ICYMI--CON ED AND VILLAGE VOLUNTEERS/STAFF--MUST HAVE BEEN UP LATE BECAUSE

STREET POLE WITH BANNER was almost completely out of the ground----leaning and tilting across roadway---not yet fallen; police and other emergency people in area. TRAFFIC WAS BEING DIVERTED. STREET WAS TAPED OFF, CLOSED AND NOW.....

SATURDAY UPDATE--POLE SEEMS TO BE BACK IN PLACE--CAUTION TAPE REMOVED. BACK TO NORMAL IT SEEMS - GRAND ST BETWEEN OLD POST ROAD AND HAMILTION AVENUE

FINAL EDITION---FINAL WEEKS--THE CROTON GARDENER 2026

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.

Well readers, we're in the final weeks of the 2026 gardening season. Your editor is still enjoying fresh tomatoes and figs but there's been weeding, dead-heading, and clipping to be done in between harvests. Here's more quick to do items for 2027. Hopefully, I'll see you there.

10 Fall Chores to Do Right Now for a Beautiful Spring Garden

P.S. Keep those hummingbird feeders up till the first and second weeks of October. And keep an eye out for those nasty Asian Lanternfly invaders---and their egg clusters EverythingCroton: ASIAN LANTERNFLY INVASION---'KILL IT--SQUASH IT---SMASH IT---JUST GET RID OF IT"

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BEHIND PAYWALL--THE SPECTATOR---THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS DESTROYING ITSELF--THE LATEST ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S MACHINATIONS

Many of Britain’s institutions are being destroyed from within by leaders who do not seem to understand what they are for. But even by those standards, the Church of England is a special case, as shown by its decision to spend the 25th anniversary of 9/11 giving a supporter of Osama bin Laden a prize for ‘reconciliation and interfaith cooperation.’

The tragedy of the Church of England – and it is a tragedy – is that we have seldom been in greater need of spiritual and moral leadership. As Matthew Arnold’s famous Dover Beach, lamenting the Sea of Faith’s ‘melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,’ puts it: ‘We are here as on a darkling plain/ Swept with confused alarms of struggle and fight/ Where ignorant armies clash by night.’ If that was so in Arnold’s 1850s, how much more true it is now.

Yet the award of the Hubert Walter prize to the Pakistani cleric Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi is the latest evidence that the Church is not capable of providing that leadership, because it does not know what it is for. Ashrafi, as a three-minute Google search would have found, gave bin Laden the honorific title of Saifullah, or Sword of God, in response to the knighting of Salmon Rushie.....behind paywall at THE SPECTATOR The Church of England is destroying itself | The Spectator

STORM SURGING, NJ ETC.

From the NY POST ---it's a cold steady rain here in Croton at present---

Thousands without power, roads flood in New Jersey ahead of nor'easter set to thrash East Coast

FROM THE MAILBOX--SPECIAL REQUESTS FOR THE CROTON SENIOR CLUB

For quite some time now,  current "El Presidente Bob Anderson" of The Croton Senior Club--issues a weekly update, details assorted events and sometimes features photos---from the Croton Senior Club. It's a dynamic village institution that has been around for decades and has had some outstanding leadership throughout that time.  

The blog often gets special requests for info, past and present---but there's only so much time----here are some of the recent ones your editor has finally gotten around to---with the help of readers---and in no particular order.  THERE WILL BE MORE---hopefully one of these days; click on the links below:

2021 CROTON SENIOR CLUB, ROCCO CUSANO'S BIRTHDAY; MORE HERE

CROTON SENIOR CLUB, 2021 CHRISTMAS PARTY; MORE HERE

2019, Celebrating DON DIVNEY'S BIRTHDAY; GO TO EverythingCroton: CROTON SENIORS CELEBRATE DON DIVNEY'S BIRTHDAY

2021 CROTON SENIORS, HALLOWEEN PARTY; MORE HERE

2018 ANNUAL HALLOWEEN BAS; go to EverythingCroton: 2018 CROTON SENIORS ANNUAL HALLOWEEN BASH

1983 CROTON SENIOR CLUB; GO TO  EverythingCroton: 1983 CROTON SENIORS CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS WITH PAST PRESIDENTS

2018 60th anniversary: EverythingCroton: CROTON SENIORS CELEBRATE 60TH ANNIVERSARY, PHOTO ALBUM BY BOB ANDERSON

CROTON SENIORS, SEPTEMBER 2021 PIZZA PARTY; MORE HERE

TOWN OF CORTLANDT TAX OFFICE CLOSED ON 9/26

Town of Cortlandt Tax Office is closed on 9/26 due to the weather; it will be open for extened hours until 7 pm on Sept. 30--as shown in a moving banner on their website Town of Cortlandt, NY

FROM THE CROTON.NEWS AI SITE--WESTCHESTER WAS SCHEDULED TO SEEK DISMISSAL OF PLATE-READER LAWSUIT ON SEPT. 11

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Westchester was scheduled to file a dismissal motion on September 11 in the license-plate surveillance case; this article does not yet report whether it did. Court records, Croton’s police presentations and Rekor’s proposed privacy standard leave key questions about outside access unresolved. MORE AT Westchester Was Scheduled to Seek Dismissal of Plate-Reader Lawsuit on September 11 — Croton-on-Hudson, NY

CONGRESSMAN MIKE LAWLER--THE SHERIDAN GORMAN BUDDY BENCH HAS ARRIVED

As many of you know, Yorktown's Sheridan Gorman was shot and killed in Chicago by an illegal immigrant earlier this year. The memorial "Sheridan Gorman buddy Bench has arrived. Click on the image. See more at Congressman Mike Lawler on X: "The Sheridan Gorman Buddy Bench has arrived in Washington, D.C., serving as a lasting tribute to Sheridan’s outgoing, inclusive, and kindhearted spirit. Sheridan was an 18-year-old college student from Yorktown who was shot and killed in Chicago by an illegal immigra… / X

TO DONATE TO THE SHERIDAN GORMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP GOFUNDME, SEE Fundraiser for Thomas Gorman by Lawrence Finer : Sheridan Gorman Memorial & Scholarship Fund

IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR...

 ....the latest Croton Crafts and Commerce news (with a smattering of other local events too), then just 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

ALERT STAY OFF GRAND STREET HEADED TO CARTER'S

STREET POLE WITH BANNER almost completely out of the ground----leaning and tilting across roadway---not yet fallen; police and other emergency people in area. TRAFFIC BEING DIVERTED. STREET NOW TAPED OFF.

And here's a screenshot from the village fb page--GRAND ST CLOSED BETWEEN OLD POST ROAD AND HAMILTION AVENUE

SATURDAY UPDATE--POLE SEEMS TO BE BACK IN PLACE--CAUTION TAPE REMOVED

GAZETTE LETTER STACEY NACHTALER, MARIA SLIPPEN, THIS WEEK'S GAZETTE

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PAGE 2 GAZETTE LETTER STACEY NACHTALER, MARIA SLIPPEN, THIS WEEK'S GAZETTE (week of 9/24)---see below for a few sentences; AND TO READ THE REST---the paper does not have an online presence but is on sale just about everywhere.

DEAR EDITOR

Over the past three months, the Village led a hiring process for a new Assistant Village Manager, a second-in-command position in our Village. The hiring committee, formed by the Village Manager, selected a final candidate. During that time, we were told nothing beyond the current number of candidates still in the running. At no point were we told who the candidates were or that our fellow board members had received any additional updates. Whenever we asked for further details, we were told the information couldn’t be shared to protect candidates’ privacy and that this was standard practice. The candidate ultimately selected, Nora Nicholson, was a sitting Village Trustee throughout the hiring process.

READ MORE IN THE GAZETTE; AGAIN, the paper does not have an online presence but is on sale just about everywhere.

BREAKNG--SUPREME COURT LETS TRUMP ADMIN USE FEDERAL DATABASE TO CHECK VOTER STATUS, REVERSING LOWER COURT

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Trump administration can check Social Security numbers, citizenship status and other data to determine eligibility to vote in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, reversing a lower court order and handing the White House a temporary victory on one of its pet issues. MORE AT Supreme Court lets Trump admin use federal database to check voter status, reversing lower court

OSSINING FARMERS MARKET CLOSED 9/26

The Ossining Farmers Market will be closed tomorrow Saturday, Sept. 26th due to the impending Nor'easter. 

Please stay safe and dry and we will look forward to seeing you when we reopen next Saturday. For more information, please visit downtoearthmarkets.com.

EPISCOPAL PRIEST FLOURISH KLINK SPARKS OUTRAGE FOR CLAIMING JESUS IN TRANS AND GOD IS NON-BINARY

A New York City Episcopal priest sparked outrage by claiming that Jesus Christ was transgender and that God is nonbinary — a belief once shared by seminarian and Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.

Father Flourish Klink, who is nonbinary and transgender, made the outlandish assertions during a recent sermon at Christ & St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on the Upper West Side. MORE AT NYC Episcopal priest Flourish Klink sparks outrage for claiming Jesus is trans and God is nonbinary in outlandish sermon