Croton-on-Hudson News

Nov. 22 Croton-on-Hudson: Hudson Holiday Collective Crafts. Jewelry, wearable art, decorative pieces and other handcrafted articles made by local artisans.

Monday, 16 November 2009 At RISD Author Tom Wolfe and other luminaries are expected to attend a celebration honoring Richard Merkin, the longtime RISD professor, New Yorker contributor and bespoke fashion icon who died Sept.

I wonder, was it vocal noise? Was she racing her Volvo engine or practicing duck calling? Could it be flatulence? In any case, inquiring minds want to know.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON - Astrid and Celina Bertoncini got a bonus yesterday on their way into Manhattan to see "Mary Poppins" on Broadway - the Cortlandt residents got to meet a couple of Radio City Rockettes.

CORTLANDT - A Croton-on-Hudson man with two previous convictions for driving while intoxicated was drunk Thursday when he got into an accident on Albany Post Road, state police said.

A college student from Croton-on-Hudson, Lauren Martino, has been awarded a scholarship founded by a local executive in the building trades.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON - The question tossed out on the wind one morning this fall may have sounded odd, but context can be everything.

Benito Herrero, the principal of Fieldstone Secondary School in Thiells was sentenced this morning to three years probation and a $750 fine for drunken driving with his young daughter in the car.

The staff at Edward F. Carter Funeral Home are happy to announce a new series of free, public educational seminars.

The good news is you can get to Philadelphia from Orange County on one train ticket.

Brett Sroka is a native of Lexington, Massachusetts and began playing the trombone at age ten.

When the Village of Croton-on-Hudson's Economic Development Committee met recently to discuss the impact of the anti-discrimination settlement and the Workforce Housing bill, County Legislator Bill Burton was invited to join us and share his input and knowledge with the group.

As autumn takes a firm hold in Connecticut, Metro-North Railroad is ready for another season of trying to put the brakes on a threat to on-time service: gooey, wet leaves.

When some singers rehearse, they need an accompanist, a vocal coach and plenty of quiet.

Good news for Hudson Valley rose-lovers - given proper care, most rose bushes come back for a colorful rebloom in the fall.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON - Sue Downes was on a routine mission in Afghanistan when a hidden bomb exploded nearby, killing two fellow American soldiers in her Humvee and causing the loss of both her legs.

Several children paid a short but memorable visit to the Peekskill soup kitchen last week, leaving a bounty of fresh cooked collard greens, green beans and peppers in their wake.

A rendering of a small ferry dock - known as a "spud barge" - that has been proposed by the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Celebration The Hudson River may no longer be the major economic and transportation artery it once was, but it is a big river - beautiful in parts - that is home to commercial boats like ferries and barges as well as ...

CROTON-ON-HUDSON - A local health club will hold a 'Spin for Soldiers' fundraising event Sunday to support an organization that provides services dogs to veterans injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Issues of experience versus innovation, recreation and staffing are dividing candidates running for the Westchester Board of Legislators representing District 9, the section covering Briarcliff Manor, Ossining, Croton-on-Hudson and part of Cortlandt.