SOME RECENT POSTS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED...

***9/27 CROTON COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE; GO TO EverythingCroton: CROTON COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE LANDLINE EXCHANGE PARTY

***ERIC GENUIS CONCERTS, TODAY AND THURSDAY; SEE EverythingCroton: JUST A REMINDER 2 GENUIS CONCERTS---ERIC GENUIS--ST AUGUSTINE OSSINING TODAY TUESDAY AND TRANSFIGURATION IN TARRYTOWN ON TARRYTOWN

***FEAR OF TELEPHONES! GO TO EverythingCroton: FEAR OF TELEPHONES...

***FANCY PIGEONS! GO TO EverythingCroton: "FANCY" PIGEONS

***TWO IMPORTANT ITEMS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED---NYFORWARD TOWNHALL ICYMI AND THAT SEAWALL ANALYSIS FROM JOHN McKEON; GO HERE

***U.S. TRUSTEE PROGRAM MEETS WITH FIRST ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY SARCONE; GO HERE

***LAWLER, TRUMP, HONORING THE MAN IN THE RED BANDANA; GO TO EverythingCroton: LAWLER REMEMBERS WELLES CROWTHER, THE "MAN IN THE RED BANDANA", PRESIDENT AWARD HIM THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM

SOME ISSUES---THE NEW VILLAGE WEBSITE

As many of you know by now, the village has a new website--See it at Croton-on-Hudson, NY | Official Website.  The reception has largely been positive.

Like any new roll-out, howver, there are some missing items, broken links, timing issues, etc. Do let staff know. It's the only way these things are fixed.

UPDATE: EverythingCroton: DEEP DIVE, THE NEW VILLAGE WEBSITE DESIGN

10/10 TOWN OF CORTLANDT YC CLEANUP

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10/10Join the Youth Center Staff in this unique program to help clean-up our town! Participants will be given supplies to help pick up litter and debris from local sites around town. Youth will receive volunteer hours for community service. Parents will be responsible for drop off and pick up at designated locations.  Sign up today by visiting www.townofcortlandtny.gov/reconline

LEGIONELLA--LOHUD

Trending on assorted social media sites (in addition to Measles, Bird Flu, and Cyclospora), the Yankee Stadium Legionella bacteria discovery---and the usual demands to shut down the stadium and cancel any ucoming games, yada yada yada....we prefer the LOHUD article instead which is very detailed, concise and informative; go to Legionella at Yankee Stadium: What to know, symptoms

250 TUESDAY AT THE BLOG! #20

It's 250 Tuesday --- Time for our new weekly series---250 TUESDAYS at the blog--#20! We're celebrating America's 250th! CLICK ON THE LINKS AND/OR PHOTO(S)

FROM EPHEMERAL NY--ONE OF OUR FVAORITE BLOGS

ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND MORE!

A founding father’s country home in Harlem

Today, wealthy New Yorkers boast of luxury estates upstate and in the Hamptons. But two centuries ago, prominent residents chose Upper Manhattan as the location of their grand manors.

MORE AT A founding father’s country home in Harlem | Ephemeral New York

AND SOME FORGOTTEN NOVEMBER HISTORY AT  Don’t forget New York’s other November holiday | Ephemeral New York

AND IF YOU MISSED THE LATEST 250 EVENT AT THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT (NOW THESE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO THROW A PARTY AND HONOR OUR COUNTRY)--PHOTO ALBUM 250TH REVOLUTIONARY VOICES EVENT---JONATHAN KRUK AND WESTCHESTER WOMEN'S CHORUS----SEE MORE AT Facebook

AND DON'T FORGET--HAMILTON & HOPS 9/18 Facebook

AND MEET BEN FRANKLIN IN PEEKSKILL AT THE LINCOLN DEPOT 9/19; GO TO Meet Benjamin Franklin - Lincoln Depot Museum Lincoln Depot Museum

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SEE THE INAUGURAL #1 OF THIS SERIES AT EverythingCroton: TUESDAYS AT THE BLOG ARE NOW FOR AMERICA 250

SEE #2 AT EverythingCroton: THE NEW BLOG SERIES---250 TUESDAYS #2

SEE #3 AT EverythingCroton: THE NEW BLOG SERIES --250 TUESDAYS #3

SEE #4 AT EverythingCroton: 250 TUESDAY AT EVERYTHING CROTON #4

SEE #5 AT EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAY #5

SEE #6 AT EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAY #6

SEE #7 AT EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAY #7

SEE #8 AT EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAY, AND NOW #8

SEE #9 AT EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAY! #9

SEE #10 AT EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAY #10

SEE #11 AT EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAY #11

SEE #12 AT EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAY @ THE BLOG-#12

SEE #13 AT EverythingCroton: 250 TUESDAYS @ THE BLOG #13!

SEE #14 AT EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAY #14--CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH!

SEE #15 AT EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAYS AT THE EVERYTHING CROTON BLOG! #15

SEE #16 AT EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAY #16

SEE #17 AT EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAY #17

SEE #18 AT EverythingCroton: 250 TUESDAY AT THE BLOG! #18

SEE #19 AT EverythingCroton: 250 TUESDAY AT THE BLOG! #19

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BIG ISSUE AMONG THE PARENTS CURRENTLY TRENDING ON CERTAIN CROTON/CORTLANDT FORUMS---REGENTS EXAMS--NY MAKES IT OFFICIAL--OUR H.S. DIPLOMA IS WORTHLESS

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NY MAKES IT OFFICIAL--OUR H.S. DIPLOMA IS WORTHLESS

New York’s race to the bottom in education continued apace Monday, as the Board of Regents scrapped the requirement that the state’s high schoolers actually learn something to graduate.

For 30 years, students needed to pass at least four Regents exams — in math, English, science and Global Studies — to earn a diploma. To be clear, this standard was the barest minimum. The governing board kept lowering the score needed to pass the tests, watering down the results.

But it was something: A tangible requirement — a responsibility — that showed we as a state cared about accountability.

And that’s exactly the word that the Teachers Union hates. MORE AT New York makes it official: Our high school diploma is worthless

JUST A REMINDER 2 GENUIS CONCERTS---ERIC GENUIS--ST AUGUSTINE OSSINING TODAY TUESDAY AND TRANSFIGURATION IN TARRYTOWN ON TARRYTOWN

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

TODAY TUESDAY & THURSDAY 2 GENIUS CONCERTS, St. Augustine, OSSINING and Transfiguration, TARRYTOWN to BENEFIT Concerts for Hope & Gianna's House--FREE WILL OFFERINGS $---CLICK ON THE IMAGES FOR ALL THE DETAILS.

LAWLER REMEMBERS WELLES CROWTHER, THE "MAN IN THE RED BANDANA", PRESIDENT AWARD HIM THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM

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Washington, D.C. – 9/8/26… Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) attended an event at the White House that President Donald J. Trump hosted for 9/11 first responders and officials. The President posthumously presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the family of Welles Remy Crowther, the Upper Nyack native and volunteer firefighter known as the “Man in the Red Bandana.” MORE AT Lawler Remembers Welles Crowther as President Trump Awards Him the Presidential Medal of Freedom at 9/11 White House Ceremony | Congressman Mike Lawler

SOME RECENT POSTS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED...

            

Because life gets busy...

***1950 FEMALE LIFEGUARDS IN CROTON; GO HERE

***ICYMI--FROM THE NEW "CROTON.NEWS" SITE--VILLAGE PRESENTS OLD POST ROAD NORTH TRAFFIC STUDY, RESIDENTS PUSH BACK; click here

***BESS FAILURE INCIDENCE DATABASE; GO HERE

***FROM DENNIS KOONEY--SOME POST-2026 RIVER DAY THOUGHTS AND PHOTOS---GO TO EverythingCroton: FROM DENNIS KOONEY--SOME POST-2026 RIVER DAY THOUGHTS AND PHOTOS

***RUBIO ORDERS DEPORTATION KUWAITI PERM, RESIDENT; click here

***CORNELL LAB---A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT HOW HUMMINGBIRDS SPARKLE AND HOVER; GO HERE

***YADA YADA YADA, SOCIAL MEDIA, THE FINE MONDAY; GO HERE

***RIVERCUP 2026 RESULTS; GO HERE

MEDIA WORLD PRAISES "GRIPPING" NEW 60 MINUTES UNDER MAGA-FRIENDLY BOSS BARI WEISS

No surprise to many of us. We have watched her well-deserved meteoric climb ever since she and the New York Times parted ways. Congratulations Bari and much continued success.



The season premiere of 60 Minutes is being met with overwhelming praise, despite months of unease about the show's fate under new CBS boss Bari Weiss.

The episode on Sunday featured an interview with an Air Force colonel shot down over Iran earlier this year and a hidden camera investigation headed by longtime correspondent Lesley Stahl.  READ MORE AT Media world praises 'gripping' new 60 Minutes under MAGA-friendly boss Bari Weiss

ICYMI--EARLY FALL 2026 EDITION FROM EVERYTHING CROTON: "THE CROTON KNITTER & CROCHETER TOO"

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

ICYMI--EARLY FALL 2026 EDITION FROM EVERYTHING CROTON: "THE CROTON KNITTER & CROCHETER TOO"....GO TO EverythingCroton: WE'RE BACK FROM THE ANNUAL SUMMER HIATUS--"THE CROTON KNITTER & CROCHETER TOO"--EARLY FALL 2026

FEAR OF TELEPHONES...

It seems ridiculous to think that people felt this way once but....Yes, when the landline telephone was first introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was widely considered dangerous by a skeptical public. People feared physical harm from electricity, structural dangers from infrastructure, and even psychological or social threats.  A friend's grandmother wouldn't use the telephone during thunderstorms!

(Click on the photo for a page of phones available from the 1916 Sears catalog, lovingly scanned by your editor.  See the whole catalog here.)

To explore this historical telephone anxiety further, you can read an account via The Atlantic's history of telephone fears.

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY EverythingCroton: THE VINTAGE TELEPHONE, PRINCESS OR OTHERWISE

FEMALE LIFEGUARDS IN CROTON, 1950--GIRL LIFEGUARD CREW DEAF TO WOLF-CALLS--WASHINGTON POST

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FEMALE LIFEGUARDS IN CROTON, 1950--GIRL LIFEGUARD CREW DEAF TO WOLF-CALLS. CLICK ON THE IMAGES.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR...

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

And the Croton Crafts and Commerce page has news about The Blue Pig, Melita's, The Croton Artisans Gallery, Devotion Studio, Franki's Grill, Croton Mini Deli, Baked by Susan, Feed the Birds, Robbins, Yuka's, Croton Running Company, Croton Colonial Diner, Deprez, CVS, Apple Farm,105-Twenty, Monday's Gifts (new in the Upper Village), Barre-on-Hudson, Raga, The Organic Teaching Kitchen, upcoming fundraisers, events, recalls, and more.