New Year's Balloon Drop, Closed Schools and Book Sale

• Kids 2 to 8 and their guardians can Ring in the New Year at Noon Tuesday at New Roc City in New Rochelle. The event is from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and will feature games and other activities along with the big balloon drop at noon. Attendance is limited to 1,200 people so you need to register now for your family's free pass. Go here to fill out the registration form.

• New Rochelle district schools are closed for the week. Classes resume January 6.

• There will be no garbage collection Wednesday due to the New Years Day holiday. Trash and commingled metal, glass and plastic will be collected Thursday in the north end and Friday in the south end.

• Both branches of the New Rochelle Public Library will close at 1 p.m. Tuesday and will be closed all day Wednesday.

• The Friends of the New Rochelle Public Library will sold a Book Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the lobby of the library at 1 Library Plz.