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Supermoon and Meteor Show On Way | Paramaedic Jumps Into Freezing Hudson | Brutalized Dog Recovering

Posted Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 4:03 pm ET

Share-worthy stories from the New York City Patch network to talk about tonight:

Among the most unusual were a Northern Pintail, American Woodcock and Boat-Tailed Grackle.

The George Motchan Detention Center is one of nine facilities on the island.

The supermoon will also be a 'blue moon,' meaning it's the second full moon in a month.

BREAKING: Firefighters responded to the blaze at a four-story building near the Bronx Zoo in Van Nest at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.

An FDNY paramedic jumped into the frigid waters of the Hudson River to save a struggling man.

St. Vincent — who was found stuffed in a garbage bag near a Brooklyn highway — was taken out of the ICU over the weekend, rescuers said.

Cops and social workers will canvass Midtown seven days a week to help homeless people get into shelters.

Officials plan to put 1,500 metal posts at high-traffic locations — including the bike path where a suspected terrorist killed eight people.

Here's what to do if you're tired of the pine needles all over your floor.

Highs only reached 19 degrees on Monday, but that didn't stop hundreds from jumping into the ocean at Coney Island for the annual plunge.

Patch PM shares a few of the day's must-read items from our New York City network. Thank you for reading.

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