Sunday, June 21, 2026

NO WEEKEND NEWS RECAP SINCE IT'S FATHER DAY'S DAY BUT....

 

Because life gets busy:

***PARENTS ARE WAKING UP ALL OVER--A LETTER TO THE EDITOR---LAUREN CONNELL--LESS SCREENS, MORE LEARNING; CLICK HERE

***JOEL GINGOLD ENDORSES CAIT CONLIN; GO TO Reader Endorsements: House District 17 – The Current

JUDGE RELEASES EVIDENCE FROM KARMELO ANTHONY MURDER TRIAL

The judge has released the following: Judge releases evidence from Karmelo Anthony murder trial--Newly released evidence from the Karmelo Anthony murder trial shows, for the first time, what jurors saw as they weighed the case. Late Friday, the judge made public a series of videos and photographs presented in county court, including surveillance footage from Kuykendall Stadium during last year’s track‑meet stabbing of Austin Metcalf. MORE AT Judge releases evidence from Karmelo Anthony murder trial | Watch

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY CROTON!

And now some vintage Croton Father's Day:

--PHOTOS FROM THE VERY FIRST KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FATHER'S DAY AND ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CELEBRATION---2013---Holy Name of Mary and The Knights of Columbus hosted their first Father's Day and St. Anthony of Padua Celebration yesterday; festivities began with an old-fashioned procession down Grand Street ending at Vassallo Park, and followed by dinner inside. GO TO EverythingCroton: BY SPECIAL REQUEST, PHOTOS FROM THE VERY FIRST KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FATHER'S DAY AND ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CELEBRATION---2013

--Click on the link here to see photos from the 2016 procession.

--Click here to see photos from the 2015 procession.

and

CROTON'S PETER STRAUSS! From 2000; go to EverythingCroton: PETER STRAUSS, A FATHER'S CHOICE (2000)

and

1956 at the STARLITE--free gifts for Dad EverythingCroton: 1956--FREE GIFTS FOR FATHER'S DAY AND D-DAY'S PLAYING TOO

and

1982 FATHER'S DAY, THE JEAN FACTORY OUTLET; GO TO EverythingCroton: 1982 FATHER'S DAY AT THE JEAN FACTORY OUTLET

AND

Today EverythingCroton: WESTCHESTER COUNTY PARKS WELCOMES THE HUDSON RIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL 6/21, CROTON POINT PARK

Saturday, June 20, 2026

ICYMI--FROM THE NEW "CROTON.NEWS" SITE--ZBA INTERPRETS 1931 ANIMAL CODE--FOWL MEANS ANY BIRD, PIGEONS, COOPS CAN STAY NEAR PROPERTY LINES

A reminder---site is AI-driven. Corrections can occur.



The Croton Zoning Board of Appeals spent its June 16 meeting parsing a single sentence of village code that dates to 1931, ultimately issuing interpretations on what qualifies as a domestic animal, what counts as fowl, and whether birds can be kept near property lines. MORE AT ZBA Interprets 1931 Animal Code: Fowl Means Any Bird, Pigeons Count, Coops Can Stay Near Property Lines — Croton-on-Hudson, NY

MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS ARE STILL PAYING THE PRICE FOR THE BLACK LIVES MATTER RIOTS

Six years since Democrats allowed Black Lives Matter rioters to rage through Minneapolis, city residents are still (quite literally) paying the price.

Market valuations for downtown Minneapolis commercial buildings have dropped by about $3.4 billion from 2021 to 2026, or about 45%, according to Minneapolis City Councilman Michael Rainville, who said that the number is still dropping. According to Rainville, “every renter, every homeowner, every small business building owner outside downtown is making up for that with their property tax.” MORE AT Minneapolis residents are still paying the price for the Black Lives Matter riots



CRAYON COLORED MUMS ARE BACK AT APPLE FARM

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WE JUST LOVE THE "FLOWER MARKET" SECTION OF APPLE FARM IN CROTON.  (CLICK ON THE PHOTO.)

VIBRANT CRAYON COLORED ENHANCED MUMS ARE BACK! (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST) ASIATIC TIGER LILLIES, SUNFLOWERS, HYDRANGEA AND ROSES TOO....Get 'em while you can! 

LAWLER REBUKES HOCHUL IN NEW DOJ LAWSUIT AGAINST HER MEDICAID HOMECARE SCANDAL

6/16---Read more at  Lawler Rebukes Hochul in New DOJ Lawsuit Against Her Medicaid Homecare Scandal | Congressman Mike Lawler



DUTCHESS COUNTY WARNS OF OVERDOSE SPIKE AFTER 17 SUSPECTED CASES IN 72 HOURS

Read more at County Warns Of Overdose Spike After 17 Suspected Cases In 72 Hours | Mid Hudson Valley, NY Patch

REMINDER--SILVER LAKE THIS WEEKEND---AND A VALID PARKS ID NECESSARY!

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REMINDER--SILVER LAKE THIS WEEKEND---AND A VALID PARKS ID NECESSARY!  CLICK ON THE IMAGE. Silver Lake is open to Village and school district residents who have a valid Parks ID card.

You can obtain or renew your Parks ID card online: https://webtrac.crotononhudson-ny.gov/.../web.../SPLASH.html

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

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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

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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