WELCOME SALON M ON HUDSON

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WELCOME SALON M ON HUDSON--CHECK THEM OUT HERE.

VALERIE HARPER HAS DIED

COURTESY OF CLASSIC FILM

Valerie Harper, who played Rhoda Morgenstern, the brash, Bronx-accented sidekick to the Mary Richards character on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and went on to topline spinoff “Rhoda,” died Friday after being diagnosed with lung and brain cancer in 2009. She was 80. 

READ MORE HERE, COURTESY OF VARIETY.

Click on the 70's ad courtesy of Classic Film.

VILLAGE RELEASES CROTON RIVER LAB TEST RESULTS

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The village has released the Croton River water test results online, after previously refusing to release the results without a FOIL request. Glad to see that the village has responded to residents. See Below.

WILL CROTON'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAKE THE HARD CHOICES?

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

To the editor:

Climate change is causing a rise in sea levels. That rise is going to continue for decades to come. Croton is located next to an estuary which is impacted by Atlantic Ocean water levels. Those two facts taken together suggest that we need to start coming up with a plan. But so far, the only near-term actions being taken in Croton are ones which will make matters worse.

In October 2018 Croton, Cortlandt and Buchanan convened a workshop to address the impact of climate change (see my letter in The Gazette, week of June 3/19). At that meeting there was discussion of the projected impact of rising water levels on Croton. In particular there was discussion of Riverside Avenue and Brook Street, including potential buyouts of property and construction of levees in the Hudson River. But our village government has never discussed this with Croton residents—before or since the 2018 workshop. Our Board of Trustees continues to avoid having any discussion of what steps the village will take in light of the floodplain projections.

I realize that dealing with mitigation of the North Riverside and Brook Street floodplain is not as fun as having demonstrations and marches. Instead of demanding action and shifting responsibility on national politicians, it necessitates taking action and making hard choices right here in Croton. So far the only action taken by the Board of Trustees has been to propose rezoning to increase apartment density in the very area which is going to be most impacted by the rising waters. This is the exact opposite of what common sense suggests. READ AND SEE MORE HERE.

YOU CAN READ ABOUT THE WORKSHOP AND THE VILLAGE'S COMMENTS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE AREA HERE.

ROB & MONICA'S LATEST ADVENTURES: THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF AUGUST

Rob and Monica's latest:

With July behind us and summer moving much faster than we would like, we headed into August with hope that estate saling would pick up. For over a year, the number of sales that interest us has dwindled. We don't think there are fewer estate sales. We just see fewer of our type of estate sales. We've spoken to fellow salers and they say the same thing. We hope that we see more great sales in the future but, for now, we'll have to take what we can get.

For the first weekend in August, there was only one sale of interest to us. It was the estate sale of Irv Gordon. Who is Irv Gordon, you ask? 

READ AND SEE MUCH MORE HERE.

VILLAGE SAYS CROTON RIVER LAB TEST RESULTS MUST BE FOILED

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VILLAGE SAYS CROTON RIVER LAB TEST RESULTS MUST BE FOILED 

A reader who asked the Village to post the recent Croton River (fecal coliform) lab tests on the village website says that he has received a reply from the Secretary to the Village Manager. The village says that these results must be requested under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).

Your editor had already made a FOIL request on 8/28/19 and will post the village's response when it is received. In the meantime, residents seeking to look at any of the test results should send an email to the Village FOIL officer at PDisanto@CrotonOnHudson-ny.gov and request copies of the documents.

UPDATED: TEST RESULTS RELEASED  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/08/village-releases-lab-test-results.html

9/3/19 TRUSTEES AGENDA INCLUDES CROTON RIVER NYSDEC CORRESPONDENCE, AREA IS NOT CLOSED BUT OTHER MEASURES MENTIONED

9/3/19 TRUSTEES AGENDA INCLUDES CROTON RIVER UNDER CORRESPONDENCE from NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation.  Area is not closed but other measures mentioned; ADDITIONAL COORDINATED CLEANUPS, ETC. See the entire agenda by clicking here. 

FOOT/CAR ACCESS TO UNIQUE AREA RESTRICTED; RIVER OPEN TO KAYAKERS, BOATERS

DEC letter below for your convenience. Click on the images.  Fecal coliform issues also addressed.

ALSO FYI REGARDING THOSE TEST RESULTS,  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/08/village-says-croton-river-lab-test.html

THE VINTAGE BOARD GAME

Your editor's Flick album--THE VINTAGE BOARD GAME--has been updated!

Click HERE to see an outstanding collection of vintage and antique board games--including this COMPLETE 1960's I DREAM OF JEANNIE board game--from the days when no batteries were necessary! Many of the games shown were featured in previous auctions @ Croton's own SeriousToyz.com

p.s. CROTON'S OWN 3RD UNIVERSE holds regular board game nights---keep track of that at https://www.facebook.com/events/503064637098527/

CONGRATULATIONS MEX-TO-GO

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CONGRATULATIONS MEX-TO-GO! YOU'RE A NEXTDOOR NEIGHBORHOOD FAVORITE. MORE HERE.

CUOMO'S BUFFALO BILLION TAINTED TESLA SOLAR CITY FACES AUDIT, NY POST AND MUSK PROMISES ROBOFLEET ETC.

Tesla...Cuomo...Solar City...in the news....again....Just when Gov. Andrew Cuomo thought he was done with “Buffalo Billion”…

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is conducting a sweeping audit of New York’s high-tech programs that will include a hard look at the taxpayer costs of the Tesla’s controversial SolarCity plant in Buffalo. “We have an audit underway looking at high-tech projects,” said DiNapoli spokeswoman Jennifer Freeman.

The audit will focus on high-tech programs run through the Empire State Development Corporation. One of the issues the comptroller would look at is whether taxpayers are getting enough bang for the buck — how many jobs are created and how much the state is subsidizing per job.

The Cuomo administration pumped $750 million into building the solar factory, part of his controversial “Buffalo Billion” program to revise the upstate economy. With just 750 jobs created at the plant that would come to $1 million to create each job. Even when factoring in thousands of other jobs created by Tesla, the subsidy would still be well into six figures per job. READ AND SEE MUCH MORE AT  https://nypost.com/2019/08/28/cuomos-buffalo-billion-tainted-tesla-solar-city-faces-audit/

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MORE TESLA, NY POST: Walmart claims roof fires caused by faulty Tesla solar panel.....The retail giant cut a deal with the company to install solar panels at 244 locations from 2010 to 2016 and now Walmart is suing for breach of contract claiming the panels aren’t safe and Tesla can’t fix them, according to a new Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit...Three fires broke out in the spring of 2018......“Why were multiple Walmart stores located all over the country suddenly catching fire? The answer was obvious and startling: the stores all had Tesla solar panels installed by Tesla on their roofs. At each location, the fire had originated in the Tesla solar panels,” the court papers charge. Then Walmart looked back and discovered that earlier store fires were also allegedly caused by Tesla solar panels, the court documents claim. READ MORE HERE

and

Exclusive: Tesla's solar factory is exporting most of its cells - document--(Reuters) The “great majority” of solar cells being produced at Tesla Inc’s factory in upstate New York are being sold overseas instead of being used in the company’s trademark “Solar Roof” as originally intended, according to documents reviewed by Reuters. READ MORE AT https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-solar-exclusive/exclusive-teslas-solar-factory-is-exporting-most-of-its-cells-document-idUSKCN1SL1H5

and

MUSK, PROMISES EV TESLA ROBOFLEET! BUT FIRST, ABOUT THAT EXPLODING CAR...NY POST: Tesla dispatches team to probe video of Model S exploding in China...US electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. said it has sent a team to investigate a video on Chinese social media that showed a parked Tesla Model S exploding, the latest in a string of fire incidents involving its cars. MORE HERE.

NY POST: TESLA PROMISES ROBO-FLEET! More here.

MSN: MUSK PROMISES FLEET OF ROBOTAXIS, OVER A MILLION! BY 2020! MORE HERE

----MORE FOLLOWS

TESLA, THOSE ELECTRIC CAR BATTERIES, CHAOS, WASTE AT BATTERY GIGAFACTORY, BUSINESS INSIDER: Insiders describe a world of chaos and waste at Panasonic's massive battery-making operation for Tesla

-Current and former employees at Panasonic's battery-making operation inside Tesla's Gigafactory said that it is a chaotic environment where standard operating procedures often go ignored and there's half a million pieces of scrap generated each day.
-"Why do we throw away half a million batteries a day? Because people are slobs and the stuff's not clean," a former employee said. Panasonic sends about 3 million battery cells to Tesla every day.
-Business Insider also reviewed internal documents, including some related to an oil spill that sent workers hunting through millions of battery cells to find potentially contaminated product for weeks.

READ THE LENGTHY ARTICLE AT https://www.businessinsider.com/panasonic-battery-cell-operations-tesla-gigafactory-chaotic-2019-4?utm_source=notification&utm_medium=referral

and in case you missed it from earlier in the month....

The graph says it all....Wall Street Journal--Shares of Tesla Inc. TSLA -8.60% fell about 8% Thursday after the electric-car maker reported a day earlier a 31% drop in new-vehicle deliveries for the first quarter. Shares have fallen about 19% in 2019 and 6.3% in the past month. READ MORE AT https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-shares-tumble-after-delivery-miss-11554387456?mod=hp_lead_pos4

Also has a great video about the lithium batteries.

1948: THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT--THE HOUR OF CHARM!

Now who could resist this 1948 ad for THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT - Phil Spitalny, the Hour of Charm, his all girl orchestra and choir - and of course Evelyn and her Magic Violin. Click on the photo.

Of course we just HAD to find out more - Apparently "ALL GIRL" orchestras were quite a novelty at the time - click here.

VISITATION & MEMORIAL SERVICE INFO FOR ELLEN I. FRUGIS

Memorial Visitation, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Edward F. Carter Funeral Home 8/31 FOLLOWED BY memorial service at 4 pm https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/croton-on-hudson-ny/ellen-frugis-8833382

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN -- THE POPPIT BELT!

Back by popular demand: Everything Croton continues its very popular series GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN....and so without further ah-doo... 

A TRUE PIECE OF FORGOTTEN MID-CENTURY MODERN FASHION---THE POPPIT BELT!  

CLICK ON THE 1969 AD FOR THE FULL EXPLANATION!

TO SEE THE LAST EDITION OF EVERYTHING CROTON'S GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN---CELLULOID COLLARS---CLICK HERE.

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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, a trip to Coney Island in its heyday, circa 1900 things to share--but only so many for now! From our local collector of all things vintage amusement park, a photo from Coney Island's heydey. Circa 1900's. Yes, you too can take a trip across the continent on The Great Musical & Scenic Railway!  

It's followed by one of our favorite loggie putz houses from Karl Fey--and another great antique putz house from the 2019 Golden Glow of Christmas Past Convention, courtesy of Pete Oehmen. Again, click on the photos and links. 

Hey Retro Renovators and lovers of mid century modern: Where to buy Weldtex combed, Striated Plywood for ceilings, walls, siding and more--click here.

Always worth a second look - Quite extraordinary - Silver Christmas tree 1957 stainless steel aluminum vintage retro train around the tree; click here. 

European Architectural Papercraft Collection - by Projekt Bastelbogen; some very nice and inspirational house examples--click here

RARE AND CLASSIC MADE IN JAPAN VINTAGE PUTZ, THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, PATTERN AND MORE HERE.

CUSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA, FLINTSTONES BEDROCK CITY! MORE HERE

FROM THE FAMILY GARDEN TRAINS FB PAGE: 
Long before the Polar Express movie came out, Bachmann made a Large Scale Polar Express train....READ MORE HERE

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JULY 1900, LIBERTY AND DEATH, ESCAPE FROM SING SING; BODIES FOUND OFF CROTON POINT

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THE NIEHART HERALD: 1900, LIBERTY AND DEATH, ESCAPE FROM SING SING; BODIES FOUND OFF CROTON POINT....

CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW. 

REMEMBERING GRACIE ALLEN

Who died this date in 1964...

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie "Gracie" Allen (July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964) was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her straight man. For contributions to the television industry, Gracie Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6672 Hollywood Boulevard. Read more here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie_Allen

Click on the 1950 ad for their CBS television show.

CROTON RIVER UPDATE 8/26/19

Additional kayak videos have been placed online at the Google Croton River photos and more album; the purpose of these photos and videos is to document the ongoing events occurring in these areas.  To the resident who asked, no, these are "wild, natural areas"; as such, there are no trash receptacles or bathroom facilities for assorted reasons as you can see from the photos and videos online; click here

Many thanks to the kayakers for providing these videos. This post is closed to all comments.

PREVIOUS UPDATES AND MORE CAN BE FOUND AT  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/08/82219-croton-river-unique-area-update.html

8/26 FIOS https://fios1news.com/news/lower-hudson-valley/no-swimming-due-to-bacteria-levels-croton-on-hudson/

HRFA "CATFISH CHAOS" TOURNAMENT RESULTS 2019

PHOTO, D. KOONEY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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HRFA "Catfish Chaos" Tournament Results 2019

Matteo Dinis, age 7 from Cortlandt Manor, was named Youth Division Champion of the 2019 Hudson River “Catfish Chaos” tournament on Saturday, August 21st at the Haverstraw Marina where over $4,600 in cash and prizes were awarded to participants. Matteo is seen here proudly displaying his trophy and new fishing rod. Matteo was also the recipient of a college scholarship award, all courtesy of the Hudson River Fisherman’s Association.

The river wide tournament, sponsored and managed by the HRFA took place on Saturday, August 17th. Open to all age groups, the tournament’s main focus is on the children which is where the HRFA understands the future of the river depends. 151 catfish we’re entered by 150 participants at 8 weigh stations along the river where they were all measured, recorded and released by volunteer members of the HRFA.

PHOTO, D. KOONEYU, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Matteo caught his trophy 21” channel catfish at the Croton Yacht Club, alongside a contingent of Wounded Warriors and their families who were hosted by the club. Matteo caught his prize winner on bait he caught with his brother Logan, his Grandfather and Uncle which was shared with all of the Wounded Warrior participants.

This was the third year of this annual event. For information on future HRFA events and the organization in general, please visit them on their website at hrfanj.org. The next area river fishing event will take place at the Croton Yacht Club on Saturday September 7th at their annual “Hudson River Day” celebration. Their youth fishing clinic and contest is sponsored by the Yacht Club and managed in coordination with HRFA volunteers. Fishing contest prizes and raffle prizes will be awarded to children throughout the day. The event is held free of charge and is open to the general public. For additional information, visit crotonyachtclub.org.

Respectfully submitted,

Dennis Kooney

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

As always, some wonderful finds, oldies but goodies and another minty, early made in Japan putz house photo from the 2019 Golden Glow of Christmas Past Convention, courtesy of Peter Oehmen. CLICK ON THE PHOTOS AND LINKS.

First, the oldie but goodie--back in 2014, your editor nearly jumped out of her shoes when she found this orphan Christmas photo @ the Peekskill Attic Treasures Flea Market--and for the princely sum of a dollar.  

For those who don't know, the term "orphan photo" applies to found photos that are no longer with their families. Probably 1930's or earlier--the back is marked Gourocle or Gourock Scotland. It's also been sliced up into smaller sections so you can appreciate all its vintage Christmas goodness. Periodic attempts are made to locate its Scottish "family" without success--but that's the way it is with orphan photos most of the time. 

Another oldie but goodie--Thomas Toys P-80 Shooting Star: The straight-winged Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the United States Army Air Force's first operational jet fighter going from design to build in just 143 days in 1943! READ AND SEE MORE HERE
 
ONE OF OUR FAVORITES: HOWARD LAMEY'S "SKYLINE" PROJECT; click here

BY SPECIAL REQUEST: the Victorian Couples flattie project; see it from start to finish here

ATLANTIS UFO MODEL KITS! MORE HERE

OLD STOCK FROSTY SPUN COTTON SNOWBALLS AND ICICLES FROM BLUMCHEN; DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE LINK WILL LAST - MORE HERE 

ALPHA STAMPS HAS BROUGHT IN THE COOLEST HALLOWEEN CRAFTY STUFF---click here.  

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