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NY State Police Donate Over 1,300 Toys To Area Children For Christmas NY State Police Donate Over 1,300 Toys To Area Children For Christmas
NY State Police Donate Over 1,300 Toys To Area Children For Christmas New York State Police in Troop K, with the help of local businesses and the United States Marine Corps, has amassed 1,329 toys for donation to the Dutchess County Toys for Tots chapter.  Between Wednesday, Nov. 25 and Friday, Dec. 18, members of the community dropped off new, unwrapped toys at Troop K headquarters in Salt Point for donation. Then, area members of the Marine Corps picked up the donated presents for distribution to children in the area.  All 18 police stations in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess and Columbia counties participated in the Toys for Tots program. 

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by Christina Coulter
Lifestyle
Lifelong Southeast Resident Helps Make Putnam Sheriff's Toy Drive A Smashing Success Lifelong Southeast Resident Helps Make Putnam Sheriff's Toy Drive A Smashing Success
Lifelong Southeast Resident Helps Make Putnam Sheriff's Toy Drive A Smashing Success A lifelong Southeast resident is known to many as a secret Santa for her tireless work all year to help make the Putnam County's Sheriff's Office to Toys For Tots drive a smashing success. Marie Brady, 90  has been a resident of Tilly Foster, Southeast, for her entire life. She is an energetic nonagenarian who donates her time and money to helping children, the department said.  Each year Brady goes around town and, through word of mouth, gets many people to donate toys for the “Toys For Tots” program, they said. She purchases many toys herself and this year, …

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by Kathy Reakes