A BIG EVERYTHING CROTON SHOUT-OUT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO CROTON'S OWN THOMAS "TEX" DINKLER--- INDUCTED INTO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY SENIOR HALL OF FAME 2019

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A BIG EVERYTHING CROTON SHOUT-OUT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO CROTON'S OWN THOMAS "TEX" DINKLER--- INDUCTED INTO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY SENIOR HALL OF FAME 2019,...he's been a member of Croton's Fire Department since the late 1960's....and much more.

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY:

--DINKLER VISITS HOLY NAME OF MARY MONTESSORI SCHOOL, 2014; MORE HERE

--VIDEO, THE HISTORY OF THE CROTON FIRE FAIR FEATURING THE LATE DICK NAGLE AND TEX DINKLER;SEE THE VIDEO HERE

CROTON 1972 IN RETROSPECT, A SPECIAL REQUEST

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HAPPY NEW YEAR CROTON---We've had a special request from a reader to post "1972-A Year in Retrospect" from the Croton-Cortlandt newspaper for her parent's upcoming anniversary. We're happy to oblige: click on the photos BELOW. Courtesy of The Croton Historical Society newspaper archives of course!

MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON

As always, some wonderful finds, oldies but goodies and more....Click on the photos and links...

Happy New Year's Eve! First up, a wonderful Christmas ad from 1947 for Lane--when every woman wanted to start her home with a Lane Cedar Chest--packed with all the things a new bride would need!

It's followed by a rare and fabulous toy that was featured in a previous auction at Croton's own Serioustoyz.com - the "Mechanical Juggling Popeye & Olive Oyl", 1950s, Linemar, Japan, 9"; Popeye balances & spins Olive's chair, 9"--and although Olive was missing her ponytail, sold for $2458.40-- www.serioustoyz.com

And finally a close-up visit to the annual Christmas putz village of Maria-ville, where this is always just enough snow on the ground, the pond is always ready for skating, and it's still alright to say Merry Christmas without offending anyone. (SEE IT ALL HERE). 

Again, click on the photos and enjoy!

Fab Paper Westside Warehouse by Marx courtesy of ToyConnect; more here

We used to make these trees from old TV guides! Click here

Putz under glass; well actually a mason jar; very effective; keep scrolling down the page to see all the photos; more here

A WHOLE PAGE OF VINTAGE TRAIN CATALOG AND AD LINKS; SOME WONDERFUL ITEMS HERE, SO MUCH EYE CANDY  https://bigindoortrains.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=29

AND SOME ADDITIONAL LINKS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED---BUT SHOULDN'T:

--HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM OUR FRIENDS AT EUROPEAN FILM STAR POSTCARDS; MORE HERE

--OKPAT'S 2019 VILLAGE; KEEP SCROLLING DOWN THE PAGE ONCE YOU GET THERE TO SEE IT ALL; MORE HERE 

--HAROLD LLOYD'S CHRISTMAS TREE WITH PUTZ VILLAGE UNDERNEATH! CLICK HERE

-- ANTOINETTE STOCKENBERG'S 2019 CHRISTMAS MANTLE! http://antoinettestockenberg.com/Putz2019.htm

--PUT THIS MOVIE ON YOUR CHRISTMAS BUCKET LIST!  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/12/for-christmas-bucket-list-your-film.html

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON HERE. 

p.s. love love love Lucy's latest https://paperglitterglue.com/diy-display-gift-box/

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM OUR FRIENDS AT EFSP!!!!

From our friends at European Film Star Postcards....

All the best for 2020! Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!, as we say in Dutch. Thanks for your friendship in 2019. Special thanks to Ivo, Carla, Marlene, Beth, Didier, Daniël and Egbert, for sharing their postcards and thoughts with EFSP. I hope to meet you all here again in 2020!

Click on the vintage Dutch postcard to see The Little Rascals a.k.a. OUR GANG, then click here link to see more vintage New Year's themed European postcards

AND IF YOU LOVE THE LITTLE RASCALS, check out this 1937 ephemera http://bit.ly/2q59ccA

OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE LAUDON FAMILY

Kenneth Craig Laudon passed away on 12/26. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/croton-on-hudson-ny/kenneth-laudon-8974432

FOR THE CHRISTMAS BUCKET LIST & YOUR FILM LIBRARY: AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS CAROL

And now here's one for the Christmas bucket list...Click on the photos and links.   

Add this made-for-TV DVD to your Christmas film archives....the 1979 production of AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS CAROL.   

Yes...it is schmaltzy....and sentimental...but so well done.

Directed by Eric Till and based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, it stars Henry Winkler--yes Fonzie--as Bernard Slade, a depression-era Scrooge.  He is really quite effective in part.

The plot is simple enough---in Depression-era Concord, New Hampshire, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans.   

Read more about it here.  p.s. It was released on Blu-ray in December 2012.

It's also available on Amazon and a must-add to your Christmas movie library.   

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST: WINTERTIME IN CROTON: THE 1950's, 1960's & 1970's PLUS...

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST: WINTER TIME IN CROTON, THE 1960'S & 1970'S

A collection of links celebrating by-gone winters in Croton-on-Hudson...

1963 CROTON WINTER CARNIVAL---BABS CHRISTOPHER CROWNED QUEEN---click on the photo

1960 ICE SKATING RACES AT THE CROTON DUCK POND http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-1960-ice-skating-races-croton-duck.html

THE BLIZZARD OF 1960 http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-blizzard-of-1960-in-croton.html

JANUARY 1955, PREPARING THE DUCK POND FOR SKATING http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/09/croton-duck-pond-jan-1955.html
 
A COLD WINTER'S DAY IN CROTON 1973 http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-cold-winters-day-in-croton-1973.html

THE CROTON HISTORIAN "VINTAGE", WINTER HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2007 EDITION, SELECT SCANS FROM THE NEWSLETTER; FROM 1971; 1958, AND 1963 http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-croton-historian-vintage-edition_17.html

AND IN MORE RECENT TIMES:

--THE 2018 EPHEMERAL SNOW STORM; MORE HERE

--COURTESY OF CROTON UNITED, SCENES FROM THE FEB. 2017 SNOWSTORM; more here

--CROTON DAM, POST FIRST WINTER SNOW STORM, 2014; more here

--AND FROM 2015; a winter recap, more here

--A RECENT LOOK AT THE ICE WALL ON ROUTE 129  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/12/that-ice-wal-on-route-129another-season.html

FROM EPHEMERAL NEW YORK: ALL ABOUT THOSE PARK AVENUE CHRISTMAS TREES

As it turns out, your editor coincidentally just got a question about these trees....

From one of our favorite blogs: Ephemeral New York

The solemn story of Park Avenue’s holiday trees

Uptown Park Avenue is an almost unbroken line of stately, impeccable apartment buildings. And every December, it’s also a miles-long line of sparkling holiday trees.

READ AND SEE MUCH MORE AT https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2019/12/30/the-solemn-story-of-park-avenues-holiday-trees/

OTTO ISLER PASSED AWAY

December 26th; more at https://www.palmswestfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Otto-Isler/?fbclid=IwAR2xtnVC_UDIDsiaA4YY3jKMjHPXZ98mRrbS2Zc8QdYDmvmogufMTb9Xc7E#!/Obituary

THAT ICE WALL ON ROUTE 129...ANOTHER SEASON

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AND SO IT BEGINS....COLDER DAYS ARE COMING TO THE "ICE WALL" AT ROUTE 129 NEAR THE CROTON DAM ENTRANCE.  HERE'S JUST A PREVIEW.

CLICK ON THE PHOTO.  AND FROM 2015, more here

FRANK SINATRA: NEW FROM OUR FRIENDS AT EFSP

NEW FROM OUR FRIENDS AT EFSP:

Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) was an American singer, actor and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.

The idol of the bobby soxers Francis Albert Sinatra was born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1915.

Sinatra spent much time at his parents' tavern in Hoboken, working on his homework and occasionally singing a song on top of the player piano for spare change. While he never learned how to read music, Sinatra had an impressive understanding of it, and he worked very hard from a young age to improve his abilities in all aspects of music.  READ AND SEE SOME FAB VINTAGE POSTCARDS HERE.

THE CROTON GRILLE IS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP

Per their website, The Croton Grille is under new ownership; new menu coming soon.  See https://www.crotongrille.com/

And the new chef is....https://www.facebook.com/vderaco?hc_location=ufi

TOP THREE ASBURY METHODIST POSTS, 2019

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THE TOP THREE ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH POSTS at Everything Croton, 2019:

#1, PHOTOS AND MORE, 2019 HISTORIC SUNDAY AT ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH; MORE HERE

#2, CHRISTMAS CAROLING AT ASBURY; MORE HERE

#3, PHOTO ALBUM & NEWS FROM THE 2019 PEDALS FOR PROGRESS BIKE & SEWING MACHINE COLLECTION; MORE HERE

YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK--MUSK, BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK, AND THAT $750 MILLION BUFFALO GIGAFACTORY 2 SOLAR PANEL FACTORY

Did Elon Musk Forget About Buffalo?  After $750 million in subsidies and years of delays, critics say the Tesla CEO hasn’t done enough for the Gigafactory 2 solar panel factory.

Just south of downtown Buffalo, near abandoned factories and crumbling brick warehouses, is a 1.2-million-square-foot white box with Tesla Inc.’s solar panel factory inside. The state of New York paid $750 million to fund this place, based on a commitment to create nearly 1,500 jobs here. On a Tuesday morning in mid-November, a group of two dozen of these workers is monitoring several rows of robots that are stamping out materials for the Solar Roof, a new kind of solar panel that Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is very excited about. Or was, anyway.

READ AND SEE MORE AT 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-11-20/inside-elon-musk-s-forgotten-gigafactory-2-in-buffalo

THE TOP THREE OUR SAVIOUR EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH POSTS AT EVERTHING CROTON 2019

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THAT TIME OF YEAR....ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER---EVERYTHING CROTON'S ANNUAL "THE TOP POSTS "...AND NOW....

THE TOP THREE OUR SAVIOUR EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH POSTS at Everything Croton, 2019:

#1, FALL DAYS 2019 AT OUR SAVIOUR; MORE HERE

#2, NOVEMBER 1960 DAYS AT OUR SAVIOUR; MORE HERE

#3, EASTER 2019 AT OUR SAVIOUR; http://www.oursaviourcroton.org/

PHOTO ALBUM, 2019 HOLY NAME OF MARY'S BI-LINGUAL MASS AT THE CHAPEL

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COURTESY OF TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY, A PHOTO ALBUM FROM THE 2019 BI-LINGUAL  MASS AT HOLY NAME OF MARY, THE CHAPEL...A PACKED EVENT AS ALWAYS.

CLICK HERE TO SEE AND READ MORE.

THE DEC. 19 GAZETTE END OF YEAR ARTICLE ON THE CROTON POINT AVENUE PROJECT, COSTS SKY-ROCKET

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AN IMPORTANT AND THOROUGH GAZETTE ARTICLE ON THE CONTINUED CROTON POINT AVENUE PROJECT FIASCO IS A MUST-READ IN THE DEC. 19, 2019 THROUGH JAN. 1, 2020 EDITION OF THE PAPER. Mr. Cahill did his research well, pointing to the obvious problems of the project from its inception all the way up to the most recent bids. (Click on the photo.) You are encouraged to read the article in its entirety.

THE GAZETTE is on sale just about everywhere.

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-citizens-against-croton-point.html

AND ...

"Let’s return reasonable, off-peak, on street parking (10 a.m.-3 p.m.?) to the north side of CPA, for the benefit of its businesses and their customers.

As for this project, it’s high time to kill it once and for all, and stop throwing good money after bad."

Read more from April of this year at https://www.crotonunited.org/news-views/2019/4/7/lets-stop-throwing-good-money-after-bad

AND AS FOR LAST NIGHT'S EVENTS AT THE VAN WYCK APARTMENT BUILDING, THANK YOU CROTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

PHOTO COURTESY OF CROTON F.D.

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FOR THOSE WONDERING ABOUT THE NEARLY TWO HOUR EVENTS AT THE VAN WYCK APARTMENT BUILDING, RESIDENTS WERE FORTUNATE THAT IT WAS NOT FREEZING...for everyone ended up outside due to a smoke condition in the building.  

FROM THE CROTON FD FB PAGE:  At 11:00 PM last night, a Full Department Response was dispatched to the Van Wyck Apartments on Grand Street for smoke in the building.  Units arrived and immediately determined a malfunction of an oil burner, with low levels of Carbon Monoxide in the building along with fumes that required ventilation. 

Members shut down the boiler, aided in evacuating residents, checked for CO levels, vented the fumes and assisted one party who wasn’t feeling well. 

Car 2081, Car 2082, Engine 118, Engine 119, Engine 120, Tower Ladder 44, Rescue 18, Utility 14 were on scene with over two dozen CFD Volunteers operating for almost 90 minutes.  Croton EMS, the Ossining EMS Paramedic Unit and Croton Police were on scene, and a dual-response from the Ossining FD was cancelled enroute.

MORE PHOTOS HERE AND HERE AND HERE.

MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON

As always, some wonderful finds, special requests, oldies but goodies and more. Click on the photos and links.

First up, one of our faves--Howard Lamey's "cotton top" railroad shack (hole in the back for the light of course!)

It's followed by a request for "that grenen Dolly House repro with the curtains in the windows"--it's got to be the Dolly Toy Co. putz house reproduction from Laura.

You can read the 6 page "Dolly Village" post on these houses here http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=976

And then by special request, an oldie but goodie from Howard Lamey --the Starwoods Hotel; again, click on the photos and enjoy. See more of Howard's work at littleglitterhouses.com

And finally two snaps from Steve's amazing and very authentic looking reproductions of vintage MIJ putz houses. Again, click on the photos and lnks.

The 1949 Salesman's Candy Book! bit.ly/1SbDrFS - Always worth a second look....

And for all you lovers of vintage Honeycomb, go here now! bit.ly/205rIwF

1960 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, THE AUTOMATIC SWIZZLE STICK! Click here.

BY SPECIAL REQUEST, BUILDING THE TIN CITY BRIDGE https://bigindoortrains.com/primer/bridges/tin_city_bridge/tin_city_bridge.htm

FOR THE READER LOOKING FOR THOSE OLD-FASHIONED "CREPE PAPER TREAT CUPS", BLUMCHEN HAS THEM.

CLICK HERE.

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ALERT GAS LEAK, AREA BEHIND MUNICIPAL BUILDING

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ALERT GAS LEAK - Old Post Road North, at corner of Brook Street. Behind the municipal building.  CLICK ON THE PHOTO; STREET BLOCKED OFF.

EXPLOSIVE LEVELS OF GAS DETECTED in catchbasin at intersection of Old Post Road and Brook Street, behind the Municipal Building.

Croton fire, police, EMS and Con Ed are on scene. Police are searching house-to-house with Con Ed to find source of gas leak. There was a previous gas leak just a few days ago at the same location. Traffic is blocked off, including pedestrian traffic, due to risk of explosion. 

Updated 12:21; click on the 2ND photo.

Source POSSIBLY LOCATED 

EMPHASIS: POSSIBLY LOCATED

WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AS AND IF MORE INFO BECOMES AVAILABLE. 

3:40 pm update, Con Ed dug up part of the west side of Old Post Rd just north of Brook Street. Crews are continuing work at the site. Traffic is flowing but there is only 1 lane 

12/24 update: They got an even larger backhoe and started digging again early this morning.

LATE 12/24 UPDATE; PROBLEM ALLEGEDLY RESOLVED. 

THE 2019 CROTON FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL CANDY CANE RUN HAS COME AND GONE

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THE 2019 CROTON FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL CANDY CANE RUN HAS COME AND GONE. (Click on the photo). Thanks everyone for keeping the tradition alive!

See more here  and here.

For more about your all-volunteer fire department, visit https://www.facebook.com/CrotonFire/

CROTON ANIMAL HOSPITAL VISITS SPARC & PET CONNECTION

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Croton Animal Hospital visits Pet Connection and SPARC
Posted on December 16, 2019 by CAH

This Fall I made two visits to SPARC’s pet connection session with my two dogs, Freddy and Erin, and one of my rabbits, Snowy. SPARC is an organization based in Yorktown that provides therapeutic recreation activities to people with developmental disabilities. Through these activities individuals develop friendships, independence and inclusion skills. I was fortunate enough to visit with 8-10 adults who had varying degrees of disabilities, both physical and cognitive, and their aides. Both evenings we met in Harrison in a church community room and each person had time to interact with my dogs and rabbit. We were able to elicit language and physical displays of affection for the animals, even if only briefly for some of the participants. For their parts, the dogs relished the opportunity to have the additional contact time with caring humans. Although Freddy, a young mini labradoodle, was a little concerned by the motorized wheel chairs on the first visit, he quickly regained his composure and had no reaction on our second visit.  

READ MORE AT https://www.crotonanimalhospital.com/croton-animal-hospital/croton-animal-hospital-visits-pet-connection-and-sparc/

HOLY NAME OF MARY'S NEW CRECHE 2019

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The life-sized nativity figures at Holy Name of Mary have a new home for the Christmas season---a beautiful hand-crafted wooden creche in a more European vein.  Click on the photo.  We love it!

For more about Holy Name of Mary, visit  https://holynameofmary.org/

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION--A GAZETTE LETTER: CROTON'S ONE PARTY GOVERNMENT

December 22, 2019

The following letter was published in this week’s issue of the Gazette.

To the Editor:
 
The North Riverside re-zoning plan will go forward regardless of public input. Some of the quotes I hear from residents are: “It’s a done deal”, “They’ll do whatever they want” and “The meetings and questionnaire were just window dressing.”

Unfortunately, this is a result of a one party government. This is not new to Croton and it has happened before. The Municipal Place skate park debacle at a cost of $100K or more. The Gouveia Park sham which will continue to drain resources and can only get worse. A former mayor receiving a Cadillac health plan for his family. The Croton Point Avenue project and the five million dollar renovation of the Municipal Building.

The common threads are the same: One party rule, stacked committees, public meetings that appear to get residents input but are ignored. The same cabal will always be in the background pulling the strings....READ THE REST AT https://www.crotonunited.org/news-views/2019/12/22/crotons-one-party-government

MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON

As always, some wonderful finds, oldies but goodies and more. Click on the photos and links.

First up, courtesy of CherylH's private collection, a simply beautiful vintage cabinet card of a little girl; it's hard to date this one but we're going to say post 1900 but pre-1920. She's followed by two photos from Howard's 2019 Train and Trolley Tabletop Putz Village. Again, click on the photos and links.

By special request, Howard's 2017 DOLLY VILLAGE CHRISTMAS BUFFET SCENE http://bit.ly/2jpmFFE

We love when our readers dare us to find something and...ta-da...CAKE TOP lantern toppers, 4 inch http://bit.ly/1BnQclf

An oldie but goodie and so worth re-visiting: a link to an endless series of old Christmas windows from Scranton, Pennsylvania scrantonchristmas.blogspot.com/

Remember Christmas corsages? Well...these are fab repros: http://bit.ly/1uGtHE8

East Hills Moravian Church with their nativity putz video http://bit.ly/1okTZrg

Okpat's 2019 putz village; the "downsized version"; click here

DONALD D'S WORK IN PROGRESS; MORE HERE

P.S. TO KATHI--THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL VINTAGE EPHEMERA; SCANNING AND SHARING SOON!

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CHRISTMAS CAROLING 2019 AT ASBURY METHODIST

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Picture-perfect weather for Christmas Carols and the Asbury United Methodist Church congregation....click on the photo.  For more about Asbury, visit http://asburycroton.umcchurches.org/

You may also enjoy reading about the history of their creche, Edson Barton, and....more here.

THE TOP THREE CROTON BOY SCOUTING POSTS, 2019

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THE TOP THREE CROTON BOY SCOUTING POSTS at Everything Croton, 2019

#1, Members of Croton BSA Troop 28 and Cub Scouts Pack 28 provided community service to HOLY NAME OF MARY, the troop’s and pack’s chartering organization, by deep-cleaning windows in Parish Meeting Rooms (PMRs) 3-4-5 on 9/28/19. SEE MORE HERE AND HERE.

#2, GROUP PHOTO FROM 2019 SCOUT SUNDAY AT HOLY NAME OF MARY/FROM HOLY NAME OF MARY'S FB PAGE: Croton Scouts Troop & Pack 28 and Girl Scouts celebrated the anniversary of Scouting this weekend with Scout Sunday Mass on 2/3/19 at HNM, the troop and pack’s chartering organization. GROUP PHOTO SHOT HERE.

#3, HIGHLIGHTS 2019, VETERANS LUNCHEON AT THE CROTON YACHT CLUB https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/11/highlights-from-2019-tenth-annual.html

ON THE CROTON POINT AVENUE FIASCO: THIS PROJECT HAS JUMPED THE SHARK

December 20, 2019 

 

The following letter was published in this week’s issue of the Gazette. 

 

To the Editor:  

 

Did you miss it? Late last Monday night, at almost the very end of the Village Board meeting, the Village Manager announced that based on the bids recently received for the Croton Point Avenue project, the village will now have to borrow $3 million dollars to complete the project. For those who have been following the progress of this misguided project from its inception, that is fully ten times the original estimated cost to the village, and that’s for only the scaled-back version of the project that the board announced earlier this year. READ THE REST HERE.

MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON

As always, some wonderful finds, oldies but goodies and special requests. Click on the photos and links.

First up, a scarce and outstanding example of Marx tin/stamped metal toymanship from the 1930's previously featured in a 2009 auction at serioustoyz---and by special request--THE CITY AIRPORT. Click on the photos--there's even a close-up because we know how the "putz artisans" in our group are always looking for inspiration--maybe this one will do! 

It's followed by a great 1962 print still for the original Oceans 11. And finally a snap of this year's French Christmas putz. Again, click on the photos and enjoy.

Worth looking at again: A TRIBUTE TO TINPLATE--click here for more

We’ve called attention to this set of vintage Christmas lights before but had to do so again when we used it to once again identify a vintage figural bulb we found at a local tag sale---spend some time viewing this marvelous collection http://www.flickr.com/photos/17041736@N07/sets/72157629243390574/with/6845586004/

Brian's outstanding reproduction putz houses--these rival the original made in Japan houses right down to the bisque figures and "coconut":   http://bit.ly/2lJE1Qr 

And now....THE ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO MILADA JEZEK A.K.A. "MILLIE"

BACK IN 2016, we received the sad news that Linda's aunt--Milada "Millie" Jezek--who had been entertaining us for years with her annual and very beautiful vintage and antique Christmas decorating vignettes, passed away in November at the age of 100.

Millie's displays and the artful, loving way she put it all together every year, will be missed. Fortunately, we have the photo record.  Linda tells us that the family decorated Millie's room so that she passed away surrounded by her treasures. Click here to see a Flickr album I pulled together from her displays throughout the years. 

WONDERFUL TRI-LEVEL NATIVITY PUTZ; MORE HERE 

VINTAGE TYPEWRITERS---AND REPAIR! https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/12/updated-vintage-typewriter-flickr-album.html 

HAPPY HOLLY- 

DEER---THE LATEST FROM PAPER GLITTER GLUE, A FAB PROJECT https://paperglitterglue.com/happy-hollydeer-diy-reindeer-candy-box-pinata/

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THE TOP FIVE CROTON IN THE 1960'S ARTICLES AT EVERYTHING CROTON - 2019

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THAT TIME OF YEAR....ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER---EVERYTHING CROTON'S ANNUAL "THE TOP POSTS "...AND NOW....

THE TOP FIVE CROTON IN THE 1960'S ARTICLES AT EVERYTHING CROTON - 2019

#1, 1968, VAN CORTLANDT MANOR, LADY BIRD JOHNSON; MORE HERE

#2, NOVEMBER 1967 CROTON; MORE HERE

#3, CIRCA 1966, 1967, A CROTON THANKSGIVING PROGRAM; MORE HERE

#4, FULL HOUSE AT CHHS ATHLETIC NIGHT, 1962; MORE HERE

#5, LET'S GO SEE A MOVIE, THE 1960'S  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/04/lets-go-see-movie-1960s.html

PHOTOS, 2019 GOD SQUAD SLEEP-OUT, HOLY NAME OF MARY

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Another successful God Squad Sleep-out has come and gone. This dynamic youth ministry at Holy Name of Mary once again raised much need money, food, and clothing for Peekskill's CHHOP. Click on the photos below, all rights reserved GOD SQUAD.

For more about THE GOD SQUAD, visit https://www.holynameofmary.org/youth-ministry-hnmy-god-squad