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Students at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill are hosting “STACsGiving” tomorrow and putting together Thanksgiving care packages to be given to some 800 homebound seniors in Rockland County by Meals on Wheels. STAC junior Anna Vuktilaj is a public relations student and she’s been participating in the semester-long service-learning project…

The “STACsGiving” is being held tomorrow afternoon at 1pm in the Romano Student Alumni Center at STAC. Students will be creating cards and gifts of gratitude for seniors that will accompany Meals on Wheels deliveries this Thanksgiving.

Progress is being made in the fight against the Jennings Creek / Sterling Forest fire. The Journal News reports the fire was reportedly inching closer to the town of Tuxedo, but was nearly 70 percent contained by late yesterday. Haverstraw supervisor Howard Phillips says there is concern fires could be sparked in his area…

More than 300 firefighters from six state agencies and dozens of volunteer fire companies were at the scene yesterday. More support is coming today, including a team of 20 wildland firefighters from Montana.

Congestion pricing will officially return in two months. After temporarily shelving it in June just before it was about to start, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said Thursday instead of $15, it’ll cost $9 to drive into the city below 60th street…

MTA CEO Janno Lieber said the money raised by congestion pricing will fund many desperately-needed MTA projects…

Ron, a “Morning Show” caller, says the scheme deftly places the burden of rescuing the MTA on the shoulders of those who have no say in the matter…

State law requires that congestion pricing raise money for the MTA and decrease traffic and pollution. If it’s not stopped, Hochul is targeting early January for it to begin.

A Spring Valley man faces decades behind bars after he was convicted Wednesday of robbing a pot dealer’s Chestnut Ridge home, and beating an innocent bystander who was there five years ago. U-S Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, said 34 year-old Thierry Antoine was convicted after a five-day trial in White Plains Federal Court of robbing the drug dealer and using a firearm during the crime. Antoine will be sentenced in April next year.

President-elect Trump Looks to Replace U.S. Attorney for SDNY
Speaking of Damian Williams, the President-elect is looking to remove him from his job. In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, yesterday, Donald Trump said he favors Jay Clayton, his former SEC chairman. Williams has had several high-profile cases, including Jeffrey Epstein pal Ghislaine Maxwell, and crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.

Gator Rescued in Garnerville by Haverstraw PD
Haverstraw Police rescued an alligator that was spotted in the Minisceongo Creek in Garnerville yesterday. Police say they successfully removed the gator from the water just after 11 Thursday morning, and turned it over to the Hudson Valley Humane Society of Pomona. No word on where the gator came from.