Section: Croton-on-Hudson Misc.
December 2, 2007
Hey Croton, Meet Rep. Ron Paul (R), Texas
In this video clip, Presidential candidate Ron Paul is interviewed by CNN’s John Roberts after the CNN/YouTube Republican debate held on Wednesday, November 28, 2007
About the candidate: Ronald Ernest “Ron” Paul, official campaign website
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August 29, 2007
Technor... What? For Croton...
Are you interested in knowing “everything in the universe” about Croton-on-Hudson? If so, then you might enjoy visiting the “Croton-on-Hudson” tagged page on Technorati.
What is Technorati you ask? Well, Technorati is, “Who’s saying what. Right now.”
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July 31, 2007
'Shout Out' to Crotone, Italy
Long before, the Village of Croton-on-Hudson was incorporated in 1898, there was the Achaean colony of Croton, Italy—founded around 710 BC.
Now called Crotone, it is located in southern Italy, in Calabria, on the Ionian Sea (satellite map). Though larger in size and with a population of over 60,000, Crotone, governed by Mayor Peppino Vallone, is also a waterfront community with Mediterranean facing beaches and hotels that help to support tourism. Despite and economic crisis in the 1980’s and a major flood in 1996, Crotone continues to undergo urban renewal to revitalize its local economy.
Crotone’s main attractions include an archaeological museum, a provincial museum of contemporary art, and the Antiquarium di Torre Nao. The climate in Crotone is mild with daytime temperatures averaging 57 to 87 degrees, a relative humidity of 70% and average precipitation between .5 to 3.5 inches per month.
Neighboring Cantanzaro, Italy, Crotone is accessible to travelers via air, at the Sant’Anna Airport, rail and automobile.
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July 13, 2007
Notice Anything Different?
The volume of comments on Crotonblog has increased tremendously.
Until now we have been following the practice—common on many blogs—of showing the oldest comments first. But this requires readers to work their way through the oldest comments to read the most recent.
So we stood the comments on their head.
Any comment you make now will appear first instead of last—saving valuable reading time. Our aim is a blog easier to read and to use.
It’s a done deal. See for yourself. If you want to comment about the new look of Crotonblog’s comments, you can add one here.
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June 22, 2007
Craigslist.com + Crotonblog.com = Free Local Classified Ads
That’s right… Buy and sell locally with Craigslist.com. For example, right now a seller in Croton-on-Hudson is selling this brand-new, sealed-in-box Xbox 360 for $375.00—a savings of over $50.00 off the retail price with tax. Check it out fast!
View other items currently for sale below:
Want in? Go here to post your ad or browse more ads from throughout the Greater Hudson Valley and beyond…
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May 2, 2007
It's Presidential Trivia Time!
Who said this?
“Victory means exit strategy, and it’s important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.”
“I think it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.”
Answer after the jump…
Continue reading "It's Presidential Trivia Time!."
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April 1, 2007
Crotonblog Announces Staff Additions
The number of readers visiting Crotonblog and the number of pages they view have increased astronomically. As a consequence Crotonblog has been forced to make additions to its staff and to divide the staff into departments, following the practice of traditional newspapers. Here are the new staff members whose bylines will be appearing and the departments to which they have been assigned:
Managing Editor: Ivana Doolittle
Copy Editor/Proofreader: Mark Miewords
Political Editor: Bill Loni
Sports Editor: Jim Nasium
Food Editor: Cole Kutz
Beauty Editor: Anita Bath
Society Page Editor: Mahatma Kane Jeeves
Theatre Critic: I. Seymour Shoze
Film Critic: Frank N. Stein
Crotonblog has retained the well-known law partnership of Dewey, Cheatem & Howe in New York City to handle its legal affairs. This white-shoe Wall Street firm is associated with the respected British firm of Sue, Grabbitt & Runne in London, who will handle legal problems in the U.K.
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March 29, 2007
Real-time Croton Weather Data Link Added to Crotonblog
Midtown Manhattan, March 26, 2007
Not everyone can wake up and look out their window early in the morning and peer up at the New York magazine time and temperature sign to get a feel for the current weather conditions. But in Croton-on-Hudson, residents have something even better. Real-time weather conditions on the Internet captured from streaming weather data from the Croton Harmon train station.
In February, Crotonblog reported in a story titled, “Croton Installs Web-accessible Weather Monitoring Station at Train Parking Lot,” that this new service was online. Since then, after several requests to place a high-visibility link to the weather station, we are happy to report that we have done so. Located at the top-left of all pages are two new weather links—one for the current Croton live weather conditions and the other for a local weather forecast from NOAA.
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March 15, 2007
High Praise for Crotonblog from Mayor Dr. Gregory Schmidt
According to the mayor, Crotonblog is the “The Internet chat room that everybody uses in this community.” We’ll forgive him for confusing a blog with a chat room, but we hope he’ll soon learn the difference.
Crotonblog is happy to report that website traffic for January and February 2007 remained strong—exceeding our most optimistic expectations. As illustrated in the chart above, during January, Crotonblog welcomed 4,507 unique visitors who initiated 15,881 visitor sessions and viewed 65,948 pages. While in February, there were 4,337 unique visitors who initiated 14,985 visitor sessions and viewed 62,754 pages.
That’s an average of 512 daily visits and 2,127 daily page views in January, while in February there were 535 daily visits and 2,241 daily page views!
Throughout that time period, the following ranked as the top ten most viewed posts on Crotonblog:
Croton Republicans Conspired to Hijack Village Board Meeting
Earnest Testimonies of Faith at Croton Village Board Session—A Satirical Report
As always, we are very appreciative to our readership who access Crotonblog via the web, mobile devices, offline with “to go,” RSS newsfeeds and by our email newsletter (subscribe below to get Crotonblog headlines sent to your email inbox each morning).
In particular, we tip our hat with gratitude to our neighbors who write in with requests to help them promote upcoming local events, the “guy in the kitchen,” the “Crotonbloggers” for their thoughtful and polite commentary, and especially those who have been SO generous lately in signing up for a “voluntary subscription” to Crotonblog.
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January 15, 2007
Advertising on Crotonblog: A Google AdWords Primer
Since receiving the following three questions from two local businesses about the really exciting world of Online Advertising and the many contextual advertisements that appear on Crotonblog, we are presenting our answers for all to review. Enjoy!
“How much does it cost to advertise on Crotonblog?” After setting up a Google AdWords account (See “”) for your business, you set your own daily budget and only pay when someone clicks your ad and goes to your website. This type of online advertising is called “Pay per Click.”
“Does Crotonblog provide reports such as the number of views and clicks that my ad gets?” Crotonblog does not provide any reports to advertisers. Since we are part of Google’s content network, all Google AdWords customers get access to detailed advertising performance reports for metrics such as “Cost per Click,” number of clicks, and the “Click Through Rate” from Google. Additionally, advertisers can also track return on investment (ROI) goals like purchases or sales leads with tools like Google Analytics—which is free to AdWords advertisers.
“Why do some “Ads by Google” feature only one ad per placement while others share space with up to three other advertisers on Crotonblog?” The ads that contain one contextual ad or image ad per placement have been placed directly by an advertiser to specifically appear on Crotonblog—pending our approval. (See Crotonblog’s ad placement page). The other ad placements are delivered to Crotonblog by Google AdWords based on contextual matching, geographic location and demographic information.
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November 3, 2006
October Yields Another Record-breaking Month of Readership on Crotonblog
Website traffic reporting for October 2006 again showed record-breaking usage for Crotonblog. As illustrated in the above chart, Crotonblog welcomed 4,644 unique visitors who initiated 14,700 visitor sessions and viewed 59,525 pages. That’s an average of 474 daily visits and 1,920 daily page views!
Throughout the month of October, the following ranked as the top ten most viewed posts on Crotonblog:
As always, we are very appreciative to our growing readership who access Crotonblog via the web, mobile devices, offline with “to go”, RSS newsfeeds and by our email newsletter (subscribe below to get Crotonblog headlines sent to your email inbox each morning).
In particular, we tip our hat with gratitude to our neighbors who write in with requests to help them promote upcoming local events, the “guy in the kitchen”, the “Crotonbloggers” for their thoughtful and polite commentary, and especially those who have been SO generous lately in making such kind monetary donations to us.
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August 25, 2006
Multi-family Tag Sale on Saturday in Croton
A multi-family tag sale is set for Saturday, August 26, 2006 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Hastings Avenue, between Benedict Blvd. and Onieda Avenue (map).
The sale features a large selection of quality Furniture, Toys, Clothes, Baby & Kid’s items, and lots of Bric-a-Brac. No early birds please.
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