CROTON LIONS CLUB - 8/29 INVASIVE REMOVAL EXTRAVAGANZA ON THE OLD CROTON AQUEDUCT TRAIL

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This event is co-hosted by the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct, the NY-NJ Trail Conference’s Invasives Strike Force and the Town of Cortlandt. Learn from expert crew leaders how to manage invasive tick-harboring Barberry and other bushes and remove encroaching Stilt grass from native habitats.

Croton Lions volunteers continue to assist in this work. Please join us in this effort. Invasive Removal Extravaganza — Croton Lions Club

SARCONE ETAL. OPERATIONS CLEAN SWEEP---FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENORCEMENT ANNOUNCE COORDINATED RESULTS, MULTIPLE ARRESTS, SIGNIFICANT SERIZURES OF FIREARMS AND NARCOTICS

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Federal, state and local law enforcement announce coordinated results, including multiple arrests and significant seizures of firearms and narcotics.

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK — Law Enforcement officials announced the results of Operation Clean Sweep – Onondaga County, a major enforcement initiative resulting in several arrests and significant seizures of firearms and narcotics.

Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in charge New York division Bryan DiGirolamo, Federal Bureau of Investigation Albany Field Office Special Agent in Charge Craig L. Tremaroli, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam, Syracuse Police Chief Mark Rusin, Onondaga County Sheriff Tobias Shelley, and New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James, made the announcement. MORE AT Northern District of New York | Operation Clean Sweep Produces Major Arrests and Seizures in Onondaga County | United States Department of Justice

MORE FROM THE MAILBOX

Confidential to "Any chance?"

Response: Don't know anyone who is really concerned. We all go our own way. Good luck with your research.

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Still seeking any info on the old Afghan kebab house.

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A reader has fond memories of the "chili place". Got anything?

Response: 1977/78; go to EverythingCroton: TWO ITEMS FOM THE MAILBOX---THE CROTON CHILI HOUSE AND "HOUSE OF HEALTH"

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WHERE EXACTLY was the Purple Monkey and when did it close?

Response: The Purple Monkey was in the Croton Commons; it contributed to a number of local fundraisers back in 2011 and 2012 but believe it sold and went out west in 2013 or so.

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A reader asks: Wasn't there a Vegan place here?

Response: Not much to go on in your question but believe you may be referring to GOOD CHOICE KITCHEN IN OSSINING. It closed last year sometime.  (The number of "vegans" in the US hovers between 2 and 3%). There have been a number of vegan places in the area that have also closed.  The Good Choice kitchen website is still live: Good Choice Kitchen Vegan Café and Culinary Center

ON THIS DAY, IN 1953, "FROM HERE TO ETERNITY" WAS RELEASED...

ON THIS DAY IN 1953 "From Here to Eternity" based on book by James Jones, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra was released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1954)

 

Several of us recently watched it yet again. It's an amazing piece of work with top notch performances all around...but Lancaster and Kerr are really stand-outs. 

 

As you may also know, there had been calls from the cancel culture folks (yes, yet another one for the chopping bloc and the pire) to essentially burn both the film and the book...but that went nowhere.

 

Based on the book by James Jones, the film was directed by Fred Zinnemann and starred Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra. The Modern Library Board later named it one of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. 

 

The picture deals with the tribulations of three U.S. Army soldiers, played by Lancaster, Clift, and Sinatra, stationed on Hawaii in the months leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed portray the women in their lives, and the supporting cast included Ernest Borgnine, Philip Ober, Jack Warden, Mickey Shaughnessy, Claude Akins, and George Reeves. Excellent performances all around.  The film won eight Academy Awards out of 13 nominations. Read more about it here.

Click on the images to see a 1953 ad for the film, as well as a Yugoslavian postcard by IOM, Beograd, featuring Kerr and Lancaster, courtesy of our friends at EFSP.  

 

YOU CAN READ THEIR POSTS ON KERR AND LANCASTER HERE AND HERE.

 

SEE THE MOVIE TRAILER AT YOUTUBE HERE. 

 

FOR MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR, JAMES JONES, CLICK HERE.

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MORE TAXPAYERS LEAVING NY THAN MOVING IN

BEHIND PAYWALL at the Democrat & Chronicle:  More taxpayers are leaving New York than moving in, new reports show

NY LAWMAKERS PUSH FOR RETURN OF SEX-FUELED BATHHOUSES

NY lawmakers want to bring back sex-fueled bathhouses — 40 years after ban during AIDS crisis By Carl Campanile and Hannah Fierick

MORE AT NY lawmakers push for return of sex-fueled 'bathhouses'

REMINDER---TOWN OF CORTLANDT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 8/5--CHILL WITH A COP-WATERFRONT PARK

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TOWN OF CORTLANDT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 8/5--CHILL WITH A COP

5PM-8PM--CLICK ON THE IMAGE

WATERFRONT PARK

MORE AT National Night Out - Town of Cortlandt, NY News

WHEN COMMUNITIES DON'T OPT OUT....THIS CAN HAPPEN... AND IT HAS---NY NEWSDAY

Court sides with cannabis shop seeking to open within 1,000 feet of High School

Your Editor's Note-via Google AI: 
NOTE---Riverhead Town did not opt out of allowing recreational cannabis dispensaries. The Failed Opt-Out: In 2021, an effort to opt out of the state's cannabis retail program was rejected by a 3-2 vote of the Riverhead Town Board. Long Island Context: Because it chose not to opt out, Riverhead became one of only four towns on Long Island (alongside Southampton, Brookhaven, and Babylon) to permit adult-use cannabis dispensaries. 

AND NOW FROM NY NEWSDAY--BEHIND PAYWALL

State appeals court judges have ruled that Riverhead Town went too far when it blocked a cannabis shop from opening because it was too close to a school.

The Second Appellate Division in Brooklyn last week upheld a lower court decision that found Riverhead's Zoning Board of Appeals was wrong last year when it rejected an application by Brian Stark for a variance to open a pot shop on Old Country Road.

The ZBA said the store would be too close to Riverhead High School, about 733 feet away on Harrison Avenue. The board cited a town law barring cannabis dispensaries within 1,000 feet of schools.

Appeals court judges said the town law improperly supersedes state law, which allows municipalities to block pot stores only if they are within 500 feet of a school. SO MUCH MORE AT 

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/cannabis-shop-state-ruling-riverhead-gujsi2gf

CROTON SENIOR CLUB 8/7

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Morning all,
It was a great Fun Friday at Senasqua!

We celebrated Rocco's 95th birthday and he read an interesting dog story!

We meet in the



Exec. mtg. promptly upstairs at 11. Social hour begins at 11. First meeting of the month includes reports and birthdays and a review of upcoming events.

And a chuckle...maybe



Please pass the word to members that don't have or read email.
Bring a joke or a story Friday

Be well,

El Presidente and Bob

TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS FINE HUMP DAY

Many of us are not on social media but we often get to hear about it...and are sometimes sent screenshots.....

WE HAVEN'T DONE ONE OF THESE SINCE LAST THURSDAY--we plead way too much rain there for a while----but the online conversation is much the same--and so much more--in no particular order:

*****NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN CROTON weather was wonderful......

*****Bots bots bots everywhere a bot---it is what it is....

*****NOT GOING TO DIGNIFY THE CLAIMS ONCE AGAIN that the latest threat against the president was staged; you'll have to find that on your own---here's a link to the recent press Armed man arrested at Trump California golf club with weapons stash

*****AI--GOTTA ADMIT IT, a lot of folks are finding it pretty useful--8 times out of 10---Google AI in particular and THE NEW CROTON.NEWS AI SITE 

*****FAUCI: PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY----Again, we'll stick with articles and avoid the chatter---which understandably segues into the four-letter world. Check out Tom Faranda's folly at Fauci takes the 5th 111 times. – Tom Faranda's Folly and EverythingCroton: FROM TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY --- WSJ: "THE REVEALING DIARIES OF DR. FAUCI"

AND THE GREAT ALEX BERENSON AND EMILY KOPP; these two courageous journalists bucked the Covid narrative early on; there's a lot of chatter about assorted revelations in their recent podcast but you should really see it yourself EverythingCroton: THAT PODCAST--THE GREAT ALEX BERENSON AND EMILY KOPP TALK COVID, LAB LEAKS, AND TONY FAUCI

*****MAMDANI: the less we say here the better. PETITION requesting that he stay away from the 9/11 ceremony NOW STANDS AS OF EARLY 8/4--AT OVER 74,000 signatures---and climbing....it can be found at Petition · Please sign to support honoring the memory of those lost on September 11th with dignity. - United States · Change.org

and 9/11 FAMILIES BLAST MAMDANI, URGE DEFIANT MAYOR TO STAY HOME FOR 25TH MEMORIAL CEREMONY: HERE ARE THEIR STORIES - more here

and SNOPES HAS VERIFIED---TRUE EverythingCroton: SNOPES: WHY SOME 9/11 FAMILIES SIGNED PETITION TO EXCLUDE MAMDANI FROM MEMORIAL EVENT: CLAIM RATED AS TRUE

OH and one brave woman in case you missed it EverythingCroton: "EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND" STAR--BRAVE WOMAN--BACKS CALLS TO BAN MAMDANI FROM 9/11 ANNIVERSARY

As for Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, staff has been told; prepare to relocate or find another job.  GO HERE

*****LOTS OF CHATTER ABOUT THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT---and displeasure that the brave souls who ventured into the storm had no opportunity to speak.  It's a road some of us have been down before----But staying on the current topic, there's a write-up from the new Croton.News site at EverythingCroton: FROM THE CROTON.NEWS SITE--49 APARTMENTS, 31 QUESTIONS: PLANNING BOARD OPENS ITS REVIEW OF 425 S. RIVERSIDE

We heard the Gazette was there as well so we will probably see more on Thursday. Next meeting is 8/11.

You may find these info links/documents useful for the meeting: EverythingCroton: OF POSSIBLE USE FOR FUTURE MEETINGS--HARMON MULTIFAMILY/AFFORDABLE HOUSING/ RENTALS, CONDOS, WHATEVER IN THE CROTON POINT/HARMON/SOUTH RIVERSIDE AREA

There's some downright funny--sometimes painful----and clever--memes, cartoons and new names for the village that you'll have no trouble finding on your own--though it very much depends on the page and the sensibilities of the administrator. 

One poster wrote extensively about the "incestuous nature of Croton politics"; very clever but it will probably be deleted sooner or later once the admin gets a complaint.

****Lots of talk about the discredited Kerri Greenridge and now the Cambridge situation unfolding in real time...but this is for another day.......

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR...

The latest Croton Crafts and Commerce news (with a smattering of other local events too), then visit the CROTON CRAFTS AND COMMERCE FB PAGE.

It's a public page and you needn't be on FB to view the content. Often updated in real time too! Go to Croton Crafts and Commerce | Facebook

And the Croton Crafts and Commerce page has news about The Blue Pig, Melita's, MEXTOGO, Devotion Studio, Croton River Artisans Gallery, YUKA'S LATIN FUSION, Feed the Birds, 105-Twenty, Franki's, THE CROTON GRILLE, LA CATRINA, Robbin's, Apple Farm, BAKED BY SUSAN, MEXTOGO, Croton Mini Deli, Deprez, The Tavern at Croton Landing, Raga, The Organic Teaching Kitchen, Matters Coffee, Franzoso Contracting and much more.

8/7 MUSCLE SHOALS @ SENASQUA

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Reminder 8/7 MUSCLE SHOALS---CELEBRATING THE ALTMAN BROTHERS AND FRIENDS---SEE MORE AT Summer Concert: Muscle Shoals @ Senasqua Park | Croton-on-Hudson NY

SEE WHICH FOUR HOSPITALS IN OUR REGION MADE TOP RANKED LIST--US NEWS

See which four hospitals in our region made the list in the highly anticipated annual report, now in its 37th year. SEE MORE AT Read more »

FIRST LOOK AT HEAVILY ARMED SUSPECT

MORE AT He allegedly approached federal agents and falsely claimed he worked for the State Department and was assigned to a security detail.