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FOCA wins Partnership Grant from PTNY!

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
05/20/2022 - 9:42am

Governor Hochul announced that Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct has been awarded ($26,427) to improve the exterior of the Keeper's House Visitor Center and the usability and attractiveness of the building's ADA compliant entrance as well as to install an arch and mechanical device from the Croton Dam to help visitors better understand the functioning of the Aqueduct.

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I Love My Parks Day 2022: A Little Rain Makes Easy Weed Picking

Author: 
LWalter
Post date: 
05/18/2022 - 3:44pm

On a drizzly Spring morning in Yonkers, a hardy bunch of Wicker Street volunteers finished work by 12:30. These people got right down to picking up garbage and pulling invasives. Maybe they knew that weeds are easy to pull after it rains? The state parks’ crew joined us and pitched in, which is always inspiring for residents to see!

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Girl Scouts visit the Keeper's House

Author: 
Jim Beirne
Post date: 
04/27/2022 - 8:27am

At the Keeper's House last Saturday, April 23, it was a gathering of pre-teen Brownies and the only centenarian they are likely to meet in their lives! Ellie Carran celebrated her 100th birthday to a Brownie led chorus of the Happy Birthday song. The Brownies, fresh off International Water Day, were eager to delve into the Keeper's House exhibits. Several future engineers tackled the blocks to create their own arches. They repeated the gravity ball exhibit until it was snack time.

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Celebrate Trails Day on the OCA and Creation of a Pollinator Garden

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
04/25/2022 - 2:54pm

by Jasena Sareil on behalf of the GPTF

 

Over 30 volunteers (ranging from 3 year-olds to seniors) gathered to remove invasive plants and to create a pollinator garden along the wall of the Irvington Estates on the Aqueduct.

We worked from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Ellie Carren Celebrates 100th Birthday on the Trail

Author: 
SaraKelsey
Post date: 
04/25/2022 - 8:25am

Ellie Carren, longtime hike leader for Westchester Trails Association, Adirondack Mountain Club (Mohican Chapter) and the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct invited her friends and family to join her on Saturday, April 23rd for a hike to celebrate her 100th birthday. The walk, a little shy of the 6-mile round trip between her home in Irvington and the Keepers House that she regularly travels these days, began and ended on the Aqueduct at Dows Lane in Irvington.

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