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Correction in school bus story: Three gas/diesel buses, not four.
Please note that Proposition #2 proposes one electric bus and three gas/diesel buses, not four. For the corrected version please use this link, We…
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Michael Balter
Electric vehicle advocates urge “No” vote on Croton schools Proposition #2. District officials counter that EV purchases remain on track to…
Proposition #2 would authorize the district to purchase one large electric school bus and three smaller gas/diesel vehicles. Lack of charging capacity…
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Michael Balter
Reminder: The Croton Lions Club fundraising tag sale is this weekend. Scholarships and aid to seniors and the disabled will benefit from the…
The Lions Club has been serving Croton for 85 years. Few others can make that claim!
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Michael Balter
The railroad turned Croton-on-Hudson into a riverside idyll. But some can’t live with the noise of idling locomotives.
A lawsuit by neighbors driven to distraction by late night noise from the Harmon yard is working its way through state court. The railroad counters that…
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Michael Balter
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Chronicle Editorial: Croton residents are being shut out of one of the most important decisions the village has ever made.
In response to a Request For Proposals last year, two projects were submitted to village officials, and one was accepted. Officials refuse to divulge…
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Michael Balter
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A poorly attended forum with two unopposed candidates for the Croton Board of Education hits some issues, but misses one major concern of…
Please note an update including comment from the moderator of the forum, Matthew Schuerman, at the end of this story.
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Michael Balter
A poorly attended forum with two unopposed candidates for the Croton Board of Education hits some issues, but misses one major concern of…
With Jeneen Garcia out of the race, Ana Teague and Omar Mayyasi fielded questions sent by parents and others to the Zoom session. Academic standards, a…
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Michael Balter
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Croton's library formally joins nationwide trend to end library fines. Marxist plot? No.
The library's Board of Trustees voted to end library fines in March, but the de facto policy had been in place since the beginning of the pandemic. It's…
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Michael Balter
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Low paid Croton school workers show up in force at Board of Education meeting.
Teacher's aides and lunch room workers are in negotiations with the district for a contract that gives more than measly wages and stingy working…
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Michael Balter
Commentary: Is the Board of Education's proposed diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) policy ready for prime time?
Some parents say that episodes last November in which middle school students allegedly shared swastika images were not well handled by the district.
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Michael Balter
The telecommunications committee that would not die still has problems with Croton's proposed law on cell towers. Will it foster the best…
This evening the Board of Trustees will pick up the process of passing a telecommunications law after cancelling a public hearing last month. Does it…
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Michael Balter
Jazz at the Croton Free Library this Sunday
The Chronicle doesn’t do paid advertising, but it will do a favor for a Croton musician.
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Michael Balter
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