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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.
THE GAZETTE WEEK OF 8/27 THROUGH 9/2/2026 has an excellent and highly detailed front-page article on the Croton proposal to be aired on banning pigeon-keeping. Click on the image to read the first few paragraphs. The paper does not have an online presence but is on sale just about everywhere.
As for the petition: by Saturday 8/29, early afternoon, the petition urging the board to reject the pigeon prohibition has 178 signatures Petitions — Croton Community Forum
Saturday, August 29, 2026
THE GAZETTE---CROTON TO AIR PROPOSAL BANNING PIGEON-KEEPING 9/2
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MAYOR, BOT, AND VILLAGE MANAGER REGARDING PROPOSED INTRODUCTORY LAW NO.10 OF 2026
Your proposed pet, domestic and farm animal laws would clearly make it illegal for residents to house small pet reptiles and amphibians in tanks in their homes because they have a very small piece of property, and many people are certainly not fifty feet from their property lines in any direction.
Please explain if the village would come after people for fish, reptiles, amphibians, rabbits or guinea pigs living in enclosures inside the home if they are closer than fifty feet away from a property line. Many Croton neighbors and residents keep these types of small animals, which are perfectly legal to own and can be purchased at most pet stores and the Reptile Show that happens four to six times a year at the Westchester County Center.
I highly recommend you remove the section in your proposed law as many people all over Croton and Westchester County own and enjoy these pets. It’s a ridiculous, highly restrictive, and totalitarian law, and just because members of the BOE don’t own reptiles or small animals like this doesn’t mean they should attempt to ban them legally from small homes or apartments. Please change or throw out your proposed law.
The law is poorly written, stating that anyone with a pet other than a dog or cat closer than fifty feet from property lines is breaking the law. I would recommend the board and the lawyer reword it so that the law applies to outdoor animals only, being housed outside, and not indoor pets living inside homes.
Does the village plan on coming into people’s personal homes, bedrooms and private spaces, measuring out the property lines from tanked-animals’ enclosures? If they are closer than fifty feet from the property line, will they then be made to remove or kill the animal to comply with this nonsensical village law?
Who dreams up these poorly written laws designed to punish people for no reason?
—Jessica Dieckman
INTRODUCTORY LOCAL LAW NO. 10 OF 2026
§230-40 J. Keeping of Animals
(1) the keeping of domestic animals for individual domestic purposes or as pets, provided that no
domestic animals, except dogs or cats, shall be penned or housed within 50 feet of any lot line.
DEVELOPING--KHALID SHIEK MOHAMMED
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ICYMI---A NOTE FROM BOB ANDERSON---81 YEAR OLD WOMAN STRUCK BY SPEEDING BICYCLE AND TOSSED IN THE AIR AND HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED BY OSSINING EMS TO WESTCHESTER MEDICAL WHERE SHE SPENT APPROXIMATELY 7-8 HOURS RECEIVING AID FOR HER INJURIES
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81 YEAR OLD WOMAN STRUCK BY SPEEDING BICYCLE ON BENEDICT BLVD. AND TOSSED IN THE AIR AND HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED BY OSSINING EMS TO WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE SPENT APPROXIMATELY 7-8 HOURS RECEIVING AID FOR HER INJURIES. Fortunately nothing was broken and she was released and is at home now.
REMINDER---BLOOD DRIVE SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH IN CROTON
BLOOD DRIVE SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH IN CROTON
The New York Blood Center will host a blood drive on Saturday, August 29th at the Croton Free Library (171 Cleveland Drive) from 10 am to 4 pm. The Croton Community Blood Drive and the Croton Free Library are co-sponsors of the drive. Donors will receive a voucher for a discounted or free beverage from a local business. At the recent blood drive in June, 52 pints of blood were collected, with the potential of saving the lives of up to 144 people! Thanks to all who came to donate and made that possible!
Appointments are preferred, and walk-ins are welcome if space permits. You must bring id with name and photo. To sign up, call 1-800-933-2566 or visit nybc.org/donate.
Please come and save a life.
10/17 CROTON NATURE CENTER---CROTON POINT PARK'S FORGOTTEN COMMUNITY: THE BUGALOW COLONY
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.
Every summer from 1926 until 1964, the Croton Point Park Association took up residence in their bungalow colony at Croton Point Park. They had a baseball team, a community center, weekly dances, a flourishing newspaper. We will look into how this group lived, what life was like, and what happened after their houses were torn down. A lecture with slides, archival media, and a Q+A afterwards, taking place in the Nature Center.
10/17 2-3:30 pm Croton Point Park’s Forgotten Community: The Bungalow Colony – Westchester County Parks Events Calendar
Every summer from 1926 until 1964, the Croton Point Park Association took up residence in their bungalow colony at Croton Point Park. They had a baseball team, a community center, weekly dances, a flourishing newspaper. We will look into how this group lived, what life was like, and what happened after their houses were torn down. A lecture with slides, archival media, and a Q+A afterwards, taking place in the Nature Center.
10/17 2-3:30 pm Croton Point Park’s Forgotten Community: The Bungalow Colony – Westchester County Parks Events Calendar
YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY: EverythingCroton: 1933---CROTON POINT BUNGALOW COLONY BABY PARADE!
FOR THE TRUMP FANS---TRUMP'S TOP 25 ACHIEVEMENTS
Donald Trump doesn’t have an accomplishment problem. Republicans have an information problem. It’s on each of us to change that. MORE AT Trump’s Top 25 Achievements: The List Every Conservative Should Know and Use
A NOTE FROM BOB ANDERSON---81 YEAR OLD WOMAN STRUCK BY SPEEDING BICYCLE AND TOSSED IN THE AIR AND HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED BY OSSINING EMS TO WESTCHESTER MEDICAL WHERE SHE SPENT APPROXIMATELY 7-8 HOURS RECEIVING AID FOR HER INJURIES
And the response from our officials has been GLACIAL. Here is a past letter addressing---and predicting---these issues:
Letter to the Editor
Spring is here. Look out for those electric bikes, pedal power bikes, scooters, and skateboards etc.that will be on the sidewalks throughout the village. Pedestrians beware! They are fast and silent, and you will have to jump into the street to save yourself. It is particularly harrowing if they come at you in a pack, especially near Dairy Mart on S. Riverside Ave.
It seems the sidewalks in the village are for bikes and not for pedestrians. It begs the question of why we spend so much time talking about our bike lanes and sharrows and hardly use them. Try a pleasant walk along Elliott Way, and you’ll get the idea pretty fast. Is it just more virtue signaling?
All kidding aside, the bike issue is serious. Why do we still not have a helmet law in Croton? It’s common sense. Why don’t we have bicycle safety training, so when bicyclists ride in the street, they don’t run stop signs, they signal their intentions and they have properly equipped bikes with lights, mirrors and a horn or bell.
We have a police force equipped with very nice electric bikes, why can’t they patrol more and instruct bicyclists on the rules of the road and personal safety equipment? Possibly issue a warning for unsafe operation of a vehicle. Maybe it’s time to register electric bicycles since some can reach 20 MPH or more.
It is a real safety issue for pedestrians and cyclists. I’m sure some folks think our “quaint village” image would suffer from some commonsense safety enforcement and education, but I disagree.
When someone gets seriously injured, there will be the wringing of hands and apologies by the village elders wondering how this could have happened. I suggest that there is a lack of action. I’ve written about this before to no avail. The lack of response was disheartening so I will try again. Please do something before someone gets hurt.
Bob Anderson (the other one)
MY CHART SCAM ALERT!!!!!!!
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Another reader says she was hit with a bunch of these---and of course all were deleted but...it's worth mentioning again!
But there's a new wrinkle; many residents are subscribed to Mychart via their doctors---this appears to be the latest scam:
A reader says: Anyone else getting emails claiming to be from Mychart app stating that your account needs to be updated and you will receive a free care package. Got this email twice from 2 different emails. Put it to spam. Still comes back. Could be next fraud scheme.
WEEKEND YADA YADA YADA
****Arday book release; dismal numbers here in the US; not much better in the UK; and now his alleged "autism" is under dispute---the autism being based only on his testimony: Every profile written about Arday—from major broadcasts on the BBC to features in The New York Times and his own Simon & Schuster memoir—relied entirely on self-reported details. No official medical records, childhood clinical assessments, or doctor statements were ever provided to confirm the diagnoses. Just not going to get into this sad tale any further this weekend.
***THAT MT AIRY ARREST; GO HERE
SOME RECENT POSTS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED...
***CROTON HARMON FOOTBALL! 2026 VIDEO! GO HERE
***TRUMP AWARDS ARTEMIS CREW WITH CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL; CLICK HERE
*** ICYMI---SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER--ROBERT COX--WESTCHESTER POWER CUSTOMERS PAID MORE OVERALL DESPITE WILD SWINGS IN SAVINGS AND LOSSES; MORE FROM ROBERT COX HERE
***WHERE WE STAND: TEST SCORES MATH, ELA; GO TO EverythingCroton: ICYMI----NY SCHOOL DISTRICTS RANKED 1 TO 658 BASED ON 2025 TEST SCORES IN MATH, ELA
***INDICTED FARRIS, FOR VANDALIZING WWII MEMORIAL; GO TO Woman indicted for allegedly vandalizing World War II memorial
***FAUCI DAILY CALLER EXCLUSIVE; CLICK HERE
***SOUP SEASON PART NINE; GO HERE
***Oh that corn! MEMORIES OF COOKIE, CORN AND CROTON COUNTRY GARDENS....THE ANNUAL TREK DOWN MEMORY LANE
*** FEDERAL JUDGE LIFTS NATIONWIDE BLOCK ON MAIL VOTING RESTRICTIONS; CLICK HERE
***ANTIFA SITES GO DARK AFTER TERROR DESIGNATION; GO TO Antifa-linked sites go dark after State Department terror designation of tech collective
***9/5 FIREWORKS NOTICE; HUDSON NATIONAL CLICK HERE
***MORGAN STANLEY FLEEING NY; MAMDANI; CLICK HERE
***PETITION OPPOSING MAMDANI AT 9;11 CEREMONY NOW AT 95,000; GO TO Petition · Please sign to support honoring the memory of those lost on September 11th with dignity. - United States · Change.org
***A STUNNING EVENT - ABDUL EL-SAYED'S ASSORTED COMMENTS---BUT YOU SHOULD WATCH IT YOURSELF AND MAKE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT; CLICK HERE
***OPENING NIGHT TRAFFIC ALERT, BLAZE, 2026; EverythingCroton: TRAFFIC ALERT 2026--OPENING NIGHT GREAT JACK O'LANTERN BLAZE
***THAT PETITION SUPPORTING TONY THE PIGEON GUY AND RESPONSIBLE PIGEON KEEPING IN CROTON; 9/2 meeting; CLICK HERE
***FACEBOOK PHOTO ALBUM MONGERO PARK RE-DEDICATION; GO TO EverythingCroton: FACEBOOK ALBUM---TOWN OF CORTLANDT--MONGERO PARK RE-DEDICATION
***SEE ALL THE 9/11 MEMORIALS IN ROCKLAND, WESTCHESTER, PUTNAM; GO TO EverythingCroton: LOHUD--SEE ALL THE 9/11 MEMORIALS IN WESTCHESTER, PUTNAM, ROCKLAND
***ERIC GENUIS CONCERT, ST. AUGUSTINE SCHOOL 9/15; click here
***SEE NY SCHOOL DISTRICTS RANKED BY LATEST GEOMETRY REGENTS EXAMS; click here
***CORTLANDT HOME DEPOT SHOPLIFTING EVENT; GO HERE
***EXTENSIVE VIDEO SARCONE ETAL, THAT ISIS-INSPIRED PLOT--PLAN TO BOMB NYS CAPITAL; MORE HERE
***JOHN CENA, ADRIANA, MY MSMERMAID LIFE; GO TO EverythingCroton: NEW FROM MY MSMERMAID LIFE--SPACECON AND JOHN CENA TOO
***THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMOIR AND SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE OF PHILIP VAN CORTLANDT; click here
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The Blue Pig, Franzoso Contracting, 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, Croton Mini Deli, Deprez, The Tavern at Croton Landing, MONDAYS GIFTS, Barre on Hudson, Raga, and more.
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