “Feed Me Fresh” Kitchen; Mt. Kisco Seafood; Myong Gourmet; Quaker Hill Tavern; Sette e Venti; Sunset Cove; Travelers Rest and Village Social. Guests will also enjoy a lively jazz ensemble, open bar and fabulous live and silent auctions. Special thanks go to Kate & Travis Worrell of Westport Auction, Auctioneers & Appraisers.

The event’s Presenting Sponsors are Beverley & Sabin Streeter, Eric Hadar is the Champion Sponsor, and Benefit Sponsors are Nancy & Ken Stein. Other sponsors, to date, include Valerie & Laurie Castleman,                    Curtis Instruments, Jane & Bob Keiter, Linda Mahon & Bob Saunders, Janet Schloat, Lisa & Tom Cohn, Houlihan Lawrence (Bedford), Sara Weale & John Rudge, Integral Derivatives- Peter & Tanya Schwarz,       Bob & Sandi Greene, Twink & Jim Wood, Fran Osborne, and The Selz Foundation.

Tickets are available for $200 per person. For information about tickets, donations, and sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.mkccc.org/feed-me-fresh-event or contact Christine Meyer, Development Director, at 914.241.2135 or cmeyer@mkccc.org .

About Mount Kisco Child Care Center:

Mount Kisco Child Care Center is a non-profit, NAEYC-accredited childcare facility serving families in Northern Westchester since 1971. MKCCC provides exceptional and affordable early care and education to a diverse group of children from three months to eleven years of age. Experienced and professional teachers, an innovative curriculum, unique programs, such as the JEWEL Intergenerational Program and Feed Me Fresh, (our garden-to-table, sustainable nutrition program), and a state of the art facility contribute to create an exceptional early childhood education experience.

MKCCC is located at 95 Radio Circle, Mount Kisco, NY. For additional information, please visit www.mkccc.org. or call (914) 241-2135. Follow MKCCC on www.facebook.com/MKCCC and www.twitter.com/MKCCC10549 for the latest news and updates.

At the 9/9 New Castle Town Hall Meeting…

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By Eileen Gallagher

The town board announced a 9/11 Memorial Ceremony Thursday evening which will take place at 6:30pm at Gedney Park. According to the town board, the program will include an invocation, musical selections, Robert Castelli as the keynote speaker, and a reading of the names of those lost on that day from New Castle.

Next, downtown is the place to be on the last two Saturdays of the month, with Community Day on September 20 and the Chappaqua Children’s Book Fair on September 27.

In other news, the research firm Penn Schoen Berland will be conducting 300 phone interviews for the Master Planning process beginning September 18. To that end, there will be a mailing to all New Castle residents with information about the survey process, which will last about two weeks.

In addition, the Millwood Task Force has a new name, the Millwood-West End Advisory Board, which is a more inclusive title for a board with members of both Millwood and the New Castle portion of Ossining. The new sanitation contract with SaniPro signed by the town is expected to save over three million dollars over seven years, and the fee for each household will likely be reduced from the current $485 annual amount.

Per Jill Shapiro, the town administrator: the Recreation Department will be rolling out a new registration program in the next couple of weeks. This will allow for online registration of the various programs offered. The paving of lower King Street and the portion of the road in front of the library is expected to be completed this week.

Program for 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at Gedney Park

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Memorial-300The Town of New Castle would be honored by your presence at its September 11th Memorial Ceremony.   The ceremony will take place at 6:30p, New Castle 09/11 Memorial, Gedney Park, 149 Millwood Road, Chappaqua, NY.

The program will consist of :

EMERGENCY RESPONDERS/ COLOR GUARD

New Castle Police Department

Chappaqua Fire Department

Millwood Fire Department

Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corp.

Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corp.

Westchester EMS

INVOCATION

– Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe

Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

– Girl Scouts

MUSICAL SELECTION

– Girl Scouts   “God Bless America”

– Horace Greeley Madrigal Choir “Set me as a seal”

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

– Robert J. Castelli, Former N Y State Assemblyman

READING OF THOSE LOST ON 9/11 FROM NEW CASTLE – Michael Wolfensohn

CLOSING REMARKS

– Justin Wagner – Candidate for NY State Senate

BENEDICTION

– Reverend Dr. Martha Jacobs

First Congregational Church of Chappaqua

 

Shop AND Bid at the New Benefit Shop of Bedford Hills

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The Benefit Shop of Bedford Hills, which has become the first stop for many local designers and homeowners searching for antiques and collectibles, is going global. With the inaugural auction planned for Sunday, September 21st,  collectors can shop and bid from a greatly-expanded inventory of over 500 lots.

Whether viewed at the auction site (an 8,000 sq ft warehouse at 27 Radio Circle, Mt. Kisco, NY) or online at www.thebenefitshop.org, bidding will be easy and accessible.  Auction-goers will find  items at all price points—from low to lofty—and everyone is invited to join in the fun. Included are period antique and contemporary furniture, original artwork, carpets, lighting, antique and modern decorative objects as well as a large selection of fine quality sterling silver flatware and serving pieces. In addition there are over one hundred lots of period antique to contemporary fine quality jewelry and watches, including many diamond and platinum period Art Deco pieces which have been with the same family for eighty years.

All are invited to preview the items September 18 and 19 from 10am to 5pm and September 20 from 12pm to 6pm. You may also arrive early and  preview items the morning of the sale, September 21,  from 9am to 11:30am.

Not around that day? Register for absentee bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com or Invaluable.com—both are open for bids for two weeks before the auction.  Prior to the auction, call 914-864-0707 to register for telephone bidding.

antique earringsThe full catalog will be posted online by September 5 and will be viewable  at  thebenefitshop.org and on the Benefit Shop’s Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/thebenefitshop.  Additionally, items will be posted on Instagram @BenefitShopAuctions.

For the next auction in late October, donations and/or consignments are welcome (consignor receives 80% of sale price). Contact Pam Stone at 914-864-1919.

Amazing as the prospect of an awesome auction in Westchester is, perhaps even more extraordinary is that, as a nonprofit, The Benefit Shop distributes all profits to worthy local charities. The largest beneficiaries to date have been Northern Westchester Hospital and the Mt. Kisco Boys and Girls Club. Funds have also been given to over twenty others including the Westmoreland Sanctuary, the SPCA/Humane Society and the Katonah Community Center.

The Benefit Shop is located at 720 Bedford Road, Bedford Hills, NY 10507, 914-864-1919. Visit the only tag sale with a permanent address, Mondays through Saturdays,  from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.