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Rockland County has launched its eighth annual toy and clothing drive to benefit the children served by the county’s Department of Social Services. County Executive Ed Day says there are several ways you can give to help make a brighter holiday for area kids…

Items can be brought to the front lobby of the county office building on New Hempstead Road in New City, the county clerk’s office in the Rockland courthouse in New City, the main lobby of Building A at the Health Center in Pomona, and at BRIDGES in the Palisades Center. Rockland State Senator Bill Weber is continuing his coat drive for the holidays, and he’s hoping to beat last year’s haul…

The drive runs through December 15th. You can bring items to Senator Weber’s office at 163 Airport Executive Park in Nanuet, or you can find drop-boxes at town halls in Ramapo, Orangetown, Clarkstown and Haverstraw. Many area libraries are participating, as well, the full list is below.

1. Finkelstein Memorial Library
2. Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library-Garnerville
3. Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library Haverstraw
4. Nanuet Library
5. New City Library
6. Orangeburg Library
7. Pearl River Public Library
8. West Nyack Free Library

Thanksgiving isn’t until Thursday, but many college students are home and people are starting to travel and that usually means an increase in drunk driving. That’s according to Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco, who says the long weekend too often brings out excessive alcohol usage, but lately more people are being smarter about it, and taking cabs or using ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft…

Local and New York State Police will be out in higher numbers patrolling the roads and staffing fixed sobriety checkpoints, watching not only for drinking or drugged drivers, but distracted drivers who are talking or texting with handheld devices. With more people out on the roads expect lots of people to be pulled over. During the Thanksgiving holiday last year, State Troopers arrested 178 drivers for DWI, issued 4,349 tickets for speeding, and 362 tickets for distracted driving.

It’s been a few weeks since the Sain Building in New City has been declared surplus but there haven’t yet been major projects suggested for the property just yet. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says it’s too early to have plans yet…

The 3.7-acre site near New Hempstead Road and Main Street across from the county office building in New City has been vacant for seven years.

Lorna Lane Park in Airmont has a new state-of-the-art playground. Ramapo supervisor Michael Specht says a ribbon-cutting was held there last week…

Specht encourages all families to come out and enjoy the new park.