Some Articles of Interest

Hillary returns to Chappaqua - from the NY Times
(We thank Don Murphy for forwarding the following NYT articles)
Paying Top Dollar in a Top School District    
Helping Immigrants & a Town (Mt Kisco) Move Ahead  
A Troubling Death    
Grief & Mystery Over Immigrant's Death 
(We thank Susie Holloway for the following AARP nostalgia sheet)  
Then and Now Automobile Comparison ('57 Bel Air vs '07 Impala)  or read the AARP
article at http://www.aarp.org/bulletin/yourlife/57chevy.html
Wikipedia info on Chappaqua (everything you didn't know)

Some Nearby Hotels
Crabtree's Kittle House ,11 Kittle Rd, Chappaqua, NY 10514, USA - (914) 666-8044
Classic Residence by Hyatt ,25 Scarborough Rd, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510, USA - (914) 502-1234
Holiday Inn Mt Kisco ,1 Holiday Inn Dr, Mt Kisco, NY 10549, USA - (888) 452-5771

 

Some Related Websites of Interest
Class of ’60  webmaster Dave Williams (HG '60)
Class of ‘30-‘50+ webmaster Lucia Crocheron Greer (HG ‘42), Roving Editor Don Reynolds (HG '41)
To view a picture of Don and a letter he has written to us click here

 

Downtown Chappaqua  - Comments by Dave Williams (HGHS '60)           

The Chappaqua "downtown" area always had charm and character. It still does, actually, but the names and faces have sure changed. Cadman's is gone, as is Elman's United Cigar. The vacant lot that was on the corner, used for so many years to sell Christmas trees is now a Starbuck's. And so on.
I was just back there last June (’06), and in fact, the old stores have virtually all changed. Cartisano's shoe store is now a nail salon. The only two stores that remain from when I was a kid (1950’s) are Murray's 5&10, although it's about half its former size now; and the other, ironically, is George's men's store. I say "ironically" because for years, and I mean years, that store had a sign in front, "Going out of Business Sale" -- well, I guess they still have stock left, because they are still there. That really gave me a laugh to see. Dom's old barber shop is a pizza place now, and a pretty good one too. But, with all the changes, the downtown area still has the same feel and warmth it always did. (But, try and find a parking space -- whoo -- there's a challenge.)
Of course, when I say it's all changed, what I am really saying, it has changed from the "snapshot" time when I was a kid. Like virtually all towns, it constantly changes, bit by bit, and we don't really notice it until we leave for a time and then return.
But, somehow a town with no shoe stores but three nail salons does seem different.

Dave Williams (HGHS ’60)