Sentences with phrase «town resident said»

About 3,000 coal miners, vendors and coal - town residents say they will rally across the river from the Pittsburgh meeting site, trying to stop a rule they call EPA's «most devastating yet.»

Not exact matches

Residents were allowed to begin re-entering certain undamaged Fort McMurray neighbourhoods on Wednesday, but Dutton said many of Casman's employees were permitted into town earlier if their homes were intact and if they had jobs to do.

More modern company towns, like Hershey, Pennsylvania (named after famed chocolatier Milton Hershey's candy corporation), gave residents say in what the town prioritized.

Qantas domestic chief executive Andrew David said the six towns were chosen because residents were competing with a very high volume of corporate travel from the resources industry.

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP)-- While authorities investigate what set off a deadly shooting at an electronic music festival event, residents said it came amid a growing and increasingly open drug scene in this resort town that has long been spared the violence of Mexico's cartel wars.

Black residents of Minneapolis and nearby towns said the lack of a requirement for police to live in the jurisdictions they patrol has kept officers disconnected from neighborhoods.

That said, our family's strongest tie to Dickinson is the countless hours my mother, Lucia Gurley, spent in service of the town and community over her 38 years as a resident.

«There are definitely people who say, «Yeah, I want it legal, but I don't want it next door,»» said Adam Chapdelaine, the town manager of Arlington, where residents will soon vote on whether to extend through December a moratorium that was due to expire in June.

With a town of 26,000 networked smart homes and apartments built green from the ground up, Hays hopes to give 75,000 residents the eco-friendly lifestyle that critics of clean energy say is impossible.

Almost every resident who endorsed the tariffs said they were doubtful of Trump's assertions that they would revive faded steel towns and substantially boost steel employment.

When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year (which is the year of the tithe), giving it to the Levites, the aliens, the orphans, and the widows, so that they may eat their fill within your towns, then you shall say before the Lord your God: «I have removed the sacred portion from the house, and I have given it to the Levites, the resident aliens, the orphans, and the widows, in accordance with your entire commandment that you commanded me; I have neither transgressed nor forgotten any of your commandments» — NRSV Deuteronomy 26:10 - 13

Mmusi Maimane, whose Democratic Alliance party runs Cape Town and the surrounding province, said residents must use fewer than 50 litres (13.2 gallons) per person daily to avoid the tap closure altogether.

Woodland, North Carolina, has a nice big chunk of land near the highway that would be just perfect for putting in a new solar farm, but it looks like that won't be happening because several town residents objected to the plan, which some of them said they opposed on the grounds that the solar farm might «suck up all the energy from the sun.»

While Friling said the two apartment complexes downtown aren't geared directly at attracting younger residents or giving them a chance to stay in the town they grew up in, Weber said that's what moves the town has made effectively do.

«Most communities understood that the rate decrease was forthcoming, and all towns have received less income because of the economy, so if we don't get the rate decrease at this time, it's basically going to equal a tax increase for our residents,» Mueller said.

Town and park district officials say that the centers are meeting the demands of residents for more outlets for exercise and that they help to lure residential and commercial development.

«We have an opportunity, if voters in town agree with the referendum, to have new debt in place with a minimal impact to residents,» said Wilson, adding that with currently low interest rates, residents likely would see no tax increase during the first five years of the 15 - year bond sale and a minimal increase for the following 10 years.

The town experienced a decade of rapid growth in which new subdivisions more than doubled the population to its current 31,000 residents, White said.

The aftermath — coupled with confusion caused by the fact that some residents near the village's edges heard tornado sirens in neighboring towns — left some residents wondering why Orland Park didn't sound the alarm, Kenealy said.

He also said the 14,000 Park District residents who live on the north side of town would be more likely to use the facility.

A commander with the Orland Park Police Department said last week that residents filed 22 reports since Oct. 31 about seeing coyotes around town.

«You can bet if this was a town that was in Westchester near New York City — a town with a lot of wealthy people donating to politicians» campaigns — this would have been addressed a lot sooner,» Nixon said at a meeting with Hoosick Falls residents.

And these are all things that have been attacked by the sheriff, and I wanted to send out a statement clearly to our residents to say that, he's gonna know that the town that he's coming into really doesn't align with the values that he's gonna be talking about.»

In a statement Monday afternoon, Ashby said that his campaign team will be hosting a rally this Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Schodack Town Park and that he has enjoyed meeting many residents while out campaigning.

The state's inaction for more than a year caused more people to be exposed to PFOA, said Michael Hickey, a town resident who used his own money to discover the PFOA levels in the town's water.

At a recent town meeting, when concerned residents wanted to know if they had been harmed from their tap water, state officials assured them that the water was not dangerous, he said.

«Liberty Gardens Apartments will provide more affordable family housing for Rome residents, redevelop a distressed public housing complex for the first time in its more than 60 - year history, and provide excellent community and recreation facilities for residents,» said Darryl C. Towns, Commissioner & CEO of New York State Homes & Community Renewal.

Mr. Van Scoyoc criticized the Republican candidates for supervisor and town board, who he said «started very early opposing the wind farm» and are «trying to drive a wedge» between residents over the project's potential to impact the commercial fishing industry, members of which fear that the wind farm's construction and operation will destroy critically important habitat.

We urge the state government to provide whatever funding and assistance for our cities and towns to serve our residents in the most cost effective manner,» said Clifton Park Highway Superintendent Rick Kukuk.

Enck said their group will use social media, newspaper ads and other methods to solicit residents of the town of Hoosick, village of Hoosick Falls, Petersburgh and Bennington, Vt., to fill out the questionnaire.

«I am very happy to see that Riverhead residents continue to support our rich heritage of agriculture and the preservation of our natural resources by voting for the extension of the Community Preservation Fund,» Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter said in a statement.

David Buda, a Springs resident and frequent presence at town board meetings, said that current fence regulations and the proposed revisions create a walled - in, urban look.

«We are all in this together, and I will make available on an as - needed basis our county staff to support the efforts of our local towns as they respond to the influx of residents,» the county executive said in his press release.

Nearly 2,000 AFSCME members will be in town today to lobby state lawmakers in hopes of getting them to reject Gov. Andrew Cuomo's «dramatic» cuts to education and health care, which unions says will disproportionately hurt the state's most vulnerable residents, raise unemployment and undermine progress made in the recovery of New York's economy.

«I believe the town board owes every Schroon resident our duty to go above and beyond the minimum requirements in making major decisions,» Wood said in an email.

Many residents complained at the Southold Town Board meeting Wednesday, saying that people from out of town frequently visit the small, picturesque beach, especially during this past holiday weekTown Board meeting Wednesday, saying that people from out of town frequently visit the small, picturesque beach, especially during this past holiday weektown frequently visit the small, picturesque beach, especially during this past holiday weekend.

«These town hall meetings are an important way to educate residents on how this program would work and how they can benefit through financial incentives it will provide,» County Executive Steve Bellone said in a statement.

But the residents who spoke to Citi News said there are rumor of reprisal attacks hence the decision to leave the town.

Town Supervisor Scott Russell said the board usually receives numerous complaints about the beaches this time of year, and in an effort to address resident concerns the town held a the public hearing about extending the seasonal pTown Supervisor Scott Russell said the board usually receives numerous complaints about the beaches this time of year, and in an effort to address resident concerns the town held a the public hearing about extending the seasonal ptown held a the public hearing about extending the seasonal pass.

«The residents of the town of Camillus are residents of New York state,» says Camillus town parks Director Eric Bacon, one of the aviation museum supporters.

The New York State Association of Towns said Cuomo's plan comes as the state has failed to study the effects of its property tax program okayed in 2011 or a more recent tax freeze program that includes rebate checks for eligible residents.

At a news conference on the steps of Lancaster Town Hall, the East Aurora resident says he has worked on projects across the district and says he is running against both Collins and his close partner, President Trump.

To illuminate these issues, Rodier said he plans to produce a software that will allow residents to see how their tax dollars are spent proportionally and how that compares to neighboring towns, adding, «I will produce that software whether I get elected or not.»

«I think it's not a bad idea for residents to know who their town board members are so they can make contact with them if they see something they want to address or report,» said board member Joan Cergol, who was appointed to the board in December to fill a vacancy.»

«As a resident of the town, this board represents me and other people in the town,» Romanowski said.

Suffolk County says it will provide clerical employees to town Tax Receiver offices in response to the surge of residents trying to pre-pay their 2018 property taxes.

Town of Ramapo Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence blasted Stringer, saying, «Rockland residents already pay far more to the MTA than they get in return, and the inequity that presently exists is absolutely unacceptable.

Murray, who worked as a lawyer in the state attorney general's office before winning her first elected office, had said her leadership of a 759,000 - resident town — where she has been supervisor since 2003 — trumped a lack of criminal law experience.

That was a message, the campaign said, that resonated among small - town residents who had backed President Barack Obama and Democratic Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin in 2012, but who, even more than most, were fed up with the political status quo.

To identify who is receiving the raises, a resident must submit a freedom of information request to the town, spokesman Kevin Bonner said.