MAILBOX QUESTIONS---4

A reader wanted to give everyone a heads up: "I am sometimes gifted a NY Times "gift" article link. However, they do require you to create a free account in order to read it. If you are not a fan of the paper having your info, you may want to skip these or use a different email...."

Respose: Thank you.

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A reader says: Been trying to remember the name of a short-lived retail shop that specialized in high end home goods. It was where "Treasures and Tales" was for a time.

You can only mean WAKE ROBIN; they had some gorgeous things: EverythingCroton: SOME PHOTOS FROM THE UPPER VILLAGE HOLIDAY SHOP HOP

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A reader says: Wasn't there a "doll hospital" here? In the little pink house on Grand?

Response: Not a doll hospital per se but......EverythingCroton: VINTAGE CROTON ADS, 1990'S, PAT VAILLANCOURT DOLLS

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Anything new on disgraced CDC scientist Paul Thorsen?

Response:  The last we have is from August. EverythingCroton: FORMER CDC SCIENTIST ACCUSED OF STEALING $1M IN GRANT MONEY BACK IN THE US

EverythingCroton: FORMER CDC SCIENTIST ACCUSED OF STEALING $1M IN GRANT MONEY BACK IN THE US

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My neighbor says for a time there were some folks/experts/medical people(?????) who claimed that Covid was spread by leaf blowers????? I don't remember this insanity.  A "Croton Urban Legend"??????

Response: The less said here the better.  But we made sure to get it on record thanks to Paul and Jeremy at the time.  For your amusement: EverythingCroton: CORONAVIRUS UPDATE 4/7 FROM THE VILLAGE--TEMPORARY BAN OF LEAF BLOWERS ETC.