Croton-on-Hudson News

The story of a little known five-story loft building in New York City's wholesale flower district that was a popular late-night haunt for some of the biggest names in 1950's and 60's jazz is told in "The Jazz Loft Project", a new multimedia exhibition opening February 17, 2010, at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON - After four months in a coma, 11 months in the hospital and countless prayers from around the globe, Beacon resident David Hutchison has come home for Christmas.

VAN CORTLANDT House Museum, located off Broadway at West 246th Street, will host "Christmastide in the Colonies," a special historic holiday event, on Saturday and Sunday, Dec.

Finally, the other day, it was time for Richard Norris' middle school class to ride the bus.

A dozen months, five dozen high-school musicals and scores and scores of rehearsals and conversations made up 2009.

Twenty-two acres, an art studio, a museum for steam-driven industrial machinery that only the estate's owners are entitled to visit, a residence for the family with space set aside for a live-in caretaker, and a "retreat" acres away from the main house to get away from bustle and enjoy quiet contemplation.

When it comes to Christmas decorations, some people go all out. You can easily spot these lovers of holiday decorations - the ones who have illuminated their homes and yards with thousands of lights and armies of soldiers, reindeer, angels, candles, Santas, candy canes and gingerbread men - visible from blocks away.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON - A Long Island man who has already been convicted once of possessing a loaded gun was arrested over the weekend for allegedly driving around with another loaded handgun, police said.

Commuters at the Croton-Harmon train station are likely to be sighing with relief now that a seven-month repair of the parking lot has been completed.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON: The Hendrick Hudson band and chorus is offering residents a unique gift idea for the holidays: Send your family, friends and neighbors who live in the school district a live musical holiday greeting.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON: Ninety parents and local residents attended a recent forum at Croton-Harmon High School about teen drinking, drugs and sexual behavior.

NEW YORK - The builders needed concrete. The strength test results they got were anything but, prosecutors said Wednesday at a racketeering trial surrounding concrete tests for such landmarks as the new Yankee Stadium and Ground Zero's tallest skyscraper.

They are waiters, dental assistants, preschool teachers, hairdressers, small-business owners and recent college graduates.

A Patterson man charged with felony drunken driving after a trooper stopped him on Doansburg Road in Patterson late Friday is among 10 motorists troopers charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs over the weekend in Westchester and Putnam counties, state police said today.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON - Most people stuff a turkey for Thanksgiving and invite over a group of family and friends.

Selling Christmas trees to buy wheelchairs and walkers for the needy and help send local kids to college got harder for the Croton Lions this week when a thief made off with 28 of their trees.

Back in 1970, when "All in the Family" hit the airwaves, the Ford Pinto rolled off the assembly line and President Richard Nixon banned tobacco commercials from television, 419 people turned out in Croton-on-Hudson to roll up their sleeves and donate blood.

Herb Oringel knows a little bit about the virtual world after working at IBM for 44 years.

The Village of Croton-on-Hudson has announced the impending installation of new Pay-By-Space parking meters for daily commuters in the village-owned train station parking lot.

Croton-on-Hudson Village Manager Abraham J. Zambrano talks about Croton's "dummy light," the non-traditional traffic light at Grand Street and the Old Post Road.