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Posted Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 4:10 pm ET

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

It's expected to be one of the best meteor showers this year.

Family members were honoring 91-year-old Waldiman Thompson at his funeral when police announced a suspect in his death had been detained.

The president's sketch of the building has been sold.

A Brooklyn council member is joining the movement to rename the Williamsburg Bridge after Sonny Rollins.

The plan also aims to make buses faster along a dozen standard routes.

The bull rammed into a stroller as it took its run through Brooklyn, a Windsor Terrace mom told the New York Post.

A new ranking says these are the city's finest dining experiences.

The legendary HiFi bar in the East Village is shutting down this month because millennials aren't that interested, the owner says.

The seized Italian artifacts include a mosaic floor section that was part of a ship commissioned by the Roman Emperor Caligula.

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