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As word spread throughout the village that the Easter Bunny was taking a solitary stroll down Grand Street, sowing some much needed cheer---your editor leapt into action and managed to get this shot.
Thank you Mr. Bunny!
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And now more flashback, mid-century modern estate-saling adventures with Rob and Monica from late 2019. There's lots of vintage Christmas finds and a blow mold explosion--click on the photo---and no, Rob did not buy that Red Ryder Bee-bee Gun...Monica was afraid he's shoot his eye out.....Click here to read and see more.
Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.
FROM THE USO of Metropolitan New York FB PAGE---What an incredible week we have had! We’ve been able to provide water, food, hygiene items, and fitness equipment directly to service members at Camp Smith and the many testing sites and field medical stations in the area. Thanks to our amazing partners at PepsiCo, Craig Newmark, NetJets, JetBlue, Motorola, Paradies Lagardère, U-Haul, ShopRite of Croton, Monster Energy, BRAVO SIERRA, T-Mobile, and Reign Body Fuel who quickly answered our call to support the National Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, Navy, and Marines deployed in our communities. If your business would like to stand with these organizations as a Force Behind the Forces, please contact our development team at development@usonyc.org for more information. https://www.facebook.com/USOMetropolitanNY/photos/a.178557382235426/2944613965629740/?type=3&theater
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A RESIDENT HAS REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: The speed limit signs on Benedict and Oneida now say 25 MPH,
not the previous 30 MPH. Residents should make their own additional inquiries.
Risking Workers’ Lives for a Bike Lane! April 03, 2020
The following letter was published in this week’s issue of the Gazette.
To the Editor:
The most cynical thing ever said by a politician was Rahm Emanuel’s “never let a crisis go to waste.” Variants of that have percolated thru the national Democratic Party in the last few days, most offensive of which was House Majority Whip Clyburn calling this virus pandemic a “tremendous opportunity.”
Here in Croton, our local politicians agree. Where a normal human reaction is to grieve the loss of life, the Board of Trustees and Village Manager see a tremendous opportunity. For a six-hour period on Monday, one person was dying from coronavirus every 2.9 minutes in New York City. On Monday afternoon as refrigerated trailers arrived in New York to hold dead bodies, here in Croton our Village Manager Janine King announced that the Croton Point Avenue (CPA) project would start the following morning, despite the order from Governor Cuomo last Friday that “non-essential construction is going to stop.”
This morning, I drove past the construction site. At the corner of CPA and Riverside, they had set out traffic cones. A white pickup was parked there, with 2 men in the front seat looking over a document. Forget about social distance: they were speaking less than 12 inches apart with no mask or any protective equipment. And those appeared to be the supervisors! READ MORE AT https://www.crotonunited.org/news-views/2020/4/3/risking-workers-lives-for-a-bike-lane
Your editor understands that life is difficult at present---and for some people more than others but.........
Since this blog continues to get highly inaccurate and misinformed manifestos blaming the current pandemic on Washington, when the commenters are not seeking to publicly shame their neighbors for some offense real or imagined, it has once again become necessary to issue a little well-intentioned advice....
Stop....Read more....React less....Then repeat. You'll be happier in the long run.
As always, comments will continue to be moderated at this blog.
And once again, for the record---since one commenter this morning obviously missed it:
CBS News has admitted that alarming footage of an overflowing ward used during a report on the coronavirus crisis in Big Apple hospitals was actually shot in Italy. CBS’ breakfast show, “This Morning,” used the footage of a packed ward last Wednesday just after saying the pandemic’s epicenter was “found right here” in New York. The same footage had been aired earlier by Sky News — which correctly identified it as one of Europe’s “most hard-hit” hospitals located in Bergamo, Lombardy. MORE AT https://nypost.com/2020/04/01/cbs-admits-to-using-footage-from-italy-in-report-about-nyc/
Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.
GARDENING SEASON IS on the horizon but there's still plenty of time for more of The Croton Knitter and Crocheter Too---especially now with so many at home.....
Click on the links and enjoy:
--SIMPLE AND QUICK BUNNY CROCHET PATTERN; this one is a keeper and very satisfying to "small hands" just learning the craft; and perfectly timed for the upcoming Easter Season. These would make great little "place-cards" for table settings too; click here, courtesy of SPARKLES OF SUNSHINE.
AND START MAKING THESE FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE THIS YEAR--RIBBON CANDY! ALSO FROM SPARKLESOFSUNSHINE, CLICK HERE
--CROCHET PATTERNS FOR Bags and Purses; find the best free crochet bag patterns including crochet purses, crochet totes, gift bags and more. click here from ALL FREE CROCHET.
--CLASSIC CROCHET FLOPPY-EAR BUNNY FROM 1DOGWOOF HERE.
--EASY KNITTED EASTER BUNNY; COURTESY OF EVIESGRAN; CLICK HERE
--LOTS OF KNITTING PATTERNS FOR "AMERICAN GIRL" DOLLS; some wonderful options here.
--HATS! https://www.woollywormhead.com/free-patterns
--FREE PATTERN.....STUNNING Snow Queen Shawl/hair scarf; http://sunshinescreations.vintagethreads.com/2010/12/shell-shawl-and-hair-scarf.html
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CBS News has admitted that alarming footage
of an overflowing ward used during a report on the coronavirus crisis in
Big Apple hospitals was actually shot in Italy. CBS’ breakfast show, “This Morning,” used the footage of a packed
ward last Wednesday just after saying the pandemic’s epicenter was
“found right here” in New York. The same footage had been aired earlier by Sky News — which correctly identified it as one of Europe’s “most hard-hit” hospitals located in Bergamo, Lombardy. MORE AT https://nypost.com/2020/04/01/cbs-admits-to-using-footage-from-italy-in-report-about-nyc/
Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things
Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our
houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.
Welcome to Everything Croton--a collection of all things Croton, our history, our homes, our issues, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.
A real and very much needed smile....courtesy of THE WESTCHESTER BALLOON COMPANY. Click on the photo.
KEEP TRACK OF THEM AT THEIR FB PAGE HERE.
And now the latest flashback adventures of Rob and Monica---some great mid-century modern finds---and fab Christmas Train snaps from The Town of Babylon History Museum at Old Town Hall (click on the photo).
And so without further ah-doo(!)...
Flashback - The First Week Of December, 2019
As we continue to remain indoors as much as possible during the Coronavirus outbreak in New York, we will continue to catch up on our adventures during the six month period that our blog was on hiatus. This post covers the first week of December, 2019.
The first weekend in December was a three day weekend as we both took vacation days. We had several three day weekends to create in December with our remaining vacation days. On this first Friday in December, we found one sale of interest and that would be our first event of the three day weekend. READ AND SEE MORE HERE.
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A LOOK BACK AT THE CROTON ROTARY 1983 - FEATURING THEN-CROTON POLICE CHIEF REGINALD LAMBRUSCHI ETAL. - CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW.
YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-top-three-croton-rotary-posts-at.html
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BY
SPECIAL REQUEST: A 1950'S CROTON EASTER EGG HUNT. Courtesy of the
archives maintained by the volunteers of The Croton Historical Society.
CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW.
YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN MORE CROTON EASTER EGG HUNTS---1983, 2013 AND 2014 https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/03/by-special-request-vintage-croton.html
Who died this date in 2010--John Forsythe (born Jacob Lincoln Freund; January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage, film/television actor, producer, narrator, drama teacher and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades.
His 60-year acting career began in films in 1943.
READ MORE HERE
CLICK ON THE PHOTO, courtesy of our friend CLASSIC FILM to see Forsythe and Cloris Leachman in 1955's "Premonition" from Alfred Hitchcock Presents....read more here
And since Forsythe is best remembered for playing Blake Carrington on television's DYNASTY, you may also enjoy reading about a Dynasty actress with a Croton connection: Kathleen Beller; click here
