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Remembrance

Local youths honor vets

BY GINO DE ANGELIS Trailside Museum, town Revolutionary and Civil

STAFF WRITER historian Maureen Koehl Wars, Koehl said. She also

said. believes there may be World

e Veterans Advisory “She contacted me and War I and II veterans there

Committee, alongside some said she’d been down look- as well.

town youths,replaced sever- ing at the cemetery and re- Lemke has wanted to use

al tattered ags at the graves alized that the graves of the the project as a way to get

of veterans at the Avery various soldiers were not the younger generation in

Cemetery in Pound Ridge. marked with ags that she the town to interact with

“We had a wonderful thought they should be,” both its history and veter-

turnout of young people,” Koehl said. “She said she ans. Overall, 30 ags were

committee chairman John came from a military fam- replaced.

Lemke said. “Some of the ily,and she really liked to see “It’s really nice to see that

Kids Community Club the veterans respected.” number of young people

were hiking in the reserva- e cemetery has no ac- participate, which has been The group placing
flags in Avery Cemetery.
tion and came to help.” tive burials happening, and my goal,” he said. “All the
PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN LEMKE
e genesis of the project most of the veterans in- kids got into it and had a

was Mindy Quintero of the terred there are from the great time.”

Planning Board approves Silvermine Preserve development

BY GINO DE ANGELIS was the subject of an open pub- Trust. However, the trust had parcel will be held by the subdi- with other portion of the pro-
STAFF WRITER lic hearing for weeks, soliciting brought up issues with main- vision homeowners association posal, counsel Gerri Tortorella
responses from the community. taining the trails in perpetuity. upon creation,” Andersen said. said.
e planning board has ap- Instead, the resolution included “ e parcel will be deed restrict-
proved the plan for a new 13-lot “It’s been a long journey, but the requirement that the space ed for the purposes of preserving e resolution also calls for
subdivision on Silvermine Drive it looks like we made it,” chair that was to be the trails remain its open space characteristics.” quarterly payments from the de-
and Lockwood Road named Janet Andersen said. an open space parcel that did not velopers for application and de-
Silvermine Preserve. e devel- need to be open to public use. e space will need to be velopment fees, which will end
opment has been in the planning Originally, the development maintained by the homeowner’s up costing $110,000, which will
stage for almost six years and was to include a collection of “Rather than being conveyed association. It will be used for be used as funding for the town.
walking trails in partnership to Westchester Land Trust, this stormwater basins in accordance
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022 Marc Miller THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES PAGE 3

Mt. Kisco real estate agent drawing attention as mosaic artist

BY WHIT ANDERSON use of supplies helped Miller pieces after taking a step back,

STAFF WRITER explore his capabilities in the letting them dry, and re ecting

abstract, a genre he consistently on what he has made. And as he

No matter the situation, Marc identi es with. intends, those who view Miller’s

Miller never settles. “My skill set was not looking at work come to their own conclu-

“In the early 1980s, I realized a bicycle and drawing it,” he said. sions as well.

that within a year of graduating “It was more looking at a piece of Miller’s creations can be pur-

college I was not well suited for paper and starting to layer color chased as acrylic prints, metal

accounting,” said the Mt. Kisco and shapes that spoke to me.” prints, or notebooks, on his

resident, recalling the early stages is perspective, coupled by website or at his galleries. ey

of his career. the strategy of drawing lines of were displayed at Bobo’s Café in

Miller switched to commercial many sizes within a perceived Chappaqua for the “Art Around

real estate and has now been in box, creates a stained-glass e ect Town” exhibition last June, re-

the industry for almost 40 years. in Miller’s work resembling that ceiving high praise. PHOTOS: WHIT ANDERSON Miller sells his art as acrylic
However, going back to his of mosaics. “People will mention names prints, metal prints, and
childhood in Queens, Miller has Miller’s notebooks are a popular notebooks.
always viewed art as his true pas- With so many works produced of famous artists when talking sell, particularly with children.
from this process, Miller decided about my work, which will totally

sion. last May to launch “Mosaics by oor me. I would never say this pieces, including a large work the notebook. She shyly comes

“Ever since I was a little boy, I Marc” as a platform to share and about myself, people that know called Adam, meant to evoke up to me with it and says, ‘would

have been drawing. Part of that sell the results of his creative ap- me know I am a humble guy. Creation and the rst human. you autograph it?’ It becomes

beginning was when my father, proach. But people say they see Gauguin, “You never know what people more meaningful when some-

who was a photographer, took me “I noticed very early in some Kandinsky, Monet, Escher. at are going to gravitate towards, so body, kids especially, values that

to a photographic paper factory. of the pieces I created that once is the response from some people it has been a fascinating process,” kind of connection.”

e manager gave me a bunch of the abstract is done, one can see that know art. One client even he said. Miller’s work is currently on

samples of oak tag and other ma- a gure, a head with shoulders, said he could see my work going Miller’s praise came in mul- exhibition at Mt. Kisco Seafood

terials,” he said. or an intergalactic spaceship. My into the MoMA one day soon,” tiple forms, including an auto- and Pinnacle Tax. All his content

From there, ve-year-old Mill- goal was not to necessarily create he said. graph request from a young fan. can be viewed or purchased on

er began his artistic journey, using those things. It happened by ac- e reception continued at the “A dad and his 10-year-old his MosiacsByMarc Etsy page, as

crayons, pastels, and eventually cident, which I felt was exciting.” Muscoot Farm Farmers Mar- daughter came to our table and well as mosaicsbymarc.com.

transitioning to pens, markers, Whether it is Tribal, Galactic, ket on July 24, where Miller and bought a notebook. About an

gel inks, and more. is dynamic or Amazon, Miller names his his daughter, Claire, sold various hour later, they circled back with

Marketing Bedford Hills

BY TOM BARTLEY ally starting to focus on Bedford o the ground.” speci c tenants that they’d like intersection with Old Cross
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Hills,” Supervisor Ellen Calves In time, Calves said, that could to see attracted to the area to ll River Road;
said. up their properties,” she said.
Katonah’s business district can give the business community its ENACTED an escalating
come later, the Bedford Town Because grant money will - own “revenue stream to have COMMITTEE CHAIRS schedule of fees for homes and
Board decided last week in seek- nance the marketing e ort, she someone be a promoter and help VOTED businesses that fail to connect to
ing a promoter to help ll Bed- said, its duration is likely limited mains of the new sewer district:
ford Hills’ vacant storefronts. to a year or two. ll up storefronts and create ac- e Town Board named new $250 per month for the rst six
tivity around the hamlet centers chairs for the Wireless Facilities months, $500/month for the
While the job carries town- “ e ultimate goal would be well beyond the year or two years Working Group and Veterans next six, then $750/month for
wide marketing responsibilities, for this person to help orga- the town can support.” Advisory Committee and re- another six and nally $1,000/
the person hired for this part- nize businesses and community turned John Loveless to leader- month thereafter.
time, limited-time role will start members,” the supervisor said, Calves said she has been ship of the Board of Assessment
by addressing commercial de- “so that there would be an ongo- meeting with Bedford Hills Review HEARD an update from
cline in the Bedford Hills ham- ing e ort in this direction with- property owners and landlords, Mark ielking and Mariah Ok-
let. out necessarily the involvement “talking about what their con- omas Kennedy, a member rongly, co-chairs of the Building
of the town.” cerns are about the empty store- of the wireless advisory body, Health and Performance Com-
With $30,000 in American fronts, what the town can do to succeeds longtime chair Joseph mittee, on progress with e orts
Rescue Plan money, the town is Since Bedford Hills busi- help support more activity in the Lombardo and Clark Petschek to expand the Landlord Regis-
looking for “someone who can nesses, unlike those in Katonah, hamlet and their getting more takes the helm at the vets group. try Law to include among other
really focus on this, network- for example, do not have an or- tenants.” things energy benchmarking,
ing with potential tenants, really ganization to representing them, In other action at the Aug. 16 health and safety inspections of
getting to know the spaces and Calves suggested, the new pro- “What we’re hearing is there meeting, the board: rental units and possible reme-
the rents that are available, pos- moter could help “a chamber of needs to be more foot tra c, diation requirements to improve
sibly in all three hamlets but re- commerce get formed or a town- there needs to be more events, INSTALLED a stop sign to tenant well-being.
wide chamber of commerce get more small-scale things that halt cars on East Lake Drive in
tend to bring people in, and then Katonah as they approach the

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Location 50TH REUNION DINNER
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