ROCHESTER, Minn.-The nonprofit We Bike Rochester will be holding a bicycle drive later this month at Silver Lake Station. The nonprofit is asking for new or gently-used bikes. Over the
Twelve individuals and eight community organizations benefited from a Rochester bike-grant program, but organizers say another 300 bikes would be needed to fill the requests received.
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Charlotte Christmas Village partnered with the Charlotte Knights this year for an event that includes a Light the Knights showcase of Christmas lights.
It would have been understandable if Paul Claus opted not to hold the Charlotte Christmas Village this year. Given the logistical and safety challenges, the spread of the coronavirus and simply all the unknowns, it would have been completely acceptable to just pause for one year until the world seemed somewhat normal, again.
But Claus (yes, that is his real name) and his wife, Dena Bruton-Claus, already had been working on moving the Christmas Village for the third time in its five-year existence. The founders of the event had plans and a vision