1. City and State NY report that Councilman Dan Halloran, R-Whitestone, is mulling a run for state Senate.
2. "The Protester"— as in Occupy Wall Street and Arab Spring folks— were named Time magazine's Person of the Year. Runners up included artist Ai Weiwei, Paul Ryan and Kate Middleton.
3. I hope you all come to air your grievances on Festivus Eve with us. I want to meet some of you fellas, and some of you should meet one another. .
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4. Also, of your holiday lights. If they're really great, you could win 100K for District 26 schools.
5. Did you know you can now get real time traffic updates, and gas prices on Patch? It's all right here.
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