IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER IN THE NEWS AGAIN---ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS PAY $48M MORE WITH 2-YEAR RENEWABLES PAC

Lohud---go to THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER IN THE NEWS AGAIN---ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS PAY $48M MORE WITH 2-YEAR RENEWABLES PACT

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3/4/24 THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: IN THE NEWS--ETHICS COMPLAINTS FACE SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER

NY POST--GREEN POLICIES ON CLIMATE MADE NYC EMISSIONS WORSE BY KILLING NUCLEAR POWER

Leftist realizes killing nuclear power means more C02 emissions, news at 11
By Post Editorial Board
Published March 21, 2024, 5:58 p.m. ET

Guess what, everybody: When the state forced the Indian Point nuclear power plant to shutter in 2021, it caused New York City’s carbon emissions to go up!

Wow, who could ever have imagined that closing down an emissions-free power source would force people to rely on other, less-green sources to satisfy Gotham’s vast energy demand?

Only anyone who bothered to think it through.

Remember, Indian Point was shut down before the state’s solar and wind capacities had any hope of replacing the lost wattage on their own.

(They’re still waaaaay behind.)

New York City’s grid is in fact now “dirtier” than Texas’ and the US average. Green policies on climate made NYC emissions worse by killing nuclear power (nypost.com)

CROTON AT 125: 125th ANNIVERSARY YEARBOOK

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Croton at 125: Croton-on-Hudson's 125th Anniversary Yearbook----Paperback – February 8, 2024
by Jim Christensen (Author), Carolyn Whiting (Author), Linda Simon (Author)

NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON ---$15 CLICK HERE

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Copies of the yearbook are now available for purchase at cost, priced at $10, and can be obtained from the Village Offices located in Room 24 of the Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building. 

HEADS UP--FOR THOSE ATTENDING SERVICES IN NYC---HOLY WEEK THREATS---PRO-PALESTINAN GROUP CALLS FOR "INTIFADA" IN NYC, TELLS SUPPORTERS TO "FIND A TARGET" AND FLOOD CITY

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We know some area residents are planning on attending Holy Thursday and Good Friday services at their old parishes in the city.  Please be aware that:

Pro-Palestinian Group Calls for ‘Intifada’ in NYC, Tells Supporters to ‘Find a Target’ and ‘Flood’ City

By ZACH KESSEL

March 21, 2024 11:13 AM

EXCERPTED
The pro-Palestinian activist group Within Our Lifetime (WOL) plans to hold a “Palestine is Everywhere” event in New York City from March 27 to 30, the organization announced, advertised in a flyer calling for “autonomous action” and “global intifada.”

The flyer, which WOL shared on its X page, directs the group’s supporters to “get a group together,” “find a target,” and “take action to defend Palestine.” WOL is urging its followers to “flood all of New York City” by taking “autonomous actions,” which include “de-occupations, assemblies and gatherings, public testimonies, roving shutdowns, sit-ins and slow downs, painting walls, wheatpastings, & other happenings.”

.........The organization was active during the holiday season, barging in on the Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center and protesting at Grand Central Station on Christmas Day. WOL was also behind the demonstration outside the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a hospital that houses a pediatric center as well as a cancer treatment facility.  MORE AT Pro-Palestinian Group Calls for ‘Intifada’ in NYC, Tells Supporters to ‘Find a Target’ and ‘Flood’ City | National Review

THE CROTON CHRONICLE--HOW DID A 78-YEAR-OLD VIETNAM VET END UP UNDER ARREST AT CROTON'S SHOPRITE?

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THE CROTON CHRONICLE--MICHAEL BALTER - MARCH 21, 2024

How did a 78-year-old Vietnam vet end up under arrest at Croton's ShopRite? Facing possible jail time on two petit larceny charges, a Peekskill man tries to turn his life around in "drug court."

Dale Page has spent nearly half his life in jail. We talked to him about his life before his latest appearance before Judge Reginald Johnson in Peekskill city court.

READ MORE AT How did a 78-year-old Vietnam vet end up under arrest at Croton's ShopRite? Facing possible jail time on two petit larceny charges, a Peekskill man tries to turn his life around in "drug court." (substack.com)

BACK IN TIME FOR THAT "SPECIAL" EASTER BASKET AT ROBBINS!

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We love finding the unexpected locally---and lately Robbins Pharmacy does not disappoint.  The CYCLOPS MONSTER Candy Novelty is back!  Click on the photo!  Stop in today for other really unusual items to add to that Easter Basket!

To keep track of all their offerings, visit Robbins Pharmacy at Drugstore, Pharmacy, Prescription - Robbinscrotonrx.com

WAPPINGERS--JOHN JAY HIGH SCHOOLERS WALK OUT AS ADULT PUSH TRANSGENDERISM

High school girls and boys are protesting the official push for shared restrooms at John Jay High School in Wappingers Central School District in New York State.

Students at John Jay High School staged a walkout on Monday in protest of students being allowed to use restrooms of the sex they identify with, rather than their actual biological sex, according to a report by Spectrum News 1.  MORE AT High Schoolers Walk Out as Adults Push Transgenderism (breitbart.com)

VILLAGE OF CROTON FILES TENTATIVE 2024-2025 BUDGET

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2024-2025 Tentative Budget Filed-------The 2024-2025 Tentative Budget has been filed with the Village Clerk today, as required by law. The budget document can be reviewed by clicking here.

In summary, this tentative budget:

Proposes $22,047,949 of total General Fund appropriations;

Proposes a tax levy $126,630 under the tax cap;

Proposes funding a bilingual police officer position which will bring the department back to its 2009 staffing level;

Proposes funding of a part-time community liaison & communication assistant; and

Decreases outstanding village debt by $1,023,298, continuing a multi-year trend of decreasing the Village’s debt while continuing to see capital projects completed;

Much of the budgeted increases are accounted for by items which are outside the Village’s immediate control, such as legally binding increases in pension contributions and health insurance premiums.

I encourage all residents to read my full budget message, where I go into more detail on all of the above topics. The Village Board will be holding a public hearing on the tentative 2024-2025 Village budget on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 7 p.m. in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room of the Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building. All are welcome to attend.

Over the coming weeks, the Board of Trustees will review the tentative budget, meet with department heads at televised work sessions, and consider possible amendments. A vote by the Board on the final budget is scheduled for April 24, 2024.

Sincerely,
Bryan T. Healy
Village Manager

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TEMPLE ISRAEL---5/4--MEET ME AT JAECH'S PLACE--SPEAKEASY AT THE SYNAGOGUE---AND THERE WILL BE LOTS OF 1920'S LINKS TOO--POSTED LATER TODAY

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Well, this explains why the blog is suddenly getting all these "1920's fashion tips". (We have that posted HERE.) Because Temple Israel is having an event:

MEET ME AT JAECH'S PLACE---5/4--Speakeasy at the Synagogue--Live Jazz | Open Bar | Hot & Cold Buffet | 50/50 Raffle | Baskets of Booze Raffle--Special Commemorative Gift

Attire: 1920s Period Dress Encouraged. Tiered ticket pricing. RSVP by April 28. MORE INFO AT Meet Me at Jaech's Place: A Speakeasy at the Synagogue - Temple Israel of Northern Westchester (tinw.org)

UPDATED: THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: SOME 1920'S PERIOD DRESS TIPS, INSPIRATION, LINKS AND MORE FOR THE UPCOMING TEMPLE ISRAEL EVENT, MEET ME AT JAECH'S, SPEAKEASY AT THE SYNAGOGUE

A LOOK BACK AT CROTON'S VIETNAM VETS & A REMINDER---TOWN OF CORTLANDT NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY CEREMONY 3/28

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THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT IS HOLDING A NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY CEREMONY: THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024; SEE MORE AT THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: TOWN OF CORTLANDT 3/28--NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY CEREMONY

CLICK ON THE 1971 PHOTO FOR CROTON'S PEGGY TUXEN.

FOR MORE CROTON VIETNAM VETS, CLICK HERE EverythingCroton: THE VIETNAM YEARS: CROTON's VETS, PART 1

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Another reader has been looking for this geo-thermal article........REPRINTING HERE:

A must-read for the geo-thermal amateur advocates among us. GEO-THERMAL IN THE NEWS: THE CRACKING BUILDINGS OF STAUFEN: The quaint German town of Staufen used to garner its fame from being the place where, according to the classic German legend, Faust died and sold his soul to the devil. But today, Staufen is famous for an entirely different reason: it is literally cracking apart. More at https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/staufen-germany

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A reader asks: WHEN DID THE CROTON CORNER close?

Answer: "Croton Corners" and Double Docs closed in 2023; go to THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: NOTICE OF CLOSURE--A MESSAGE FROM CROTON CORNERS

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A reader asks: Any truth to the chat that Croton helped "create Barbie"?

Answer: Well, there is a Croton connection; go to THE NEW EVERYTHING CROTON: BY SPECIAL REQUEST---BARBIE DOLLS--THE CROTON CONNECTION

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A reader asks: You ran an article about composting and vermin. Please re-post

Answer: Here you go....this is from 2019...TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE PROGRAM WAS SUSPENDED IN NYC----but you should check that----COMPOST, FOOD WASTE & ROACHES, BY SPECIAL REQUEST: 'Ick': rats, roaches and rank smells dampen New York's compost program--the link is still live........MORE HERE.

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A reader is looking for an article on Phoebe Phylo; this blog never ran such an article but the NY Times recently did: Phoebe Philo Finally Talks About Her Return to Fashion - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

FROM DAVID THUNDER--IRISH GOVERNMENT FAILED TO REDEFINE THE FAMILY---IRISH VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY SAY NO "TO A MORE INCLUSIVE SOCIETY"

The Irish Government Failed to Redefine the Family BY DAVID THUNDER, MARCH 20, 2024 

Last Friday, a large majority of Irish voters (67.7%) rejected their government’s proposal to insert a new definition of the family into the Constitution, in which “durable relationships” and not just a marital bond, could form the legal basis for the family unit. They also rejected – by a historically unprecedented landslide of 73.9% – a proposal to replace a clause expressing support for the care work of mothers in the home with a gender-neutral recognition of care work by “members of a family.”

The so-called “Care” amendment was essentially a piece of window-dressing to make a symbolic recognition of the role of mothers in the home sound more inclusive – not by adding a mention of fathers, nor by tangibly enlarging the rights of caregivers, but rather, by eliminating the only mention of “mother” from the Irish Constitution.

The Family Amendment, had it passed, would have had citizens wondering whether their boyfriends or girlfriends were “family” for the purposes of inheriting property, whether immigration rules would have to be altered to accommodate a much more expansive idea of family reunification rights, and whether a deceased person’s unmarried friends or romantic partners could vie with blood relatives to make claims on the property of the deceased.

These referendums were the work of politicians so infatuated with their ideal of Woke “progress” that they were neither able to grasp the fact that they were alienating their own supporters, nor able to play fair with voters by giving them grownup explanations of what they were voting for – for example, they never came clean with voters about the fact, noted in a leaked memo from their own Attorney General, that there was significant legal uncertainty surrounding the concept of “durable relationships.” Thankfully, we did not have to wait for judges to sort through this legal mess, because Irish citizens did not buy the government’s story that this was just about creating a more “inclusive” society. The Irish Government Failed to Redefine the Family ⋆ Brownstone Institute