RIVER JOURNAL, CROTON-HARMON VARSITY SOFTBALL TO HOST "GAME OF HOPE" 5/15

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The Croton-Harmon Varsity Softball Team will host their annual charity game, now known as The Game of Hope on Friday May 15th at 5:30pm. Formerly the Pink and Teal Game, this year’s event will focus on raising awareness for mental health, in honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month. All proceeds from the night will go back to NAMI Westchester. MORE AT Croton-Harmon Varsity Softball to Host “Game of Hope” to Raise Mental Health Awareness on Friday May 15th - River Journal Online - News for Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Irvington, Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Cortlandt and Peekskill

ONE LAST REMINDER---GIANNA HOUSE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER --- BABY BOTTLE DRIVE 5/9 & 5/10

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FROM ST. AUGUSTINE'S PARISH BULLETIN--CALLING ALL CARING HEARTS--BABY BOTTLE DRIVE--GIANNA HOUSE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER --click on the image....from their most recent bulletin 5/3 St. Augustine Church - Ossining, New York | Parishes Online

SETTING SAIL FOR CROTON CRAFTS AND COMMERCE NEWS...

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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

AND FOR MOTHER'S DAY AT CROTON TEES: EverythingCroton: & NOW SOME UNIQUE MOTHER'S DAY GIFT SUGGESTIONS FROM CROTON TEES

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AND FUN STUFF AT MONDAYS GIFTS TOO Home | mondays gifts

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Because life gets busy---and THANKFULLY, WARMER!

****NEW FROM MY MS MERMAID LIFE; THE MS WALK, CLICK HERE

****LOTS OF REQUESTS FOR SOME REASON THIS WEEK FOR THIS ONE: JOEL GINGOLD LETTER ON JUDGE WATKINS, OPPOSING ELIMINATION OF THE VILLAGE COURT, ETC.; GO TO EverythingCroton: A LETTER FROM JOEL GINGOLD OPPOSING THE ELIMINATION OF VILLAGE COURT & MUCH MORE...

****THIS HAS COME UP A LOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA---PROBABLY BECAUSE THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS SOON: CROTON HARMON SCHOOL DISTRICT FB PAGE--SHARES THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. LAURA DUBAK AS ASST. SUPERINTENDENT EFFECTIVE 7/1; GO HERE

****5/6 PUBLIC HEARING; CLICK HERE

****5/9 WELCOMING RECEPTION ARTIST IN RESIDENCE TIM ROBINSON--CROTON RIVER ARTISANS GALLERY; CLICK HERE

****BOOKS/PUBLICATIONS TRENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA; GO TO EverythingCroton: BOOKS TRENDING ON ASSORTED SOCIAL MEDIA SITES

****250 TUESDAYS #1, A NEW SERIES AT THE BLOG; GO TO  EverythingCroton: TUESDAYS AT THE BLOG ARE NOW FOR AMERICA 250

AGAIN---BREAKING==SECRET SERVICE SHOOTS ARMED MAN NEAR WHITE HOUSE---AS TRUMP HOLDSBUSINESS EVENT INSIDE

The incident unfolded a few blocks south of the White House, along the National Mall and near the Washington Monument, when plainclothes agents on patrol “identified a suspicious individual that appeared to have a firearm,” Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn said during a press briefing.

MORE AT Secret Service shoots armed man near White House — as Trump holds business event inside

MORE Alert: Child Struck by Gunfire as Secret Service Neutralizes Alleged Gunman Near White House

CASEY CUP, 2026, SCOTT DELESO, ERIC ROSEN

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Thank you Ray Teodora - Once again, Ossining baseball head coach Scott DeIeso and Croton-Harmon HC Eric Rosen collaborated to honor the memory of Coach Casey through their annual Casey Cup memorial games.  MORE AT Ray Teodora on X: "Once again, Ossining baseball head coach Scott DeIeso and Croton-Harmon HC Eric Rosen collaborated to honor the memory of Coach Casey through their annual Casey Cup memorial games. Yesterday's edition was a double header featuring @ByramBaseball vs @EastchesterBB (GM 1). ... https://t.co/qlgYoA7Knz" / X

TUESDAYS AT THE BLOG ARE NOW FOR AMERICA 250

We got some truly patriotic folks in Croton---by special request....

Introducing our new series---250 TUESDAYS at the blog. Kicking it off with 250 TUESDAYS #1------- "ICONIC BRANDS GO OVER THE TOP FOR AMERICA'S 250TH---AMERICAN DEW TO BIRTHCAKE CHEERIOS--rolling out the patriotic brands; go to Cheerios, Oreo, Mountain Dew roll out patriotic products for America's 250th

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****THAT 250 TRAIN: EverythingCroton: TRAIN STUFF---METRO-NORTH'S AMERICA 250----RED WHITE AND BLUE---ENTERS SERVICE

****TOWN OF CORTLANDT'S 250 SERIES AT Semiquincenntenial - Town of Cortlandt, NY

TRAIN STUFF---METRO-NORTH'S AMERICA 250----RED WHITE AND BLUE---ENTERS SERVICE

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News photo: Metro-North's America 250 unit enters service

David Lassen---Mon, May 4, 2026 at 10:19 AM EDT

PLS NOTE--THERE'S A TYPO IN THE ORIGINAL TEXT BELOW---IT SAYS THE TRAIN MADE ITS DEBUT ON 5/12--CLICK ON THE PHOTO WHICH HAS THE CORRECT DATE OF 5/2

Metro-North's newest locomotive in its heritage fleet, P32AC-DM No. 250, made its revenue debut in Hudson Line service on Saturday, May 12. Photographer Adam Reich caught the locomotive on Grand Central-bound train No. 8822 at Scarborough, N.Y., where it met Croton-Harmon-bound local No. 8715. MORE AT News photo: Metro-North's America 250 unit enters service

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EverythingCroton: OUR VERY BUSY CROTON HARMON TRAIN STATION--SOME EARLY SPRING STUFF

THERE'S NO NEED FOR DRAMA...

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.....The latest Croton Crafts and Commerce news (with a smattering of other local events too), then 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

And the Croton Crafts and Commerce page has news about The Blue Pig (RE-OPENS IN MARCH) Melita's, MEXTOGO, Devotion Studio, Croton River Artisans Gallery, YUKA'S LATIN FUSION, Feed the Birds, 105-Twenty, Franki's, THE CROTON GRILLE, LA CATRINA, Robbin's, Apple Farm, BAKED BY SUSAN, MEXTOGO, Croton Mini Deli, Deprez, The Tavern at Croton Landing, MONDAYS GIFTS, Raga, and more.

AND FOR MOTHER'S DAY AT CROTON TEES: EverythingCroton: & NOW SOME UNIQUE MOTHER'S DAY GIFT SUGGESTIONS FROM CROTON TEES

AND FROM FEED THE BIRDS FOR MOTHER'S DAY, GO TO EverythingCroton: JUST IN TIME FOR MOTHER'S DAY AT FEED THE BIRDS!

TRENDING ON LOCAL SOCIAL MEDIA---GIVEN THE CANNABIS DISPENSARY IN OUR FUTURE--SINCE CROTON NEVER OPTED OUT----CANNABIS GIANTS SUED FOR MARKETING WEED AS MEDICINE

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Three of America’s largest cannabis companies were accused in a class-action lawsuit filed on Monday of systematically advertising their products as medicine capable of treating mental health, pain, and other disorders while knowing that the science didn’t support those claims and that their products could even worsen the conditions they claimed marijuana could treat.

Patrick Kenneally, the plaintiffs’ lead attorney, said in an interview that the lawsuit’s aims are twofold: hold the cannabis industry accountable for “years of misrepresentation” of their products’ health benefits, and force them to “warn consumers about the well-known, obvious, and scientifically validated dangers of cannabis.”

The suit was filed in federal court in Illinois on behalf of consumers in 12 states. It could eventually include millions of plaintiffs. Between possible civil penalties, punitive damages, and even allegations that each company functions as an organized criminal enterprise, the stakes are enormous...

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HAPPY 107TH BIRTHDAY PETE SEEGER

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READ MORE AT Happy 107th Birthday, Pete Seeger! Hudson River Music Festival Returns To Croton Point Park June 21 | Yonkers Times

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SAVE THE DATES----MILITARY ANTIQUES ROADSHOW AT THE LINCOLN DEPOT MUSEUM!

Currently trending on the local historical and military facebook pages---Save the upcoming dates! MILITARY ANTIQUES ROADSHOW at the LINCOLN DEPOT MUSEUM! Click on the image; read  more at New Feature for 2026 - Military Antiques Roadshow - Lincoln Depot Museum Lincoln Depot Museum

US DESTROYS SIX IRANIAN SHIPS IN STRAIGHT OF HORMUZ DURING "PROJECT FREEDOM"

 

Assorted sources; here's one: US Destroys Six Iranian Ships In Straight Of Hormuz During ‘Project Freedom’ | The Daily Caller

As to the claim of Iran that they hit two US ships, this, like their claim to have hit the Lincoln....yada yada yada....we'll wait until we have something official.....

FROM THE MAILBOX

The blog gets so many requests for info--and we do our best but.....highly recommend checking in with the Croton Historical Society---the keepers of the Croton flame! Croton Historical Society

And moving along:

-----A reader asks: When did the drive-in open?

RESPONSE: Appears to be 1948; go to EverythingCroton: A LITTLE 1948 STARLIGHT DRIVE-IN TIDBIT

UPDATED THE HISTORIAN SAYS: The Starlight Drive-In opened August 18, 1948.

-----A reader wanted to know if there was anything available about "the old PARKWAY DELICATESSAN".  CLICK HERE.

and also LaMONICA's. CLICK HERE WHICH HAS MENTION AND PHOTO.

-----A reader remember some sort of chili contest at the yeacht club and John Sarcone won?

RESPONSE: 2019; GO TO EverythingCroton: PHOTO ALBUM, TROOP 28 CHILI COOK-OFF 2019...AND THE WINNER WAS......