Sentences with phrase «island family whose»

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«I recall a time they weren't able to get the boat out here for two months,» Keith Ahsoon, a Ta'u resident whose family owns one of the food stores on the island, wrote in the SolarCity blog post.

Prince Charles, whose family has long - standing ties with the Mediterranean island, has contributed to a # 2.6 million fundraising campaign trying to save St Paul's Anglican Pro-Cathedral in the capital, Valletta.

I entered this island hot shop and met owners Ken Martinez, a transplanted New Mexican, and Gary Toyama whose family hails from Okinawa.

The Bronx - born Sotomayor, whose parents were born on the island territory, said her family can only hope and pray their loved ones somehow made it through the destruction led by Hurricane Maria.

Vito Fossella, the Staten Island congressman whose DUI arrest led to the discovery of a secret second family in Virginia, is thinking of a comeback, again.

Beyond their conservative politics, Mr. Trump, Mr. Bolton and Cambridge Analytica all share a patron — the Mercer family of Long Island, whose patriarch, Robert L. Mercer, made a fortune at the helm of a top - yielding hedge fund.

That includes three settlements of $ 1 million or more with families of inmates who died on Rikers Island, including Jerome Murdough, who died in an overheated cell and whose case Mr. Stringer settled.

12:00 PM Puerto Ricans in New York whose families are suffering on the island after Hurricane Maria rally to demand immediate and sufficient aid to Puerto Rico, Foley Square, Manhattan.

And at least for Ms. Neuhaus, whose family settled on Staten Island in 1857, the borough's 350th birthday gave her an opportunity to reflect on the many historical and personal events that have occurred during her life here.

The civil rights activist has served as a spokesman for the family of Garner — a 43 - year - old Staten Island man whose chokehold death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner following a July 18 attempt to arrest him for allegedly selling loose cigarettes — and is also heavily involved in the case of Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Mo..

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, whose family tragedy in the Long Island Rail Road massacre 20 years ago led her to become the face of gun control in Congress, said Wednesday she will not run for re-election this year — a decision reached after health struggles.

Oh, and I am organizing a drive with Jess for our friend Jen whose family lost everything in Sandy down in Staten Island.

This year's list includes two families, the Sung family from Steve James» Abacus: Small Enough to Jail and the Rainey family from Jonathan Olshefski's Quest; five people whose films bear their name, Dina Buno, Jim Carrey, Jane Goodall, Dolores Huerta and Bobbi Jene Smith; and three filmmakers who appear in their own films, wrestling with disease, murder and mortality, Jennifer Brea (Unrest), Yance Ford (Strong Island) and Agnès Varda (Faces Places).

Lila (Anna Paquin), the bride, comes from a wealthy WASP family on whose Long Island estate the wedding will be held.

Come April, Jodie Foster stars in the Walden Media family fable «Nim's Island,» as an agoraphobic travel writer whose rugged alter ego is Abigail Breslin's only hope of saving the island paradise where she and her father are under assault from a pack of badIsland,» as an agoraphobic travel writer whose rugged alter ego is Abigail Breslin's only hope of saving the island paradise where she and her father are under assault from a pack of badisland paradise where she and her father are under assault from a pack of bad guys.

Based on the novel by Colm Toibin and adapted by Nick Hornby, it's an immigrant story, which makes it a quintessentially American story, with points of connection for anyone whose family arrived at Ellis Island.

Gov. Edward D. DiPrete of Rhode Island, whose re-election bid was almost undone by ethically questionable business practices by his family, received another familial jolt on Election Day, when his son was arrested after being caught tearing down a campaign sign touting his father's Democratic opponent, Bruce Sundlun.

Dick Francis, whose notable but blighted career as a champion steeplechase jockey for the British royal family was eclipsed by a second, more brilliant career as a popular thriller writer, died on Sunday in the Cayman Islands, where he had a home.

John S. Broome, an Oxnard rancher and philanthropist whose family has owned land in Ventura County since before the turn of the 20th century and who was a major supporter of Cal State Channel Islands, has died.

This is one of the largest holiday homes on the island and is popular with families whose kids want a bit more space and privacy (With six bedrooms there's enough for one each!)

Lanzarote is an island whose architectural beauty has been shaped by one man in particular, Cesar Manrique, who was an old friend of the family of the proprietors of Casa el Morro.

The titles vary depending on whose room you're in — in one you may find Treasure Island sitting beside a book on Japanese manners, in another you'll see a favourite family cookbook lying open on the table, as if it has been left mid-read.

Alfred Millar, a Bow Island homesteader whose extended family were neighbors of the Stills, described life in Bow Island as richly musical despite its remoteness.

When you are sitting in a room with someone who personally is having to move to higher ground because of rising sea level (such as Ursula Rakova from the Carteret Islands) or whose family members are will personally have to evacuate as flooding devastates their homes (such as members of the Bangladesh Environment Network), the situation is right there in front of you.

Located in Northern Rhode Island, Woonsocket's Adopt - A-Family is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide Christmas gifts to children and families in need.

Beyond their conservative politics, Mr. Trump, Mr. Bolton and Cambridge Analytica all share a patron — the Mercer family of Long Island, whose patriarch, Robert L. Mercer, made a fortune at the helm of a top - yielding hedge fund.