PETE SEEGER AND HIS FOLKIE FAMILY

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A READER passed along this TRAVALANCHE article on Pete Seeger. It's very detailed and includes much you may not have known.

READ MORE AT Pete Seeger and His Folkie Family – (Travalanche)

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TOMATO SOUP RECALL--SOLD AT WALMART

Via Lohud; go to Tomato soup sold at Walmart recalled over possible listeria

HAD A REQUEST FOR THE 2007 GALLELLI , KANE, & WEIGMAN KATZ ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT LETTER---WHAT THEY TOLD US THEN VERSUS WHAT YOU SEE NOW ON MAPLE STREET

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HAD A REQUEST FOR THE 2007 GALLELLI , KANE, & WEIGMAN KATZ ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT LETTER---WHAT THEY TOLD US THEN VERSUS WHAT YOU SEE NOW ON MAPLE STREET--click on the image.

DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT POSSIBLY LIES AHEAD.

HAD A REQUEST FOR THE 2025 PRELIMINARY WASTEWATER ENGINEERING REPORT---425 S. RIVERSIDE

Sharing here as well. You can find it at  Microsoft Word - Sewer Report-20251223

TRULY WORTH A SUBSCRIPTION---DOUGLAS MURRAY---THE TRAGEDY OF JASON ARDAY

The Front Page Monday, 08.17.2026 

It’s Monday, August 17. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: What if we could control hurricanes? Seth Dillon on the unintended winner of the free-speech wars. Jed Rubenfeld on Luigi Mangione’s legal escape hatch. And much more.

But first: The tragedy of Jason Arday. DOUGLAS MURRAY

On Friday, Jason Arday, the British academic who had been celebrated as the University of Cambridge’s youngest black professor, was found dead in his London home at the age of 41, in what is widely believed to have been a suicide. He had resigned days earlier, after being engulfed by scandal over allegations that he had fabricated elements of his personal story and plagiarized portions of his academic work. His memoir, Great and Unfortunate Things, had been published that same week.

“If Jason Arday were a white middle-class academic,” wrote Zarah Sultana, a left-wing Member of Parliament in the UK, “he would not have been hounded by the British press in the way he was.”

Meanwhile, in the U.S., Ibram X. Kendi, the prolific purveyor of “antiracism” who rose to fame during the racial reckoning of 2020, wrote an essay titled: “The Media Lynched Jason Arday.”

In his essay today, Douglas Murray argues that this is “manifestly, sinisterly untrue.” It was not reporters who failed Arday, but the people who elevated him to a position for which he was unsuited. In reading Great and Unfortunate Things, Douglas found “a terrible list of people purportedly telling him what a godlike force he is.”

Elsewhere in our pages, Yuan Yi Zhu wrote about the people who had to lose for Arday to win—deserving scholars passed over as Cambridge promoted a man whose work went unscrutinized, while academics who dared to challenge him were threatened. Meanwhile, John McWhorter examined how Arday’s appointment was itself a form of racism—a culture so eager to laud a black academic that it never asked whether his work merited the praise.

“It seems clear by now that Arday had a deluded sense of himself,” writes Douglas today. “The question is whether the delusions came more from himself or from the countless flatterers he met throughout his life.” Read  Douglas Murray: The Tragedy of Jason Arday

—The Editors

FOLLOW-UP TO THE GLORIA SWANSON FASHION--"FOREVER YOUNG"--POST

A reader recently mentioned that her mother was a devotee of GLORIA SWANSON'S FOREVER YOUNG CLOTHING LINE. Naturally we were intrigued given the Swanson Croton connection. You can read the original article here.

She's sent along some print ads, all from 1957, for your viewing pleasure. Click on the images.

ABOUT THAT CROTON SCHOOLS $3.2 MILLION SOLAR PLAN---FROM THE NEW "CROTON.NEWS" SITE

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Honeywell asked the Board of Education to approve a $3,170,000 solar-and-ventilation contract by late August to capture a $981,000 federal payment before incentives expire. Trustees also adopted the annual district safety plan and next year's board goals after a sharp debate over whether to promise to rebuild trust. READ MUCH MORE AT Croton Schools Weigh $3.2 Million Solar Plan With $981,000 in Federal Money at Stake — Croton-on-Hudson, NY

ICYMI---YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON WEEKEND NEWS RECAP AND VINTAGE CROTON TOO

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YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON WEEKEND NEWS RECAP AND VINTAGE CROTON TOO can be found at EverythingCroton: YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON WEEKEND NEWS RECAP AND VINTAGE CROTON TOO

ICE INVESTIGATION AIDS IN JAILING OF COLUMBIAN NATIONAL WHO FRAUDULENTLY VOTED IN US ELECTIONS

That thing that never happens...just happened again....

MORE AT ICE investigation aids in jailing of Colombian national who fraudulently voted in US elections

WHAT's NEW AT SOME OF OUR FAVORITE CROTON (AND NON-CROTON) BLOGS

Happy Monday everyone....and now our regular weekly feature......in between yet another series of overnight storms

WHAT's NEW AT SOME OF OUR FAVORITE CROTON (AND NON-CROTON) BLOGS

You may not always agree but it's always interesting... click on the links below.

EIGHT FROM TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY-- back on a new blogging platform

***WOW Rand Paul summarizes his views about Fauci – Tom Faranda's Folly
***Pope Leo addresses K of C: be “Prophets of Harmony” – Tom Faranda's Folly
***Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on why he worries about more than how his bank is doing – Tom Faranda's Folly
***Bill Maher destroys Democratic Socialism – Tom Faranda's Folly

***Musk’s SpaceX dream – the easy part – Tom Faranda's Folly
***Friday cocktail – The Jack Rose – Tom Faranda's Folly
***Interesting comments by one of Fauci colleagues – Tom Faranda's Folly
***DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA---THEIR PLATFORM! Democratic Socialists of America Platform – here it is. – Tom Faranda's Folly

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NEW FROM THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY BLOG! CROTON DAM! GO TO EverythingCroton: CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY BLOG---120 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE LAST STONE WAS LAID TO COMPLETE THE NEW CROTON DAM

AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT FROM LAST YEAR: SILVER LAKE

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FROM CROTON'S DW DESIGN & DECOR: SUMMER DESIGN NEWSLETTER; CLICK HERE

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FROM BROTHER JACK'S PREACHING MINISTRY, HOLY NAME OF MARY: THE LOST SHEEP OF ISRAEL; GO TO  https://brjackspreachingministry.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-lost-sheep-of-israel.html

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TWO FROM ETHICS ALARMS: 

THIS GUY OFTEN HITS THEM RIGHT OUTTA THE BALLPARK:

Ethics Dunce: Playboy | Ethics Alarms

AND 

On The Left’s Horrifying Lack Of Integrity In The Wake of The Arday Scandal: I’m Sorry I Was So Right, And How I Wish I Were Wrong. Now What? | Ethics Alarms

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TWO FROM EPHEMERAL NEW YORK: 

What it was like taking a steamboat to Coney Island on a sweltering Sunday in 1895; CLICK HERE

AND

A tenement goes down, and a century-old chewing tobacco ad returns to the uptown cityscape | Ephemeral New York; CLICK HERE

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ELEVEN FROM GRANDMA'S VINTAGE RECIPES:

--HOMEMADE CINNAMON ROLLS; CLICK HERE

--Old fashion Jam Cake with caramel frosting; click here

--OYSTER STEW; CLICK HERE

--BREAKFAST BUFFET BRUNCH; CLICK HERE

--BANG'S SWEET PICKLE RELISH; CLICK HERE

--MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD DIVINITY; CLICK HERE

--SLOW COOKER NAVY BEAN CROCK POT SOUP; CLICK HERE

--SCALLOPED CORN SUPREME; GO TO Grandma's Vintage Recipes: SCALLOPED CORN SUPREME

--BAKED HAMBURGERS WITH SAUCE; GO TO Grandma's Vintage Recipes: BAKED HAMBURGERS WITH SAUCE

--THE LATE BOB BARKER'S MEXICAN CHILI CON QUESO; GO TO Grandma's Vintage Recipes: THE LATE BOB BARKER'S MEXICAN CHILE CON QUESO

--CHERRY CRUMB COFFEE CAKE; GO TO Grandma's Vintage Recipes: CHERRY CRUMB COFFEE CAKE

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SEVEN FROM EUROPEAN FILM STAR POSTCARDS:

---European Film Star Postcards: Published by Les Éditions Filma

---Eva (1913) and Wenn Wunden heilen (1914); CLICK HERE

---MERNA KENNEDY; CLICK HERE

---GLADYS WALTON; CLICK HERE

---MATT DAMON; GO TO European Film Star Postcards: Matt Damon

---Souvenirs from Bologna (3); click here

---JACK BEUTEL; GO TO European Film Star Postcards: Jack Beutel

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FROM WESTERNS ALL'ITALIANA, ADRIAN DUNBAR; .Westerns...All'Italiana!: Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Adrian Dunbar

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SARCONE, PATRONE--NORTH SYRACUSE SEX OFFENDER CHARGED....

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First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Anthony Patrone, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), made the announcement.
.......First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone said, “As alleged, this defendant’s conduct is utterly indefensible. What is particularly troubling is that despite a prior conviction, New York’s increasingly soft‑on‑crime approach resulted in a probationary sentence that failed to deter him from allegedly reoffending. My office, together with our partners at HSI, remains steadfast in our commitment to identifying, investigating, and prosecuting alleged child predators to the fullest extent of the law. Flandera now faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in federal prison for his alleged actions and will answer for these allegations in federal court.” MORE AT Northern District of New York | North Syracuse Sex Offender Charged with Receiving Child Pornography | United States Department of Justice

JACKIE GLEASON PRESENTS THE 1956 BUICK ROADMASTER

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We love finding Croton celebrity vintage product endorsements. Here's a real time capsule---Jackie Gleason for the 1956 Buick Roadmaster! SEE IT AT Video: Jackie Gleason Presents the 1956 Buick Roadmaster - Mac's Motor City GarageMac's Motor City Garage

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and

EverythingCroton: 1969 KATHLEEN BELLER MARS ALMOND BAR CAMPAIGN

THE CROTON GARDENER #7, TIME TO DIVIDE THE IRISES, DAYLILIES

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST AND BACK FOR 2026, #7...THE CROTON GARDENER...useful tips, alerts, shopping, and MUCH MORE.

JUST SPENT THE LAST HOUR DIVIDING THE IRISES AND DAYLILIES; here's everything you need to know---and it's more than enough work for the afternoon..,,go to Gardening: Time to divide irises, daylilies

You may also enjoy:EverythingCroton: THE CROTON GARDENER #6--ZINNIAS, LAWN FUNGUS, PEPPER PLANTS, PESTS, AND MORE

and

EverythingCroton: THAT TIME OF YEAR---HELP MONARCHS ON THEIR LONG MIGRATION SOUTH

and

INVASIVES NEWS FROM THE DEC EverythingCroton: NYDEC'S NEW BULLETIN IS FILLED WITH INVASIVES NEWS---AND CLEAN, DRAIN, DRY!

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HANDMADE HATS---DOLLS--ICYMI--MADE BY BLANCA BRAVO

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Made by Blanca Bravo in Gualaquiza, Ecuador. Available at Franki’s Grill. $50 and all proceeds go to the artist.

FRANKI'S GRILL
Franki's Sandwich and Grill – Croton-on-Hudson, NY - CLICK ON THE PHOTO FOR THE THREE AMIGOS (ALL PHOTOS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)

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