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Donate Blood get Met Tickets
Councilmember Dan Halloran is hosting blood drive at the Bay Terrace shopping center on August 25, from 4 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. All donors will receive two tickets to an upcoming Mets home game. Almost anyone between 16 and 76-years old that weighs more than 110 pounds can donate. For additional information, call the councilmember’s office at 718-261-2900.
Crackdown on drunk driving
Friday, August 19 marks the beginning of a state and nationwide initiative to crackdown on drunk driving. The effort will last through Labor Day.
In 2009, there were more than 8,800 alcohol-related crashes in New York causing more than 300 lives to be lost.
The crackdown, named “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” lasts eighteen days and will combine stepped-up enforcement with media saturation to highlight the embarrassing consequences and cost of being pulled over and potentially arrested.
