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At Everything Croton, we try to answer all request for info--if possible. But sometimes it can take a long, long time. This one is from 2017! A request for anything on "Coach Ray DeLucia". Here's what we have from 1971. Click on the images below.
YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY MORE CROTON SOCCER FROM THE 70'S HERE.
After reviewing---once again---this past weekend's blotter about escalating problems on the Croton River, etc., it's important to note the professional, courteous and thoughtful manner in which the Croton Police Department has handled these issues thus far. Thank you!
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.
RED HIGHLIGHTS ADDED BY YOUR EDITOR https://www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/police-department/news/weekly-police-blotter-july-23-july-29
Date/Time: 07/27/19 8:11 PM
Location: Silver Lake Park and Mayo's Landing
Call Type: Public Assist
Narrative: Officers on park duty during the day on Truesdale Drive near Silver Lake Park and Nordica Drive at Mayo's Landing advised motorists and pedestrians of the residents-only requirements of those two areas. As a result, Officers reported numerous vehicles (approximately 35) and some pedestrians who tried to access the park facilities leave the area as they were all non-residents. Officers also reported confiscating and destroying drugs from a few of the vehicles.
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Date/Time: 07/28/19 10:01 PM
Location: Croton River
Call Type: Public Assist
Narrative: Officers on park duty during the day on Truesdale Drive near Silver Lake Park and Nordica Drive at Mayo's Landing advised motorists and pedestrians of the residents-only requirements of those two areas. As a result, Officers reported numerous vehicles (approximately 100) and some pedestrians who tried to access the park facilities leave the area as they were all non-residents. Officers also reported confiscating and destroying drugs from a few of the vehicles encountered. Marine patrol officers reported approximately 225-250 people in the water and on the Ossining side of the Croton River. Marine Patrol observed violations (loud music, littering, swimming safety, grilling) and many parties refused to comply with any orders given. If there was compliance such as lowering the volume of music, the music returned to a higher level when the boat left the area. Marine Patrol further advised that the patrol boat was unable to make it to Fireman's Island, as it was unsafe to maneuver the boat in the area with the amount of people in the water.
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BY SPECIAL REQUEST, "SUGGESTIONS" FROM THE 6/20/19 DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COMMITTEE MINUTES..."safe spaces", "cultural training", "unconscious bias", "affordable housing", https://www.ecode360.com/documents/CR0035/public/500199469.pdf
4. Suggestions included:
a. Provide information and welcome packets to new residents about resources available to new residents
b. Provide safe places to meet others in the Croton community through community gatherings
c. Educating the Croton community through a speaker series on subjects such as unconscious bias
d. Schools to help bring community together.
e. Cultural training for faculty. More diverse faculty that better reflects the community.
f. Provide programs that do not segregate communication to parents who’s first language is not English
g. Accessibility to gathering places
h. Affordable housing
i. Student involvement with Diversity & Inclusion
j. Work on a shared community project
k. Know how to respond to hate speech
l. How can the community help with getting to a “complete” census?
m. For people from Ossining but spend time in Croton, the access to Croton parks is overly restricted. Can they pay to use Croton parks?
For some reason, the blog has been getting quite a few complaints from residents about their neighbor's composting piles attracting everything from roaches to buzzards. Also getting inquiries about the village regulations.
Your editor advises:
--That you contact village staff and ask directly or check the village code https://www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/
--Here's an article on the subject about ways to avoid the problem https://gardenerspath.com/how-to/disease-and-pests/rid-garden-cockroaches/
--An article about the failed NYC program: COMPOST, FOOD WASTE & ROACHES, BY SPECIAL REQUEST: 'Ick': rats, roaches and rank smells dampen New York's compost program--It was meant to be an ambitious environmental program, but efforts at composting in New York are breaking down amid rats, roaches and rank smells...MORE HERE.
Good luck.
A reader is trying to find an old article on the "Westchester Shopping Center" that opened in the 70's". Assuming they mean the Westchester Mall opening in 1974, click here.
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A reminder: A reader is still looking for any photos/articles, ephemera from a business that existed in the village in the late 70's, 80's---called RARE EARTH. Can you help?
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A reader writes: I am very confused by a letter in the (7/25) paper (Gazette) about the solar installation going on top of the new D.P.W. building. The company involved is ECOGY but isn't Croton Energy Group also involved?????
Response: Please direct your question to the village board/staff/Trustee Olver. Contact info is at https://www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/board-trustees
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A reader asks: Do you get free or discounted stuff for promoting businesses?
Response: No. A healthy, thriving business community benefits everyone.
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To the readers who submit the monthly manifestos on race relations, gender issues, doxing neighbors who don't vote the way you like, mandating village inclusion and diversion, overthrow of the government, and organizations that promote getting naked in the name of "climate change" protesting, you are fortunate to live in a country were there are many community sites and facebook pages for your commentary. Feel free to take advantage of this blessing on those sites, not here.
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A resident is looking for information about "Brigadoon, specifically the Croton Shakespeare Festival version in the 80's".
Your editor's response:
--1983 article with some great snaps; more here
--And another from 1983; more here
There was also a 1972 production you may have an interest in; more here
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Confidential to "How to handle": Sorry. Perhaps you should take a screen shot at the offending page and consult an attorney???
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.
One of the elves reminds us that it is always important to review the "Public Notices" section of The Gazette. These six notices are from the 7/25/19 edition of the paper. To see all public notices in greater detail, pick up a copy of The Gazette, on sale just about everywhere:
Public Notices; again, there are SIX for Croton, including:
Approval of an additional $204K to pay for PART of the
demolition of the existing DPW garage
$255K for serial bonds for an above-ground refueling
station for municipal trucks
$892K serial bonds toward the estimated $1,142,500 cost
for reconstruction of the Croton-Harmon parking lot
$510K serial bonds for the purchase of dump trucks with
spreaders (no mention how many)
$510K serial bonds for reconstruction of water mains
$795K for purchase of a firefighting vehicle
Additionally---Note as well that the Croton school board/district, whether or not it also uses BIDNET, has published its RFP for food service
programs to "operate the child nutrition program"
Questions should be directed to https://www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/
Or in the case of the school district, to https://www.chufsd.org/
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.
PURPLE MARTIN COLONY AT CROTON POINT, UPDATE JULY 2019--another successful year! At least 19, with five identified as juveniles. THANK YOU FEED THE BIRDS, SAW MILL RIVER AUDUBON AND CROTON POINT PARK! AND A LITTLE HISTORY HERE FROM 2018 AND 2017.
AND A CLOSE-UP OF THESE BEAUTIFUL BIRDS FROM MAY OF THIS YEAR https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/05/looks-like-we-have-another-successful.html
P.S. THE GOURDS ARE AVAILABLE AT FEED THE BIRDS; LET ROB TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT
The following letter appeared in this week's Gazette
To the editor:
To live in New York today is to be a witness to history, as our leaders continue to do their utmost to rend the social fabric beyond repair. The latest undermining was the July 17 official statement issued by Governor Cuomo, announcing litigation regarding the scheme to declare that property taxes and school taxes can be classified as charitable donations.
There is a legitimate argument for allowing full deductibility of local taxes from income taxed at the federal level; there is also an argument against it. There is also an argument that some states bear a disproportionate burden while other states get a disproportionate share of federal dollars. Saying that property taxes are a charitable donation is silly, but if our Governor chooses to spend our tax money on litigation to persuade a federal judge to the contrary, that is Mr. Cuomo’s right as Governor. But there is more going on here.
Since 2016, we have been assured not to worry as the awesome power of our government has been turned to dubious ends, because this is being done in service of the greater good.
Our legislature in Albany recently passed bills of attainder; the type of thing our grade school teachers taught us were prohibited by the US Constitution. Next up in Albany is abolishing double jeopardy protection, but nobody will object since the target is Donald Trump. We hate Trump and much like Will Roper in A Man for All Seasons, we will cut down every law in New York to get at him.
What happens when it is not just Donald Trump? We are going to find out.
The official position of the State of New York as enunciated by our Chief Executive on July 17, 2019 is that a lawsuit has been filed by the state because “New Yorkers are being used as ATMs, footing an additional $15 billion each year that will be redistributed to red states and corporations.”
“Redistributed to red states.” Let that one sink in a moment.
The issue is not the level of federal taxation. It is not waste in the federal budget. It is not that tax money is going to build roads and aid disaster victims in “blue” states. Rather, the explicit objection of the Governor of this state is that federal money is being taken from Democrats and sent to states that elect Republicans.
Even by the low standards of our time, our Governor has managed to go lower.
We have fallen a long way from just 5 years ago, when The Atlantic (hardly a conservative magazine) explained that this idea of “giver” versus “taker” states is not so simple. As they pointed out, much of the reason for the flow of money is tied to the historic power of long-serving Democrat Senators and Congressmen back in the decades when the South was a solid Democrat bloc. That is the reason that military bases and other government installations are disproportionately located in the South.
More relevant to Governor Cuomo’s repugnant perspective, much of the reason federal dollars continue to be “redistributed to red states” is because of anti-poverty programs such as SNAP. Colloquially known as “food stamps” that federal program puts food on the tables of our fellow citizens who are less fortunate than we are. It prevents infants and children from going hungry.
Would dollars “redistributed to red states” be ok with Governor Cuomo if only registered Democrats in those “red states” got food stamps? Is it necessary for states hit by a natural disaster to vote straight-line Democrat before FEMA will send in electric generators and tents?
We are generous in seeking to welcome oppressed people from foreign lands with free healthcare and free education, but we balk at feeding starving children who have the misfortune to be born in parts of the United States that elect Republicans?
Since 2016 we have turned a blind eye to the destruction of a system of checks and balances constructed over 2 centuries. We have allowed due process to become an obsolete concept. We have labored under the impression that come November 2020 we can go to the polls and kick Evil Orange Boogeyman out of office. Come Inauguration Day, we believe we can put the toothpaste back in the tube.
I am not so sure. Our nation is a community. If we destroy our nation because we want to evict one man from a house on Pennsylvania Avenue, who is going to suffer?
Children who are hungry are not colors on an electoral college map. Parents whose homes have been destroyed by flooding or earthquakes are not living in “red states” or “blue states.” They are living in the United States.
--Paul Steinberg, Croton-on-Hudson
Your
editor continues to receive many questions and comments on this
problem. As mentioned--in recent years past, it has been attributed to sewer over-capacity issues, filter issues, etc. At this point, it just needs
to be resolved. (A number of things have been tried in the last few weeks. They do not appear to have a long term effect.) Please contact your village officials directly: https://www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/home/pages/contacts-directory
To the commenter who continues to insist that this is all somehow Washington's fault and that Croton must take the "next steps to full diversity and equality", there are a number of other local sites which will welcome your manifesto. Moving along.......
FIRST THE GAZETTE---Week of July 25th through July 31, 2019, page 7, continued on page 9; highlights only. As always, please pick up a copy of the paper and read the entire article for yourselves. The Gazette is on sale just about everywhere:
THE GAZETTE: CROTON RIVER CORRIDOR 'OVERWHELMED' BY WEEKEND HEAT WAVE
--Situation described as chaos; the overwhelming majority were not residents of the Village of Croton, descended on 3.2 mile long corridor.
--Parked vehicles made it difficult for residents in the area to drive in or out of their driveways.
--Numerous reports of people trespassing on private property; steep slopes show signs of erosion from foot traffic; many left garbage behind in their wake; vehicles parked illegally despite signage, tow-away zones, etc.
--Some of the residents who spoke at the meeting took the opportunity to voice opposition to a proposal from the village's Diversity and Inclusion advisory committee to open village parks to non residents--at least when it comes to Silver Lake.
There is much more to the article. Again, the paper is on sale just about everywhere. Residents who have a problem/questions/issues with the content of the Gazette article should speak to the paper's editor and/or watch the 7/22 meeting on demand at the village website.
SECOND AND SO FORTH, CLICK HERE FOR THE 7/11/19 GAZETTE ARTICLE ENTITLED: CROTON TO EYE LIFTING RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR VILLAGE PARKS
******FOR THE 6/20/19 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE MINUTES, go to https://www.ecode360.com/documents/CR0035/public/500199469.pdf
******You may also have an interest in this 2007 report on Mayo's Landing. Note that the problems on the river have been ongoing for more than a decade. See the link below to a 2007 report on Mayo’s Landing. Also note the members of the committee. www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/sites/crotononhudsonny/files/uploads/report1.pdf
******YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE 7/24/19 EMAIL BLAST FROM THE VILLAGE https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/07/reminder-given-massive-issues-with-non.html
UPDATED 7/26 EMAIL BLAST FROM THE VILLAGE--your cooperation is requested.
The Village experienced a large number of non-residents attempting to access Silver Lake Beach & Park and Mayo's Landing this past weekend. The Police Department has increased patrols in the area and will be assigning a park ranger and additional police presence exclusively to the area on this upcoming weekend.
We ask for residents’ cooperation in our efforts to protect this area:
Remember to bring your photo ID* if intending to utilize Silver Lake or Mayos Landing
Anyone found to not have an ID card will be asked to leave these facilities.
Don’t claim as guests, non-residents who are attempting to visit these areas
Avoid confrontations
Call the Croton Police Department if you witness any criminal behavior at 914-271-5177
More at https://www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/home/news/increased-enforcement-croton-river
UPDATED: POLICE BLOTTER https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/07/727-728-croton-police-blotter-silver.html
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOG1EI3Pyf0M6vGQS39FeqN2WfRO-jeumhtEBEP_L2gxCSKUrWmo8Yu4Abl0ZFKzA?key=Z3o5Njh0TjhJV3MxZXc5eEhhWFNlUEZrRWpROHNB
