REMINDER--- AN IMPORTANT FUNDRAISER---AND FUN TOO---HOLY NAME OF MARY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 9TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

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Holy Name of Mary Knights of Columbus 9th Annual Golf Tournament--Friday, September 20th, 2024--Putnam County Golf Course

This event is open to everyone regardless of skill level. We can pair individuals or incomplete foursomes.

If you are not a golfer, but interested in supporting our cause, please see the website below to sponsor / donate.

Please register by September 1st at www.crotongolf.com OR submit payment to the Parish Office and include your name, email, and phone number OR payment via Zelle to HNM KofC@hotmail.com.

The cost is $170.00 per golfer and includes green fee, golf cart, lunch, buffet dinner, and beer/soda!!!!

This tournament is our biggest fundraiser and has enabled us to provide significant support to the Holy Name of Mary Parish community as well as other worthy causes at the local and national levels. We are targeting a significant portion of the proceeds from this year’s tournament to support an initiative with Blythedale Children’s Hospital to provide specially designed gaming consoles for resident children with special needs.

SATURDAY UPDATE FROM THE VILLAGE, POWER OUTAGES, STREET CLOSURES, ETC.

As of 8 AM today, 259 customers are without power in the Village. These outages are primarily concentrated along Old Post Road North and its side streets, as well as the Grand Street/Batten Road area. If you have a power outage and have not yet reported it to Con Edison, please call 1-800-75-CONED.

The Community Room at the Municipal Building is open as a cooling center/charging station for those without power. The room will remain open until power is restored.

Route 129 (Grand Street) remains closed this morning between Quaker Bridge Road and Batten Road in the Town of Cortlandt. One lane of Albany Post Road near Warren Road is currently closed for tree removal.

Final Storm Update for Village - August 10, 2024

As of 5:15 PM today, all power has been restored in the Village. Route 129 and Albany Post Road have been reopened from their previous closures.

The Community Room at the Municipal Building will be closed as all power has been restored.

LAND OF PEACE MISSION AT HOLY NAME MARY, AFTER MASSES, 8/24 AND 8/25

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Land of Peace Mission After mass on the weekend of August 24th & 25th, our brothers and sisters representing the Land of Peace mission, a nonprofit organization, will be with us speaking about the Christian situation in the Holy Land and selling Crucifixes, religious art work, and rosaries - all made of olive wood which is native to Israel and Bethlehem. The director of the Land of Peace Mission tells us: “Since tourism has greatly depleted, Christian families in the holy land who depend on tourists, have been greatly affected. The goal of this mission is to help the poor and needy families in Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Sale of these goods will help them greatly and also give you the opportunity to have something authentic from the holy land. Please browse and buy some articles. It is for a good cause and also a help to your personal devotion.”p website: www.landofpeace.org

POP BERGER'S STATIONERY, BY SPECIAL REQUEST

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POP BERGER’S STATIONERY--With special thanks to The Croton Historical Society

One of the EC Elves finally got around to consolidating all the bits and pieces we have accumulated over the years on Maurice Berger--a.k.a. POP BERGER---and one of the founders of the Croton Little League---read more and click on the images below....

Closed by the late 1970’s, Pop Berger’s Stationery, (located on the same block as then Wondrous Things) is still remembered with a smile. Owned by Maurice Berger, it was THE place to go to for the latest comic books and a "great after-school hangout".

One resident recalls fondly how she would look forward to the latest edition of Archie coming out. For another, it was whatever superhero ruled the day. Others remember the seemingly endless variety of penny candy and wondering what to choose, then the bliss of being handed a fresh paper bag filled with Mary Janes, marshmallow “ice cream cones”, “orange slices”—a Chuckles type confection--and root beer barrels.

Places like Pop Berger's are largely gone today, more’s the pity, but will live on forever fondly for those lucky enough to have had the experience. 

UPDATE--POP BERGER'S EPILOGUE: While doing some research at THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, we came across this photo of Maurice “Pop” Berger while he was stationed in Italy during WWII. (See below) That’s when we learned something worth mentioning: when Pop got back to the states, he gave every Croton kid a free ice cream. That’s the kind of memory that is still with people today and ultimately perhaps, the best kind of tribute.

JUST A REMINDER---SAVE THE DATES---UPCOMING VILLAGE MEETINGS

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JUST A REMINDER---SAVE THE DATES---UPCOMING VILLAGE MEETINGS:

Planning Board - 8/20/24 @ 8pm
Board of Trustees - 8/21/24 @ 7pm