Community Corner
🌱 How Grants neighbors are quietly brightening holidays for abuse survivors
Coming up: Christmas Carols with a Tahitian twist on the Grants Patch calendar

Hello Grants! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Grants neighbors are quietly brightening holidays for abuse survivors
Also on today's calendar: Christmas Carols with a Tahitian twist.
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📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Grants? Post it to Grants photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️
Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Grantsfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 62 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Wednesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 64, low: 32.
- Thursday: Periods of clouds and sun, with a high of 61 and low of 25 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Grants domestic violence shelter launches ‘Angel Tree' for women and children (krqe.com) — A Grants domestic violence shelter, Roberta’s Place, has launched its first Angel Tree, and every tag for local survivors and their children has already been claimed by community members. Volunteers are now adding more names and collecting both gifts and food donations through Sunday to help Grants families facing violence and hardship have a warmer holiday season.
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📸 Around Grants
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Grants
★ Featured events ★
- Christmas Carols with a Tahitian twist
4701 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, Albuquerque
7:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
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Other local events
- Dzaki Sukarno
Huwaka Restaurant , 66 B Pueblo Rd , Casa Blanca
8:00 pm
Wednesday December 31
📣 Grants Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Corrales Food Truck | Comeaux’s Cajun Cuisine
Ex Novo Brewing Company , 4895 Corrales Rd , Corrales
12:00 pm - Laguna Acoma Hawks vs Bosque School Bobcats
Laguna-Acoma Jr Sr High School · , Seboyeta
4:00 pm - JV Boys, V Girls & Boys vs Oak Grove @ Home
Magdalena Municipal Schools Magdalena, NM 87825
4:00 pm - Regular Commission Meeting
207 W Hill Ave , Gallup
4:00 pm - NMSD Boys Varsity Basketball @ Walatowa Charter
Walatowa Charter High School , 147 Bear Head Canyon , Jemez Pueblo
6:30 pm - Music & Movement at North Valley Public Library
Rudolfo Anaya North Valley Public Library , 7704 2nd St NW B , Albuquerque
11:00 am - Children's Room Craft
Belen Public Library , 333 Becker Ave , Belen
3:30 pm - Sugar Cookie Decorating Class
Lily and Liam Bistro , 1751 Rio Rancho Blvd SE Suite 101 , Rio Rancho
5:00 pm - Holiday Program
Magdalena Municipal Schools Magdalena, NM 87825
6:00 pm - Music in Corrales
Corrales Historical Society , 966 Old Church Rd , Corrales - Balloon Fiesta Week at IPCC
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center , 2401 12th St NW , Albuquerque
9:00 am
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier in Grants. Apply here.
- Acosta posted a job opening for Merchandiser Retail Coverage II - Walmart - PRIMARY in Grants. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Grants here.
🗞 Nearby News
Gallup
- Schools, nonprofit give Navajo youth bicycles and a time and place to ride (azcentral.com)
- A Rivian R1T Owner Towed the New Pebble Flow Electric Trailer and Watched Efficiency Jump to 1.76 mi/kWh, Saying Tow Assist Made the Truck Recalculate the Trailer as '5,000 lbs Instead of 6,500,' Adding 22% More Range and Turning a Risky 4% Arrival Into a (torquenews.com)
Los Lunas
- FBI: Las Cruces Man Pleads Guilty To Two Bank Robberies (ladailypost.com)
- Parties in Texas reach settlement for approval of Blackstone Infrastructure acquisition of TXNM Energy (marketscreener.com)
Rio Rancho
Ok Grants! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
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