1. Our U.S. legislators are doing a Secret Santa. I'm entirely serious about that, just read this Gawker article. I'd like to do a Bayside Patch Secret Santa, but the official winter holiday of this site is .
2. Speaking of, save the date! The evening of Dec. 23rd we're having a reader meetup to celebrate Festivus. Our location is TBD, but we're looking into bars that agree to accomodate an undecorated pole. You guys gotta stop in to meet us Bayside Patch folks, and fellow readers and commenters. There are a few of you, I won't name names just yet, that I'd like to see make nice over a Festivus beer.
3. Tell your kids that there are bad people in this world, and that they shouldn't be overly trusting. There were a few incidents in Elmhurst.
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4. There's a hearing on the future of the local Postal processing center in Whitestone. 702 jobs and millions of dollars are on the table. Here are .
5. Were you burned by an unjust ticket? .
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