THE CROTON CHRONICLE--BREAKING WESTCHESTER GRAND JURY FORMALLY INDICTS ROUTE 9 HIGH-AND-RUN-DRIVER

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Breaking: Westchester Grand Jury formally indicts alleged Route 9 hit-and-run driver. Edisson Quichimbo-Guayara of Newark is accused of killing a Peekskill man last December on Route 9, just south of Croton Point Avenue. He was later caught by police.

MICHAEL BALTER

FEB 22

Note: This post is free to all readers. To support local journalism, please consider taking out a paid subscription, which allows access to all articles. Details below.  Last month we reported on the Croton court appearance of Edisson E. Quichimbo-Guayara, 20, of Newark, New Jersey, who is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident in our village.  MORE AT Breaking: Westchester Grand Jury formally indicts alleged Route 9 hit-and-run driver. (substack.com)

YALE BRINGS BACK THE SATs, ASSORTED ARTICLES

When some residents in the village opposed the move away from SATs with careful cogent arguments, other folks in Croton were quick to cry "racism" or "classism"... And yet look where we are now:

1) Yale to Require Standardized Test Scores for Admissions; Officials said test-optional policies might have harmed students from lower-income families. NY TIMES --Read more

2) AND BLOOMBERG--go to Yale Brings Back SAT Testing as Best Way of Predicting Success - Bloomberg

3) YALE DAILY---go to Yale reinstates standardized testing requirement, allows AP and IB scores - Yale Daily News

4) NATIONAL REVIEW; go to Yale Reinstates Standardized Testing Requirement for Admissions | National Review

CONGRATULATIONS DEACON ELECT LEE ANN--OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN

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FROM THE OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH WEBSITE--Lee Ann was officially approved by the deacon board. We are waiting for final instructions from the Bishop.  Lee Ann’s new title (for the time being) is Deacon elect. The next step is for the council to outline her responsibilities.  Congratulations Deacon elect Lee Ann! Our Saviour Lutheran Church – Croton-on-Hudson, NY (oursaviourcroton.org)

COURTESY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS--CROTON'S MAX EASTMAN AND LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY 1910--DEMOCRACY AND WOMEN LECTURE

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COURTESY OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS--CROTON'S MAX EASTMAN AND LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY 1910--CLICK ON THE IMAGE. (LOC HAS DETERMINED NO COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON THIS ITEM).

FOR MORE ABOUT EASTMAN, CLICK ON THE LINKS:

--1938 CROTON'S MAX EASTMAN; CLICK HERE

--1930 CROTON AUTHORS TO BE PRESENT AT BOOK EXHIBIT; CLICK HERE

--PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING OF "THE MASSES" CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXHIBIT; GO TO  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/02/photos-from-opening-reception-of-masses.html

--1937 MAX EASTMAN & JOE STALIN SPAR; GO TO

http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/02/crotons-bohemia-max-eastman-joe-stalin.html

--AND FINALY: Read more about Eastman, HIS REFLECTIONS ON THE FAILURE SOCIALISM  at EverythingCroton: JUST FINISHED MAX EASTMAN'S REFLECTIONS ON THE FAILURE OF SOCIALISM, FASCINATING READ

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