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Downtown Outdoor Drinking District Expanding And Reproducing

Posted on15/12/202508/08/2023Author

The BORO is not only growing, it is having offspring.

The BORO is the “social district” in downtown Greensboro where it is legal for people to walk down the sidewalk with a BORO approved alcoholic beverage. There are a lot of rules including that the alcoholic beverage must be in an approved cup, but basically it allows someone to buy an alcoholic beverage in one establishment and walk down the sidewalk to another business to browse or shop. An alcoholic beverage from one establishment licensed to sell alcohol cannot be taken into another licensed establishment but can be taken into stores and shops or simply consumed while walking around.

The ordinance establishing The BORO was passed by the Greensboro City Council in December 2021 and went into effect in March 2022. The BORO evidently is so popular that on the agenda for the Tuesday, Dec. 6 meetings is the approval of an ordinance that not only expands the boundaries of The BORO in downtown Greensboro but also establishes another social district along State Street in northeast Greensboro.

The proposed downtown social district boundaries appear to make a lot more sense than the current boundaries. Center City Park and the Stephen Tanger Center for the Performing Arts are both excluded from the current social district while LeBauer Park and the Greensboro Cultural Center are included. So, under the current ordinance, if someone buys an approved alcoholic beverage on North Elm Street and walks east on Friendly Avenue to the Cultural Center that is legal, but if they take a few more steps north and walk through Center City Park that is illegal .

The ordinance being presented to the City Council for consideration includes changing the language so that Greensboro can have more than one social district and proposes adding a social district along the business district on State Street.

It seems likely that other areas where there are establishments that serve alcohol within walking distance of each other would also be applying for social district status in the future.

Samaritan’s Purse crosses the threshold of 100M pounds of food distributed in war-torn Ukraine

Posted on05/04/202408/08/2023Author

Samaritan’s Purse, the North Carolina-based international Christian relief and evangelism organization, has achieved a significant milestone: It has just crossed the threshold of 100 million pounds of food distributed in the war-torn country of Ukraine.

The organization shared the update with Fox News Digital on Monday.

Every week since the Russia-Ukraine conflict began on Feb. 24, the charitable group has been flying relief supplies and food to Ukraine for the scores of innocent people caught in the crosshairs of war.

SAMARITAN’S PURSE ASSEMBLES DISASTER RELIEF TEAMMS TO HELP UKRAINIAN REFUGEES

Rev. Franklin Graham, CEO and president of Samaritan’s Purse, told Fox News Digital on Monday, “As winter sets in, things in Ukraine are only getting worse.”

He said that “many areas have lost electricity and food is impossible to buy in eastern parts of the country [that are] closer to the fighting.”

A man in Ukraine carries a bag of food distributed by Samaritan’s Purse.
(Samaritan’s Purse)

He added, “Samaritan’s Purse has been buying and bringing food into the country every week. We are also receiving food from the World Food Program.”

As of this week, Samaritan’s Purse has distributed more than 100 million pounds of food — or over 45,000 metric tons — to the people of Ukraine caught up in war.
(Samaritan’s Purse)

Added Rev. Graham, “As of this week, we have distributed more than 100 million pounds (over 45,000 metric tons). We are working with our network of churches across Ukraine to distribute this food to people in need and remind them that God loves them.”

“We need to continue to pray that God will work in the hearts of the leaders involved to bring an end to the conflict that has brought so much pain and devastation,” he said.

Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, marks day no. 285 in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Every week, Samaritan’s Purse imports 1.4 million pounds of food into Ukraine, the organization said.
(Samaritan’s Purse)

Each week, Samaritan’s Purse has been bringing 1.4 million pounds of food to Ukraine, it was reported.

“Stores and shops have closed, leaving no way for people to buy food.”

On Monday, it reached the major threshold of having distributed 100 million pounds of food.

UKRAINE BEGINS NEW EVACUATIONS IN KHERSON AS INCREASED HOSTILITIES EXPECTED

The organization said that in dangerous areas, “stores and shops have closed, leaving no way for people to buy food.”

Samaritan’s Purse has been helping the people of Ukraine since the earliest days of the war.
(Samaritan’s Purse)

Many of the people “desperate for food can only take what they can carry – so the food is given to people in grocery bags,” he said.

The group also told Fox News Digital, “Some of the brave pastors and church leaders that we are partnering with are also taking these food distributions into the conflict zone. They face dangerous conditions to reach distribution points.”

Rev. Franklin Graham (at right) was shown earlier this year in one of the medical clinics his organization set up in Ukraine amid the war.
(Samaritan’s Purse)

The organization continued, “These unsung heroes take buses, vans and even their own vehicles loaded with food and other relief supplies from Samaritan’s Purse to people who are suffering deeply in the conflict.”

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The pastors “also offer to help those residents who are evacuees — and some people have been able to get to safety through these missions.”

Rev. Graham himself has visited Ukraine twice since the conflict began. He is hoping to return sometime in January, the group said.

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Both sides in the war have been taking hits, as explosions rocked two Russian air bases on Monday and multiple Ukrainian cities sustained damage from missiles, The Wall Street Journal reported.

In Ukraine, people flooded into bomb shelters, including shelters set up in the underground transit system, as Russia rained missiles down into the country.

Ronn Blitzer of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.

Maureen Mackey is managing editor of lifestyle for Fox News Digital.

You Can Get Free Pizza Hut If You Ruin Your Dinner This Month

Posted on11/02/202408/08/2023Author

The holidays can be a chaotic time when you have a full house, and you’re just trying to do your best to impress the in-laws with your cooking. You certainly wouldn’t be the first person to burn your would-be fancy dinner, but this year, a burnt casserole or overly dried-out turkey doesn’t have to ruin the evening: There’s a small chance at redemption for some Pizza Hut customers.

The Pizza Hut Holiday Rescue gives customers a chance to win a free Triple Treat Box, which consists of two medium, one-topping pizzas, five breadsticks and 10 Cinnabon Mini Rolls. You just need to provide the company with photographic proof of your culinary disadvantages:

How to enter the Pizza Hut Holiday Rescue

The sweepstakes will run from Dec. 1 to Dec. 24; each day, one winner will be selected from among all the terrible cooks who sent a picture of their ruined dinner to the chain’s “holiday rescue line,” [email protected]. The winner of each day will receive the limited edition Triple Treat Box and will be announced on the following day by email. If you did not win on the day you entered, you will be automatically entered to the following day. You can send up to one entry per day to maximize your chances of winning (assuming you’re a really terrible cook).

There can only be one entry per household and per email. You can read more about the rules and limitations here. The sweepstakes was created after Pizza Hut ran a survey in which they found that 60% of Americans said the holidays caused stress, over half admitted to ruining a holiday dish, and 62% of people said they wished they had ordered a pizza instead of prepping a big holiday meal. Now maybe they can get that pizza for free.