Why I Think Our Local History Books are Wrong

The “Triangle House” sits on an island of land in the middle of the three way intersection of Brewster Hill Rd and Tonetta Lake Rd in the town of Southeast, NY. Outside the house is...

Early U.N. Leader summered in Southeast

Dag Hammarskjold, the second Secretary General of the United Nations, was from Sweden, but for a while he spent his weekends at his home on Foggintown Rd in Brewster. It’s a white house, on a...

Fanny Crosby Birthplace Historical Marker

Fanny Crosby was was born on Foggintown Road in Southeast on March 24, 1820. If you are driving west on Foggintown (from Rt 22 towards Farm-to-Market), just up the hill from the Bog Brook Multiple...

Joanne Imbro Memorial Garden Bench

Cool idea by the kids at JFK Elementary School in Southeast, utilizing the Joanne Imbro Memorial Garden bench at the entrance to the school. Nearby is the bench dedicated to Sgt. Michael Sheerin.

Searching for Jedediah Wood’s Gravestone

Searching for Jedediah: The Search for Revolutionary-Era Brewster Ancestor Jedediah Wood Exploring the outdoors and exploring local history  are two of my favorite obsessions.  I find them both  interesting, and it lets me get my...

Diverting Reservoir Trail

Southeast, NY SYNOPSIS:  Technically in the town of Southeast, this trail is a stone’s throw from Brewster village.  The trail is located on water supply property owned by New York City, and this project represents...

Farrington Woods on the NY/CT Border

SYNOPSIS: Just over the CT border, Farrington Woods is a 192 acre open space that has great (off-road) biking trails, a pond for fishing, canoeing or kayaking (no swimming, though), some old ruins, and plenty...

Christopher Caiazzo Garden at Brewster High School

At the northeast corner of Brewster High School, around the back of the school, is a rock formation and small garden that was established in memory of Christopher Caiazzo.  Christopher was a 16 year old...

A nice view from here…

I recently went looking for the Enoch Crosby Homestead.  Iheard it was for sale, and I wanted to see it ‘live’.  As you probably know, Enoch Crosby was a Revolutionary War spy (for our side)...

New Playground at C.V. Starr

Now that Garden Street Elementary School is closed, and the third grade students are attending C.V. Starr instead of JFK, a new playground has been added in the field behind C.V. Starr.  My kids got...