Community garden planting seeds of hope, positivity for Hidden Valley neighborhood
Garden helps plant positive seeds in Hidden Valley community By Courtney Cole | April 21, 2021 at 7:08 PM EDT - Updated April 21 at 7:08 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Organizers in Hidden Valley are shining a light on a community hub aimed to revitalize and uplift the neighborhood.
Charles Robinson, the executive director of the Hidden Valley Community Hub, said he wants to change the perception that people have of Hidden Valley based on past crime and violence.
“Hidden Valley is a great place to live, always has been. We’ve had our challenges just like other neighborhoods but it’s a huge place and a great place for families,” Robinson said.
Charles Durning
1923 – 2012
The man who played the pope, the governor of Texas, Dustin Hoffman’s Tootsie suitor, four different Santa Clauses, and a bumbling Mel Brooks-inspired Nazi colonel has died. Charles Durning, known in the business as the King of Character Actors, died Christmas Eve at his home in Manhattan. He was 89.
Born in Highland Falls, NY into an Irish family of ten children, the first years of his life were a struggle. His father, wounded in WWI, could not work, and Charles lost five sisters to smallpox and scarlet fever. Durning eventually joined the Army and was among the first wave to land on Normandy, was wounded in the leg, and became the only member of his unit to survive.