Croton Community Calendar: December 6th Edition
Croton Business Council Presents: “What’s for Dinner?” Wednesdays
The Croton Business Council has partnered with participating hospitality retailers in the Village for “What's For Dinner?” Wednesdays in an effort to encourage residents to shop and eat local. Retailers offer to-go specials (in-dining and delivery not available) at a discount of 10-30% off menu prices. Dinner specials will be listed on the CBC Croton Business Council Facebook page, as well as various Croton Community pages each week. In-dining and delivery not available for featured specials.
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Ceremony
The Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Ceremony will be on Thursday, December 7th at 3:30pm at Cortlandt Town Hall, 1 Heady Street, Cortlandt Manor. Light refreshments to follow.
Make Your Own Goddess Bracelet
Our Saviour Lutheran Church Annual Tag Sale and Christmas Fair
Our Saviour Lutheran Church is having its annual Tag Sale and Christmas Fair on Saturday, December 9th from 10 am - 3 pm. Find some treasures in the boutique, unique hand-made gifts at the craft fair, refreshments at the cafe, and delicious baked goods to enjoy! If you are a vendor and would like to rent a table, please contact mail@oursaviourcroton.org. Some of the proceeds will support renovation in the church, and some to those less fortunate around the world devastated by natural disasters and ravages of war.
Repair Café
Repair Cafés are FREE community events where you bring your broken but beloved items and volunteer repair coaches help you FIX THEM! The Village of Croton-on-Hudson's first-ever Repair Café will take place on Saturday, December 9th, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the Croton Municipal Building Community Room located at 1 Van Wyck Street in Croton-on-Hudson. The Repair Café is sponsored by the Village of Croton-on-Hudson and the Town of Cortlandt, and hosted by the Croton Conservation Advisory Council. Repair coaches welcome items such as lamps, vacuums, clocks, chairs, electrical items. small appliances, digital devices, clothing and textiles, dolls, stuffed animals, toys, jewelry, bicycles and tools that need sharpening. And for this event, we are also offering window screen repairs! Learn more and sign up to get an item fixed (or volunteer to fix an item!) at https://www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/conservation-advisory-council/pages/repair-caf%C3%A9-events.
Vaccine Clinic @ Croton Free Library
If you want a flu vaccine:
- No appointment required!
- Available for anyone age 4+.
- Bring your insurance card.
- Call Save Mor at 914-271-2900.
- Tell pharmacy staff you’re making an appointment for the clinic at Croton Free Library on Dec. 9.
- Vaccines are free with most major insurances!
- For more information, call Save Mor at 914-271-2900.
Learn About Girl Scouts & Build a Robot!
6 Old Post Road North
Come see what the fun is about in Croton Girl Scouts! Interested girls and their parents are invited to learn all about Girl Scouts and build a real robot! Please register here so we can be sure to have enough supplies. For more information, contact Abbey at CrotonGirlScoutCommunity@gmail.com
Building Energy Efficiency & Clean Energy Workshop
Join Croton100 & CURE100 for a FREE workshop to learn about financial incentives for adoption of clean energy solutions offered by Federal agencies, New York State, and public utility programs. Free babysitting with sustainability focused activities will be provided for children over 3 years old. Experts from the Climate Reality Project- Westchester and Sustainable Westchester will explain how people can take advantage of financial rebates and other incentives to save money, improve health, increase comfort, and reduce their carbon footprint by installing heat pumps, adopting electric vehicles, using clean electricity from solar systems and utility providers, reducing energy use through energy efficiency tune-ups, including sealing building gaps and increasing insulation. Event organizers invite the Croton community and beyond to register for this event HERE.
Holiday Toy Drive
Bring a toy, enjoy some holiday treats and take a photo with Santa! New, unwrapped toys only - toys for all ages welcome! Sponsored by the Croton Police Department & Croton Caring Committee.
Croton Friends of History: the Life of Clifford B. Harmon
Harmon, the New City In 1905, innovative real estate developer Clifford B. Harmon announced the purchase of the Van Cortlandt family farm, where he intended to build “Harmon, the New City, the most important and extensive suburban development in the history of New York.” Village Historian Marc Cheshire will tell the story of how Harmon bought, marketed and sold his “new city”, and his colorful life as a wealthy playboy and internationally famous aviator.
Children's Book Pop-Up Sale
Croton 125th Anniversary Committee Time Capsule Dedication
A 125th Anniversary time capsule will be dedicated on December 15, 2023, at 12:45 in the Community Room of the Municipal building. Birthday cake will be served after the dedication.
Croton Welcome Wagon Cookie Exchange
The Croton Welcome Wagon will host a Winter Cookie Exchange at the municipal building, on Friday, 12/15, from 5-7pm. Bring 2 dozen of your favorite cookies and a container to fill with cookies made by friends, both old and new. All Croton residents are welcome! We will also have warm drinks and a winter craft for kids.
Citizen Preparedness Corps
The Citizen Preparedness Corps is a FREE training that provides an introduction to responding to a natural or human-caused disaster. Participants are advised on how to properly develop family emergency plans and stock up on emergency supplies.Trainings are led by the New York National Guard working with experts from the Division's Office of Emergency Management and Office of Fire Prevention and Control. Each family who attends will receive a free NYS Disaster Preparedness Kit containing examples of key items to assist individuals in the immediate aftermath of a disaster (registration required!) Register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CR121623
Fire Department Holiday Parade
Naloxone (Narcan) Training
New York State Senator Pete Harckham, Village of Croton-on-Hudson Mayor Brian Pugh, and the Croton Free Library invite you to learn how to save a life! Participants will learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose and how to administer nasal naloxone (Narcan). This is a free training. To sign up, please go to tinyurl.com/CrotonNaloxoneTraining.
For more information, contact Sen. Harckham's office at 914-241-4600 or doody@nysenate.gov.
Upcoming Village Meetings
- Board of Trustees Work Session - Wednesday, December 6th - 7:00pm
- Police Advisory Committee Meeting - Thursday, December 7th - 6:00pm
- Conservation Advisory Council Meeting - Thursday, December 12th - 7:30pm
- Planning Board Meeting - Tuesday, December 19th - 8:00pm
- Board of Trustees Meeting - Wednesday, December 20th - 7:00pm