RESIDENTS EVACUATED AFTER CAR SLAMS INTO APARTMENT BUILDING IN WESTCHESTER

Residents Evacuated After Car Slams Into Apartment Building In Westchester----An apartment in Westchester was evacuated after a driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into one of its walls, police said. More at Residents Evacuated After Car Slams Into Apartment Building In Westchester | Cortlandt Daily Voice

OKLAHOMA STUDENTS TOLD THEY CANNOT FLY AMERICAN FLAG AT SCHOOL

Oklahoma Students Told They Cannot Fly American Flag at School---READ MORE AT 

https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/08/27/watch-were-all-united-oklahoma-students-protest-after-being-told-they-cannot-fly-american-flag-at-school/

THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE CROTON CHRONICLE IS IN JUST TWO MONTHS...

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The one year anniversary of The Croton Chronicle is in just two months. Let’s celebrate by hitting 1000 subscribers!

Today the Chronicle’s email subscriber list is a mix of 870 free and paid subs, but some articles are read by 2000+ people. Let’s support local journalism by bumping up those numbers. You can help.

Michael Balter
Aug 27, 2024

READ MORE AT The one year anniversary of The Croton Chronicle is in just two months. Let’s celebrate by hitting 1000 subscribers! (substack.com)

EX-CORTLANDT EMPLOYEE AND PEEKSKILL LANDSCAPER PLEAD GUILTY IN ILLEGAL DUMPING SCHEME

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Ex-Cortlandt employee and Peekskill landscaper plead guilty in illegal dumping scheme--Jonathan Bandler

Rockland/Westchester Journal News

Cortlandt's former assistant general foreman and the owner of a Peekskill landscaping company pleaded guilty Monday to an illegal dumping scheme and have agreed to pay $2.4 million in restitution.

Over two years, in exchange for cash bribes, Robert Dyckman gave Glenn Griffin access to the town's Environmental Services site on Arlo Lane, where Griffin's Landscaping Corp. would dump unauthorized materials. The company was then paid by the town to remove the material.

In announcing the guilty pleas, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams assailed Dyckman for using "his important public position to enrich himself and damage public lands" by allowing Griffin to dump the harmful material. Griffin turning around and billing the town to remove what he had illegally dumped was "brazen," Williams said.

Griffin also pleaded guilty to a separate bid-rigging scheme that bilked Croton Harmon schools and the Verplanck fire district out of $133,000. MORE AT Ex-Cortlandt employee, Peekskill contractor plead guilty dumping scheme (lohud.com)

FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE AT THE CORTLANDT WATERFRONT PARK (FOR ADULTS)

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Friday Night Movie at the Cortlandt Waterfront Park (For Adults)
Release Date: August 27, 2024

Date night done right with a classic hit! Join us for a movie night featuring “The Mummy” (1999) at the Cortlandt Waterfront Park on Friday, September 27 starting at 7PM. Food trucks will be on site for food and snack purchases.

Attention parents! Drop your kids off at the Youth Center for DJ Night while you enjoy the Town Adult Movie Night. Take a night off and relax! Youth will be provided free pizza and ice sticks, DJ Music by DJ Randy, Games with prizes: limbo, hot potato, knock out and more! PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR YOUTH CENTER DROP OFF, please visit www.townofcortlandt.com/reconline to register or call the Youth Center directly for questions/ concerns at 914-736-0498.

For more information, please contact the Town of Cortlandt Recreation Department at 914-734-1050 or tocrec@townofcortlandt.com.

Food Trucks Scheduled to Appear:
American Dogs
Homestyle Desserts Baskery
Octavio's Food Wagon
Mister Softee
Wanna Sip (Mobile Alcoholic Beverages)

BY SPECIAL REQUEST---2015--PHOTOS--HISTORICAL SUNDAY---ASBURY METHODIST AT THE BETHEL CHAPEL

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Asbury Methodist Church celebrated "Historical Sunday" 2015 (a.k.a. "Historic Sunday") this morning at the Bethel Chapel.

For those who don't know, the Bethel Chapel is surrounded by the historic Bethel Cemetery. The Chapel was built in the early 1790's on land donated by Phillip Van Cortlandt. Over the years the chapel has numbered among its worshipers many of the men prominent in the early history of our nation, more particularly in the founding of the Town of Cortlandt and Westchester County.

The wooden clapboard structure has not changed very much over the years and contains an organ said to be one of the oldest in the United States. Bethel Chapel and cemetery are listed on the NYS Register of Historic Places and in the National Registry.

Here are a few photos from the 2015 event; click on the images below, all rights reserved. 

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IN THE NEWS---ZUCKERBERG ADMITS BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN PRESSURED FACEBOOK TO CENSOR CONTENT

Mark Zuckerberg expressed regret Monday that Facebook caved to pressure by the Biden-Harris administration to censor content.

Zuckerberg admitted in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan that senior Biden administration officials “repeatedly pressured” Facebook teams to suppress COVID-19 content that the platform otherwise would not have restricted, and expressed frustration when Facebook disagreed. Zuckerberg told Jordan he now feels strongly that the platform should not compromise its standards “due to pressure from any Administration in either direction.” MORE AT Mark Zuckerberg Admits Biden-Harris Admin Pressured Facebook To Censor Content, Expresses Regret | The Daily Caller

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CNBC--Mark Zuckerberg says White House 'pressured' Meta to 'censor' Covid-19 content

“In 2021, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn’t agree,” Zuckerberg wrote in a letter to the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee.

9/1 ASBURY--SERVICE COMMEMORATING REVEREND FLETCHER

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ASBURY METHODIST--9/1 AT 3 p.m.--Service at Bethel Cemetary commemorating the Reverend Fletcher who was the pastor at Asbury 1916-1921. All are welcome. Asbury United Methodist Church - Croton-on-Hudson, NY | Welcome - Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors (umcchurches.org)

LOHUD---NY BALLOT QUESTION WON'T SAY ABORTION OR LGBTQ AFTER JUDGE SNUBS PUSH FOR NEW WORDING

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NY ballot question won't say 'abortion' or 'LGBTQ' after judge snubs push for new wording--Chris McKenna--New York State Team---MORE AT NY abortion, LGBTQ rights ballot question rewording snubbed by court (lohud.com)