FROM THE YONKERS CONTINGENT--NOLAN WILL NOT CONCEDE

From County Legislator James Nolan:

ELECTION DAY BALLOT UPDATE – DISTRICT 15

After three long days of personally observing the ballot count, all ballots in District 15 have now been counted. Following a massive countywide voting machine shutdown on Election Day, I have serious concerns about what took place, and the timing of these failures raises questions that demand answers. I am being told that I lost by 260 votes. The truth is the election wasn’t only stolen from me but it was stolen from you.   MORE AT Westchester Legislator Nolan Will Not Concede: "The Election was stolen from me and from you" | Yonkers Times

MAILBOX QUESTIONS---4

A reader wanted to give everyone a heads up: "I am sometimes gifted a NY Times "gift" article link. However, they do require you to create a free account in order to read it. If you are not a fan of the paper having your info, you may want to skip these or use a different email...."

Respose: Thank you.

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A reader says: Been trying to remember the name of a short-lived retail shop that specialized in high end home goods. It was where "Treasures and Tales" was for a time.

You can only mean WAKE ROBIN; they had some gorgeous things: EverythingCroton: SOME PHOTOS FROM THE UPPER VILLAGE HOLIDAY SHOP HOP

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A reader says: Wasn't there a "doll hospital" here? In the little pink house on Grand?

Response: Not a doll hospital per se but......EverythingCroton: VINTAGE CROTON ADS, 1990'S, PAT VAILLANCOURT DOLLS

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Anything new on disgraced CDC scientist Paul Thorsen?

Response:  The last we have is from August. EverythingCroton: FORMER CDC SCIENTIST ACCUSED OF STEALING $1M IN GRANT MONEY BACK IN THE US

EverythingCroton: FORMER CDC SCIENTIST ACCUSED OF STEALING $1M IN GRANT MONEY BACK IN THE US

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My neighbor says for a time there were some folks/experts/medical people(?????) who claimed that Covid was spread by leaf blowers????? I don't remember this insanity.  A "Croton Urban Legend"??????

Response: The less said here the better.  But we made sure to get it on record thanks to Paul and Jeremy at the time.  For your amusement: EverythingCroton: CORONAVIRUS UPDATE 4/7 FROM THE VILLAGE--TEMPORARY BAN OF LEAF BLOWERS ETC.

THE LATEST FROM THE 914 SUBSTACK---NIMBY VERSE---OH NO, CELL TOWERS, PIGEONS, YADA YADA YADA

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The latest Croton Crafts and Commerce news (with a smattering of other local events too), then visit the CROTON CRAFTS AND COMMERCE FB PAGE.It's a public page and you needn't be on FB to view the content. Often updated in real time too! Go to Croton Crafts and Commerce | Facebook

And the Croton Crafts and Commerce page has news about The Blue Pig, Melita's, MEXTOGO, Devotion Studio, Croton River Artisans Gallery, YUKA'S LATIN FUSION, Feed the Birds, 105-Twenty, Franki's, THE CROTON GRILLE, LA CATRINA, Robbin's, Apple Farm, BAKED BY SUSAN, MEXTOGO, Croton Mini Deli, Deprez, The Tavern at Croton Landing, MONDAYS GIFTS, Raga, Barre-on-Hudson, Cloth & Curate, and more.

SARCONE ETAL...WATERLIET MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS ON FENTANYL SALE CHARGES

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WATERVLIET, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York (USAO) announced that Eric Hines of Watervliet was sentenced on November 4 in a drug sale case. Hines, 28, will now serve 10 years in federal prison......“I thank the Special Agents at the DEA for their steadfast pursuit to track down and remove those who seek to profit from selling deadly substances in our community,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney John Sarcone III stated. “This prosecution is part of our continued commitment to those in the Northern District of New York to fight fentanyl from flowing onto our streets and bring to justice the dealers who push this poison.” MORE AT Watervliet man sentenced to 10 years on fentanyl sale charges

YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON WEEKEND NEWS RECAP AND VINTAGE CROTON TOO

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YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON WEEKEND NEWS RECAP AND VINTAGE CROTON TOO---AS ALWAYS, ITEMS IN ITALICS OR GREEN PRINT SHOULD GET SPECIAL ATTENTION---BUT FIRST...

--------ELECTION RESULTS AND MUCH GENERAL DISGUST OVER THE COUNTY SCREW-UPS AND RESULTS QUESTIONING--not much to be done about it croton.news — Croton-on-Hudson, NY

AND LOSAP BENEFIT PASSED; GO HERE

YADA YADA YADA ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

***MUCH GRATITUDE TO BOB ANDERSON FOR HIS LETTER ON DISBANDING THE IDEA COMMITTEE AND PRAISING PETE TSAGARAKIS; GO HERE

***Much discussion about the importance of the FOIL process--and how without it, the public would be operating blind much of the time---case in point: the IDEA Committee minutes/tapes. (Here'e Jessica Dieckman's and Paul Steinberg's letters)

AND IN WAKE OF THE SCANDALS, KAYLA BACK IS THE NEW CHAIR 

***SOME AMUSING MEMES ON MEASLES AND BIRD FLU, as well as what's known as "long Covid" but you'll have to find these for yourselves as some---while clever---are a bit vulgar.

***CONGRATULATIONS! A NEW RECORD FOR OUR FRIENDS AT EFSP; GO HERE

HAPPY EVENTS!

***One of the most popular posts--STILL-----for those with a numbers fetish---has been the PHOTOS COFFEE WITH A COP AT SKYVIEW; (more on a new EVERYTHING CROTON blog viewership record another day)----FOR PHOTOS, GO HERE

AND DON'T FORGET THE SURVEY! GO HERE

SCHOOL STUFF:

***DEFENDING EDUCATION V. CROTON HARMON SCHOOL DISTRICT: As many of you know by now, the new court date is 12/8; THERE'S TALK (POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT, content unknown of course. Will try to stay on top of this---it helps that we're cued into a few of the private parents forums that are very actively engaged.)

AND

***ABOUT THAT HIGH SCHOOL DATA; GO TO EverythingCroton: US NEWS & WORLD PUSHES BACK---IT'S TIME FOR NY TO DISCLOSE ITS HIGH SCHOOL DATA

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***PIGEON LAW PAUSED! GO HERE

***TAVERN FOR SALE; GO HERE

***THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR THE O'SHEA FAMILY EverythingCroton: OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR THE O'SHEA FAMILY

AND RYAN O'SHEA---OFFICIAL MEMORIAL FUND AND SCHOLARSHIP DRIVE

***GUADALUPAN JUBILEE YEAR; GO TO EverythingCroton: GUADALUPAN JUBILEE YEAR

***LITHIUM BATTERY FIRES! GO HERE

***VINTAGE CROTON 1933, AMELIA EARHART, THE CROTON CONNECTION; GO HERE

***MORE ON THAT "HISTORIC EXTRADITION" ALEXANDER SUVOROV---SARCONE: MAN PLOTTED TO SELL U.S. TECH TO RUSSIA; GO HERE

***POSSIBLE NEW COMMUNITY FORUM; GO TO EverythingCroton: CROTON COMMUNITY FORUM

***VINTAGE CROTON THANKSGIVING 1983; GO HERE

***REQUEST FOR INFO: CROTON LANDING FB PAGE, a "community-type" facebook page--GO TO https://www.facebook.com › groups › crotonlanding) - pls note: It's a PRIVATE page and you must seek administrator membership approval. 

***VERY HANDY---FROM THE CROTON NEWS AI SITE---CROTON, ON VIDEO; GO HERE

***WINKLER'S VINTAGE CROTON 1965; GO HERE

***SLIDESHOW METRO NORTH OPEN HOUSE; GO TO EverythingCroton: TRAIN STUFF---SLIDESHOW, 10/3/26 METRO-NORTH OPEN HOUSE, AMERICA 250

***FROM THE CROTON NEWS AI SITE 9/20 SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING--THERE'S ALSO A LINK TO POTENTIAL PROPERTIES BEING SCREENED FOR INCLUSION IN WHAT WAS THE OCTOBER BESS PLANNED RFP; click here

****JOHN McKEON ---THOUGHTS ON THE HIGH DENSITY INITIATIVE COMPOUNDING THE PROPERTY TAX DISPARITY IN CROTON-ON-HUDSON; GO HERE

***FROM THE MAILBOX, 2026 SENIOR AWARDS BANQUET, FLYOVER, HOW MUCH PEEKSKILL GETS FROM ALL ITS CANNABIS BUSINESSES; GO HERE

***CROTON IS "PRO-HOUSING"--WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SEE HERE

***VINTAGE CROTON 1970, PERRY LIPKIN, GO HERE

***POT SHOPS: THE PLACES THAT OPTED OUT; WE DIDN'T; GO HERE

***UP IN SMOKE: EverythingCroton: FROM THE MAILBOX: OUTDOOR POT SMOKING AND CROTON PHOTOGRAPHERS - ASSORTED REQUESTS FOR INFO

***HOW MANY POT SHOPS ARE THERE CURRENTLY IN WESTCHESTER; GO TO EverythingCroton: SO HOW MANY POT SHOPS ARE THERE IN WESTCHESTER?

***CROTON POT ZONE PENDING EverythingCroton: FOR THOSE WHO ASKED----CROTON CANNABIS ZONING REMAINS PENDING....

**REVIVAL TIME! EverythingCroton: ARRAY OF HOPE --A EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL--HOLY NAME OF MARY

***PHOTOS, CROTON SENIOR CLUB HALLOWEEN; GO HERE

***OPERATION GUARDIAN! GO TO EverythingCroton: OPERATION GUARDIAN--15 STATE CRACKDOWN, ICE BUSTS 40 ILLEGAL ALIEN CDL HOLDERS

***VETERANS DAY AT THE CROTON YACHT CLUB: EverythingCroton: CROTON YACHT CLUB - 2026 VETERANS DAY PRESS RELEASE

ICYMI...

We're hearing about a NEW CROTON HEALTH NEWS (blog?) SUBSTACK(?) COMING TO CROTON---"no fear porn just straight talk from a former nurse"----STAY TUNED! As soon as we know....

FOR THOSE WHO ASKED----CROTON CANNABIS ZONING REMAINS PENDING....

FROM THE CROTON.NEWS SITE---See more at Croton approves $626,550 Lounsbury water-main repair, awaits county clearance — Croton-on-Hudson, NY

US NEWS & WORLD PUSHES BACK---IT'S TIME FOR NY TO DISCLOSE ITS HIGH SCHOOL DATA

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The state’s refusal to release aggregated, depersonalized AP score data is making it harder for families to choose the right high school.

In a recent campaign ad, Gov. Kathy Hochul tells voters, “if you really want to know what is going on in a school, talk to a lunch lady.”

No doubt, lunch ladies are hardworking people who care about the students they serve each day. And they may even support some of the governor’s positive school initiatives, including a ban on cell phones, free lunches and universal pre-K.

But lunch ladies don’t measure high school performance. U.S. News & World Report does, with our annual Best High Schools rankings, the 20th edition of which we published in August. Until this year, New York state participated in these rankings by authorizing the release of aggregated, depersonalized information showing how New York high school students performed on AP tests. AP scores are an important indicator of teaching quality and academic performance at high schools, which is why U.S. News uses that data as one factor when producing our high schools rankings.

This year, however, New York state education policymakers withheld that data,....MORE AT Opinion: It is time for NY to disclose its high school data - City & State New York

CITY COUNCIL CALLS EMERGENCY HEARING AS NYC SEES 68% UPTICK IN LITHIUM-BATTERY FIRES

MORE AT https://nypost.com/2026/11/06/us-news/city-council-calls-emergency-hearing-as-nyc-sees-68-uptick-in-lithium-battery-fires/

NEW CROTON REVIEW, FALL PRINT EDITION, AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

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NEW CROTON REVIEW, FALL PRINT EDITION, AVAILABLE ON AMAZON New Croton Review: 2026 Fall Print Edition: Mahoney, Jeanne-Noel: 9798170006151: Amazon.com: Books

BY SPECIAL REQUEST: A CROTON THANKSGIVING 1983

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST: A CROTON THANKSGIVING 1983; click on the images below, courtesy of the outstanding archives maintained by the volunteers of THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

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RYAN O'SHEA---OFFICIAL MEMORIAL FUND AND SCHOLARSHIP DRIVE

Official memorial fund and scholarship drive established for Ryan O'Shea. 

Loved ones set up a fundraiser on SupportNow (rather than GoFundMe) to fund two memorial scholarships:

--North Rockland High School Scholarship: For graduating student-athletes reflecting Ryan's sportsmanship and work ethic.

--University of New Haven (UNH) Scholarship: For students pursuing criminal justice or law enforcement degrees.