FROM THE MAILBOX

From the Everything Croton mailbox, a request seeking online village directories for Croton 1914 and Ossining, also 1914.

Response: Sorry....I don't think there is a Croton directory for 1914 online anywhere but your best bet is to contact THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY; perhaps they have a copy in the office---email to archivist@crotonhistoricalsociety.org

For Ossining directories, you should really contact THE OSSINING HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM.  

Good luck.

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A reader is trying to find an article on clemency and cop-killers, the Brinks robbery, etc.

Response: Sorry, numerous articles on this subject have appeared; from your description, however, you might be seeking a letter to the editor that appeared in the Gazette a few years back and online at the link below: 

April 28, 2019, via Croton United 

To the editor:  Why are our politicians so fond of cop-killers? This past week we saw the disturbing attitude expressed in Albany and here in Croton.

Our televisions were filled with the beaming smile of Judith Clark, who was a getaway driver (armed with a 9mm handgun) for the 1981 Brinks robbery, where her fellow self-described “revolutionaries” killed Nyack police officers Sgt. Edward O’Grady and Officer Waverly Brown, along with Brinks guard Peter Paige.  READ MORE AT http://www.crotonunited.org/news-views/2019/4/28/why-are-our-politicians-so-fond-of-cop-killers

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To the reader who is trying to locate a "Southwest battery article, explosions, fire"--a "few years ago"--that was featured here----this MIGHT be the one you are looking for...

NEWS 12, highlights only: LINK NO LONGER BE "LIVE"--Arizona fire highlights challenges for energy storage Posted: Jun 23, 2019 12:11 PM EDT Updated: Jun 24, 2019 5:51 AM EDT---By JONATHAN J. COOPER--Associated Press--PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona's largest electric company installed massive batteries near neighborhoods with a large number of solar panels, hoping to capture some of the energy from the afternoon sun to use after dark.  Arizona Public Service has been an early adopter of battery storage technology seen as critical for the wider deployment of renewable energy and for a more resilient power grid. But an April fire and explosion at a massive battery west of Phoenix that sent eight firefighters and a police officer to the hospital - sorry the link is no longer live http://westchester.news12.com/story/40694863/arizona-fire-highlights-challenges-for-energy-storage