YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON WEEKEND NEWS RE-CAP AND VINTAGE CROTON TOO

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The Everything Croton Weekend News Re-cap and Vintage Croton too---Click on the links below. ITEMS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN

AND/OR ITALICIZED SHOULD GET SPECIAL ATTENTION

BUT FIRST:

--THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF SOME RECENT PHOTOS, VIDEOS AND PODCASTS TOO--YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS; click here

--Updating the blog's extensive mailing list; if you still wish to be on it, please email the editor by August 15th.

--NYS TO IMPLEMENT NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS BY 2029; CLICK HERE

--EVEN MORE NEW POSTS AT MY MSMERMAID LIFE; simply inspirational; CLICK HERE

--AND IN THE NEWS: THEY ARE HOME! US CITIZENS RELEASED FROM DETENTION IN VENEZUELA UNDER EXCHANGE DEAL IN EL SALVADOR THANKS TO TRUMP, RUBIO, BUKELE; MORE HERE

MOVING ALONG:

--A LITTLE CROTON HUMOR (AND REALITY) FROM PAUL STEINBERG: THE CROTON LIFESTYLE, AS SEEN BY SOTHEBY'S...A LETTER TO THE GAZETTE; click here

--ANOTHER INTERESTING SEN. HARCKHAM BILL; GO TO S7111A

--TEMPLE ISRAEL SISTERHOOD COCKTAILS BY THE LAKE; go here

--NY HISTORY REGENTS RANKINGS; QUITE A FEW UNHAPPY FOLKS; GO HERE

--THE CROTON CHRONICLE, CON ED GAS MAIN WORK WILL REQUIRE EXCAVATION IN GOTWALD GARDENS, BUT OFFICIALS SAY DISRUPTION WILL BE MINIMAL; CLICK HERE

--CONGRATULATIONS SR. MARY ELIZABETH; GO HERE

--FUN STUFF! GO TO GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN--1966, THE KENNER EASY-SHOW PROJECTOR

--THAT NO LEFT TURN SIGN; GO TO BACK ONLINE

--JOEL GINGOLD, GUEST EDITORIAL, THE CROTON CHRONICLE: IS SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER'S COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGRATION PROGRAM THE BEST DEAL FOR RESIDENTS....CLICK HERE

--Supreme Court sides with parents seeking opt-outs from LGBTQ books; MORE AT THE HILL HERE and Reuters; CLICK HERE

--COURTESY OF CROTON'S TOM FARANDA--THE 16 CARMELITE MARTYRS OF COMPIEGNE--REIGN OF TERROR; CLICK HERE

--MSNBC, CNN, DRAMATIC VIEWERSHIP DECLINES-NIELSEN; GO HERE

--FRIDAY COCKTAIL, GO TO Tom Faranda's Folly: Friday cocktail - Cognac Espresso Martini

--VINTAGE CROTON 1966, VILLAGE GALLERY; GO HERE

--CONNIE FRANCIS HAS DIED; CLICK HERE

AND OUR FRIENDS AT EUROPEAN FILM STAR POSTCARDS HAVE A WONDERFUL POST AND VINTAGE POSTCARDS OF FRANCIS HERE 

--LATIN MASS AND POPE LEO; GO TO Exclusive from Rome: Pope Leo XIV issues exemption to San Angelo Diocese

--Harckham Honors Two Croton Businesses with NYS Empire Awards--CROTON BAIT AND TACKLE and THE CROTON ANIMAL HOSPITAL. MORE AT Harckham Honors Two Croton Businesses with NYS Empire Awards | NYSenate.gov

--IN THE NEWS; MORE BAD POLL NEWS; GO TO CNN and CBS Polls Signal Concern for Democrats

--THANK YOU CROTON EMS; GO HERE

--MORE ON 1962'S "DAVID AND LISA"-STARRING CROTON'S HOWARD DA SILVA; CLICK HERE

--RESCUE! THANK WECO MEMBERS, ENGINE 119, UTILITY 14, MARINE 32, THE MEN & WOMEN OF CROTON EMS--AND ALL INVOLVED--GO HERE

--VINTAGE CROTON; 1979 SCOUTS HONORED AT COURT OF HONOR--TROOP 25--LOTS OF OLD CROTON NAMES; GO HERE

--ANOTHER POLL, NEWSWEEK: HISPANIC SUPPORT FOR DEPORTATIONS SURGES IN SPACE OF 2 MONTHS

--TAKE BACK NY: #TakeBackNY

--ABOUT THAT CVS SHOPLIFTING SPREE; CAUGHT! CLICK HERE AND FOR MORE, CLICK HERE

--SOME RECENT NEWS FROM YOUR LOCAL HOUSES OF WORSHIP THAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED; MORE HERE

--ICYMI: MORE SUMMER CHARCUTERIE BOARD OPTIONS, TIPS, LOCAL SHOPPING & MORE; click here

--OBIT FOR SUZY GALLAGHER; click here

--VINTAGE CROTON, 1978 SHOPPING & DINING; click here

--ASAP MORTAGE is moving; click here

--GAZETTE, JOHN SARCONE HOLDS ON TO POST; CLICK HERE

--GAZETTE, THOMAS STAUDTER, ON THE BEAT, SUMMER SIZZLE, GO HERE

--GAZETTE, THE WEEK OF JULY 17TH THROUGH JULY 23RD EDITION, FRONT PAGE,  ROCKEFELLER PLAYHOUSE TO BE OPEN FOR TOURS! The paper does not have an online presence but is on sale just about everywhere.

--VINTAGE CROTON 1965, GO TO BACK ONLINE AFTER A BLOGGING GLITCH, 1965, CROTON HARMON PLAY, A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT

--WILD THINGS SANCTUARY! CAN YOU HELP? GO TO EverythingCroton: WILD THINGS SANCTUARY: SMALL VICTORIES, THE BATS AT WILD THINGS SANCTUARY

--CONGRATULATIONS! GO TO CROTON NATIVE LOUIS MOLINARO SIGNS WITH TEXAS RANGERS