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Sunday, March 29, 2026

FROM THE CROTON HARMON ATHLETICS FB PAGE--CHECK OUT THE NEW ADDITIONS AT SPENCER FIELD

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.

Check out the new additions at Spencer Field Sports Complex! Huge thank to our incredible facilities and grounds team for installing our new additions! SEE Facebook AND Facebook

1967 CROTON BASKETBALL, COACH DON DAUBNEY TOO--REVIVED TIGERS CLAW BEARS

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.

1967 CROTON BASKETBALL, COACH DON DAUBNEY TOO--REVIVED TIGERS CLAW BEARS. CLICK ON THE IMAGE.

SHERIDAN GORMAN'S ACCUSED MURDERER HAS DISABILITY FROM GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD, ATTORNEY SAYS

Jose Medina, a Venezuelan migrant, was ordered detained during his first appearance in court Friday. Prosecutors said he fatally shot 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman as she and her friends ran for cover on March 19. MORE AT Man charged with Loyola freshman's murder has disability from gunshot to the head, attorney says - Chicago Sun-Times

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN EverythingCroton: PHOTO AND VIDEO SHERIDAN GORMAN MEMORIAL, THANK YOU BOB ANDERSON

ICYMI--HAPPY PALM SUNDAY!

Happy Palm Sunday Everyone. Click on the photo from 1956 and Asbury Methodist---see more vintage Croton Palm Sunday at EverythingCroton: HAPPY PALM SUNDAY EVERYONE! A VERY VINTAGE CROTON PALM SUNDAY 1956-2022

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR...

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). Important product recall info posted as well. And the Croton Crafts and Commerce page has news about The Blue Pig, Melita's, Feed the Birds, La Catrina, Devotion Studio, Franki's Grill, Raga, Apple Farm, and so much more about your local business community. Go to Croton Crafts and Commerce | Facebook

REMINDER - DPW RESTORATION WORK, OLCOTT 3/30-4/2

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.

ABOUT THAT WATER MAIN BREAK---DPW RESTORATION WORK, OLCOTT 3/30-4/2--Click on the image for the details.

ETHICS ALARMS--JACK MARSHALL--I JUST THOUGHT OF A POSSIBLE ETHICAL JUSTIFICATION FOR ANOTHER SILLY "NO KINGS" PROTEST TODAY

FROM JACK MARSHALL AND THE ETHICS ALARMS BLOG

I have made it clear with several posts, including this one, in June, and this one, in October, that I yield to no one in my contempt for the “screaming at the sky” “No Kings” demonstrations. From the June post:

GO TO I Just Thought Of A Possible Ethical Justification For Another Silly “No Kings” Protest Today… | Ethics Alarms

YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON WEEKEND NEWS RE-CAP AND VINTAGE CROTON TOO

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.

Your Everything Croton Weekend News Re-cap and Vintage Croton too. Click on the links below. AS ALWAYS, TEXT HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN AND/OR IN ITALICS SHOULD GET SPECIAL ATTENTION.... BUT FIRST:

***A LETTER FROM JESSICA DIECKMAN; THANK YOU NYPD OFFICERS EDWARDS AND NAVARRO; GO HERE

***JOEL GINGOLD ADDRESSES COURT ISSUE, WATKINS, GUIDO COMMENTARY; CLICK HERE

****LETTER FROM PAUL STEINBERG ON THIS ISSUE POSTED HERE

****VIDEO AND PHOTOS, SHERIDAN GORMAN MEMORIAL, YORKTOWN, CROTON CORTLADT CONTINGENT THERE; GO TO EverythingCroton: PHOTO AND VIDEO SHERIDAN GORMAN MEMORIAL, THANK YOU BOB ANDERSON

****GOOD SHEPHERD CHAPEL, RESTORATION COMPLETE! GO HERE

MOVING ALONG:
--ALI LARIJANI KILLED IN AIR STRIKE; GO TO EverythingCroton: IN THE NEWS--TOP IRAN SECURITY OFFICIAL ALI LARIJANI KILLED DAYS AFTER GOADING US & ISRAEL IN LIVE INTERVIEW

--ALI MOHAMMAD NAINI KILLED IN STRIKE; CLICK HERE
--HIGHLY RECOMMEND LIVE COVERAGE OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION FROM IRAN ITSELF AND GOLDIE GHAMENI; go to youtube here
--JOHN SARCONE---SARATOGA COUNTY MAN ADMITS CYBERSTALKING FAMILY OF SLAIN HEALTH CARE CEO HOURS AFTER DEATH--MENTION OF MANGIONE; CLICK HERE
--VILLAGE TENTATIVE BUDGET; GO TO EverythingCroton: 2026-2027 TENTATIVE BUDGET HAS BEEN FILED
--ICYMI--GROUP STORE THEFT, GRAB & LEAVE, MAPLE; CLICK HERE
--MORE ON THE COUNTY "STUDY", SOLAR PANELS, CROTON POINT; GO TO EverythingCroton: MORE ON THE COUNTY "STUDY" SOLAR INSTALLATION AT CROTON POINT PARK
--VINTAGE EASTER SHOPPING IN CROTON GO TO EverythingCroton: BY SPECIAL REQUEST: VINTAGE EASTER SHOPPING IN CROTON

--TOWN OF CORTLANDT POTHOLE BRIGADE; GO TO EverythingCroton: ANNOUNCING THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT POTHOLE BRIGADE
--JAKE DAY ANNOUNCES CANDIDARY FOR SCHOOL BOARD; GO TO Jake Day for Croton Schools

--VINTAGE CROTON 1922, WOMEN'S TENT COLONY INVADED BY MASHERS; GO TO EverythingCroton: 1922 CROTON POINT--WOMEN'S TENT COLONY IS INVADED BY MASHERS--MEW YORK TROOPERS NOW GUARDING CAMP

--VINTAGE CROTON, MIRROR FILMS, CLIFFORD HARMON; GO TO EverythingCroton: MIRROR FILMS, FROM THE MAILBOX

--VINTAGE CROTON EASTER 1962, POST INN; GO HERE

--JOHN SARCONE, EverythingCroton: JOHN SARCONE IN THE NEWS---ROME MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL COERCION, CHILD PORN CHARGES
--WALKER RESPONDS TO HECHLINGER ARTICLE; EverythingCroton: ICYMI-----ABOUT THAT NY TIMES/HECHLINGER ARTICLE---FROM THE CROTON HARMON DISTRICT, STEPHEN WALKER
--WITHER GOUVEIA, JOEL GINGOLD, the latest chapter in this saga; read more HERE
--SAVE THE DATES ASBURY TAG SALE; GO TO EverythingCroton: SAVE THE DATES FOR THE ASBURY METHODIST SPRING TAG SALE
--UNIVERSAL PRE-K; THE PRICE TAG; CLICK HERE
--RECENT NEWS, CONGRESSMAN LAWLER; CLICK HERE

--COURT RULES FIRST GRADERS HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN BLACK LIVES MATTER DISPUTE; go here

--ANTIFA, 8 CONVICTIONS; GO HERE

--GOUVEIA BANK BUILDING, OSSINING; CLICK HERE

--VAN WYCK WINES, TEMPLE ISRAEL PASSOVER WINE SALE; CLICK HERE

--HOLY NAME'S EASTER EGG HUNT, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS; GO TO EverythingCroton: HOLY NAME OF MARY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT

--VINTAGE CROTON 1956, EASTER EGG HUNT; GO TO EverythingCroton: 1956 CROTON WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT

--WHEN IS PASSOVER; GO TO EverythingCroton: WHEN IS PASSOVER 2026?

--SOME CHARITABLE ENDEAVORS AND FUNDRAISERS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION; GO TO EverythingCroton: SOME CHARITABLE ENDEAVORS & FUNDRAISERS, CROTON & BEYOND

--4/8 YIZKOR SERVICE; GO TO Passover Yizkor Service - Event - Temple Israel of Northern Westchester

3/28 ICYMI--MADISON SQUARE GARDEN--THANK YOU NYPD

A busy day for Croton and Cortlandt residents. In addition to the Sheridan Gordon Memorial in Yorktown (the Scholarship Drive is now well over $200K), there was a private event at Madison Square Garden honoring law enforcement. Click on the partial image. Croton businesses were there. There will be more.

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN EverythingCroton: THANK YOU NYPD OFFICERS EDWARDS AND NAVARRO

IT'S TRUMP'S FAULT---GORMAN FAMILY SAYS SHERIDAN'S DEATH "DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY" AFTER BOTH JOHNSON & PRITZKER DEFLECT BLAME ONTO TRUMP

The Gorman family says Sheridan's death 'demands accountability' after both Johnson and Pritzker deflected blame onto Trump; MORE AT Gorman family demands accountability from Mayor Johnson, Gov. Pritzker | Fox News

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN EverythingCroton: PHOTO AND VIDEO SHERIDAN GORMAN MEMORIAL, THANK YOU BOB ANDERSON

ICYMI--JOEL GINGOLD LETTER NOW ONLINE, ADDRESSING AMONG OTHER ISSUES, RECENT GUIDO COMMENTARY

NOW ONLINE:

To the Editor,

I am 87 years old. I spent my career working hard as an engineering consultant and I have lived in Croton for nearly 85 years. I have been a Democrat my entire life. I voted for John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Barak Obama, and Joe Biden. Given all that, I am probably not the guy you would expect to be writing a letter opposing Ali Jaffery for Croton Village Justice.

But right is right and wrong is wrong.

Vincent Guido is certainly free to support and vote for whomever he chooses for any office. But he is not free to launch vicious and erroneous allegations against those who do not share his views. He claims that my letter supporting Sam Watkins for Village Justice rubbed him the wrong way. Gee, I’m really sorry about that, Mr. Guido, but I, too, am free to support and vote for whomever I choose.

And I take great offense at your accusation that my comments are “absolutely arrogant.” I take even greater offense at your thinly vailed claim that my support of Judge Watkins is based on “ugly xenophobia and racism.” You don’t even know me or anything about me, Mr. Guido, but I can tell you that, over the years, I have suffered from discrimination from that same xenophobia and racism that you erroneously accuse me of harboring. Perhaps you have suffered similarly, Mr. Guido, although I would hope not. It is not pleasant.

Accusing those who do not agree with you as racist, is the action of one who cannot make other strong arguments for their preferred candidate. I do not care a whit what Mr. Jaffery’s background may be. I care only who is best qualified to be our Village Justice. And there is no question in my mind, that Sam Watkins is, by far, the superior candidate.

Mr. Guido bemoans the fact that “a club of old white men” are running our institutions. Yet when I view the membership of our Village Board, I find that 60% of them are women and the two men currently serving are, at least from my perspective, relatively young. It is true that we do not have an individual of color serving on our Board (not that I find that at all significant). But in our last election just such a candidate was defeated in his quest for a seat. Does that mean that our entire electorate is steeped in “ugly xenophobia and racism?” I think not, but, perhaps, Mr. Guido would disagree with me there as well.

Mr. Guido touts Mr. Jaffery as a hard worker, “pushing his body to the absolute limit” in the gym, a dedicated father, and a serious attorney. Those are all positive attributes, but do they qualify someone to judge his neighbors, as opposed to one who has sat effectively as a judge for decades? I don’t think so. And Mr. Jaffery provided legal services pro bono for Mr. Guido, his neighbor. Is this no more than repayment and support of a friend? I wonder.

It has been routine in our village that candidates for elective office have previously made a contribution to village life through serving on our numerous village boards and committees or in one of the many non-governmental organizations that support our community. Mr. Jaffery, a relative newcomer to Croton, has yet to make such a contribution and I encourage him to do so before he once again puts his name in front of the voters.

I would also add that Mr. Jaffery’s only community action, of which I’m aware, is to publicly promulgate malicious, and untrue, accusations against a candidate for the Village Board who he did not favor. This is not at all the action of one who aspires to sit in judgement of his fellow citizens.

My problems with Mr. Jaffrey’s candidacy go beyond what I feel are his lesser qualifications, his temperament, and the absence of his making any meaningful contribution to our village. The manner in which the Croton Democratic Committee threw Sam Watkins under the bus and anointed Mr. Jaffery, without any public indication as to why this was done, offends me. There are many rumors circulating in the village about why such an action was taken, but I do not trade in rumor and will not repeat any of them here. However, there is clearly a lot about that process that we outsiders have not been made privy to.

There is much more going on in the contest for our next Village Justice, but I think Paul Steinberg, in last week’s rather lengthy analysis, covered the issues pretty well. While Paul and I may disagree over whether we should maintain a court in the village, I would heartily agree with much of what he presented.

In the end, it comes down to who one believes will best serve our community as Village Justice. For both his judicial temperament and his experience, Sam Watkins is that individual, and he has earned our votes through his hard work, positive structuring of the village court, and many years of extraordinary service. I hope you will all join me in returning Sam to the bench. We deserve nothing less.

Sincerely,

Joel E. Gingold

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN EverythingCroton: ON THE HOUSE FLOOR, CONGRESSMAN LAWLER RECOGNIZES THE LIFE OF SHERIDAN GORMAN

AND CBS NEWS Yorktown, N.Y., community celebrates life of Sheridan Gorman, college student killed in Chicago - CBS New York