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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

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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!

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NEW YORK VS. THE NUNS

FROM the latest Uniting NYS Newsletter; read it all at the link and as for Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne....click on the image. The press release is at Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Sues State of New York for Requiring Catholic Nursing Facilities to House Men with Women | United States Department of Justice

UPDATED ROAD RESURFACING SCHEDULE

Due to inclement weather last week, the paving contractor has had to revise the schedule for milling and paving Cleveland Drive, Old Post Road South, Gerstein Street and Wood Road. Work will now begin on Tuesday, July 14, per the below schedule.

TOWN OF CORTLANDT 7/23--GRATEFUL BRO (GRATEFUL DEAD & BEYOND)

IN THE NEWS---UN ADMITS THE OBVIOUS: IT'S HAMAS, NOT ISRAEL, THAT IS STARVING GAZANS

Excerpt: Over at Turtle Bay, everyone’s favorite useless global organization just came to a shocking — shocking! — realization: Hamas is blocking humanitarian aid into Gaza.

“Humanitarian workers were forced to halt food distribution after armed personnel affiliated with the de facto authorities forcibly entered the Abu Rashid food distribution point in Jabalia, North Gaza,” read a statement from Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN’s Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, who spearheads humanitarian efforts in the Gaza Strip. MORE AT UN admits obvious: It's Hamas, not Israel, that is starving Gazans

CHOIR OF TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER TO PERFORM AT NATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL

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Hallel B’Shir, the adult choir of Temple Israel of Northern Westchester, will perform at the North American Jewish Choral Festival on August 3 in Stamford, Connecticut.

Hallel B’Shir — Hebrew for “Praise in Song” — has been a fixture of the festival since 2019 and is the only synagogue-affiliated choir to perform at the festival every single year; the other ensembles featured in the festival’s evening concerts are independent community groups not tied to a congregation. Since its debut appearance, Hallel B’Shir has grown into one of the festival’s most anticipated performing ensembles. MORE AT Choir of Temple Israel of Northern Westchester to Perform at National Choral Festival - River Journal Online - News for Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Irvington, Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Cortlandt and Peekskill

AGENDA 7/15--BD OF TRUSTEES, CROTON RE-CERTIFIES AS A "PRO-HOUSING" COMMUNITY, TOWN PROPOSED OMNIBUS ZONING TEXT, TREE INVENTORY, T-MOBILE AND MUCH MORE

Something for everyone on this one---a very full agenda

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MORE ON KERRI GREENRIDGE

The author of an acclaimed book about slavery is crying racism after her writing came under scrutiny by scholars for questionable assertions and sloppy sourcing.Kerri Greenidge’s 2022 book “The Grimkes,” which tells the story of a prominent South Carolina slaveholder family who later played a role in the abolitionist movement, was lauded by critics and won the American Historical Association’s Joan Kelly Memorial Prize.

But skepticism grew as her prose came under the microscope by historians and scholars, including Myra Glenn, an author and retired American history professor at Elmira College. MORE AT Historian says it’s racist to question her — after book about slavery pulled from shelves over inaccuracies

MONDAY PROPERTIES IN THE NEWS

Pair of 27-story residential towers in Rosslyn gets nod from Planning Commission | ARLnow.com

Monday Properties has made several recent major project updates, corporate expansions, and strategic property acquisitions. Here is one of them

VIRGINIA OUTSIDE OF DC----Rosslyn Redevelopment Approvals (July 2026) Planning Commission Nod: On July 6, 2026, the Arlington Planning Commission unanimously backed Monday Properties' redevelopment plan for 1400 Key Blvd and 1401 Wilson Blvd. The updated proposal replaces two vacant office towers with two 27-story mixed-use residential towers. It will bring 831 residential units and 29,000 square feet of retail space, including a grocery store, to the area.

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ICYMI---CLOSER TO HOME---June 16, 2026

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — JLL has arranged a $19.5 million loan for the refinancing of a 118,991-square-foot industrial building in Croton-on-Hudson, located north of New York City in Westchester County. The single-tenant building at 1 Half Moon Bay Drive, which was fully leased at the time of the loan closing, was purpose-built for tire distribution in 1995 and features a clear height of 29 feet, 10 dock doors and two drive-in doors. READ MORE AT EverythingCroton: MONDAY PROPERTIES!

TOWN OF CORTLANDT SENIOR CITIZEN & VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY PICNIC

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TOWN OF CORTLANDT SENIOR CITIZEN & VETERANS RECOGNITION DAY PICNIC

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Senior Citizen and Veteran Recognition Picnic: Tuesday, August 18 - Town of Cortlandt, NY News