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.

BREAKING--US DEFICIT TOPS $1 TRILLION THROUGH FEBRUARY BUT RUNS BELOW YEAR-AGO PACE

U.S. deficit tops $1 trillion through February but runs below year-ago pace
Published Wed, Mar 11 20262:00 PM EDT

Jeff Cox

Key Points

--For the fiscal year to date, the U.S. budget deficit totaled $1.004 trillion, about 12% lower than the comparable period in 2025, as government revenues rose faster than spending.
--Customs duties totaled $151 billion through the first five months of the fiscal year, up about $113 billion, or 294%, from a year earlier.
--Net interest payments on the nearly $39 trillion national debt totaled $79 billion in February, more than any category except Social Security, income security and health---more at U.S. deficit tops $1 trillion through February but runs below year-ago pace

FROM THE MAILBOX...

 A reader recalled an interview with one of Croton's most notable residents: George Biddle--but couldn't find it---here you go--from 1963: BIDDLE ORAL HISTORY.....

Biddle was an American painter, muralist and lithographer, best known for his social realism and combat art. A childhood friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, he played a major role in establishing the Federal Art Project (1935–43), which employed artists under the Works Progress Administration. HEAR THE INTERVIEW AT 

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-george-biddle-12696

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A reader was trying to remember a holiday shopping event from when Baked by Susan was in the Upper Village (about ten years ago????) and a strange little shop with really nice handmade things on Grand St.   Got anything?

Response: Perhaps you mean this HOLIDAY SHOPPING EVENT from 2013; see the photos at EverythingCroton: SOME PHOTOS FROM THE UPPER VILLAGE HOLIDAY SHOP HOP

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A reader was trying to remember a mail order health food shop she saw here.

Response: Has to be this--from 1960: Go to EverythingCroton: BACK ONLINE AFTER A BLOGGING GLITCH---CROTON'S HOUSE OF HEALTH 1960

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A reader was trying to remember the name of a "Korean" place that recently closed in the Upper Village; she said she got the best dumplings and Keto goods there.

Response: You could only mean Junction; closed a few years ago; more at EverythingCroton: ANOTHER FABULOUS TAKE-OUT ORDER FROM JUNCTION JT'S

WHOOPS! ENDING NUCLEAR POWER MAY HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE SAYS EU CHIEF

Europe's mad dash to decommission its nuclear power plants was a "strategic mistake", Commission boss Ursula von der Leyen has admitted. 

MORE AT https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/03/11/whoops-ending-nuclear-power-may-have-been-a-mistake-after-all-says-eu-chief/

JOSE IBARRA UPDATE/DENIED NEW TRIAL/LAKEN RILEY MURDER

The Independent -A judge has shut down Jose Ibarra’s bid for a new trial after he was convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley in a case that became a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration.

Lawyers for Ibarra, a Venezuelan immigrant, argued his constitutional rights were violated when the judge declined two defense motions before trial.  One was a request to delay the trial to give an expert witness time to review and analyze DNA data. The other would have excluded some cellphone evidence.

Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard, who presided over the trial, wrote in an order Monday that the evidence of Ibarra's guilt presented by the state was “overwhelming and powerful.”  MORE AT Jose Ibarra denied a new trial after claiming his rights were violated

MORE ON LENORE DOSKOW INC., 1975, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS

A reader stumbled upon this description for Lenore Doskow nc., as well as the company's hallmark/trademark from The Encyclopedia of American Silversmiths 1975. 

Click on the image.

For more about the Doskows, go to EverythingCroton: VINTAGE CROTON AD 1990, LENORE DOSKOW

A REMINDER TO THINK SPRING---AND SAVE THE DATE---CROTON GIRLS RELAY

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.

Save the date! 4/25

Croton Girls Relays -
50th Edition Celebrations!

Croton-Harmon Schools Croton- Harmon H.S. Athletics Croton Harmon High School PTSA
Croton Harmon Alumni

BREAKING---DRIVER DETAINED AFTER SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE DROVE THROUGH BARRICADES AT WHITE HOUSE

MORE AT Breaking: Driver Detained After Suspicious Vehicle Drove Through Barricades Near the White House

IMPORTANT FUNDRAISER! THE 300 CLUB IS BACK AT HOLY NAME OF MARY

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.

THE 300 CLUB IS BACK AT HOLY NAME OF MARY!

CLICK ON THE IMAGE.

FOR MORE INFO OR QUESTIONS, GO TO Holy Name of Mary - Croton-on-Hudson, NY

A REMINDER THAT THE BLUE PIG IS OPEN FOR THE 2026 SEASON

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.

THE BLUE PIG IS OPEN FOR THE 2026 SEASON....

AND what's on the menu----Click on the image.

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CNN....AGAIN...VIA UNHERD AND JAMES BILLOT---PLUS....THE NY TIMES AND JOE CONHA TOO

GOOD MORNING,

Welcome to Undercurrents, the daily news bulletin from UnHerd. Every day, James Billot in New York brings you what’s moving under the surface.

CNN’s Big Flub

Let he who has never made a nail bomb and thrown it into a crowd cast the first stone.


Credit: CNN

Yesterday, CNN tweeted out a story that sounded more like a trailer to a Hollywood coming-of-age film than a domestic terror incident.

It described “two Pennsylvania teenagers” who entered New York on what “could’ve been a normal day enjoying the abnormally warm weather” before their lives “drastically changed” after throwing a bomb into a crowd.

Hours later, CNN deleted the tweet, accepting that it had “failed to reflect the gravity of the incident.”...........Along with the Covington kids and the “mostly peaceful protest” during the BLM riots, this story joins the Mt. Rushmore of great CNN moments.

james.billot@unherd.com.

AND

Joe Concha: Pathetic is the proper word here | Watch

SPRING VARSITY AND JV VARSITY HAS KICKED OFF

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.

Spring Varsity and JV sports kick off today!
Good luck to all of our Tiger student-athletes as the spring season begins. Work hard, compete with pride, and represent Croton!

#CrotonTigers #GoTigers #CrotonAthletics

ANNSVILLE CIRCLE FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT COMPLETED

CORTLANDT – For decades when heavy rains fell in the Hudson Valley, the Annsville Traffic Circle, a critical transportation link along Routes 6 and 22 connecting Putnam to Westchester, flooded resulting in road closures and detours. More at Annsville Circle flood mitigation project completed - Mid Hudson News

NEW VISION FOR TERMINAL MODERNIZATION

READ more at A New Vision For HPN: Westchester County Moves Forward on Terminal Modernization - River Journal Online - News for Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Irvington, Ossining, Briarcliff Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, Cortlandt and Peekskill