CONGRATULATIONS VICTORIA FINN ON HER 100TH LAX GOAL

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Congratulations to Victoria Finn (Sr.) on her 100th LAX goal!! In the 3rd quarter vs. Briarcliff, while attempting a shot from 8 meters with one second left on the shot clock, … Victoria found the back corner of the goal and the Tigers erupted! Victoria has been playing ‘attack’ on the Varsity team for the last four years. Her younger sister, Olivia (Fr.) is also on the team. The Tigers are now 6-3 and are gaining momentum with each game. Victoria is one of six seniors on the team. Coach Ryan Callaghan said, “It has been a great experience coaching Victoria over the last four years.” He commends her dedication to the program and is proud of all she and the team have accomplished. Photo creds: @silvana_defrancis_photography

SERVICE INFO & OBITUARY FOR EUFEMIO JOHN CUCCI

......In 1971, the Cuccis moved to Croton-on-Hudson, New York. John became the Senior Vice President of the Alliance of American Mutual Insurers in NYC, dedicating decades to advocating for favorable legislation and representing the insurance industry for many of the East Coast states. His expertise in public relations made him a valued consultant in the field. A passionate community member, John coached youth sports during his sons’ early years and later championed local tennis court improvements. He was an avid supporter of the Croton Free Library, actively participating in several book clubs..........Service info and obituary for Eufemio John Cucci - 2025 - Wilcox & Regan Funeral Home

CROTON HARMON BASEBALL V. HEN HUD SAILORS 4/25

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It sure feels like summer today. It's a beautiful day for baseball!

Head down to the CHHS baseball field to watch our defending Section 1 Champions in a league matchup against the Hen Hud Sailors today - Friday, April 25.
First pitch 4:30.

Bring a lawn chair- the bleachers fill quickly. Go Tigers!

REMINDER--FATHER NELSON TO OFFICIATE 10:45 MASS AT HOLY NAME OF MARY ON 4/27

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HOLY NAME OF MARY---REMINDER---Just got word that Fr. Nelson will officiate at the April 27th, 10:45 mass.

REMINDER--UPCOMING MEET & GREET DATES FOR VOICE OF CROTON CANDIDATES EISINGER, NACHTALER AND RAVELO

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Voice of Croton candidates will be at the following locations:

--Friday, 4/25 from 4:30 - 5:30 - Vassallo Park for Spring Festival
--Sunday, 4/27 from 10:30 - 11:30 - Coffee Matters
--Saturday, 5/3 from 12:30 - 2 - Senasqua Park for Earth Day
--Wednesday, 5/7 from 9 - 10:30 - Croton Diner

Come and meet with them and find out why they're running this year.

Gary Eisinger for Village Mayor
Stacey Nachtaler for Village Trustee
Nigel Ravelo for Village Trustee

FROM THE MAILBOX, ASSORTED VINTAGE AD REQUESTS, PHOTOS AND MORE

A reader has fond memories of Croton Cremee ---- got anything?

Reponse: Click on the 1981 ad--the site, former home of Carvel, Unami, etc. as well in later years, will soon be now.....click here.

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A reader has many happy memories of PIZZA & BREW.

Response; Also 1981, Mother's Day; click on the ad.

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A reader seems to recall what might have been a "p.r. stunt" involving Lillian Nordica, but is short on details.  

Response: You could only mean this--from 1912---WAS MADAME NORDICA THE MASKED SOPRANO?  Click on the image; read more at EverythingCroton: WAS CROTON'S LILLIAN NORDICA "THE MASKED SOPRANO"?

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A reader seems to remember some strange dance troupe at the old Tagine (now 105-Twenty).  Photos?

Response: The Morris Dancers; click on the image; then see and read more at EverythingCroton: 2013: A BLAST FROM THE PAST, THE BOUWERIE BOYS MORRIS DANCERS AT TAGINE, SOME PIX, FATHER BRENNAN TOO

ANNOUNCING THE CROTON-HARMON BOOSTER CLUB SPRING UNDER THE LIGHTS GAMES

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ANNOUNCING THE CROTON-HARMON BOOSTER CLUB SPRING UNDER THE LIGHTS GAMES---CLICKON THE IMAGE--READ MORE AT Croton-Harmon HS Athletics, PE, and Health | 📢Announcing the Croton-Harmon Booster Club Spring ‘Under the Lights’ Events! The fun begins with the Annual Pink & Teal Softball game on... | Instagram

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON DOBBS PARK RENO

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READ MORE AT Share Your Thoughts on Dobbs Park Renovation | Croton-on-Hudson NY

HUMMINGBIRD SEASON 2025---IT'S TIME TO PUT OUT THOSE FEEDERS

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HUMMINGBIRD SEASON 2025---IT'S TIME TO PUT OUT THOSE FEEDERS----Want to know more about--and how to attract---these amazing birds to your garden? FEED THE BIRDS has the answers.......for all your hummingbird feeders, nectar and more.

FACEBOOK HERE. 

WEBSITE HERE.  914-862-4700

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY THIS PAST POST AND PHOTOS, COURTESY OF BOB ANDERSON--A CROTON HUMMINGBIRD RESCUE --UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THESE FLYING JEWELS! https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-croton-hummingbird-rescue.html

CROTON SCHOOL DAYS 1950-1968

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COURTESY OF THE OUTSTANDING ARCHIVES MAINTAINED BY THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY--and with the upcoming Croton Reunion on everyone's minds.........The Everything Croton Elves have updated a random collection of....CROTON SCHOOL DAYS 1950-1968. Click on the images below.

P.S. Don Daubney's in here too.

NYSDEC: ENDANGERED, THREATENED, AND SPECIAL CONCERN SPECIES LIST UPDATED

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Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Species List Updated

For the first time since 1999, New York State’s List of Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern has been updated. Additions include a recently discovered species of frog (Atlantic coast leopard frog) and species recently classified under the federal Endangered Species Act. Thanks to data collected by staff and partners, the status of all native fish species in New York has been assessed as well. View the full list of changes to the List of Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Fish and Wildlife Species of New York State (PDF).

The list highlights promising news for some species like round whitefish, where active restoration efforts in Adirondack waters have boosted their numbers. Recovering species such as bluebreast darter and Eastern sand darter can be attributed to water quality improvements across the state. However, populations of some species such as burbot, lake whitefish, several minnow species, and longnose sucker are declining due to the introduction of invasive species and habitat loss.

DEC anticipates addressing groups of related species in separate rulemakings over the next two years. Future revisions for amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, birds, and mammals are planned in the coming months and details will be posted on the DEC website.

MORE FROM THE EVERYTHING CROTON MAILBOX

A reader is trying to locate some very specific information about the Croton Children's Theatre, which was part of The Croton Shakespeare Festival. Here are some links for the years requested:

FROM 1972/73, https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/03/still-more-shakespeare-festival.html

FROM 1968, 1970, 1971, http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/03/even-more-vintage-croton-childrens.html

FROM 1971, 1974, http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/03/more-vintage-croton-childrens-theatre.html

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A READER asked if we were aware of any update to this 2021 story. (Sorry we don't know.) 

Ex-UVA student can sue school after asking questions during a panel got him expelled: judge...A former University of Virginia medical student can proceed with a lawsuit against the school over his expulsion — which stemmed from questions he asked about the nuance of microaggressions during a panel discussion that led to him being branded a threat, a federal judge has ruled.  (YOUR EDITOR'S NOTE: WAIT TILL YOU READ THE COURT PAPERS)--READ THIS AMAZING STORY AT https://nypost.com/2021/04/08/virginia-student-can-proceed-with-lawsuit-over-panel-confrontation-judge/

JUST A REMINDER--REMINDER--4/25--CROTON YACHT CLUB--SCOTT CRAVEN, "HISTORIC SHIPS OF THE HUDSON"

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JUST A REMINDER FROM THE CROTON YACHT CLUB---THEIR EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS CONTINUE:  Our second seminar “Historic Ships of the Hudson” will be presented by retired Town of Ossining Historian Scott Craven on Friday, April 25th at 7:30pm. Please come and enjoy another highly educational and entertaining evening. Croton Yacht Club

UPCOMING MEET & GREET DATES FOR VOICE OF CROTON CANDIDATES EISINGER, NACHTALER AND RAVELO

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.

Voice of Croton candidates will be at the following locations:

--Friday, 4/25 from 4:30 - 5:30 - Vassallo Park for Spring Festival
--Sunday, 4/27 from 10:30 - 11:30 - Coffee Matters
--Saturday, 5/3 from 12:30 - 2 - Senasqua Park for Earth Day
--Wednesday, 5/7 from 9 - 10:30 - Croton Diner

Come and meet with them and find out why they're running this year.

Gary Eisinger for Village Mayor
Stacey Nachtaler for Village Trustee
Nigel Ravelo for Village Trustee

THE CROTON CHRONICLE--CADDIES PLAN MAJOR ESCALATION IN THEIR UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES LAWSUIT AGAINST CROTON'S HUDSON NATIONAL GOLF CLUB

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THE CROTON CHRONICLE -- MICHAEL BALTER

For more than a year, the Chronicle has been following a case filed in federal court by seven former caddies at the Hudson National Golf Club (HNGC) claiming that they were short-changed in their wages by, in essence, allegedly not being paid real wages at all. The caddies argue that while their work situation was effectively that of employees, they were treated as “independent contractors,” in violation of both federal and state fair labor laws.

The golf club has vigorously defended against the lawsuit, but so far they have failed to put a stop to it. MORE AT (87) Caddies plan major escalation in their unfair labor practices lawsuit against Croton's Hudson National Golf Club.

4/29 ASSESSMENT WEBINAR

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4/29---VIA ZOOM--go to Assessment Webinar | Croton-on-Hudson NY

TRUMP ADMIN FILES FIRST RACKETEERING CHARGES AGAINST MASSIVE MIGRANT TERRORIST GROUP PRESENT IN US

The first RICO racketeering charges against members and associates of the migrant terrorist group Tren de Aragua were filed this week in New York. A statement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said that the case is part of "Operation Take Back America," which it said is a "nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Justice Department to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime." MORE AT Trump admin files first racketeering charges against massive migrant terrorist group present in U.S.

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27 accused Tren de Aragua members charged in NYC: Prosecutors | Watch

BY SPECIAL REQUEST, AN INDEX TO THE "THIS MONTH IN CROTON, MAY 1950" POSTINGS

Click on photo for a 1950 Harmon Garage ad

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST, AN INDEX TO THE "THIS MONTH IN CROTON, MAY 1950" postings at Everything Croton. Courtesy of the outstanding archives maintained by the volunteers of The Croton Historical Society. Become a member today. MORE INFO AT www.crotonhistoricalsociety.org

- See part 1 of May 1950 here
- See part 2 here
- See part 3 here
- See part 4 here
- See part 5 here 

CROTON CELEBRITIES AND NOTABLES TOO---ASSORTED VINTAGE PRODUCT ENDORSEMENTS--PART TWO

The history of celebrity endorsements dates back to the 1760s when Josiah Wedgwood used royal endorsements as a brand-building tool, marking the beginning of celebrity endorsements as a marketing strategy. (Read more about all this at The History and Evolution of Celebrity Brand Endorsements – Film Daily)

Since then, celebrities have endorsed various products, including automobiles, tobacco, and cosmetics--and some were even marketed under their own name. Croton notables were no exception. Click on the images and links. There will be more.  (SEE PART ONE HERE.)

FIRST UP, from 1923, it's Croton's Gloria Swanson (and Wallace Reid) for Hermo "Hair Lustr". Adds a "charming sheen"......Swanson lived on Croton's Mt. Airy (Longvue Farm; see exterior shots here).

Wallace Reid's story is a tragic one---a rising star, until morphine addiction, influenza, and dead at 31; read it all here.

As many of you know, Lillian Nordica endorsed---and appeared in---nationwide advertising for Coca Cola throughout 1904/1905. (You can read more about that in Part One.)

We stumbled upon this 1905 ad with coupon.

For only some of Nordica and her Croton Connection, go to EverythingCroton: CROTON'S LILIAN NORDICA 1907

And to see Nordica's "weight reducing bath powder" ads, go to EverythingCroton: RECENT ARTICLE ON LILLIAN NORDICA---AND HER WEIGHT LOSS POWDER

And finally, it's Croton's Lenore Ulric---not for Lucky Strike Cigarettes this time---but a 1930 ad for Lux Toilet Soap. Click on the image.

For more about Ulric--married to Sydney Blackmer right here in the village---and her Croton connection, click here.

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS. STAY TUNED. THERE WILL BE MORE!

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HIGHLY STRUCTURED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION---TRUMP ADMIN LANDS MAJOR BLOW AGAINST TREN DE ARAGUA

The Trump administration charged and arrested numerous members of Tren de Aragua and a splinter group that has allegedly established its own criminal enterprise within the United States.  Federal authorities charged more than two dozen individuals currently or formerly associated with Tren de Aragua (TdA), a designated terrorist organization, for sex trafficking, robbery, racketeering and other heinous crimes throughout the U.S., according to a Monday press release by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Prosecutors charged six people accused of being current TdA members and, in a separate indictment, charged 19 alleged members of Anti-Tren, a splinter faction primarily made up of former TdA associates.  MORE AT ‘Highly Structured Terrorist Organization’: Trump Admin Lands Major Blow Against Tren De Aragua

BY SPECIAL REQUEST: CROTON MOTHER'S DAY PAST--1981

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With Mother's Day around the corner, we thought you'd enjoy this blast from Croton Mother's Day Past, 1981...by special request......COURTESY OF THE OUTSTANDING ARCHIVES MAINTAINED BY THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY...with mention of Swanson's, Croton Colonial and more long ago businesses...oh...and those costumed mice that were the subject of much discussion locally a few years back.

5/3 EARTH DAY AT SENASQUA

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5/3 EARTH DAY AT SENASQUA; SEE MORE AT Earth Day Celebration 2025 | Croton-on-Hudson NY

MIGHT BE DISPOSITIVE OF CROTON PARENTS CASE

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor, which pits Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland against a group of parents who believe the school district has violated their parental and religious rights. It is, by far, the biggest legal flashpoint in the ongoing cultural battle over what control parents have over what their children can be taught in public schools. https://www.thefp.com/p/montgomery-county-supreme-court-parents-rights?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT & THE STATES

The Balance of Payments Between the Federal Government and the States---scroll down once you click on the link: New York’s Balance of Payments in the Federal Budget: Federal Fiscal Year 2023 | Office of the New York State Comptroller

AGENDA 4/23 BD. OF TRUSTEES MEETING--SOMETHING FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE ON IT

Quaker Bridge replacement, Special Permits via the Planning Board, etc. See the agenda and support documents at Board of Trustees

"THE CROTON CHRONICLE"----PURPLE HEART PARK ON RADNOR AVENUE?

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"Purple Heart Park" on Radnor Avenue? An orphan plot of village land moves closer to becoming a veterans memorial park. The village's hopes to build affordable housing on the lot never worked out. MORE AT 

https://open.substack.com/pub/thecrotonchronicle/p/purple-heart-park-on-radnor-avenue

& NOW THE WINNERS OF THE PAPER GLITTER GLUE 2025 MINI EASTER & SPRING HOUSE CONTEST ARE ...

And the winners of the PAPER GLITTER GLUE 2025 Mini Easter and Spring House Contest are....go to 2025 Mini Easter and Spring House Contest - Paper Glitter Glue

p.s. We love the winner of the Whimsical Award from Lizzie - the Shepherdess Hut (No. 26) - click on the image. Very nice indeed! Again, see all the entries and winners at the link above.