Friday, October 16, 2026
NOTICE OF DEATH: BILLY WHALEN
ICYMI--MINGLE AT McKEON'S
Join us for an evening of music, refreshments, and conversation ahead of the upcoming Village of Croton-on-Hudson election this November.
Hosted by: John McKeon on behalf of the Voice of CrotonDate: Saturday, October 17
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: The 1900 Stone Carriage House
25 Prospect Place, Croton-on-Hudson
(Directions: Located at the crest of Prospect Place. Please enter through the double gates.)
Featuring:
• Live music
• Wine and soda
Admission is free and open to all village residents. Donations are gratefully accepted to support the Voice of Croton but are absolutely not required for attendance.
Come meet your neighbors, share your perspective with the candidates and if you don’t, Sam Watkins for village judge, Mary Lynn Diabola for trustee we look forward to and discuss the future of our community. We look forward to seeing you there.
TRANSPARENCY/FOIL/OPEN MEETINGS ISSUEs----PAULIN PUSHES BILLS TO EXPAND BOTH TO GOVERNMENT-AFFILIATED NONPROFITS
Being intensely discussed on one of the New Rochelle pages:
...Local development corporations, or LDCs, are nonprofit entities frequently used by municipal and county governments to finance development projects, provide loans, support small businesses and undertake other public-purpose activities.
Although they perform functions associated with government and may use public resources, their nonprofit status can place them outside transparency requirements that ordinarily apply to government agencies.
According to Paulin’s office, the New York State Comptroller has warned that local governments sometimes use LDCs to circumvent transparency and public scrutiny requirements. MORE AT Amy Paulin Pushes Bills to Expand FOIL and Open Meetings Law to Government-Affiliated Nonprofits - Talk of the Sound
...Local development corporations, or LDCs, are nonprofit entities frequently used by municipal and county governments to finance development projects, provide loans, support small businesses and undertake other public-purpose activities.
Although they perform functions associated with government and may use public resources, their nonprofit status can place them outside transparency requirements that ordinarily apply to government agencies.
According to Paulin’s office, the New York State Comptroller has warned that local governments sometimes use LDCs to circumvent transparency and public scrutiny requirements. MORE AT Amy Paulin Pushes Bills to Expand FOIL and Open Meetings Law to Government-Affiliated Nonprofits - Talk of the Sound
Thursday, October 15, 2026
10/15 BOE WORK SESSION--FROM THE CROTON.NEWS AI SITE--CROTON-HARMON ACCEPTS AUDIT AS STUDENT DATA SHARPENS CURRICULUM PLANS
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Expanded eighth-grade algebra access and plans for aligned K–5 math materials shaped the October 15 work session. Trustees also accepted the annual audit and corrective-action plan, 5–0. MORE AT Croton-Harmon accepts audit as student data sharpens curriculum plans — Croton-on-Hudson, NY
REMINDER 10/17- CROTON POINT PARK'S FORGOTTEN COMMUNITY: THE BUNGALOW COLONY
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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!
1965, WINKLER'S APPLIANCE CENTER
Stumbled upon this 1965 ad for Winkler's; click on the image.
For more about Winkler's, go to
ON TONIGHT'S BOE AGENDA --STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT RESULTS ELA--3-8 PROFICIENCY AT 69% DOWN FROM 76% WHILE.......
Student results and curriculum
The newly posted achievement report’s ELA summary table, page 5, lists average grades 3–8 proficiency at 69% in 2025–26, down from 76% in 2024–25. Those are the report’s rounded averages across grade levels, not a measure of how the same students changed from one year to the next. Grades 6 and 8 rose in the table while the other four grades declined.
The report identifies aligning ELA curriculum across kindergarten through fifth grade as a priority. Its math takeaways, page 11, also call for updating materials and aligning the K–5 math curriculum. The student-achievement item is listed for discussion and presentation. Board of Education — 2026-10-15 — Croton-on-Hudson, NY
YOU DON'T NEED ONE OF THESE...
....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
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OBITUARY AND SERVICE INFO FOR DALE K. BENNETT
......In 1973 she married physicist Charles H. Bennett and they lived in Croton-on-Hudson, NY, for several years parenting the teen-age son of relatives on Charles's side. While in Croton, Dale worked as a reporter and eventually Night City Editor for Westchester Rockland Newspapers and served one summer as head of Croton's renowned Shakespeare Festival, remaining close to the Bennett family after her divorce from Charles in 1986. Around 1990 she moved to Oak Park, Illinois to take a writing job with an IBM subsidiary and was ordained as an Episcopal deacon. MORE AT Dale K. Bennett Obituary Sep 16, 2026 - Lansing Funeral Home
VENDORS WANTED---36TH ANNUAL ST. AUGUSTINE SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR
11/21
VENDORS WANTED---36TH ANNUAL ST. AUGUSTINE SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR
CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR MORE INFO.
A.I. YADA YADA YADA
On one of the private parents' forums there's been some lively--and occasionally humorous commentary---about Artifical Intelligence-----and lots of praise for the new Croton.News AI site.
But there was one article in particular that really triggered much good natured conversation when it provided "a short history of tech fears". How many of these do you remember?
CORTLANDT IS KIND FUNDRAISER
Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.
See more at Cortlandt is Kind Fundraiser - Town of Cortlandt, NY News
ONE FOR YOUR MOVIE BUCKET LIST: APOCALYPTO
Our movie night took a different turn and we watched Apocalypto (/əˌpɒkəˈlɪptoʊ/), a 2006 epic historical action-adventure film produced and directed by Mel Gibson. It features a cast of Indigenous and Mexican actors and is set in either Yucatán or Guatemala during the year 1502.
All dialogue is in a modern approximation of the ancient language of the setting, and the Indigenous Yucatec Mayan language is spoken with subtitles, which sometimes refer to the language as Mayan.
All that being said, this is an amazing film and understandably, it was a box office success. It can be a bit brutal---but the Indigenous sacrifice scenes and tribal genocide are realistic without excessive gore---and whenever possible, historically accurate as far as the record goes. It's a visually stunning piece of work and Gibson--and all involved---should be very proud. Watch Apocalypto | Prime Video
AND NOW JUST A FEW MORE MOVIE SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR BUCKET LIST:
--MY SUMMER STORY; MORE HERE
--THE MIRACLE OF THE BELLS; MORE HERE
--MIDWAY; MORE AT EverythingCroton: ANOTHER ONE FOR YOUR MOVIE BUCKET LIST
--CROSSING DELANCEY; GO TO EverythingCroton: CROSSING DELANCEY
--NOW VOYAGER; MORE HERE
--ELENI; MORE HERE
--WUTHERING HEIGHTS; MORE HERE
--BARBAROSA; MORE HERE
--FROM HERE TO ETERNITY; MORE HERE
--(1962) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, now more than ever; CLICK HERE
--HACKSAW RIDGE; more here
--A WONDERFUL MOVIE TO WATCH ANY TIME---BUT ESPECIALLY DURING THE "VALENTINE SEASON"--A WEDDING FOR BELLA, A.K.A. "THE BREAD, MY SWEET", SCOTT BAIO, KRISTEN MINTER; click here
--CLASSIC SERGIO LEONE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/01/yes-its-true-we-love-that-classic.html
--THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2021/10/on-this-day-in-1957-bridge-on-river.html--SPARTACUS; more here
--THE GUNS OF NAVARONE; GO TO EverythingCroton: ANOTHER MUST-SEE MOVIE FOR YOUR BUCKET LIST: THE GUNS OF NAVARONE, 1961
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