ASSORTED ITEMS FROM THE MAILBOX--MANY VINTAGE CROTON ITEMS, PHOTO REQUESTS, THE NY TIMES, MIRANDA DEVINE, BARI WEISS AND GLORIA SWANSON'S CROTON HOME

A reader was trying to remember the name of a barbecue place that existed not long ago in the Croton Commons.

Response: It was called MEMPHIS MAE'S; IT CLOSED in 2019 or thereabouts. And over near Food Town, there was "Holy Smoke".

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A reader is seeking information about the marriage of Croton actress Lenore Ulrich but can't find it.

Response: She dropped the "H" very early in her career---the name is SPELLED "Lenore Ulric"; requested info is at THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: 1929--LENORE ULRIC WED

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A reader wondered if there was anything about "Starlight Bowling" in the 1960's

Response: Presuming you mean Starlight Lanes---here's something you will have an interest in: THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: BY SPECIAL REQUEST: DECEMBER 1961, STARLIGHT LANES IN CROTON

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A reader is seeking a recent article by Bari Weiss; we believe it is this one: THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: THE AMAZING BARI WEISS---WHAT IT MEANS TO CHOOSE FREEDOM---WITH APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY

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Readers are seeking the following:

--PHOTOS, courtesy of Dennis Kooney; POST STORM, VILLAGE WATERFRONT, ROAD CLOSED, CROTON YACHT CLUB; click here

--PHOTOS OF EVENT HONORING GREG SCHMIDT courtesy of Carolyn Whiting; click here

And one from Feed the Birds/Rob Armanini; a group shot; click here

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A reader is seeking a Miranda Devine article on the twitter files, the NY TIMES , WAPO, ETAL...: We believe it is this one:

IN THE NEWS: THE TWITTER FILES, MIRANDA DEVINE, THE SILENCE IS SHAMEFUL--Whatever happened to “All the news that’s fit to print,” and “Democracy dies in darkness,” the respective mottos of the two most influential newspapers in the country, The New York Times and The Washington Post? Every morning, these august organs set the narrative for newsrooms across the country, and yet, time and again, we see them ignore stories that don’t suit their own agenda..... MORE AT Media's silence on 'Twitter files' is shameful (nypost.com)

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A reader is seeking photos of Gloria Swanson's Croton home; this is all we have; go to THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: 1921 GLORIA SWANSON CELEBRATES A CROTON CHRISTMAS

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THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: 1925 GLORIA SWANSON AND THE MARQUIS AT THEIR CROTON ON HUDSON ESTATE---ON THE BANKS OF THE AMERICAN RHINE-