CORTLANDT ASSEMBLYWOMAN GALEF TO RETIRE AT YEAR'S END - DAILY VOICE

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CORTLANDT ASSEMBLYWOMAN GALEF TO RETIRE AT YEAR'S END--Democratic New York Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, who represents the 95th Assembly District, has announced her retirement from public office after 30 years of service. NY Assemblywoman Representing Cortlandt To Retire At Year's End | Cortlandt Daily Voice

IN THE NEWS--STUDENTS DEMAND "A" GRADES, TUITION REFUND, AND MORE

Students at a ritzy, progressive college in Manhattan are demanding "A" grades and tuition refunds — among other things — after a 25-day faculty strike, and they're occupying a campus building amid the protest.

What are the details?

Students at The New School have entered their second week of protests and occupation of a campus building, the New York Post reported.

The paper added that students also are demanding the resignations of New School President Dwight McBride and the provost and vice president — and also turning the school president's West Village townhouse into "communal property ... used for purposes determined by the non-administrative [school] community." More at Students at ritzy, progressive college in Manhattan demand 'A' grades, tuition refund after 25-day faculty strike — and are occupying campus building amid protest - TheBlaze

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, HOLIDAY HOURS AT FEED THE BIRDS!

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, HOLIDAY HOURS AT FEED THE BIRDS!---MORE AT THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: HOLIDAY HOURS AT FEED THE BIRDS!

WALMART IN THE NEWS: NO MORE PAPER BAGS

New York Walmart stores to stop selling paper bags in January 2023

by: Carl Aldinger Posted: Dec 16, 2022 / 04:37 PM EST

NEW YORK (WETM) – Walmart will officially be going paperless in New York after the New Year, several local stores have announced. This follows two years after the Empire State put a ban on single-use plastic bags. READ MORE AT New York Walmart stores to stop selling paper bags in January 2023 (mytwintiers.com)

VILLA RUCCI AND THE HOLIDAYS, A SPECIAL REQUEST

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I had a special request from a former resident with fond memories of "holiday outings" at Villa Rucci---happy to oblige and re-posting some items here.  Click on the photos below...courtesy of the outstanding archives maintained by The Croton Historical Society. Check out this great menu too.

FOR THE CONCLUSION, GO TO: http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/11/conclusion-look-back-at-crotons-villa.html

THE LATEST TWITTER EXPOSE, NY POST AND ETHICS ALARMS

NY POST- FBI treated Twitter as a ‘subsidiary,’ flagged tweets and accounts for ‘misinformation’

The FBI and other law enforcement organizations treated Twitter as a “subsidiary,” flagging numerous accounts for purportedly harmful “misinformation” since January of 2020, according to the sixth installment of the “Twitter Files” released Friday.Independent journalist Matt Taibbi described the FBI’s relationship with Twitter as having a “master-canine quality” with “constant and pervasive” contact between the bureau and the social media giant. MORE AT FBI treated Twitter as ‘subsidiary,’ flagged tweets for misinformation (nypost.com)

AND

MORE FROM ETHICS ALARMS

Still More Twitter Ethics: Musk’s Cynical Poll And Another”Twitter Files” Summary | Ethics Alarms

REMEMBERING DANA ANDREWS

Who died this date in 1992......

American film actor Dana Andrews (1909-1992) was a major Hollywood star during the 1940s. He continued acting in less prestigious roles into the 1980s. He is remembered for his roles as a police detective-lieutenant in the Film Noir Laura (1944) and as war veteran Fred Derry in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), the latter being the role for which he received the most critical praise. During his career, he worked with such directors as Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang, William Wyler, Jean Renoir, and Elia Kazan.

READ AND SEE MUCH MORE AT 

https://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2020/08/dana-andrews.html

READ MORE ABOUT THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE CROTON CONNECTION---AT THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: TEMPLE ISRAEL, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES SCREENING AND CROTON 1948 CONNECTION

IN THE NEWS: BORDER DISASTER IS NOT AN ACT OF GOD, IT'S AN ACT OF BIDEN

Border disaster is not an act of God — it’s an act of Biden By Mark Krikorian--December 16, 2022 6:57pm

Eric Adams has asked FEMA for $1 billion to cope with the consequences of the Biden administration's refusal to enforce the border.William Farrington

Don’t let anyone tell you the border isn’t a disaster.

Mayor Eric Adams has asked FEMA for $1 billion to cope with the consequences of the Biden administration’s refusal to enforce the border. FEMA’s responsibilities include dealing with wildfires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and now, another kind of disaster: an open border.

And it’s about to get worse.

This Wednesday, December 21, something called Title 42 is supposed to end (though a judge may keep it going a little longer). MORE AT Border disaster is not an act of God — it’s an act of Biden (nypost.com)

IT'S "WRIGHT BROTHERS DAY"---THE CROTON CONNECTION

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TODAY IS....Wright Brothers Day....commemorating the first successful flight of a mechanically propelled and heavier-than-air airplane. This feat was reached by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, at a spot about five miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in what is now the town of Kill Devil Hills, on the Atlantic Coast. READ MORE HERE.

AND DID YOU KNOW THAT.....

THE WRIGHT BROS: THE CROTON CONNECTION--Click on the image for a Sept. 1917 article from THE NEW ROCHELLE PIONEER; it details the sale of the Croton Point Brick Company property to the Wright Brothers Aeronautical Company.

THE TOP THREE BOY SCOUTING ARTICLES IN 2022

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THAT TIME OF YEAR....ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER---EVERYTHING CROTON'S ANNUAL "THE TOP POSTS "...AND NOW....THE TOP THREE BOY SCOUTING ARTICLES IN 2022:

#1: Troop 28 Court of Honor Salutes Croton Scouts--RIVER JOURNAL ONLINE; MORE HERE

#2: BLACK ROCK DOG PARK: EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT GETS DOGS EXERCISED; MORE HERE

#3: THUNDERBIRD GAMES; MORE HERE

ON THIS DATE IN 1964, GOLDFINGER PREMIERED IN LONDON

On the date in 1964 "Goldfinger", 3rd James Bond film, starring Sean Connery and Honor Blackman premieres in London

And now a really great post from our friends @ EUROPEAN FILM STAR POSTCARDS--all about GOLDFINGER (1964), with Sean Connery at his best as James Bond. (Click on the photo to see a Spanish postcard with Connery and the very stylish Honor Blackman.) TRIGGER ALERT! GO NO FURTHER IF YOU'RE OFFENDED BY 007 TYPES AND THE WOMEN WHO LOVE THEM, LOL!

"Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton, 1964) is the quintessential episode in the James Bond series, filled with thrills, girls and danger. It was the third episode and the third to star suave and ultra-cool Sean Connery as agent 007. Everything seemed to be right, the stunts, the sets, the score, the gadgets, and a wonderful cast." Read--and see--much more AT

https://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2016/04/goldfinger-1964.html

And how about the great Shirley Bassey singing the title song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D1nK7q2i8I