Monday, August 24, 2026

SILVER LAKE IS CLOSED--8/24

Due to heavy rain, strong currents and flooding.


9/26 TOWN OF CORTLANDT FAMILY FUN DAY

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.

Town of Cortlandt Family Fun Day is around the corner!

Join us on Saturday, September 26th for a day filled with family fun, community spirit, and memories for everyone.

Click on the image.

BACK TO SCHOOL ST. AUGUSTINE K-8 IS SEPT 10TH, PREK 3 & 4 IS SEPT 14TH

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.

BACK TO SCHOOL ST. AUGUSTINE K-8 IS SEPT 10TH, PREK 3 & 4 IS 9/14 - St. Augustine School - Ossining, NY---CLICK ON THE IMAGE.


THAT PETITION SUPPORTING TONY THE PIGEON GUY AND RESPONSIBLE PIGEON KEEPING IN CROTON

There is a petition on the facebook page---CROTON COMMUNITY--started by the AI/Croton.News guy etal. SEE IT AT THE LINK BELOW.  

A commenter on one of the pages reminded everyone---with a chuckle---about all the complaints that  we were going to be overrun with "bird-feeder" rats, mice, pigeons AND BEARS when the "bird business" opened back in the day. 

Had quite forgotten about those and the now defunct North County News Community Forums, a sort of social media precursor.

NYS E-BIKE & E-SCOOTER LAWS

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.

Lots of (often incorrect) chatter about the menace of E-bikes and scooters---we prefer the Croton EMS post:

NYS has issued new laws and guidelines for all e-bikes and e-scooters!  SEE NYS has issued new laws and guidelines for all e-bikes and e-scooters! - Croton On Hudson Volunteer EMS




THAT ALLEGED CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS LAWSUIT

Working our way through the endless screenshots---and having now disposed of anything TDS, SDS, and EDS-related---we can move on to.....

Lots of chatter that Cambridge students of  PROFFESOR ARDAY have brought a lawsuit.  This does not appear to be the case---at least at present.

The reports regarding student litigation were strictly limited to media commentary—primarily from an August 9, 2026 broadcast on Sky News Australia—AND LOTS OF ONLINE STUFF----stating that students were "considering" or "weighing" legal action. SEE MORE AT ‘It gets worse’: Arday’s students reportedly weigh legal action against Cambridge

FACEBOOK ALBUM---TOWN OF CORTLANDT--MONGERO PARK RE-DEDICATION

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.

Slowly working our way through the weekend social media onslaught--and for the moment, prefer some of the happier items first----here's the Town of Cortlandt facebook album for the recent re-dedication of the MICHAEL C. MONGERO VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK; go to Facebook

IT'S NOT HARD...

Finding the latest Croton crafts and commerce news is easy! Just head on over to 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



LOHUD--SEE ALL THE 9/11 MEMORIALS IN WESTCHESTER, PUTNAM, ROCKLAND

In the years since the Sept. 11 attacks, communities across the Lower Hudson Valley have created permanent memorials to honor those who were lost. They stand at firehouses, in town parks and at community centers, each rooted in the same enduring promise: Never Forget.  MORE AT 9/11 memorials in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam NY remember those lost


OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH FALL 2026 NEWSLETTER IS NOW AVAILABLE

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OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH FALL 2026 NEWSLETTER IS NOW AVAILABLE AT Fall 2026


EUROPEAN COUNTRY APPROVES BURKA BAN

Given that the woman (allegedly) planning to blow up the state capital was shopping in a full burka/burqa (see Sarcone, Tremaroli, here), yada yada yada....Portugal has joined other countries in banning the burka---see European country approves 'burka ban' with fines of up to $3,500

AND THEN THERE WAS THIS RECENT ITEM FROM THE U.K.: Asylum seekers told rape and harassment illegal in UK in new Home Office booklet

MICHAEL WRIGHT--THE FIVE HEARTBEATS STAR---HAS DIED

Sad news---a genuinely nice guy: 'The Five Heartbeats' star Michael Wright dead at 70

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

Happy Monday everyone....and now our regular weekly feature......

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

You may not always agree but it's always interesting... click on the links below.

NINE FROM TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY-- back on a new blogging platform

***News on Lorena Bobbitt. – Tom Faranda's Folly
***Long weekend camping again in Upstate NY – Tom Faranda's Folly
***The one minute Jesuit – great quote! – Tom Faranda's Folly
***Friday cocktail – The Star cocktail – Tom Faranda's Folly
***Pope Leo addresses K of C: be “Prophets of Harmony” – Tom Faranda's Folly
***Pigs fly – Lifelong Dem Alan Dershowitz on leaving his Party – Tom Faranda's Folly
***Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on why he worries about more than how his bank is doing – Tom Faranda's Folly
***Bill Maher destroys Democratic Socialism – Tom Faranda's Folly
***DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA---THEIR PLATFORM! Democratic Socialists of America Platform – here it is. – Tom Faranda's Folly

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AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT FROM LAST YEAR: SILVER LAKE

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FROM CROTON'S DW DESIGN & DECOR: SUMMER DESIGN NEWSLETTER; CLICK HERE

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FROM BROTHER JACK'S PREACHING MINISTRY, HOLY NAME OF MARY: PETE'S RASHNESS; GO TO Br Jack's Preaching Ministry

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FOUR FROM ETHICS ALARMS: 
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TWO FROM EPHEMERAL NEW YORK: 

Why the Union Square subway stop is the only station that relies on automatic steel platform extenders; CLICK HERE

AND

A tenement goes down, and a century-old chewing tobacco ad returns to the uptown cityscape | Ephemeral New York; CLICK HERE

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EIGHT FROM GRANDMA'S VINTAGE RECIPES:

--HOMEMADE CINNAMON ROLLS; CLICK HERE
--Old fashion Jam Cake with caramel frosting; click here
--AUNT MARY'S BEEF SALAMI; CLICK HERE
--OYSTER STEW; CLICK HERE
--BREAKFAST BUFFET BRUNCH; CLICK HERE
--BANG'S SWEET PICKLE RELISH; CLICK HERE
--MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD DIVINITY; CLICK HERE
--SLOW COOKER NAVY BEAN CROCK POT SOUP; CLICK HERE

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SEVEN FROM EUROPEAN FILM STAR POSTCARDS:

---MICKEY ROONEY; go here
---Eva (1913) and Wenn Wunden heilen (1914); CLICK HERE
---MERNA KENNEDY; CLICK HERE
---GLADYS WALTON; CLICK HERE

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FROM WESTERNS ALL'ITALIANA, Spaghetti Western Directors, Screenwriters, Cinematographers, ASSORTED; GO HERE

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OMG: SOCIAL MEDIA---PIGEONS, PETITIONS, RATS, RACISM, TRUMP, HITLER, BIRD FLU, BEST TO LIVE NEAR A CROTON VILLAGE OFFICIAL, NO POT SHOPS, PIGEONS, OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THEN, YADA YADA YADA

It will be hours before we've wallowed through all the muck...but our intrepid readers have sent along some doozies....stay tuned.