REMINDER---FRIDAY 1/30 SENIOR CLUB MEETING

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FRIDAY 1/30 SENIOR CLUB MEETING; GO TO EverythingCroton: SENIOR CLUB NOTES AND NEWS FROM BOB ANDERSON---AND FRIDAY'S MEETING TOO 1/30

SHROVE TUESDAY AT ST. AUGUSTINE---AND RAFFLE TO SUPPORT THE YOUTH GROUP

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SHROVE TUESDAY AT ST. AGUSTINE PARISH --AND RAFFLE TO THE ST. AUGUSTINE YOUTH GROUP.  CLICK ON THE IMAGE.

ASH WEDNESDAY MASS SCHEDULE AT ST. AUGUSTINE OSSINING 2/18

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ASH WEDNESDAY 2/18---MASS SHEDULE AT ST. AUGUSTINE PARISH St. Augustine Church - Ossining, New York - CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW.

ICYMI---YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON GUIDE TO VALENTINE'S DAY 2026 HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY UPDATED!

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Keeping it local for Valentine's Day is easy.

Here's some suggestions---and much more----stay tuned for regular updates until the big day!

GO TO THIS LINK TO SEE THE LATEST UPDATE:

EverythingCroton: YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON GUIDE TO VALENTINE'S DAY---UPDATED

MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS & PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES MAX EASTMAN, GLORIA SWANSON, AND LENORE DOSKOW

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OUR VERY POPULAR SERIES CONTINUES INTO 2026:

MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS & PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES MAX EASTMAN, GLORIA SWANSON, AND LENORE DOSKOW--CLICK ON THE IMAGES AND LINKS.

And now from 1938, a quick blurb from former recanted Croton radical Max Eastman who for a time hosted a radio quiz show on WABC. And the winners each received......click on the image.

FOR MORE ABOUT MAX EASTMAN, THE LATE ROBERT SCOTT has a definitive piece in CHRONICLES OF CROTON'S BOHEMIA SERIES: FROM 202---Max Eastman, the editor of the radical magazine The Masses, lived in the house at 76 Mt. Airy Road. Later bought by Dr. Dan Salzberg and his wife, Norma, the house is a genuine literary landmark. Read the article at http://notorc.blogspot.com/2012/10/max-eastman-life-of-paradoxes_6.html

As many of you know, Gloria Swanson was one of the village's most notable residents. Here is a blurb from the NY Times June of 1925 concerning her Mt. Airy home. This was during the time she was married to the Marquis Henri de la Falaise.  As for the Marquis--a French aristocrat whom Swanson married in 1925 after her divorce from Herbert Somborn was finalized--this marriage would also end in divorce (1930). Swanson was the first film star to marry European nobility. The marriage became a global sensation-----the divorce as well. For more about Swanson, click here.

And look what we found from Lenore Doskow---1958--an ad for a very charming Children's charm bracelet. 

For those who don't know, the Doskows lived on Finney Farm. A world renowned silversmith , Leonore began her career while still a college student when she received permission from her dean to make her jewelry in the science laboratory. After studying Art History at the Sorbonne in Paris for a summer, she opened a tiny shop in Philadelphia. After a few years, she and her husband moved to New York City, but it was the middle of the Depression and they found themselves unemployed with a baby on the way. Lenore would make items like tie clips in large batches at home, and her husband David would sell them to gift shops and boutiques. They moved to Westchester in 1941, where their business flourished. She and her husband owned and operated Leonore Doskow, Inc., a jewelry company selling to upscale stores around the country from 1935 until the 1980s, when her son and his wife took over the company. Many of her early, pins, necklaces and bracelets are collector’s items. She died in 2009 at the age of 97 (info via The Croton Historical Society)

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF OUR "UNEARTHED" SERIES AT

EverythingCroton: MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS & PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES KATHLEEN BELLER, PETER STRAUSS AND LINCOLN STEFFINS

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BITTERLY COLD, CURRENTLY 14 DEGREES

It's bitterly cold out there--BUT at least the temps have gone up from earlier. Please take care everyone. 

And it Is supposed to be as cold tonight.  

Lots of ice out there as well. SEE MORE AT News 12 Westchester - Weather

HEART-SHAPED JUNIOR MINTS ARE BACK!

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Back in 2025, we had a request--more or less--for info about the limited edition HEART SHAPED JUNIOR MINTS. These are a specialty item produced for Valentine's Day---and had last been spotted in 2021 and 2022.  At the time, it appeared that they were available only at SUPER FOODTOWN OF CROTON.

We're happy to report that they have been listed at CVS and were back at  Foodtown as of last week. Get 'em while you can!

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SOME RECENT POSTS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED...

***CROTON FOOTBALL 1974 AND COACH SMITH TOO; SEE MORE AT EverythingCroton: 1974 CROTON FOOTBALL AND COACH TERRY SMITH TOO

***A REMINDER ABOUT THAT HANDICAPPED PARKING FROM MY MSMERMAID LIFE; go to EverythingCroton: ABOUT THAT HANDICAPPED PARKING...

***Gillibrand announces nominees to US service academies--congratulations to everyone including Croton's Lucas O'Connor. See more at Gillibrand announces nominees to US service academies - Mid Hudson News

***WHERE WE STAND: TEST SCORES MATH, ELA; GO TO  EverythingCroton: ICYMI----NY SCHOOL DISTRICTS RANKED 1 TO 658 BASED ON 2025 TEST SCORES IN MATH, ELA

***REMINDER--SCHOOL TAXES DUE! GO HERE

***OBITUARY AND SERVICE INFO FOR RICHARD COYNE; CLICK HERE

***A REMINDER ABOUT UPCOMING AMPHIBIAN MIGRATION; CLICK HERE

NEW FROM TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY---WITH THANKS FOR THE LINK--MINNEAPOLIS POLICE UNION PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT

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NEW FROM TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY---WITH THANKS FOR THE LINK---The one that is circulating online is having issues. This one is not. GO TO WSJ: Minneapolis Police Union President speaks out – Tom Faranda's Folly

1927, THEATRE FOR CROTON-ON-HUDSON

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10/15/1927--THE NEW YORK TIMES--Click on the image.

VILLAGE AUDIT HAS BEEN RELEASED---FINAL 2025

And is now online at  1100.01 - Final 2025 Village of Croton FS (VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK 545064.001 [5/31/2025] (In Process))

IS THERE ANYTHING MORE SPECTACULAR THAN THE CROTON DAM IN WINTER....

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Is there anything more spectacular than the dam in winter....Click on the photo. You may also enjoy: EverythingCroton: CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY BLOG---120 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE LAST STONE WAS LAID TO COMPLETE THE NEW CROTON DAM

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YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON GUIDE TO VALENTINE'S DAY 2026 HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY UPDATED!

Welcome to Everything Croton--a collection of all things Croton, our history, our homes, our issues, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

Keeping it local for Valentine's Day is easy.

Here's some suggestions---and much more----stay tuned for regular updates until the big day!

GO TO THIS LINK TO SEE THE

LATEST UPDATE:

EverythingCroton: YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON GUIDE TO VALENTINE'S DAY---UPDATED

ON THIS DAY IN 1964, DR STRANGELOVE PREMIERED

ON THIS DAY IN 1964 "Dr Strangelove", directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, premiered.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (known simply and more commonly as Dr. Strangelove) is a 1964 political satire black comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by Kubrick. It parodies Cold War fears of a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union and stars Peter Sellers (portraying three different characters), George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, and Tracy Reed. The film is widely considered one of the best comedy films and one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.

Click on the photo below and additional posting links from ASSORTED SOURCES:

***PETER SELLERS; click here

***STERLING HAYDEN; click here

***GEORGE C. SCOTT; click here

***FAB PHOTO OF STANLEY KUBRICK; click here

AND FOR ALL OUR CROTON COLD WAR DEVOTEES, THERE'S 1963 AND CROTON'S HERMAN KAHN AT EverythingCroton: ICYMI--DECEMBER 1963 PATENT TRADER--HERMAN KAHN TO ADDRESS LWV MEETING

And for classic Cold War, you may also have an interest in EverythingCroton: ANOTHER ONE FOR THE MOVIE BUCKET LIST - (1962) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

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