META AGREES TO PAY $16.7B TO SETTLE CASE OVER CLAIMS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS HARM CHILDREN

MORE AT Meta agrees to historic $16.7B settlement over claims social media platforms harm children

PLITNICK PLUMBING & COOLING

Yes, it's August, but memories of last winter occasionally come back to haunt us all.

With that in mind, your editor was proactive about making sure that the heating system was in order well in advance of the first chill---and highly recommends PLITNICK PLUMBING & COOLING. The technicians were professional, competent and courteous---and the office staff outstanding.  Here's the website and contact info Plitnick: HVAC, Plumbing, Oil Delivery Dobbs Ferry NY

AT LOHUD - BEHIND PAYWALL--MEET THE PLAYERS ON THE 2026 LOHUD SECTION 1 SUPER 11 FOOTBALL TEAM

More behind paywall at 2026 lohud Section 1 Super 11 high school football team

CROTON SENIORS BBQ 8/28

Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.Morning all,

Sad news first, Marshall Nathan, one of our members passed away on Sunday the 23rd. There are no services planned at this time.

Hopeful news: The rain is supposed to be gone so we should be able to celebrate our BBQ Friday at



We will have our normal coffee service beginning at 11 with the BBQ to follow at 12ish, if you did not sign up please get in touch with me or Joanna ASAP. 914-271-5804. Members free / non-members $5

There will be cake for Ida Cassidy's 90th Birthday!

IN CASE OF RAIN WE WILL BE AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING.



Hope to see you Friday, be well
El Presidente and Bob

THE CROTON PHOTOGRAPHER #15

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LIFE AND GARDENING KEEPS YOU BUSY...but we've found a moment to resume our blog series from time to time: THE CROTON PHOTOGRAPHER--- HERE'S #15



Enter the National Estuaries Week Photo Contest by Aug. 31

NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management is hosting a photo contest to celebrate National Estuaries Week from September 19 to 27, 2026. Submit your best photos from the National Estuarine Research Reserves that display the beauty of the reserves, critters that live there, and the people who work and play there. The Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve spans 100 miles of the Hudson River Estuary across four, unique component sites.

Winners will be chosen by a panel of judges and will be featured in NOAA's social media campaign during National Estuaries Week. Submit your photos under the following categories:

Learn
Play
Vistas
Smiles
Work

To enter: Submit your images (minimum of 1200 pixels wide, no more than 10 photos) to OCM.NERRS.PhotoContest@noaa.gov.

All images MUST include the following information: photographer's name, short description of when and where the photo was taken, and what is shown in the photo.

SEE THE LAST BLOG EDITION OF THIS SERIES #14 and #13 at EverythingCroton: THE CROTON PHOTOGRAPHER---#14 AND THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT'S USA 250TH PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

You may also enjoy:

***EverythingCroton: WITH MENTION OF CROTON'S CAROLYN WHITING AND ELEANOR KWEI, CORTLANDT'S SNAPSHOT OF AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY FOCUSES ON PHOTO CONTEST

and don't forget

DAVID ROCCO PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE CROTON RIVER ARTISANS GALLERY EverythingCroton: DAVID ROCCO AT THE CROTON RIVER ARTISANS GALLERY

SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER--ROBERT COX--WESTCHESTER POWER CUSTOMERS PAID MORE OVERALL DESPITE WILD SWINGS IN SAVINGS AND LOSSES

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Sustainable Westchester customers saved millions when energy markets spiked, then gave it all back as fixed CCA prices exceeded utility rates WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY (August 26, 2026) — New York regulators concluded this week that customers enrolled in Community Choice Aggregation electricity programs statewide paid roughly $116 million more than they would have paid for […] MORE AT New York DPS: Westchester Power Customers Paid More Overall Despite Wild Swings in Savings and Losses - Talk of the Sound

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR...

......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.

Includes the latest product recalls and other business and craft news too.

Go to Croton Crafts and Commerce | Facebook

A STUNNING EVENT - ABDUL EL-SAYED'S ASSORTED COMMENTS---BUT YOU SHOULD WATCH IT YOURSELF AND MAKE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT

There are sentences one expects to hear in a United States Senate campaign.

And then there are sentences that, until Monday night, had probably never been uttered during one.

During a live interview on his show, Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, “So you think it’s OK for a parent to slash his kid’s ding-a-ling off?”

El-Sayed responded with a question of his own: “Are you circumcised?”

Welcome to the 2026 midterms. It’s only going to go downhill from here.

The exchange was typical of the dodge-and-weave strategy El-Sayed used throughout the Democratic primary race, as he smugly evaded tough and rational questions about his policy positions on hot-button issues.

El-Sayed wasn’t just unprepared to answer questions on transgender medical interventions for children; he was equally unable to intelligently discuss Sharia law, reparations, healthcare costs and windmills on Lake Michigan.

His smarmy performance......Abdul El-Sayed’s 'Are you circumcised? blunder could cost Dems -- and create greater party fracture

IT'S WEDNESDAY--TIME FOR THE REGULAR FEATURE--SOME QUICK NEWS BITES FROM YOUR LOCAL HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND MORE...

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The weekly Wednesday feature----and now some QUICK news bites from your local houses of worship and more--BUT FIRST---SOME ITEMS OF INPORTANCE:

THIS APPEARED ON MSN ABOUT RISING NYC ANTISEMTISM:  An anti-Jewish hate crime every 25 hours: Mamdani’s New York is a warning to America

AND

VIA TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY--Pope Leo emotional singing “Hail Queen of Heaven” in Latin – Tom Faranda's Folly

AND FROM CATHOLIC VOTE--THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA PLATFORM; GO TO Democratic Socialists of America Platform – here it is. – Tom Faranda's Folly

AND ALSO FROM THE FOLLY: The one minute Jesuit – great quote! – Tom Faranda's Folly

AND 

FROM BROTHER JACKS' (HOLY NAME) PREACHING MINISTRY BLOG; GO TO Br Jack's Preaching Ministry: Facing our Resistances

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HOLY NAME OF MARY:

FEAST DAY MASS PLANS MADE--9/12--SEE THE BULLETIN AT August 23, 2026 -Final

REGARDING THE CAPUCHIN YOUTH MISSION; SOME NEWS--GO HERE

SUNRISE AT HOLY NAME; PHOTO HERE

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY RESUMES; GO HERE

THANK YOU HOLY NAME OF MARY: Representatives from the Corona Self Help Center visited our parish this past weekend. A letter of gratitude was received by Fr. Tony expressing the group’s appreciation of HNM faithful parishioners’ “remarkable kindness, generosity, and Christian hospitality.” Approximately $2,200 was donated and will be used to sustain Corona Self Help Center’s recovery ministry by providing housing, meals, clothing, transportation assistance, educational opportunities, and recovery support services free of charge to the men entrusted to their care. 

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TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER

TEMPLE ISRAEL CHOIR IN THE NEWS! 

EverythingCroton: CHOIR OF TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER TO PERFORM AT NATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL

9/5 S'lichot service TBD - Event - Temple Israel of Northern Westchester

HIGH HOLY DAYS ON THE HORIZON AND A BLAST FROM ROSH HASHANAH PAST 1972 AT EverythingCroton: TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER REMINDS US THAT THE HIGH HOLY DAYS WILL SOON BE HERE

9/13 REVERSE TASLICH; GO HERE

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OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN

THEIR FALL NEWSLETTER IS AT EverythingCroton: OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH FALL 2026 NEWSLETTER IS NOW AVAILABLE

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ST. AUGUSTINE PARISH AND SCHOOL

ST. AUGUSTINE SCHOOL CALENDAR; GO TO Saint Augustine School Calendar  - St. Augustine School - Ossining, NY

SILVER AND GOLD WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS UPCOMING; GO HERE

THANK YOU PLATINUM PROPANE AND CAPRICCIO'S; EverythingCroton: ST. AUGUSTINE FESTIVAL THANK YOU'S! CAPRICCIO PIZZERIA & PLATINUM PROPANE

FOR DEVOTEES OF HIGH LATIN MASS: EverythingCroton: ST. AUGUSTINE SOLEMN HIGH LATIN MASS 8/28 FOR ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO

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ASBURY METHODIST

ASBURY HAS A NEW PASTOR EverythingCroton: INTRODUCING ASBURY METHODIST'S NEW PASTOR

JULY/AUGUST CIRCUIT RIDER IS NOW ONLINE; GO HERE

HISTORIC SUNDAY NEWS; GO TO EverythingCroton: HISTORIC SUNDAY 2026 AT ASBURY METHODIST

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ST. AUGUSTINE EPISCOPAL

RECENT SUNDAY SERVICE STREAM; GO TO St. Augustine's Worship

AND SEE THEIR FULL WORSHIP SCHEDULE HERE

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MOVING ALONG:

*RIP PATRICK YEUNG; GO HERE

*VIDEO, CATHOLIC WIVES 9 Hollywood Stars You Had No Idea Married Devout Catholic Wives

*PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR DJ DANIEL; GO TO Devarjaye "DJ" Daniel's cancer is currently stabilized, and doctors have confirmed that all metastatic lesions in his brain are inactive. Despite a round of online death rumors that circulated in early 2026, his father, Theodis Daniel, and local media confirmed that the 14-year-old Texas teen is alive and continues to actively fight his condition. [1, 2]

*GREAT SITE; ISRAEL REALTIME; GO TO EverythingCroton: ISRAEL REALTIME

*FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE IDF; We also have residents with family serving in the IDF; for those who would like to donate there: EverythingCroton: FRIENDS OF THE IDF

*THE UNTOLD STORY: EverythingCroton: VIDEO--THE UNTOLD STORY OF MILITARY PRIESTS ON THE FRONT LINE

*THE MASS GRAVE HOAX, CANADA; GO TO EverythingCroton: O CANADA....THE "MASS GRAVE HOAX IS FALLING APART...WHO WILL ANSWER FOR THE BURNT CHURCHES? THE GLOBE AND MAIL ISSUES A DEFICIENT APOLOGY

AND QUIETLY DROPPED: P.E.I. Councillor Inquiry Dropped: In July 2026, the Prince Edward Island government quietly suspended an official inquiry into Murray Harbour Councillor John Robertson. Robertson had sparked severe backlash three years prior for publicly posting a sign in his yard calling the situation a "mass grave hoax". The province decided not to pursue the matter further, leaving local Indigenous leaders and the mayor disappointed. [1]

*UPCOMING EVENTS AT FAITH LUTHERAN; GO TO Events

*WEBSITE FOR THE REFORMED CHURCH OF CORTLANDTOWN; CLICK HERE

AND

*EverythingCroton: A RATHER INTERESTING LOCAL CATHOLIC INSTAGRAM PAGE

AND

*PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY; GO TO EverythingCroton: PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY...

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ST. THERESA OF THE INFANT JESUS, BRIARCLIFF IS CELEBRATING ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY; Parish of St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus - Briarcliff Manor, NY

REMEMBERING DOLLY PARTON IN STEEL MAGNOLIAS

As many of you know by now, Dolly Parton has died. President Trump ordered flags to fly at half-staff in her honor  (see here).

For your editor, Dolly will always be remembered as Truvy Jones, the warm-hearted beauty shop owner, in the 1989 ensemble movie STEEL MAGNOLIAS.

SEE A CLIP HERE Remembering Dolly Parton in Steel Magnolias

AND THE MOVIE IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AT Amazon.com: Steel Magnolias (Special Edition) : Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts, Olympia Dukakis, Daryl Hannah, Herbert Ross, Ray Stark: Movies & TV

FLOCK CAMERAS UNDER SCRUTINY IN EMPIRE STATE---SARCONE SAYS THEY GET CREDIT IN PART FOR THE ARREST OF ISIS-INSPIRED JESSIE BOWIE

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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Their presence is growing, but their popularity is not. Hundreds of ‘Flock’ cameras are popping up across New York State, with 58 in the Utica area alone, according to DeFlock.

Flock cameras are a brand of automated license plate readers that are mounted on roadside poles and are often cited as a tool for law enforcement. The FBI credits them, in part, for the arrest of 35-year-old Jessica Bowie, who officials said was planning to bomb the New York State Capitol in an ISIS-inspired attack.

“Think about this,” Federal Attorney with New York’s Northern District John Sarcone said. “[Think about] what just occurred, what we prevented.” MORE AT Flock Cameras under scrutiny across Empire State

NY's DECADE-LONG GREEN ENERGY EXPERIMENT ENDS IN FAILURE---CUSTOMERS PAID $116 MILLION MORE--COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION AND MORE

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SURPRISE....NOT.....From Robert Cox

State regulators recommend killing Community Choice Aggregation after finding it failed to deliver promised savings or meaningfully advance New York’s clean-energy goals ALBANY, NY (August 25, 2026) — One of America’s most aggressive clean-energy states spent a decade experimenting with a new way to buy electricity: automatically enroll entire communities, use their collective purchasing power […] more at New York’s Decade-Long Green-Energy Experiment Ends in Failure: Customers Paid $116 Million More - Talk of the Sound

PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERED FLAGS LOWERED TO HALF-STAFF IN HONOR OF DOLLY PARTON

President Trump ordered flags lowered to half-staff in honor of Dolly Parton following the country music legend’s death.

"Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away," the president wrote on Truth Social. "This is a true loss for millions of people. There has never been anyone like her, and never will."

"In her honor, I am lowering the American flag throughout the United States for a one week period beginning tonight at 6:00PM.

Rest in Peace, Dolly! The World loves you."

ICYMI--SCOTUS LIFTS OBAMA JUDGE'S BLOCK ON TRUMP MAIL-IN BALLOT ORDER

The Supreme Court lifted a Massachusetts judge’s block on Republican President Donald Trump’s mail-in ballot executive order Monday, freeing the policy in 23 states and Washington, D.C.SCOTUS Lifts Obama Judge’s Block On Trump Mail-In Ballot Order | The Daily Caller