TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Many of us are not on social media but we get to hear about it periodically and are sometimes sent screenshots...not going to spend a lot of time on all this---it's Saturday after all----but.... trending at the moment:

***SOME REALLY CLEVER, and downright hysterical memes about life in general, ON THE NEVER ANONYMOUS CROTON FB page

***SOME REALLY BRUTAL, but very funny memes regarding the opening of the Obama Library; we'll let them do the talking; there's so much out there, you'll have no trouble finding it all.

***Folks having a high old time bashing the heck out of the new ODYSSEY movie and the bizarre casting choices---admittedly, there's some guilty pleasure in viewing a few of the more creative fb memes out there and there's some genuinely funny stuff on youtube too: EverythingCroton: HYSTERICAL--THE NEW ODYSSEY--PAGE AS ACHILLES

***Here comes the housing--much chatter about the erosion of SEQRA, what it may mean to "pro-housing communities---like Croton...etc. etc. etc....you'll have to find it all on your own....just too much madness to wade through--but there's this: EverythingCroton: BYE-BYE---"REFORMING SEQRA"----GOV. HOCHUL SIGNS LEGISLATION TO EXPEDITE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN NEW YORK

***Bots, bots, everywhere a bot---not to mention fake and anonymous posters ALL OVER FACEBOOK--- some sites are just overrun--and then there's almost a manic desperation to the Trump, Lawler, Israel, USA hatred---and anti-Conley stuff too----most of it is largely ignored--possibly because most real people recognize crap when they see it and feel no need to jump in.

***Much discussion about how wonderful and "pro-USA" some of the nearby towns and villages look for the 250th---Croton? No so much.....it is what it is.

1975 YOUR MAILBOX CAN JOIN THE BICENTENNIAL PARADE

Welcome to Everything Croton, (while the New One is down) a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

By special request: A reader remember seeing this village ad but couldn't find it again---and so with pleasure, a re-post---from 1975---yes your mailbox can join the Bicentennial Parade! Click on the image. 

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY MORE VINTAGE ADS WITH A CROTON CONNECTION AT: EverythingCroton: 1990 LEONORE DOSKOW, BRUCE BOLIND GIFTS

VIA TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY--INVESTOR RON BARON, ELON MUS'S BIGGEST FANBOY--ON THE FUTURE AND SPACEX

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

FAB VIDEO; THANKS TOM FARANDA; GO TO Investor Ron Baron – Elon Musk’s biggest fanboy – on the future and SpaceX. – Tom Faranda's Folly

IN THE NEWS--161 CHARGED AS MASSIVE TEXAS BORDER SWEEP TARGETS REENTRY AND SMUGGLING

THE BREAKDOWN: Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Texas charged 161 individuals over a six-day span for various immigration and border-security violations. The enforcement push, running from June 12-17, caught numerous individuals with prior felony records for violent crimes and drug trafficking, while also securing prison sentences for several human smugglers who assaulted law enforcement officers-----more at161 charged as massive Texas border sweep targets reentry and smuggling

STILL SEEKING...

Readers are still looking for photos---ads, matchbooks,  postcards, etc....and we'd love to be able to send digital copies to the Croton Historical Society for their files---of the following businesses.  Croton folks, check those drawers and the back of your closets:

---THE WHAT NOT SHOP 

---T.J.'S CROTON FISH MARKET; WE HAVE THIS SO FAR:  EverythingCroton: FROM THE MAILBOX: T.J.'s CROTON FISH MARKET

---PICK PRODUCTS, THE CERAMICS SHOP ON GRAND STREET; WE HAVE THIS SO FAR EverythingCroton: BACK ONLINE--PICK PRODUCTS--CERAMIC SHOP ON GRAND STREET

---ANYTHING FROM POP BERGER'S---AND SCOOP AND JUDY'S; WE HAVE THIS  

---BOY THOSE "JOCKOs" MUST HAVE TASTED AMAZING TO BE SO FONDLY REMEMBERED: To the reader looking for anything on Chicken Galore; this article is from 1977---And no, we STILL don't have the recipe for the JOCKOS unfortunately. That seems to be lost to time. CLICK HERE and HERE

7/10 CATHOLIC WOMEN'S FELLOWSHIP, HOLY NAME OF MARY

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7/10 CATHOLIC WOMEN'S FELLOWSHIP, HOLY NAME OF MARY

CLICK ON THE IMAGE.

YOWZER---FROM JEFFREY TUCKER--THE BIG PICTURE OF EXTRAORDINARY EVIL IN 428 WORDS

Life seemed to be going along pretty normally when the third month of 2020 hit and all our lives, and the lives of billions around the world, were thrown into upheaval. We’ve spent the last six years trying to figure it out and so have many others. MORE AT The Big Picture of Extraordinary Evil in 428 Words

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS---HOLY NAME OF MARY PASTORAL COUNCIL

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

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS---HOLY NAME OF MARY PASTORAL COUNCIL

CLICK ON THE IMAGE FROM THE 6/21/2026 BULLETIN.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR DRAMA...

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. Often updated in real time too! Go to Croton Crafts and Commerce | Facebook

And the Croton Crafts and Commerce page has news about The Blue Pig, 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, MEXTOGO, Croton Mini Deli, The Organic Teaching Kitchen, Deprez, The Tavern at Croton Landing, MONDAYS GIFTS, Raga, and more.

SOME RECENT POSTS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED...

 Because life gets busy:

***NEW BLOG SERIES---250 Tuesdays #7; GO TO EverythingCroton: IT'S 250 TUESDAY #7

***JUSTIN VEATCH SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS; CLICK HERE

***ADRIANA'S NEW FOUNDATION AND MORE--MY MSMERMAIDLIFE; GO TO EverythingCroton: ADRIANA'S ADVENTURES CONTINUE---LIFE'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND LATELY---AND A NEW FOUNDATION TOO

***YES. FOR SHAME......EverythingCroton: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MAYOR, VILLAGE BOARD AND VILLAGE MANAGER FROM JESSICA DIECKMAN

***REMINDER: TOWN OF CORTLANDT 250 PHOTO CONTEST AND SHOW; CLICK HERE

***HAPPY TO SEE THAT NOISE/MUSIC SEEMS TO HAVE MOVED ON; FOR THOSE WHO MISSED IT: FROM THE NEW CROTON NEWS SITE; GO TO EverythingCroton: MORE ON THAT NOISE---FROM THE NEW "CROTON.NEWS" SITE

***MORE ON THAT NOISE---CAR AUDIO CULTURE! GO TO EverythingCroton: MORE ON THAT "CAR AUDIO CULTURE' SITUATION

***Village FAMILY FUN DAY was a huge success; click here

***SOME RECENT VIDEOS, PODCASTS AND PHOTOS YOU SHOULDN'T MISS; CLICK HERE

***ALEX BERENSON'S LATEST EFFORT--THE FATHERHOOD MANIFESTO; DOING FABULOUSLY --LONG OVERDUE--GO TO Last chance to buy The Fatherhood Manifesto in time for Father's Day

ABOUT THAT GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE...MAKE THE TRANSING-FOR-PROFIT PROPAGANDISTS PAY

Good news: The Federal Trade Commission and four states are suing the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, which sold the world a pack of harmful lies about so-called gender-affirming care.

The suit aims to make WPATH, whose members it claims profit from the surgeries and drugs it praises, pay for the devastation its recommendations have wrought.

As FTC chief Andrew Ferguson alleged in an X post, “WPATH made deceptive and unsubstantiated claims about the necessity, safety, and efficacy of certain drugs and surgeries used to medically transition children.”

This seems pretty straightforward: For years, health authorities around the world considered WPATH’s Standards of Care to be the gold standard of recommendations for treating gender-related distress, a leap of faith-thinking-it-was-science led to thousands of prepubescents going on life-changing puberty-blocker meds.

And some (all too many) actually underwent mutilation under the guise of sex-change surgery.

But these guidelines were never driven by science: It was some mix of ideology and profit motive, aided by professional-advocate types seeking a new cause after gay marriage had won widespread acceptance. MORE AT Make the trans-ing-for-profit propagandists pay

MANGIONE LAWYERS WITHDRAW PLANS TO OFFER PSYCHIATRIC EVIDENCE

More at Mangione lawyers withdraw plans to offer psychiatric evidence : NPR

OUR REGULAR FRIDAY GUEST FEATURE--TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY---AND HIS FRIDAY COCKTAIL SERIES---DAIQUIRI(s)

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OUR REGULAR FRIDAY GUEST FEATURE--TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY---AND HIS FRIDAY COCKTAIL SERIES---DAIQUIRI(s)---SEE MORE AT Friday cocktail – Daiquiri(s) – Tom Faranda's Folly

CONGRESSMAN LAWLER---THE VETERAN HEADSTONE HONOR ACT

Many thanks to Red Papyrus for the info! This is an issue near and dear to some local readers.

Lawler Introduces Legislation to Help Preserve the Legacy of America's Veterans

Washington, D.C. – 6/18/26… Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) introduced the Veteran Headstone Honor Act, legislation that creates a federal tax credit to help cemeteries cover the cost of installing official veteran medallions on veterans’ headstones. This legislation would allow taxpayers who own and operate private cemeteries to receive a federal tax credit for qualified expenses associated with attaching veteran headstone medallions to the graves of deceased service members.

“Our veterans answered the call to serve and have made tremendous sacrifices in defending our country. We owe them more than just our gratitude; we owe them the respect of ensuring their service is remembered for generations to come,” said Congressman Lawler.

Cemetery owners can claim a credit equal to the total qualified expenditures incurred for attaching medallions to headstones or markers located within their facilities. To ensure accountability, the credit requires cemetery owners to certify that the medallions have been installed and provide an itemized statement of the associated costs.

The full bill text can be found HERE.