Readers help ring in new year with stories from all over

First, Thomas Allan of Suffolk, who retired after 20 years with the Coast Guard, writes that on Dec. 31, 1975, during the lingering days of the Cold War, he was on duty when a Polish vessel came to anchor in New York Harbor.

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