FIRE TEARS THROUGH WHITE PLAINS LINEN IN PEEKSKILL, CROTON ETAL RESPONDED

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FIRE TEARS THROUGH WHITE PLAINS LINEN IN PEEKSKILL, CROTON ETAL RESPONDED Firefighters from Peekskill, Croton-on-Hudson, Montrose, Mohegan Lake, Yorktown, Continental Village and the Montrose Veterans Affairs responded. MORE AT Peekskill fire burns former White Plains Linen building (lohud.com)

ARRESTS MADE AT GOUVEIA PARK

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6/22/2022 -- ARRESTS MADE AT GOUVEIA PARK - CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – A recent spate of vandalism at the Gouveia House, a Village-owned building located inside the grounds of Gouveia Park, has resulted in two windows and a sliding glass door being broken on different occasions. Yesterday afternoon, officers of the Croton-on-Hudson Police Department responded to the Gouveia House for three suspects that forced entry into the building. All three suspects were subsequently arrested. Charged with one count of Burglary in the 3rd degree, a felony, were Noelle Keenan, 19, of Croton-on-Hudson, Medea Pepper-Jones, 18, of Croton-on-Hudson and Tashi Burke-Tomaeno, 18, of El Cerrito, California. The investigation into these incidents continues. If you have any information regarding these incidents, please contact the Detective Division of the Croton Police Department at 914-271-5177. Tips may also be submitted anonymously at 914-271-0706. https://www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/police-department/news/arrests-made-gouveia-park

BY SPECIAL REQUEST--INDEX OF LINKS TO VINTAGE CROTON TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES AVAILABLE ONLINE

Welcome to The New Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

BY SPECIAL REQUEST,  and courtesy of the outstanding archives maintained by the volunteers of The Croton Historical Society, a reader would like to links to all the old Croton telephone directories we have online here at Everything Croton. Happy to oblige--but there are select scans here only.

To see the entire directory, you would have to visit the CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY on Tuesdays; BUT CURRENTLY CLOSED---their contact info is here https://www.crotonhistoricalsociety.org/

P.S. THE SOCIETY HAS MANY OTHER YEARS AVAILABLE ON FILE. Do you remember your phone number?

CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO SEE A PAGE FROM THE 1972 CROTON DIRECTORY--SEE MORE OF THE 1972 DIRECTORY HERE http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-1972-croton-directory-select-scans.html

SELECT SCANS FROM THE 1952 CROTON DIRECTORY HERE http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-croton-directory-for-1952.html

SELECTED SCANS FROM THE 1979 DIRECTORY http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/10/final-installment-1979-croton-directory.html

SELECT SCANS FROM THE 1965 DIRECTORY http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/10/part-2-1965-croton-directory-select_2.html

SELECT SCANS FROM THE 1941 DIRECTORY http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/09/select-scans-from-1941-croton-directory.html

AND COURTESY OF ONE OF OUR FAVORITE CROTON BLOGS: CROTON HISTORY & MYSTERIES--THE 1938 CROTON DIRECTORY, FULL SCAN

The plan was to scan some of the ads like the ones for the Mikado Inn, Konco’s Garage, and Robbins Pharmacy shown below. But when they looked closer and saw listings for well-known Crotonites like Max Eastman, Margaret Mayo, and Miss Carrie E. Tompkins....they scanned every page...SEE MORE & DOWNLOAD THE DIRECTORY HERE https://crotonhistory.org/2015/06/18/croton-on-hudson-phone-directory-1938/

A HAPPY PLACE FOR FENTON GLASS COLLECTORS

Collectors of Fenton Glass will be thrilled to find company catalogs and promotional materials for the years 1970 through 1989 at The Stretch Glass Society.

Their website states:

SGS  is an avid group of Stretch Glass collectors. Our goals are to help preserve this beautiful glass and the history of its manufacture as part of our American heritage, to educate the public as to its existence, to promote an appreciation of collecting this type of glass -- and to have fun while doing all of the above! Explore this website to learn more about Stretch Glass as well as upcoming and recent events.

SEE al the Fenton goodies at:

Fenton Catalogs - 70s through 80s — SGS (stretchglasssociety.org)