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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: When The New Year’s Ball Drop Is Over, New York City Gets Busy Cleaning Up Times Square
Description: Each year New York City hosts huge crowds hoping to see the famous ball drop. But once the giant party is done and the revelers have headed home, the giant cleanup effort begins. Plus: the story of an Alabama man who quietly helped his neighbors in need for years.
HOW DOES NYC CLEAN UP AFTER THE NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL DROP IN TIMES SQUARE? (Untapped New York)
Farmer dies; town learns he secretly paid strangers’ pharmacy bills (Washington Post)
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