The annual holiday lights on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg may not shine as bright this year due to a shortage of donations from local businesses and corporate chain stores alike, a lights organizer says.
In anticipation of the winter holiday season, Charlie Bournis, owner of Office 11211(223 Bedford Ave.), began soliciting donations from local businesses for the lights that brighten up the main retail drag in Williamsburg’s northside from Metropolitan Avenue to N 12th…
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