SUPREME COURT KEEPS IN PLACE TRUMP FUNDING FREEZE THAT THREATENS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FOREIGN AID

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday extended an order that allows President Donald Trump's administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid, handing him another victory in a dispute over presidential power. MORE AT Supreme Court keeps in place Trump funding freeze that threatens billions of dollars in foreign aid

PRO-HAMAS CALIFORNIA ARSONIST SLAPPED WITH 19 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE

A man who perpetrated arson attacks in California last year has been sentenced to more than 19 years of prison time, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California.

"At sentencing, the Court referred to Goonan as a ‘domestic terrorist’ and found that he had committed a felony offense that involved or was intended to promote a federal crime of terrorism," the office said. More at Pro-Hamas California arsonist slapped with 19-year prison sentence

REMINDER, SCHOOL TAXES ARE DUE 9/30, TOWN OFFICE OPEN 9/27, 9 AM-12 PM

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REMINDER, SCHOOL TAXES DUE 9/30, TOWN OFFICE OPEN 9/27, 9 AM-12 PM Tax Receiver - Town of Cortlandt, NY

GAZETTE--WHISTLEBLOWER LETTER CONTINUES FREEDOM OF SPEECH STANDOFF

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You are encouraged to read an EXCELLENT and detailed article on the Amicola Trump flag situation and the WHISTLEBLOWER LETTER IN THE 9/25 EDITION OF THE GAZETTE---front page---the paper does not have an online presence but is available just about everywhere.

LOOK WHAT'S TURNED UP ON ALMOST-FREE CROTON PLOTKIN IS MY PRINCIPAL......

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LOOK WHAT'S TURNED UP ON ALMOST-FREE CROTON---PLOTKIN IS MY PRINCIPAL......

Michael Plotkin, our dear long-serving Principal of Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School, is leaving for a new position as Superintendent of a different school district. Rumor has it he had applied to be our district's Superintendent, but our district inexplicably chose someone else.

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ST PATRICKS CATHEDRAL COLUMBUS DAY MASS

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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.TO ENTER THE CATHEDRAL UNTIL 9:15 AM. CLICK ON THE IMAGE.

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Because life gets busy:

****Fab video 2024 Metro-North Open House, Northeast Trainman; go to EverythingCroton: FAB YOUTUBE VIDEO FROM NORTHEAST TRAINMAN---METRO NORTH "BEACHBALL"--CROTON HARMON OPEN HOUSE 2024

****WEDNESDAY BLOG FEATURE, NEWS FROM YOUR LOCAL HOUSES OF WORSHOP; GO TO EverythingCroton: OUR NEW WEDNESDAY FEATURE CONTINUES--SOME QUICK WEEKLY BITES FROM YOUR LOCAL HOUSES OF WORSHIP

****JENKINS, FEDERAL RULING, RADIOACTIVE WASTEWATER INTO THE HUDSON; GO TO EverythingCroton: JENKINS--FEDERAL RULING MEANS RADIOACTIVE WASTEWASTER MAY BE RELEASED INTO THE HUDSON

****SHAWN FLEETWOOD, MEDIA WHO PARTAKE IN "TRANSGENDER PRONOUN DELUSIONS OF MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTER ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM; CLICK HERE

****GLENN REYNOLDS: IRYNA ZARUTSKA'S MURDER EXPOSES THE LEFT'S UTTER INCOHERENCE ON CRIME; CLICK HERE

****MY MSMERMAID LIFE; THE LATEST; GO TO EverythingCroton: TWO NEW POSTS FROM MY MSMERMAID LIFE

****FEAST OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF MARY--THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS---AND ESPECIALLY THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS; click here

QUINNIPIAC POLL, DEMS' DISMAL POLLING, SINKS TO NEW HISTORIC LOW, ETC.

Democrat favorability sinks to historic low in new poll---Fox News contributor Joe Concha discusses the dismal Quinnipiac poll, a cheating scandal rocking the New Jersey gubernatorial race and his work with the Spring Lake Hope Foundation--more at Democrat favorability sinks to historic low in new poll | Watch

FIRST AMENDMENT-FREE SPEECH DEBATE RAGES IN WESTCHESTER

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By Dan Murphy

The issue of an American citizen’s First Amendment right to Free Speech has morphed into several different cases in Westchester County. Last week, we reported on two instances where public employees, civil servants, made what many thought were inappropriate comments about the death of Charles Kirk. READ MORE AT First Amendment-Free Speech Debate Rages in Westchester | Yonkers Times

OCTOBER DAYS IN CROTON LANDING--& MT. AIRY TOO, 1894

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And now....the 'NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS' from "Croton Landing" and "Mt. Airy", courtesy of the Highland Democrat October 17, 1894; how many names do you recognize? P.S. There's quite a bit in here about the Asbury Methodist Church, as well as the "Columbian Hook & Ladder" and "chemical engines". Click on the images. Enjoy.

9/27 CROTON OKTOBERFEST

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GRAND STREET

Event Date:
Saturday, September 27, 2025 - 12:00pm to 6:00pm

(Rain date: October 4, 2025) The Croton Business Council will host the Croton Oktoberfest on September 27th from 12 PM to 6 PM in the Upper Village on Grand Street. Over 65 Artisanal vendors from food, to drink, to retail, and a ramped up kinder-fest area for the little ones with bouncy houses galore and much much more! Shuttle bus transportation available from Croton Harmon Train Station all day long.

NY POST EDITORIAL--LEFTY DENIALS ARE SICK AFTER A DECADE OF STOKING VIOLENCE AGAINST THE RIGHT

(AND EXTENSIVE DEBUNKING OF THE CATO STUDY)......

If the Dallas shooting doesn’t wake up the left about where its rhetoric is leading, what will it take?

The early hours after the attack featured the exact same kind of denials as the early days after the Charlie Kirk assassination.

CNN brought out the same “experts” to again declare that the shooter surely wasn’t a lefty, while Democratic “thinkers” from Jon Favreau to Matt Yglesias leaped onto social media to slam the likes of Vice President JD Vance for “inaccurately” rushing to declare this to be left-wing violence.

Except it was always obvious: Nobody sprays rifle fire all over an ICE facility to make any kind of right-wing point.

Meanwhile, the likes of “Morning Joe” Scarborough keep citing studies that “prove” most political violence is right-wing — blissfully ignorant (because liberals never leave their bubble) of the extensive debunking of the Cato study, the ADL “research” and so on. Read more at Lefty denials are sick after a decade of stoking violence against the right

A LETTER FROM JESSICA DIECKMAN REGARDING THE CHARLIE KIRK VIGIL AT CROTON LANDING

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A LETTER FROM JESSICA DIECKMAN REGARDING THE CHARLIE KIRK VIGIL AT CROTON LANDING (CLICK ON THE PHOTOS. MORE PHOTOS AND VIDEO HERE.)

To the Editor,

Pres. Obama stated, ‘the strongest weapon against hateful speech is not repression, it is more speech.’ Many who are eager to speak, particularly from what would be called conservative perspectives, self-censor themselves out of fear that the retaliatory repression may take violent form, a feeling made all the more acute by the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk. Kirk’s death was disturbingly predicted by his now famous statement that, “When people stop talking, that's when you get violence.”

A character both reviled and revered in his short lifetime, Kirk’s provocation intended to bring forth the thinkers, not simply the blind conformists who chant party-lines and slogans, but the true tactical and critical thinkers who could potentially change his mind. Stubborn as he may have seemed to those fresh to his brand, Kirk encouraged dialogue with people from a wide range of beliefs and political affiliations on issues both extreme and light-hearted (one public debate included the comparison waffles versus pancakes for the better breakfast, bringing the crowd to laughter). His currency was earnest debate, not dissimilar from the Socratic traditions of the Greeks, who valued the arena of debate as the testing of philosophies, and the Tibetan Buddhists who recognize the strengths of teaching debate to sharpen focus and peacefully meet and accommodate differences.

What is most saddening is how the incident has brought forth cheers and approvals of the assassination. As with the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s Brian Thompson, the immediate aftermath of Kirk’s murder did not see general acknowledgement that the fully-intentioned slaying of a human being was wrong, regardless of motive and victim. In fact many people continue to openly and gleefully pronounce support for the killing. These are not just shallow stabs at attention from ignorant and immature minds, these are stamps of approval from supposed adults, professionals; parents; even teachers; those tentatively educated. A free speech environment certainly allows a person to condemn the speaker, it allows a person to condemn the words, but the approval of the act of murder and openly sharing that approval sharply places that person in a dark and inhuman state, slipping away from the civil and inching closer towards having the capacity to commit the same act themselves.

In a broader discussion where the ‘last word’ is not actually a word but an act of severe violence towards a particular individual, attention moves (in a civil world) to the individual thus effected. Indeed the gunshot that was intended as a final silencing strike at Kirk has instead thrust him into a new era of post-humous exposure. Curious people who had never heard of the man are now listening back to recordings and wondering, despite his acerbity, what it was precisely that merited murder. Doubting the validity of critics who lean only a scant collection of statements and clips removed from their context, they are looking, listening, and, even if in complete disagreement, are hopefully heeding the call to drop their malice and anger and instead strengthen their knowledge and sharpen their articulations in order to fulfill a hallmark of civilized society: the exchange of words in place of the exchange of blows.

Thank you to the Village of Croton on Hudson for granting permission for the Sept. 21 vigil honoring Charlie Kirk, as well as the Croton PD for providing a presence at the event. Some pictures here show the strong attendance at the vigil.

Sincerely,
Jessica Dieckman

CARY ANDREWS--GUEST ESSAY--THE CROTON CHRONICLE--ON MIGRATION, THE WONDER OF THE SKIES

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On Migration -- the Wonder of the Skies.
A guest essay. "The migration fills me with hope and astonishment, and fear for their daunting journey."
Sep 26, 2025

by Cary Andrews, Croton Bird Commissioner---read more at On Migration -- the Wonder of the Skies.

IN THE NEWS---HOW THE NY TIMES IS COVERING THE COMEY INDICTMENT

Is anyone truly surprised?  Via Tom Faranda's Folly; go to Tom Faranda's Folly: How the NY Times is covering the Comey indictment

10/25 TOWN OF CORTLANDT 5K ROAD RACE

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10/25 TOWN OF CORTLANDT 5K ROAD RACE; FOR MORE INFO, GO TO Events Calendar - Town of Cortlandt, NY

ANOTHER VIDEO, VIA TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY, CHARLIE KIRK VIGIL IN CROTON

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VIA TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY--Charlie Kirk Vigil in Croton--About 75 people attended, maybe 2/3's from Croton. I was asked several days earlier to offer the opening prayer, which I did. You should start about the 8 minute mark since the phone camera ran for a few minutes before the Vigil began. You need to have the sound up. GO TO Tom Faranda's Folly: Charlie Kirk Vigil in Croton

AND THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS AS WELL AT EverythingCroton: VIDEO AND PHOTOS CHARLIE KIRK VIGIL CROTON

CROTON CHRONICLE--GUEST EDITORIAL--THANK YOU CROTON FOR HELPING US AFTER THE BARI MANOR FIRE

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Guest Editorial: Thank you Croton for helping us after the Bari Manor fire.

LIZBET & NAZIR NUNEZ

"Your kindness has made a meaningful difference in our lives, and we are truly grateful to be part of such a caring community." MORE AT Guest Editorial: Thank you Croton for helping us after the Bari Manor fire.

DOUGLAS MURRAY, DEMOCRATS ARE DRIVING YOUNG MEN TO KILL "NAZIS" WHO AREN'T NAZIS

Do words have any effect? Those of us who write for a living like to think so.

We hope that we can use words to persuade, enlighten and perhaps even entertain.

But if words do have an effect, then why are so many people in positions of power so incredibly careless with the words they use?

In recent weeks here are just a few of the words that have been used to describe ICE officers: Gestapo. Neo-Nazis. Democrats are driving young men to kill 'Nazis' who aren't Nazis

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 Because life gets busy...

--FALL HIKING GUIDE FOR WESTCHESTER AND BEYOND; CLICK HERE

--SOME MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS FROM CROTON IN SEPTEMBER 1979 AND RALPH NADER TOO; click here

--THE LATEST ON TYLER ROBINSON, HIS TRANS BOYRFRIEND, KIRK ASSASSINATON ETC; GO TO EverythingCroton: TYLER ROBINSON, KIRK ASSASSIN, FBI REVEALS ALLEGED NOTE IN SHOOTING

--1969 CUB KART DERBY; GO TO EverythingCroton: 1969--CROTON CUB KART DERBY!

--CROTON CHRONICLE---CROTON DECIDES 2025: THE CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS, ALL IN ONE PLACE; CLICK HERE

--LENNY IS MY NEIGHBOR; GO TO EverythingCroton: LENNY IS MY NEIGHBOR

--10/13, OUR LADY OF FATIMA ROSARY AND PROCESSION ST. AUGUSTINE; GO TO EverythingCroton: 10/13 MASS & ROSARY PROCESSION, OUR LADY OF FATIMA, ST. AUGUSTINE

--JUST FOR FUN, 1969 HALCO HALLOWEEN COSTUME CATALOG! GO TO EverythingCroton: BY SPECIAL REQUEST---JUST FOR FUN: THE 1969 HALCO COSTUME CATALOG

YOU DON'T NEED ONE OF THESE...

To find 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, Devotion Studio and so much more about your local business community. Go to Croton Crafts and Commerce | Facebook

AND DON'T FORGET: TOWN OF CORTLANDT FESTIVAL OF MAKERS ON 9/27; EverythingCroton: 9/27 FESTIVAL OF MAKERS, THE COMPLETE LIST

AND

REV FEST EverythingCroton: THE CROTON CHRONICLE -- LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS FEATURED AT REVOLUTIONARY WESTCHESTER 250 FESTIVAL

AND THE CROTON ROTARY CAR SHOW

(57) Reminder: Croton Rotary Auto Show this Sunday Sept 28 at the train station.

FROM THE MAILBOX STAMP (AND COIN) COLLECTING, THEN & NOW

A reader has many fond memories of stamp (and coin collecting) here in the village and wondered "if was still a thing".

Yes..... there's the very active Cortlandt Stamp Club which meets at the Hendrick Hudson Library in Montrose twice a month (call them to confirm current times 914-629-9865, no registration required), as well as numerous private coin sellers throughout the area. 

And here's a stroll down Croton's "stamp collecting" history--click on the links below (and coin too)---there will be more:

***1968, CROTON LIONS--AND PINKNEY ROBINSON STAMP, 1982, GO TO EverythingCroton: 1968, CROTON LIONS, JUNIOR STAMP & COIN CLUB

***1971, CROTON ROTARY; SPECIAL GUARD FOR $34,000 STAMP; GO TO EverythingCroton: 1971 CROTON ROTARY: SPECIAL GUARD FOR $34,000 STAMP

TYLER ROBINSON, KIRK ASSASSIN, FBI REVEALS ALLEGED NOTE IN SHOOTING

FBI Director Kash Patel testifying before House committee©IMAGN---Utah prosecutors have indicted 22-year-old Tyler Robinson on aggravated murder charges in connection with the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, based on incriminating text messages and a recovered note detailing premeditated intent. The partner, who has reportedly fully cooperated with investigators, shares a residence with Robinson and is undergoing male-to-female transition.   MORE AT FBI Reveals Alleged Note from Suspect in Kirk Shooting

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN:

EverythingCroton: TYLER ROBINSON----A "ROADMAP TO HIS DOOR"

AND EverythingCroton: TRANS BOYFRIEND OF CHARLIE KIRK SUSPECT TYLER ROBINSON KICKED OUT OF FAMILY'S HOME OVER MORMON FAITH

OCEAN HOUSE IS CLOSING

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OCEAN HOUSE IS CLOSING; READ MORE AT Seafood Restaurant To Close After Over 2 Decades In Westchester: Here's Their Last Day

JENKINS--FEDERAL RULING MEANS RADIOACTIVE WASTEWASTER MAY BE RELEASED INTO THE HUDSON

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Deeply Disappointed': Federal Ruling Means Radioactive Wastewater May Be Released Into The Hudson--Westchester Exec. Jenkins called on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to scrap "reckless action" in the decommissioning of Indian Point. MORE AT 'Deeply Disappointed': Federal Ruling Means Radioactive Wastewater May Be Released Into The Hudson | Peekskill, NY Patch

COMEY INDICTED

Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted, ABC news first reported.

FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the news in an X post.

"Today, your FBI took another step in its promise of full accountability. For far too long, previous corrupt leadership and their enablers weaponized federal law enforcement, damaging once proud institutions and severely eroding public trust. Every day, we continue the fight to earn that trust back, and under my leadership, this FBI will confront the problem head-on. Nowhere was this politicization of law enforcement more blatant than during the Russiagate hoax, a disgraceful chapter in history we continue to investigate and expose. Everyone, especially those in positions of power, will be held to account - no matter their perch. No one is above the law.

'No One Is Above the Law': Former FBI Director James Comey Has Been Indicted

AND NOW BY SPECIAL REQUEST, SOME BITS & PIECES FROM CROTON IN OCTOBER OF 1979

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AND NOW BY SPECIAL REQUEST, SOME BITS & PIECES FROM CROTON IN OCTOBER OF 1979. INCLUDES THE CROTON DRAMA CLUB PRODUCTION OF THE HEIRESS. Click on the images below.

ICYMI--GUEST EDITORIAL: YES, THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ALLOWS YOU TO WISH SOMEONE DEAD

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GUEST EDITORIAL---THE CROTON CHRONICLE--PAUL STEINBERG

OK, I confess: I sent the “Robert Toller” email and left the message on Mayor Pugh’s voicemail.

You know what the Croton Police Department is going to do to me? At most they will give me a stern talking-to and warn me that they will be keeping an eye on me. They may want to arrest me. Mayor Pugh may want to have me arrested. Ain’t gonna happen, and the reason is Brandenburg v Ohio (1969).

MORE AT Guest Editorial: Yes, the U.S. Constitution allows you to wish someone dead.

NEWS 12 SCAM ALERT

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Alert scam: Fraudulent texts from NY Dept. of Revenue ask for bank info. Here's what to do.  The suspicious messages ask for payment information supposedly so revenue agencies can deposit money into a bank account.

Have you received a suspicious text from someone claiming to be the New York Department of Revenue? The Department of Taxation and Finance says this is the latest scam affecting New York State taxpayers. MORE AT Alert scam: Fraudulent texts from NY Dept. of Revenue ask for bank info. Here's what to do.