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Ribbon Cutting event a big success!

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
10/07/2011 - 5:02pm

The opening of the Friends' trail improvement project in Dobbs Ferry was enthusiastically attended by local residents, state officials, Dobbs Ferry trustees and, of course, by the Friends.


Mayor Connett; Mavis Cain, Friends President; Patrick Kozakiewicz, State Project Manager; Commissioner Rose Harvey; Gary Ricci, site Manager; Bob Kornfeld, Friends Vice President.

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Obit: Bill Frost, Aqueduct Enthusiast

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
09/28/2011 - 11:22am

We are saddened by the news of the death of our member, friend, and benefactor, William Lee Frost, on September seventh.

Bill, an early Aqueduct fan, started collecting Aqueduct material long before there was FOCA, or even the Croton Aqueduct Committee. In later years, he donated the bulk of his collection to the Croton-on-Hudson Historical Society -- with one exception: A piece of the original old wooden pipe of the Manhattan Water Company, founded by Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1799. This he donated to FOCA.

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Aqueduct Hike Series Planned by Westchester Trails Association

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
09/01/2011 - 9:54pm

Westchester Trails Association, a long-established hiking club in the county, has organized a series of monthly hikes on the Old Croton Aqueduct called “OCA and More," starting in November. The hikes will each be 7-8 miles long, and will incorporate the four sections listed in the book Walkable Westchester, beginning at Lamartine Ave.

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Work on Cedar & Main Project Continues

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
07/21/2011 - 6:26am

Charlotte Fahn took these photos of the ongoing work at the ramp at Cedar & Main in Dobbs Ferry. This critical improvement to the Trail is thanks to generous donations from people like YOU. Thank you!

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Eagle Scout Ceremony Dedicates North Ossining Connector to the Aqueduct

Author: 
FOCAAdmin
Post date: 
07/21/2011 - 5:56am

In a ceremony on July 9 at Ossining’s Gerlach Park, Dustin Hofer (left) of Briarcliff Boy Scout Troop 18 was awarded his Eagle Scout badge, the highest rank in scouting, for planning and carrying out construction of a stairway connecting the park with the Old Croton Aqueduct (see Friends newsletter no. 37, Winter 2011, for a full description). The stairway creates convenient access to the north end of the Aqueduct and to Croton Gorge County Park and the New Croton Dam, since Gerlach Park has plenty of parking as well as restroom facilities. The walk is about two and a half miles to the dam.

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