IN THE NEWS----GARBAGE HAULER FINED NEARLY $60K BY YORKTOWN---HER'ES WHY---LOHUD

Garbage Hauler Fined Nearly $60K By Yorktown: Here's Why---A garbage hauler company has been fined nearly $60,000 by a town in Northern Westchester after failing to properly collect trash and recycling, officials said.  MORE AT Garbage Hauler Fined Nearly $60K By Yorktown: Here's Why | Cortlandt Daily Voice | Your Local News for Cortlandt, Buchanan, and Croton

2023---ANOTHER YEAR OF HAPPY GOLDIES ON GRAND THANKS TO FEED THE BIRDS!

Welcome to The New Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton -- our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools -- in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

Yes Virginia, patience, proper feeder placement (thanks Feed the Birds! they do like cover) and persistence has paid off. The Goldfinches are back--year after year---and now in their seasonal colors....Click on the photo to see our early morning visitors.

FEED THE BIRDS--326 S. RIVERSIDE AVENUE--(914) 862-4700

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VIA THE CROTON HARMON BOOSTER CLUB FB PAGE---GIRLS AND BOYS SOCCER STORE IS OPEN FOR FALL MERCHANDISE

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VIA THE CROTON HARMON BOOSTER CLUB FB PAGE - The Girls and Boys Soccer Store is open for Fall Merchandise!!! Just a sampling below with plenty of options!!! Order today!!

https://croton-harmon-soccer-2023.itemorder.com/ (https://croton-harmon-soccer-2023.itemorder.com/)

CROTON FIRE DEPT. RETIRES USE OF 46.26 MHZ FOR DISPATCHING

Welcome to The New Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

From the CROTON F.D. FB PAGE---After 50+ years, the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department has “retired” the use of 46.26 MHz for dispatching.

With the development of our own UHF radio systems and a new UHF paging system developed by Westchester County, our members will now receive dispatches via these means.

For the “buffs” or “whackers” out there, you can hear our dispatches on 460.3250 (Croton FD Districtwide) or 477.0750 (County North Paging 3).

To the old “low band” channel that served us well for several decades, thank you for your service.

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EverythingCroton: BY SPECIAL REQUEST--OUTSTANDING VINTAGE WALKIE TALKIE FLICKR PHOTO ALBUM

AND

EverythingCroton: 1900: HARRIS FIRE ESCAPE FURNITURE, GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

FROM THE MAILBOX

A reader complains that there are not enough "healthy eating" options in the village and wonders why we do not have a "farmer's market'.

Your editor assumes that the reader is a newer resident who is unaware that the village HAD a farmers' market for some time. Let it suffice to say it was not successful despite assorted locations, days and hours----- it terminated the contract with the village in March of 2018.

That being said, there are so-called "heathy eating" options available all over the village from Apple Farm to Shoprite to FoodTown of Croton to Nella's Nutri-bar. There are also nearby farmer's markets at Ossining Farmers Market | Down to Earth Markets.

BY SPECIAL REQUEST---A REPEAT REQUEST----DISCOVERED A FAB BLOG THAT FEATURES QUITE A BIT ON ASSORTED CROTON NOTABLES

Welcome to The New 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.

Some time ago, one of the Everything Croton Elves came across this rather interesting blog called TRAVALANCHE---The observations of actor, author, comedian, critic, director, humorist, journalist, m.c., performance artist, playwright, producer, publicist, public speaker, songwriter, and variety booker Trav S.D.

There's quite a few posts on assorted Croton notables---sharing some of them here with the promise of more to come....you can see the previous installment here.

****AT TRAVALANCHE, a post on POLLY OF THE CIRCUS, written by Croton's own Margaret Mayo; see the post at https://travsd.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/polly-of-the-circus/

FOR MORE ABOUT CROTON'S MARGARET MAYO, click here.

****AT TRAVALANCHE, a post on THIS WAS SYDNEY BLACKMER; see the post at https://travsd.wordpress.com/2021/07/13/this-was-sidney-blackmer/

Blackmer was married to Croton's Lenore Ulric right here in the village; you can read more about that by clicking here

****AT TRAVALANCHE, a post on MARGARET WYCHERLY; see the post at Margaret Wycherly: “In Self Defense” – (Travalanche) (wordpress.com)

For more about Wycherly and her Croton connection, click here.

****As many of you know, author Eric Knight---of Lassie and THIS ABOVE ALL fame----had a Croton connection; (you can read more about that and his tragic death here)

AT TRAVALANCHE, a post about Lassie in all its forms, Knight and much more; see the post at https://travsd.wordpress.com/2020/08/26/for-national-dog-day-a-leg-up-on-lassie/

****As many of you know, silent film actress Florence La Badie died in a car accident here in Croton on Sope Hill (you can read more about that here.)

AT TRAVALANCHE, a post on LA BADIE; read the post at https://travsd.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/fearless-flo-honored-today/

BY SPECIAL REQUEST, VILLAGE ACKNOWLEDGES AREA THEY WANT RE-ZONED WILL FLOOD DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, A JUNE 2019 LETTER TO THE EDITOR

And now, by special request---a reader is seeking this Gazette letter from June 2019:

OF FLOODING, BUYOUT OPTIONS, BROOK & RIVERSIDE AVENUE RE-ZONING--WHY IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PUTTING INNOCENT PEOPLE AT RISK?

Why is the Board of Trustees Putting Innocent People at Risk?

June 15, 2019

To the editor:

I am not one of those residents who is granted private briefings by Ms. Gallelli or Mr. Simmons, let alone someone who has input into the opaque operations of our village government. I certainly don’t get to sit in on those secret “Executive Sessions” in which the Croton Board of Trustees discusses “real property” matters. But I hope that some charitable reader of The Gazette who is granted admission to the Croton inner circle can clarify something for me:

Given what the Board of Trustees know about how climate change is going to affect Croton in the coming years, why is the Board of Trustees putting innocent people at risk?

The report on a little-known workshop on climate change shows in detail that the rise in sea level will endanger residents living in Half Moon Bay, Brook Street, and North Riverside. So why do our Board of Trustees and Village officials want to endanger lives by encouraging construction of apartments in an area that is—by their own admission—becoming a floodplain?

A half-day workshop to discuss government response to climate change in Croton, Cortlandt and Buchanan was held on October 18, 2018. Attending that day were Ms. Gallelli and a “who’s who” of Croton government, gathered with officials from Buchanan and Cortlandt. This included top officials from the Village of Croton and also from the Croton-Harmon school district.

A report of that meeting was issued in January 2019, and on page 13 of the report it says something of great relevance to the rezoning of Brook Street and Riverside Avenue: “Village of Croton to determine buyout options and implications for North/South Riverside Ave and Brook Street, as well as the possibility of levees.” READ MORE AT http://www.crotonunited.org/news-views/2019/6/15/why-is-the-board-of-trustees-putting-innocent-people-at-risk