PHOTOS, FERRY SLOOPS, RIVERKEEPER, CROTON POINT PARK RIVER SWEEP 2018

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MANY THANKS TO FERRY SLOOPS AND RIVERKEEPER ON THEIR RECENT 2018 RIVER SWEEP AT CROTON POINT PARK--click on the photo--it's a day of service for the Hudson River---see the photo album here.

For more about FERRY SLOOPS, visit: ferrysloops.org/

For more about Riverkeeper: https://www.riverkeeper.org/

PHOTOS, 2018, CROTON MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE, COURTESY OF BOB ANDERSON & TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY

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MANY THANKS TO FORMER DEPUTY MAJOR BOB ANDERSON FOR PHOTOS FROM TODAY'S MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE IN CROTON. Click on the link: https://bit.ly/2IPW2ZX

AND FROM TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY: http://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2018/05/memorial-day-in-croton-2018.html

REMEMBERING CLINT WALKER

Received the news that one of our favorite cowboys, Clint Walker, passed away on May 21st.  Norman Eugene "Clint" Walker (May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2018),  an American actor and singer--later a co-author--and was perhaps best known for his starring role as cowboy Cheyenne Bodie in the ABC/Warner Bros. western series Cheyenne from 1955-1963 (click on the photo).

Read more about Walker here and about the novel, Yaqui Gold, at  http://www.kirbyjonas.com/content/cowboy-actor-inspires-local-western-writer

JOHN GIGLIO TO BE THE SUMMERFEST PARADE GRAND MARSHALL 2018

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Your editor and the elves were delighted to learn from Dr. Greg Schmidt (a.k.a. Mr. Summerfest) that this year's Summerfest Parade Grand Marshall is none other than long time Croton resident John Giglio (click on the photo from a 2009 village veterans ceremony.)

Giglio's roots in the village go way back and his commitment as a volunteer and much more to Croton--FROM THE RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY--needs no elaboration...BUT we'll let these links do some of the talking:

2017: CROTON FIRE DEPT., MEMBER SPOTLIGHT MONDAY HONORS JOHN GIGLIO https://www.facebook.com/CrotonFire/posts/878503318963893

2014--WASHINGTON ENGINE COMPANY HONORS 4 MEMBERS FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE, AMONG THEM JOHN GIGLIO; more here

2013--MEET THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY; GIGLIO SERVES AS ASST. TREASURER http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/05/meet-volunteers-almost-everybody-from.html

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN:
--THE 2013 PARADE GRAND MARSHALL, DICK NAGLE, HERE
--THE 2015 PARADE GRAND MARSHALL WAS PATRICK CALCUTTI 

(ALMOST) GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: THE PLAYER PIANO

Continuing our popular series--GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.... and so without further ah-doo....THE PLAYER PIANO!

A player piano (also known as pianola) is a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via pre-programmed music recorded on perforated paper, or in rare instances, metallic rolls, with more modern implementations using MIDI. (CLICK ON THE CIRCA 1905 AD FROM THE WILSON PIANO COMPANY). The rise of the player piano grew with the rise of the mass-produced piano for the home in the late 19th and early 20th century Sales peaked in 1924, then declined as the improvement in phonograph recordings due to electrical recording methods developed in the mid-1920s. The advent of electrical amplification in home music reproduction via radio in the same period helped cause their eventual decline in popularity, and the stock market crash of 1929 virtually wiped out production. READ MORE AT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_piano

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN HERE

2018 FIELD DAY AT C.E.T. & VINTAGE CROTON FIELD DAYS

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2018 FIELD DAY AT C.E.T.--CET students get a day of fun at field day 2018--Students at Carrie E. Tompkins Elementary School just had a blast on Thursday, May 24, participating in the school's day-long Annual Field Day, and you couldn't have asked for better weather! They participated in mini-golf, jump roping, parachute play, a raucous game of Capture the Flag, jump rope, monkey bars, and just plain old-fashioned unplugged fun. READ AND SEE MORE HERE https://spark.adobe.com/page/XSBEOwFWoVrPV/

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY VINTAGE CROTON FIELD DAYS HERE

UNIT CITATION, WESTCHESTER REGIONAL EMS COUNCIL AWARDS CEREMONY, CROTON

At the May 17th annual Westchester Regional EMS Council Awards Ceremony, several members of the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department received a “Unit Citation” for their actions taken to assist Croton On Hudson Emergency Medical Services and Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps at a medical emergency last August. Croton Fire was called by EMS to help remove a bariatric patient from their home who was experiencing a life-threatening medical emergency. FD & EMS personnel worked together to remove the patient - using a rope, ladder and Stokes basket - into an Ambulance where a Paramedic and EMTs helped render care that ultimately saved that person’s life.

Awarded this Unit Citation from the CFD were:
PAF Senator Bjorge; Deputy Chief Phil Dinkler; Deputy Chief Tom Dinkler; Captain Jim Ferguson; Lieutenant John Ghegan; Deputy Chief John Munson; Engineer Frank Pusatere; Firefighter Chris Rinaldi; Lieutenant Art Roosa III; Deputy Chief Frank Streany; Deputy Chief William Vlad

Congratulations on a great job, gentlemen! LINK here

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2018/05/its-national-ems-week.html

A CROTON 50'S ARCHITECTURAL TREASURE, THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP MARC CHESHIRE

Thanks to Marc Cheshire for the heads-ups--one of Croton's architectural treasures in the news--Vera Neumann's 1950's house (yes VERA!) by architect Marcel Breuer; read and see more here

For more about Vera, The Croton Connection, click on the link  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/10/fall-2017-edition-of-croton-historian.html

AND IF YOU LOVE 50's lighting: https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/04/outstanding-mid-century-modern-lighting.html

and more VERA 1970 http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/08/1970-crotons-own-vera-neumann.html

FOR COLLECTORS OF EDITIONS O.P. VINTAGE POSTCARDS

NEW FROM OUR FRIENDS AT EFSP--For Collectors of EDITIONS O.P. POSTCARDS--(Click in the photo to see a very young Simone Signoret.)

French publisher Editions O.P., based in Paris, published postcards in two formats, as you can see below. The bigger formats were probably published before and during the war. After the war O.P. started counting again with the smaller formats. Most of the O.P. postcards were in black and white, but for this post we chose 15 hand-coloured gems.  read and see much more here.

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2018/05/new-from-efsp-4-collectors-of-unione.html

TAX SCHEME PLACES RESIDENTS AT RISK, A MUST-READ LETTER

“When our state and local officials encourage residents to break the law to make a political statement, that is not acceptable.”

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

To the Editor:

Political activism is an American tradition as old as the founding of our nation. But there is a big difference between personal activism and a municipal corporation engaging in activism which places its residents at risk.

When our Village trustees pass activist resolutions and send letters of protest to Albany or Washington, such action is harmless, albeit ineffectual. When we participate in a “Hey hey, ho ho, [insert cause] has got to go” march, we are getting some exercise and our neighbors are no worse off.

But when our state and local officials encourage residents to break the law to make a political statement, that is not acceptable.

READ MORE HERE http://www.crotonunited.org/news-views/2018/5/24/tax-scheme-places-residents-at-risk

CONGRATULATIONS TO CROTON'S MATT FERRARI, SECTION 1 CHAMP

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BOYS GOLF, Lohud, Birdie on 18 Makes Ferrari Section 1 Champ--SCARSDALE - Although he didn't know it at the time, Matt Ferrari stood over the most precious of 8-footers on the final hole Wednesday. The Croton-Harmon junior dubbed it "a kneeknocker" and said his ignorance of the stakes served him well. Read more HERE.

ABOUT THAT TAX WORK-AROUND, CROTON BEWARE, THE IRS BURSTS CUOMO'S TAX ILLUSION

BOTTOM LINE--Democrats Knock it off--Try voting differently---WALL STREET JOURNAL The Editorial Board -May 23, 2018 6:21 p.m. ET.....On Wednesday the Treasury Department put out a notice that “informs taxpayers” that the Internal Revenue Service intends to promulgate regulations on the tax treatment of “certain payments made by taxpayers” that count as a “credit” against state and local taxes....The reference is to schemes cooked up by innovative minds in places such as the California state legislature. Democrats are trying to set up a “California Excellence Fund” so that taxpayers can claim donations to the fund as a credit against state tax liability...the IRS message is: Knock it off. The message is also a warning to taxpayers that they shouldn’t count on this or other gimmicks to reduce their tax burden. They should try voting for state and local politicians who won’t drive them out of the state.

Read more at WSJ.COM

CAPRICCIO'S MIKE MACCHIA HAS PASSED AWAY, SERVICES & OBIT

Angelo Michele Macchia “Mike” of West Harrison passed away on May 22, 2018. He was 62. Born in Guardia Lombardi, Italy on February 20, 1956 to Rocco & Erminia Macchia. Mike and his family are the proprietors of Capriccio’s Restaurant in Croton-On-Hudson. SERVICE INFO & OBITUARY HERE.

RESTAURANT CLOSED THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY

JOHN GRIFFITHS TO BECOME ASST. SUPERINTENDENT AT CROTON HARMON

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HIGHLANDS CURRENT: John Griffiths, the principal since 2015 of the Garrison School, announced May 23 he will leave at the end of the school year to become assistant superintendent of the Croton-Harmon Union Free School District. The Croton-Harmon school board is scheduled to approve the hire at a special meeting scheduled for Friday, May 25; WILL EARN $175K. MORE HERE