NEW FROM THE CROTON CHRONICLE: LOCAL JOURNALISM IS ONE OF THE BEST DEALS AROUND. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND SUPORT IT.

We’re going to keep this reasonably short. We are approaching the six month anniversary of The Croton Chronicle, and things are going very well. We now have hundreds of subscribers, and about a quarter of them are paying $5/month or $50/year to get all of our highly relevant content. The publication has proven impact in our community, has broken many original stories, and villagers are increasingly relying on its independence and probing coverage of our village.

A few examples of stories you have not seen anywhere else.

As we write, our story on the campaign by low-paid workers in the Croton-Harmon school district to get a better contract has received more than 1500 views. That breaks all records since the Chronicle was launched, but a number of recent stories are not far behind. Our update on the plans to put a cannabis dispensary in the ShopRite shopping center—currently on hold, but not abandoned—is getting plenty of attention, along with our survey of the health standards of Croton restaurants (mostly good news there, especially compared with some other Westchester communities.)

Likewise, our report from a recent Board of Education Policy Committee meeting about the proposed DEI policies in our schools has received plenty of attention, in large part because it was the only place those who weren’t there could easily find out what happened.

Sometimes we have to report negative news, and we realize not everyone likes that. We don’t like having to do it. It was sad to have to burst the balloon floated by the Board of Trustees that the apartments in the Maple Commons (Katz-Regan) project were quite unlikely to go to current residents of the village, despite that being a major sales pitch for approving the development. (At the time we published that story, there were 1500 applicants for 33 apartments; now there are reportedly more than 4800.)  READ MORE AT Local journalism is one of the best deals around. Do yourself a favor and support it. (substack.com)