From the VILLAGE FB PAGE--
The snow forecast for Sunday has been updated. Northern Westchester County is under a Winter Storm Watch and our area is now forecast to receive 5-8 inches of snow. SEE MORE AT Facebook
Friday, January 17, 2025
5-8 INCHES SNOW EXPECTED SUNDAY
From the VILLAGE FB PAGE--
NAVY VETERAN AWARDED $5M IN CNN DEFAMATION LAWSUIT
A jury in Florida on Friday found that CNN defamed a Navy veteran with a report on his business that aired in 2021 and awarded him $5 million damages. The plaintiff, Zachary Young, sued the network saying it harmed his business by including him in a 2021 segment about contractors who the report suggested were profiteering off Afghan refugees trying to flee the country after the Biden administration pulled U.S. forces out of the country. MORE AT Navy veteran awarded $5M in CNN defamation lawsuit
BY SPECIAL REQUEST, FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SOL GLUCK COLLECTION, THE 20TH CENTURY LIMITED
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Croton may very well be a “dam” town but it also was—and is—a railroad town.
Courtesy of The Croton-on-Hudson Historical Society’s extensive railroad archives and the Sol Gluck collection, comes a promotional brochure from 1948 for the NEW 20th CENTURY LIMITED, an express passenger train operated by the New York Central Railroad from 1902 to 1967, during which time it would become known as a "National Institution" and the "Most Famous Train in the World". Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Limited
To see the scan of this marvelously illustrated 1948 brochure, click: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22283683@N07/sets/72157629547626947/
YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY: CROTON HISTORY & MYSTERIES--ALL ABOARD THE 20TH CENTURY LIMITED--AT HARMON http://crotonhistory.org/2014/12/28/the-twentieth-century-limited-at-harmon/
NY POST--ON THE STATE OF OUR SCHOOLS--IT DOESN'T ADD UP - UNIONS HAVE DRIVEN SPENDING TO HIGHEST IN THE NATION
NY POST--ON THE STATE OF OUR SCHOOLS--IT DOESN'T ADD UP - UNIONS HAVE DRIVEN SPENDING TO HIGHEST IN THE NATION---- New York is spending $36,293 per public-school student as special interests rob the public blind--New York’s schools are failing our children.
A bombshell Citizens Budget Commission report exposes the rank insanity of New York spending on public schools: Combining federal, state and local outlays, it’s now up $36,293 per student, “the highest in the nation and nearly twice the national average.”
Even as “student performance is middle-of-the-pack”: By the Urban Institute’s calculations, adjusting for demographics, New York kids collectively place an average of 18th or 19th among the states on the gold-standard performance measure, the National Assessment of Educational Progress. MORE AT New York is spending $36,293 per public-school student as special interests rob the public blind
THE GAZETTE FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 16 THROUGH 22, 2025 -- CONCERNS AIRED OVER REPLACEMENT OF HISTORIC QUAKER BRIDGE
THE GAZETTE FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 16 THROUGH 22, 2025 has an extensive front page article and photos---entitled CONCERNS AIRED OVER REPLACEMENT OF HISTORIC QUAKER BRIDGE. "RESIDENTS OF CORTLANDT AND CROTON-ON-HUDSON ALIKE APPEARED NONE TOO PLEASED TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN HEARING AN OUTLINING OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY'S PLANS TO REPLACE HISTORIC QUAKER BRIDGE".
You are encouraged to read this article in its entirety as it is very detailed. The paper does not have an online presence but is sold just about everywhere.
MEMORIES OF THE CROTON STAMP CLUB AND NEWS ABOUT THE CORTLANDT STAMP CLUB
Quite a few Croton folks have fond memories of stamp (and coin) collecting and assorted related activities here when they were growing up. Currently there is a very active stamp club that meets at the Hendrick Hudson Library (click on the image--find more info at Feb 26 | Cortlandt Stamp Club | Peekskill, NY Patch)
And here's a stroll down Croton's "stamp collecting" history--click on the links below (and coin too):
***1968, CROTON LIONS--AND PINKNEY ROBINSON STAMP, 1982, GO TO EverythingCroton: 1968, CROTON LIONS, JUNIOR STAMP & COIN CLUB
***1971, CROTON ROTARY; SPECIAL GUARD FOR $34,000 STAMP; GO TO EverythingCroton: 1971 CROTON ROTARY: SPECIAL GUARD FOR $34,000 STAMP
AND NOW MORE FROM THE EVERYTHING CROTON MAILBOX
1) Had a request for anything about the Croton Children's Theater presentation of ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
Presuming it is the 1971 production, you can find a little here.
2) A reader is looking for photos from a "Valentine's event/luncheon" that was held at Asbury (Methodist) a few years back. Can you help?
Presuming it is the 1971 production, you can find a little here.
2) A reader is looking for photos from a "Valentine's event/luncheon" that was held at Asbury (Methodist) a few years back. Can you help?
You may mean the LOVE LUNCH event from 2018??? Go to EverythingCroton: BY SPECIAL REQUEST---FROM 2018---PHOTO ALBUM ASBURY METHODIST LOVE LUNCH
3) A reader said that her mother's basement washing machine has finally given up the ghost after decades. It was purchased from someplace down on Riverside in the 60's--but can't remember the name of the store.
IN THE NEWS--NO SURPRISE TO OUR SUBWAY COMMUTERS
The unidentified subway rider easily vaulted over the metal gate less than 36 hours after they were placed at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station, a Post photographer captured. MORE AT NYC subway straphanger jumps over MTA new turnstile spikes at Manhattan station
MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON
Our friends at European Film Star postcards are covering the Netherlands Film Festival--and on it's second day, they salute John Ford (1894-1973), one of the most respected directors in American cinema---he did the iconic Stagecoach of course but so much more---read and see it all at European Film Star Postcards: Directed by John Ford
BUT truly suggests you spend some time in the Christmas Crafts section---LOTS of very clever ideas, inspiration, and doable projects; see them all at Christmas Archives ⋆ Dream a Little Bigger
A reader remembered a collection of "odd" or "novelty vintage putz houses" but can't seem to find the post. We believe it is this one:
A collection of strange little vintage made in Japan putz houses via Pete Oehmen---some of these designs would make great additions to Hoard Lamey's Ten Cent City or small castle series.
And Pete says: One of my new favorite groups of houses I call "Oddities" A Family of Their Own. I'm surprised at how many of these strange little fellows are popping up. I guess I always just passed them up and didn't give them their fair chance. Some are totally out on their own while others seem to be bits and pieces of other families or are a new family all together.
Again, click on the photos and links.
With Valentine's Day on the horizon, a few links you may enjoy:
***REMEMBER BLUE WALTZ PERFUME, AND MY SIN! GO TO EverythingCroton: PERFUME MEMORIES, CROTON, AND VALENTINE'S DAY....
AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
AND WHAT THE PAUL'S OUTDOOR GARDEN CHRISTMAS TRAIN SCENE LOOKS LIKE IN THE SNOW! (5) Facebook
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Thursday, January 16, 2025
THE CROTON CHRONICLE--IS CARRIE E. TOMPKINS PRINCIPAL BIANCHI HIRING HER CHILDREN AS SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS IN VIOLATION OF DISTRICT POLICY?
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THE CROTON CHRONICLE--MICHAEL BALTER--1/16/2025
Is Carrie E. Tompkins principal Kerri Bianchi hiring her children as substitute teachers in violation of district policy?
Two of Bianchi's college-age children have been substituting at CET despite district rules against nepotism and their failure to meet minimum qualifications.
PERFUME MEMORIES, CROTON, AND VALENTINE'S DAY....
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.
With Valentine's Day around the corner, a reader remembered her first bottle of perfume----indeed, it was a rite of passage when her mother presented her with a bottle of BLUE WALTZ perfume for her twelfth birthday--which coincidentally fell on the 14th of February. (Surely you remember BLUE WALTZ--You know, in the heart-shaped bottle with a blue cap.)
Whatever you think of that cloyingly sweet scent, the bottle was a stroke of marketing genius...Click on the photos and links for more.....
BLUE WALTZ was popular for decades (click on the ad below from 1946) and was one of those stand-by "five and dime store" items that graced many a vanity table. In fact, Elliott's, United Cigar, and Robbins sold it. The sweet and spicy fragrance, is being remade today and can be found at the VERMONT COUNTRY STORE and on Amazon.
The scent appears to be very much the same as the original, or at least as most of us remember it.
And finally check out this great 1964 ad for MY SIN perfume...Lanvin My Sin (Mon Peche) was created back in 1924 by a mysterious Russian lady called “Madame Zed”, who worked on several more Lanvin fragrances.
My Sin was not inexpensive--and another great piece of marketing---all the ads featured a black cat---a local friend said that it seemed to be a scent reserved only for "married women"--given by husbands for serious events---like anniversaries and Christmas---although the less expensive dusting powder was a standard accompaniment to a heart shaped box of Whitman's chocolates on Valentine's Day, the latter carried only by James Drugs in the Upper Village.
"This feminine, provocative and dangerously seductive fragrant composition began with aldehydes, bergamot, lemon, clary sage and neroli." You can still find it today HERE.
And if you're a fan of vintage perfume in general, do we have the place for you: YESTERDAY'S PERFUME, click here
According to their website, Addington Doolittle, founder of Compagnie Parento, Inc. believed it was time to break the American dependency on imported perfumes and start an American manufacturing operation. Compagnie Parento, Inc. began creating and producing fragrance oils in the United States just after the turn of the 20th century. (For more about COMPAGNIE PARENTO, click here.)
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POP-UP FUNDRAISER TO AID LA FIRE VICTIMS 1/18 FEATURING MUSIC BY THE 1-4-5'S
POP-UP FUNDRAISER TO AID LA FIRE VICTIMS 1/18 FEATURING MUSIC BY THE 1-4-5'S
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OUTSTANDING FLICKR ALBUM OF VINTAGE VALENTINE, EASTER AND BIRTHDAY CARDS
Most of the vintage and antique Valentines we normally get to see are from the 1950's or Victorian in origin--and make no mistake, we love them. But these designs are from the rarely seen 30's and 40's and are an entirely different animal. There are die-cuts, mechanicals, and yes, even early Superman cards. So click here, sit back and enjoy. They just don't make them like this any more.
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