YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON WEEKEND NEWS RECAP AND VINTAGE CROTON TOO

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YOUR EVERYTHING CROTON WEEKEND NEWS RECAP AND VINTAGE CROTON TOO---AS ALWAYS, ITEMS IN ITALICS OR GREEN PRINT SHOULD GET SPECIAL ATTENTION---BUT FIRST...

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

***MUCH GRATITUDE TO BOB ANDERSON FOR HIS LETTER ON DISBANDING THE IDEA COMMITTEE AND PRAISING PETE TSAGARAKIS; GO HERE

***Much discussion about the importance of the FOIL process--for all its flaws---and how without it, the public would be operating blind much of the time---case in point: the IDEA Committee minutes/tapes. (Here'e Jessica Dieckman's and Paul Steinberg's letters)

HAPPY EVENTS!

***One of the most popular posts--STILL-----for those with a numbers fetish---has been the PHOTOS COFFEE WITH A COP AT SKYVIEW; GO HERE

AND DON'T FORGET THE SURVEY! GO TO EverythingCroton: 2026 CROTON POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMUNITY SURVEY

SCHOOL STUFF:

***DEFENDING EDUCATION V. CROTON HARMON SCHOOL DISTRICT: As many of you know by now, the new court date is 11/4; THERE'S TALK (many assorted  speculations) OF A SETTLEMENT--given certain recent events, who knows; see a recap more or less here

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MOVING ALONG:

GARY EISINGER FOR LYNN DLABOLA; GO TO EverythingCroton: MARY LYNN DLABOLA FOR VOICE OF CROTON

***PIGEON LAW PAUSED! GO HERE

***LETTER, ROBERT WHITING ENDORSES WATKINS; GO HERE

***FORMER MAYORS ENDORSE WATKINS; GO HERE

***MURTAUGH ENDORSES WATKINS; GO TO EverythingCroton: MURTAUGH ENDORSES WATKINS

***GINGOLD ENDORSES DLABOLA AND WATKINS; GO TO EverythingCroton: JOEL GINGOLD ENDORSES DLABOLA AND WATKINS

***TAVERN FOR SALE; GO HERE

***JAFFERY DRAMA, GAZETTE AND MORE; GO HERE  AND 

FROM CROTON NEWS: Election filing entries missing from Chronicle report add context to Jaffery treasurer dispute — Croton-on-Hudson, NY

***GUADALUPAN JUBILEE YEAR; GO TO EverythingCroton: GUADALUPAN JUBILEE YEAR

***VINTAGE CROTON HALLOWEEN! LOTS OF ASSORTED YEARS AND PHOTOS! GO HERE

***VINTAGE CROTON 1933, AMELIA EARHART, THE CROTON CONNECTION; GO HERE

***MORE ON THAT "HISTORIC EXTRADITION" ALEXANDER SUVOROV---SARCONE: MAN PLOTTED TO SELL U.S. TECH TO RUSSIA; GO HERE

***POSSIBLE NEW COMMUNITY FORUM; GO TO EverythingCroton: CROTON COMMUNITY FORUM

*** VERY HANDY---FROM THE CROTON NEWS AI SITE---CROTON, ON VIDEO; GO HERE

***WINKLER'S VINTAGE CROTON 1965; GO HERE

***FROM THE CROTON NEWS AI SITE 9/20 SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING--THERE'S ALSO A LINK TO POTENTIAL PROPERTIES BEING SCREENED FOR INCLUSION IN THE OCTOBER BESS PLANNED RFP; click here

****JOHN McKEON ---THOUGHTS ON THE HIGH DENSITY INITIATIVE COMPOUNDING THE PROPERTY TAX DISPARITY IN CROTON-ON-HUDSON; GO HERE

***VINTAGE CROTON, THE MODEL TRAIN STORE KNOWN AS THE ROUNDHOUSE; GO TO EverythingCroton: MORE ON CROTON'S MODEL TRAIN STORE KNOWN AS THE ROUNDHOUSE I

***FROM THE MAILBOX, 2026 SENIOR AWARDS BANQUET, FLYOVER, HOW MUCH PEEKSKILL GETS FROM ALL ITS CANNABIS BUSINESSES; GO HERE

***CROTON IS "PRO-HOUSING"--WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SEE HERE

***VINTAGE CROTON 1970, PERRY LIPKIN, GO TO EverythingCroton: 1970 CROTON COMMUNITY BAND, PERRY LIPKIN, TO OPEN SEASON SUNDAY

***POT SHOPS: THE PLACES THAT OPTED OUT; WE DIDN'T; GO HERE

***UP IN SMOKE: EverythingCroton: FROM THE MAILBOX: OUTDOOR POT SMOKING AND CROTON PHOTOGRAPHERS - ASSORTED REQUESTS FOR INFO

***A WORD FROM CROTON EMS; LOSAP BENEFIT; GO TO EverythingCroton: FROM CROTON EMS---ABOUT THAT LOSAP BENEFIT...

***When New York Threw a Party for Croton Water; GO HERE

***VETERANS DAY AT THE CROTON YACHT CLUB: EverythingCroton: CROTON YACHT CLUB - 2026 VETERANS DAY PRESS RELEASE

***JOHN SARCONE AND NEWSMAX; GO TO EverythingCroton: JOHN SARCONE TO NEWSMAX--NY BLOCKING DOJ VOTER CHECKS

ALI JAFFERY DRAMA

Have disabled comments regarding the Ali Jaffery Elise Lentz Gazette letter and Harry Chapin water give-away incident (it's all discussed here)---let it suffice to that these were comments that were anonymous, "odd in tone", and the claims could not be verified.

BUT there were additional claims that there was never any JAFFERY LIP BALM GIVEAWAY. Here it is.

THE LATEST ON THE ILHAN OMAR CASE

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the investigation that feds probing Rep. Ilhan Omar assembled is a “large case” dealing with multiple people.  “This isn’t just a case that’s targeting one individual. This is a large case that we have presented to the DOJ, and the DOJ is leading the investigations,” he told Fox News on Friday.  MORE AT Ilhan Omar case is 'large' and targeting multiple people, reveals DHS secretary

SOCIAL MEDIA SATURDAY

You know the drill...many of us are not on social media but we often get to hear about it and are sometimes sent screenshots.....

And while we have Saturday chores and  trick or treaters undoubtedly too---there was some interesting and amusing stuff out there worth mentioning:

*********ALI JAFFERY LIP BALM GIVE AWAY!  Yes, are you one of the lucky few who got one? Then there's the Elise Lentz letter in the Gazette detailing the free Ali Jaffery water incident at the Harry Chapin run.  You gotta read it. One of the parents added in exasperation, "it's always something with this guy".

********MUCH GRATITUDE and discussion of Bob Anderson's fantastic GAZETTE LETTER extolling Pete Tsagarakis and excoriating the IDEA Committee; you can read it at  EverythingCroton: A TWO-PART LETTER FROM BOB ANDERSON: DISBAND THE IDEA COMMITTEE & THOUGHTS ON "THAT GUY" PETE TSAGARAKIS

*********MANY THANKS TO RED PAPAYRUS for posting this priceless DOUGLAS MURRAY VIDEO---PRICELESS: Douglas Murray’s Hilarious Take on LGBTQIA+

*********There's been some minor---and dare we say it--some amusing---social media chatter regarding "flu vaccination rates"----again......which have dropped significantly--reaching some of their lowest levels in recent seasons. Reports from public health monitoring groups and retail pharmacy data show a steady, downward trend in people getting their annual flu shots, and that is certainly what is being reported locally.

Not going into get into why this is---or who should get the shots, etc.--there are no mandates this time around---no magic six foot social distance---and no masks---there are however, claims that dominant strains like H1N1 could disproportionately impact younger, unvaccinated populations....for those who care, on one of the parents forums, the LOHUD paywalled article link has been posted  NY flu cases surge: See latest numbers and symptoms

HAPPY HALLOWEEN CROTON!

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN CROTON....

And now some vintage--and not so vintage---Croton Halloween!

--CROTON HALLOWEEN 1983; CLICK HERE

--2018, PHOTOS, CROTON SENIORS CLUB, ANNUAL HALLOWEEN BASH; CLICK HERE 

--2021, CROTON SENIORS CLUB, HALLOWEEN; CLICK HERE.

--2017,  COURTESY OF CROTON UNITED'S FB PAGE - CROTON SENIORS HALLOWEEN 2017 - A PHOTO ALBUM...The Halloween costume party was well-attended this year, and the potluck food table was a success.  CLICK ON THE LINK TO SEE THE PHOTOS https://www.facebook.com/crotonunited/posts/croton-seniors-halloween-2017the-halloween-costume-party-was-well-attended-this-/885265578297141/

--1964, CROTON LIONS & HALLOWEEN PARADE http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/08/1964-500-children-in-crotons-halloween.html

--GOBLIN WALK 2017, PHOTOS COURTESY OF CROTON UNITED; more at https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/10/more-photos-goblin-walk-2017-courtesy.html

--MORE 2017 GOBLIN WALK COURTESY OF YOUR EDITOR; more at https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/10/photos-part-1-2017-croton-goblin-walk.html

---1922 HALLOWEEN IN HARMON WITH HOUDINI; MORE HERE

--1913 THE MYSTERY OF THE DEVIL'S FOOTPRINTS; MORE HERE

--From 2018, IT'S TRUE!!!!! FRANKENSTEIN, THE WOLFMAN, DRACULA & GHOST SPOTTED IN HARMON!!!!!! MORE HERE thanks to WESTCHESTER BALLOON COMPANY!

--NANCY KENNEDY'S "DEAD & BREAKFAST from 2019"  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2019/10/2019-halloween-dead-breakfast-at-nancy.html

2026 CROTON POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMUNITY SURVEY

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A TWO-PART LETTER FROM BOB ANDERSON: DISBAND THE IDEA COMMITTEE & THOUGHTS ON "THAT GUY" PETE TSAGARAKIS

Letter to the Editor,

This letter has two parts regarding the IDEA committee. The first includes the question, "After listening to the tape and reading the transcripts, why would anyone want to live here?" 

Regardless, if the meeting was official or not, the chair of the IDEA comm. was there and should have stopped the discussion immediately. Isn't their goal to bring us together and not divide us?

The virtue signaling, and the hypocrisy is stunning. The IDEA committee should be immediately separated as an official village committee. They've done a disservice to the village, the village board, and the Croton community. They can continue their work and bring issues forward to the board just as other residents do, but not under the auspices of the village government.

I believe their mission is worthy and they may have achieved some positive results, but they have lost their way. One former mayor once admonished a resident with the words, "actions have consequences", and this is a classic example. If they are allowed to continue with the blessing of the village, then it should be under strict oversight.

Part two of this letter is the reference to "that guy." That guy is a person who came to this country with nothing. He embraced the American Dream and through hard work built a successful business. He truly loves this country and this village.

He is the most generous person that I've ever met. He has donated time, money, and food to numerous village charitable organizations. I suspect thousands of dollars over time every year since he opened his business. His caring and kindness to others should be an example to us all.

To have his name; although the group could not remember, it dragged into the discussion disgusts me. He has achieved more positive goals in his life than this IDEA group in total might ever hope to achieve.

The IDEA committee and the village owe him an apology. By the way, "that guy" is Pete Tsagarakis, owner of the Croton Diner who has been feeding Croton families for over fifty years.

Stop by sometime and receive a hearty welcome and a great meal.

Bob Anderson, Croton on Hudson

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN EverythingCroton: BY SPECIAL REQUEST, PAGE 2 GAZETTE, STAND UP FOR FREE SPEECH IN CROTON, THE I.D.E.A. COMMITTEE TAPES--PAUL STEINBERG

OUR REGULAR FRIDAY GUEST FEATURE--TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY---AND HIS FRIDAY COCKTAIL SERIES, FDR'S REVERSE MARTINI

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.

OUR REGULAR FRIDAY GUEST FEATURE--TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY---AND HIS FRIDAY COCKTAIL SERIES---AND NOW....– FDR’s reverse martini or here https://tomfarandasfolly.com/?p=17443

ICYMI---CROTON.NEWS HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE

SEE more at  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1637624571202905/

CROTON YACHT CLUB - 2026 VETERANS DAY PRESS RELEASE

2026 Veterans Day Press Release

On Wednesday, November 11th , the members of the Croton Yacht Club will celebrate Veterans Day at their 6 Elliott Way clubhouse by once again opening its doors and hearts to  Croton’s community of veterans and active military to thank them for their service and sacrifices made on our behalf.

The event will commence at noon and include a brief ceremony followed by a luncheon which will be free of charge for all village veterans and spouses, surviving spouses of veterans, active military and spouses. To offset the luncheon expenses, it is suggested that all non-military attendees donate $15 per adult and $5 per teen over 16, children are free. Any net proceeds realized from the luncheon will be donated to the American Legion Fox-Eklof Post 505.

Residents who would like to attend this event should contact Dennis Kooney, by email at dennis@kooney.net or by phone at 914-271-6384.

UNDO LEGAL WEED, MASSACHUSETTS IS THINKING ABOUT IT--THE FREE PRESS

A vote in Massachusetts next week shows how misgivings about legalized marijuana are becoming mainstream across the country.

Stephen Kronberg voted 10 years ago to legalize recreational marijuana in his home state of Massachusetts, hoping that it would lead to a boost in tax revenue and a “cleaner product” compared with black-market weed. “I thought it seemed like common sense,” he told me.

MORE AT Undo Legal Weed? Massachusetts Is Thinking About It.

FROM THE MAILBOX

Confidential to "Should I?"-----uh, no.  Any engagement is not recommended, full stop, as there is simply no point....especially given recent events.

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So we have had repeat requests for some items ---both of which were answered in the past but missed by the requesters---here they are again as a courtesy:

A reader is seeking photos from any of those "fishing contests" down on the village waterfront????

Response: You MAY mean the Catfish Chaos Tournament events at the Croton Yacht Club:

2020 event is here

2019 photos are here

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A reader writes: Back in the late 1970's, my late cousin entered some sort of local fireman's drawing(???) contest that I have been wracking my brains trying to remember.  We went to Elliott's for the oaktag and markers. Can you help?

Response: You MAY mean this from 1979; THE SAFETY POSTER/ESSAY CONTEST; go to EverythingCroton: WINNERS OF THE 1979 CROTON FIRE DEPARTMENT SAFETY POSTER/ESSAY CONTEST

MERWIN OAK PARKING LOT CLOSED FOR MAGICAL BEGINNING'S TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT 10/30 , 4:30 TO 6:30 PM

 Click on the image.  Village of Croton-on-Hudson Government | Facebook

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, 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, The Organic Teaching Kitchen, Deprez, The Tavern at Croton Landing, SHOPRITE, MONDAYS GIFTS, Raga, SUPER FOODTOWN, BARRE-ON-HUDSON, COACH NAILS, and more.