Wednesday, May 31, 2017

BAKED BY SUSAN SUMMERFEST 2017 PIE-EATING CONTEST

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.

TIME FOR BAKED BY SUSAN'S ANNUAL SUMMERFEST (6/4) PIE EATING CONTEST; CLICK ON THE FLYER....CALL 862-0874 TO SIGN UP.

AND CHECK OUT PIE PREPARATIONS FROM LAST YEAR, PIX COURTESY OF CROTON UNITED...CLICK ON THE PHOTO.

FOR MORE ABOUT BAKED BY SUSAN, VISIT BAKEDBYSUSAN.COM

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN:  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-best-scones-ever-come-from-baked-by.html

AND FOR SUMMERFEST 2017 INFO: CROTONSUMMERFEST.COM

BY SPECIAL REQUEST: PART ONE, IN THE GOOD OLD CROTON SUMMERTIME........

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 MEMORIAL DAY AND CROTON'S SUMMERFEST MARKING THE UNOFFICIAL START OF THE SUMMER SEASON, IT'S TIME FOR PART ONE OF OUR EVERYTHING CROTON SERIES--by special request--IN THE GOOD OLD CROTON SUMMERTIME....a collection of vintage (and a few recent) summertime posts, many courtesy of the outstanding archives maintained by The Croton Historical Society, 

Click on the photos below (from 1972)  and assorted links and enjoy...

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

MORE RECENT PHOTOS & VIDEOS YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS

--VIDEO, Courtesy of Tom Faranda's Folly, How Your SmartPhone Knows Where You Are, a two year old short but informative video, click on the link http://bit.ly/2qv5toO 

--PHOTOS, CROTON ROTARY, CARING COMMITTEE BBQ, click on the link http://bit.ly/2riFbFq 

--WASHINGTON ENGINE CO. Memorial Day Service, photos http://bit.ly/2shgrdQ 

--PHOTOS, Town of Cortlandt Memorial Day Service, courtesy of Croton United, click on the link https://www.facebook.com/crotonunited/posts/796512280505805 

--SEE THE LAST INSTALLMENT OF RECENT PHOTOS AND VIDEOS YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS HERE http://bit.ly/2rlA73X

REMEMBERING CLAUDE RAINS

Who died this date in 1967...Courtesy of our friends at European Film Star Postcards...(click on the photo).

The career of English stage and film actor Claude Rains (1889 - 1967) spanned 47 years.  In Hollywood he was a supporting actor who achieved A-list stardom. With his smooth distinguished voice he could portray a wide variety of roles, ranging from villains to sympathetic gentlemen. He is best known as the title figure in The Invisible Man (1933), as wicked Prince John in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), as a corrupt senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), and, of course, as Captain Renault in Casablanca (1942).  

READ AND SEE MUCH MORE HERE http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.nl/2016/01/claude-rains.html

Monday, May 29, 2017

MORE FROM THE EVERYTHING CROTON MAILBOX

Q:  What's going on with the helicopter pad i.e. the old Nappy property and the housing that was going to go on it with Harmon re-zoning?   

A: AS OF APRIL 2017--it was announced at a previous board meeting that the current (still???) owner had abandoned plans to develop it because he saw no way to make the building profitable.  It is allegedly back on the market in its current state. As always you should direct your questions to proponents of the re-zoning (who also brought you the Dairy Mart construction), consult the planning board records, check the village's meeting minutes, etc.

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Q: I enjoyed seeing photos of the outdoor services. Got any more examples from the village churches?  It's a good way to see the old town.

A: Click on the links below....

--Tom Faranda's Folly, 9/20/15 Holy Name of Mary outdoor mass at Vassallo Park--put together by the Youth Ministry--a.k.a. THE GOD SQUAD http://bit.ly/2reNK3W 

--Outdoor mass and celebration 2015, SPANISH MINISTRY, HOLY NAME OF MARY, Our Lady of Guadalupe  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/10/part-1-photos-holy-name-of-mary-spanish.html
--2016 Public recitation of the rosary at Holy Name http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/10/photos-from-2016-public-rosary-america.html