YOU DON'T NEED ALL THIS...

To find 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, Croton Running Company, CVS, Apple Farm,105-Twenty, Raga and more.

IN THE NEWS--APPEALS COURTS PAUSES THOSE RESTRICTIONS ON ICE TACTICS IN MINNESOTA

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a lower court order restricting how federal immigration officers could respond to protests in the Minneapolis area will be paused while the case continues. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit issued a brief order lifting an injunction that was issued Friday by U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez in Minnesota. MORE AT Appeals court pauses restrictions on ICE tactics in Minnesota

BY SPECIAL REQUEST---ICYMI---SOME VINTAGE CROTON PHOTOGRAPHERS

 There's Yale Joel, Bob Friend, Alice Leighner and more....go to EverythingCroton: AND NOW BY SPECIAL REQUEST, A LOOK BACK AT CROTON'S PHOTOGRAPHERS

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY: EverythingCroton: THE CROTON PHOTOGRAPHER #12, FALL PHOTO EXHIBITS IN PEEKSKILL AND CROTON

AND

EverythingCroton: W. EUGENE SMITH, POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY, 1952

SOME MORE RECENT VIDEOS, PHOTOS AND PODCASTS YOU SHOULDN'T MISS

Because life gets busy:

***PHOTOS: SNOW WALK PART ONE, THE CROTON ESTUARY; GO HERE

***PHOTOS: SNOW WALK PART TWO, CROTON LANDING; GO HERE

***VIDEO: TRUMP THANKS FIREFIGHTERS SALUTING HIS MOTORCADE; CLICK HERE

***PHOTOS: VALENTINE BARBIE!

***PHOTOS, EAGLES, GO HERE AND HERE  

***PHOTOS, CORMORANTS: GO HERE

***PHOTOS, ST. AUGUSTINE'S SR. SERAFINA AT 2025 TRUMP INAUGURATION; CLICK HERE

***PODCAST BY SPECIAL REQUEST; SPAGHETTI WESTERNS PODCAST, FROM A FEW MONTHS BACK, IN A COLT'S SHADOW; GO TO (1164) The Spaghetti Westerns Podcast, Ep 148 - In a Colt's Shadow - YouTube

***WARNING--VIDEO---VERY DISTURBING, THE "PEACEFUL PROTESTORS" WHO STORMED THAT CHURCH--Via Tom Faranda's Folly......This video was taken by one of the protestors and somehow Catholic Vote got ahold of it. SEE MORE AT Clear video of the church stormed by “peaceful protestors” – Tom Faranda's Folly

***PHOTO RICK SAMMON ON X, GO TO EverythingCroton: PHOTOGRAPHER RICK SAMMON ON X...

***PHOTO FROM EASTERN RAILS PHOTOGRAPHY; GO TO EverythingCroton: NEW FROM EASTERN RAILS PHOTOGRAPHY

SEE MORE VIDEOES, PHOTOS AND PODCASTS YOU SOULDN'T MISS AT EverythingCroton: SOME MORE RECENT VIDEOS, PHOTOS AND PODCASTS YOU SHOULDN'T MISS

MEET THE BOARD OF ED 1/22

The Board of Ed will be at CHHS Rotunda on 1/22 for a half hour 6:30-700---click on the image for more.

GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER CAROLYN WHITING, TWO EAGLES DOWN AT THE LANDING

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GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER CAROLYN WHITING, TWO EAGLES---CROTON LANDING--ONE MATURE, ONE IMMATURE.

CLICK ON THE PHOTO.

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IN THE NEWS---HOUSE COMMITTEE FINDS BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS

Excerpt ---A House committee voted on a bipartisan basis Wednesday to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress. The House Oversight Committee vote for the former president to face a potential criminal misdemeanor for refusing to comply with a subpoena to testify about his relationship with deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was 34-8. Another vote for his wife, the former first lady and secretary of state, failing to testify was 28-15. Oversight members and staff had voted to issue subpoenas to Bill and Hillary Clinton last July on a bipartisan basis as well.

Neither complied with the order for depositions after five months of back-and-forth between the Clintons' lawyers and Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.).Democrats broke with their party to join with Republicans on approving both resolutions for the ex-first couple. Read more here

TOWN OF CORTLANDT REGIONAL VETERANS COMMITTEE MEETING 1/28--TOWN HALL

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TOWN OF CORTLANDT REGIONAL VETERANS COMMITTEE MEETING 1/28--If you have any questions in regards to the meetings, please call 914-734-1002.

FOR THOSE FOLLOWING THE YORKTOWN CELL TOWER ISSUE

LOHUD--behind paywall--Yorktown residents rankled by 130-foot residential cell tower proposal--Alexandra Rivera--Rockland/Westchester Journal News--Jan. 21, 2026, 2:05 p.m. ET---Some Yorktown residents are calling on their town government to stop developers from building a new cell tower in a residential area. BEHIND PAYWALL Yorktown residents ask town government to stop building new cell tower

ICYMI: WHAT's NEW AT SOME OF OUR FAVORITE CROTON (AND NON-CROTON) BLOGS

Our Monday feature continues--go to EverythingCroton: WHAT's NEW AT SOME OF OUR FAVORITE CROTON (AND NON-CROTON) BLOGS

1925--FLIER SAVED AFTER DROP INTO HUDSON BY AMIELLO CONTE, A RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION GANG COOK

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1925--FLIER SAVED AFTER DROP INTO HUDSON BY AMIELLO CONTE, A RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION GANG COOK--CLICK ON Image 7 of The Frontier (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.), January 15, 1925

IN THE NEWS---VP VANCE TO VISIT MINNEAPOLIS AMID UNREST OVER ICE OPERATIONS

Justice Department served subpoenas Tuesday to Gov Tim Walz and other Minnesota Democrats over alleged obstruction of federal law enforcement---more at JD Vance will visit Minneapolis on Thursday, source says | Fox News

NEW YORK'S DMVS WILL CLOSE IN FEBRUARY---HERE'S WHY

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The agency announced on Friday the shutdown, which will take place from Feb. 13 at 2 p.m. through Feb. 17. All state DMV operations - including offices, online transactions and phone services - will be unavailable during that time to allow for the rollout of a "new, modernized technology system," the agency wrote in a prepared statement. Operations will resume as normal on Feb. 18.
https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/ny-state-dmv-closed-february-new-system-21304765.php

RIVER JOURNAL--DOHERTY ENTERPRISES-OWNED APPELBEE'S LAUNCHED 2026 ABOVE & "BEE"YOND TEACHER ESSAY CONTEST IN WESTCHESTER AND NYC

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Click on the image. Read more at Doherty Enterprises-Owned Applebee’s Launches 2026 Above & “BEE”yond Teacher Essay Contest in Westchester & NYC - River Journal Online - News for Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Irvington, Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Cortlandt and Peekskill