Sentences with phrase «area district which»

Ever since Grisanti's victory in 2010 helped flip the state Senate to Republican control, Democrats have been hungrily eyeing the Buffalo - area district which, like many Senate districts in New York, has a Democratic enrollment edge.

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Swiss blockchain company Agora provided the service to 280 polling locations in Sierra Leone's Western District, which houses the nation's capital of Freetown and is the country's most populous area.

The move paves the way for reviving work on King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD), which has been planned since 2006 to house banks and the financial regulator's headquarters across an area roughly four times the size of London's Canary Wharf.

In district 1, which includes all areas outside of Huntsville, the school millage rate is 16.0.

For example, in tax area 1124, which is within the City of Fort Collins and the Poudre School District, the total rate is 96.21 mills.

Their control of the House has been strengthened by two factors: 1) Democrats» tendency to win with overwhelming margins in heavily Democratic urban areas, thus wasting votes; and 2) gerrymandering, which is the process of redrawing the boundaries of legislative districts to favour one's party.

Among the many notable decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in the area of religion was the 1963 case Abington Township School District v. Schempp, which held that tax - supported schools were only allowed to teach about religion.

The law states that councils may designate any area within its district as a holiday resort, which would allow extended Sunday trading times.

The election districts are a creation of SCODS, the intention being to create an instrument which would enable every area in the denomination to elect members to the General Board, 150 in all.

In early to mid-1800s, the area around Albuquerque was the largest sheep - growing district in the state, which meant that mutton was a large part of the diet.

For himself, Bunning saved assignments to the banking committee — finance is his area of expertise — and to the Merchant Marines and Fisheries Committee, which tackles issues that are important to his district.

The grant would be used to help pay for basketball courts, sand lot volleyball areas, and a water slide, for which the Park District has raised $ 26,000.

One district might be in an area with low labor costs, which would make scratch - cooking more feasible, while another might have to pay top dollar for labor.

The Park District signed the agreement with the village last August, which outlined the district's plans for Arlington Hills, the village - owned landfill, which is to be developed into a golf course and recreationDistrict signed the agreement with the village last August, which outlined the district's plans for Arlington Hills, the village - owned landfill, which is to be developed into a golf course and recreationdistrict's plans for Arlington Hills, the village - owned landfill, which is to be developed into a golf course and recreational area.

The Fox Valley Park District Natural Areas Manager carefully assesses and determines which areas need to be buAreas Manager carefully assesses and determines which areas need to be buareas need to be burned.

As part of the deal, which took more than a year to work out, the park district will be able to create a nature study area with trails north of the road.

Within days, the Park District plans to seek bids to finance a $ 35 million renovation of the area's harbors, which have remained largely untouched for 60 years.

That «s because the areas around the newly rebuilt Lions Pool need landscaping, and neither the park district nor the Lions Club, which operates the facility, can pay for the work.

But because city staff said the direction council members wanted them to take was unclear, the council asked for revisions to the weed control ordinance, which identifies designated natural landscape areas as land owned by the city, the Naperville Park District or forest preserve districts.

It's been quite a feat, though, district employees say, to pull things off smoothly in the building where at least nine district officials at any one time work out of three offices (one of which doubles as a reception area), a copy room and a basement that contains a pre-school room, two closets and a bathroom.

Meanwhile, the possible addition of a dog park, which has been sought by area owners because of the park district's long - standing ban on pets, is no longer being tied to the referendum, said Superintendent of Recreation Sue Gwinnup.

On eight sites totaling 95 acres, the park district has four lighted tennis courts, a lighted sledding and toboggan hill, three picnic areas, a fishing pond, seven ball diamonds (two of which are lighted and a third with lights being installed), two football fields and four playgrounds - one with a storybook motif.

The Park District, which serves about 2,800 homes in the unincorporated area east of Illinois Highway 53 between Glen Ellyn and Lombard, is proposing to build an 18,000 - square - foot addition to an existing fieldhouse and swimming pool.

The Orland Fire Protection District, which oversees emergency medical services, is working with area hospitals to finalize procedures for caring for and transporting people who are armed, Fire Chief Ken Brucki said.

The district estimates that the area, which is partly developed, contains about a quarter of its territory and generates about 7 percent of its real - estate tax revenue.

The grant will partially fund an ongoing project to remove non-native trees and shrubs from a 2.4 - acre area of oak savanna in the Lyman Woods - North Addition, according to Pat Saunders, manager of natural resources for the Downers Grove Park District, which owns the preserve with the...

The Park District, which has seven «dog - friendly areas» in the city, already has designated Coliseum Park, a small South Loop park at 14th Street and Wabash Avenue, as a dog park.

The Garden Plots, which are not all being used, do not have the same space confinements, and any displaced plots could be shifted to an open area, Park District officials said.

Park District director Dean Bissias said the district had hoped to break ground April 1 on the park's proposed improvements, which in addition to the skate area and performance area include a splash bad, concession stand, sports field lighting aDistrict director Dean Bissias said the district had hoped to break ground April 1 on the park's proposed improvements, which in addition to the skate area and performance area include a splash bad, concession stand, sports field lighting adistrict had hoped to break ground April 1 on the park's proposed improvements, which in addition to the skate area and performance area include a splash bad, concession stand, sports field lighting and more.

The Park District is evaluating building more than one skate park within its service area, which comprises Aurora, North Aurora, Montgomery and surrounding unincorporated areas, Park District...

Today, the Chicago area is seeing a boom in racing, which park district officials hope to tap into with the museum.

The project - which eventually involved some 4,000 children in 21 Chicago - area park district day camps - collected toys, candy, books, baby food and children's clothing for flood victims.

Safety Town, which is free and open to the public, was built by the Elmhurst Park District with $ 145,000 in cash and goods donated by area businesses.

By summer, the park on Lockwood Avenue will have an improved playground, a half - court basketball area and a butterfly garden, said officials with the Winnetka Park District, which oversees the site.

A proposed 1,350 - foot fence would allow the park district to limit where people enter the beach, charge admission based on residency, and even install lifeguards, which could open the area for swimming, Brault said.

A D.C. - area school food advocate asked parents to stop packing lunches to boost the district's school meal program, which makes total sense in principle.

Park District director Jerry Handlon said the agency will immediately post no - cycling signs at the natural area's three entrances informing residents of the ordinance change, which formally will take effect Oct. 21.

GLEN ELLYN — More than 30 Surrey Park - area residents and landlords turned out at a Park District meeting Tuesday night to determine what can be done to improve maintenance and security at the park, which had been built to serve those living in the Braeside neighborhood east of Interstate Highway 355.

Moreno, 50, heads the Park District's central area, which ranges from Belmont Avenue south to 31st Street, and from the Chicago River west to the city's border, encompassing some of the city's major parks.

A survey by South Holland district council found that despite tensions with local people and concerns about their employers, many of the migrants coming to the area - a number which has increased almost tenfold in the past three years - want to stay.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer told The USA Today Network on Thursday she was considering a run for the suburban Westchester County district, which includes parts of Yonkers and the Sound Shore area.

Mr. Rangel has represented the area of Upper Manhattan, which was placed into the 13th district as part of the recent redistricting process, for over four decades.

She also asserted that Democrats should go after GOP districts in which Congress members spoke out against Trump and won re-election anyway, and which Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton won, claiming that there is an «enlightened electorate» voting in those areas.

The downstate region, dominated by New York City, has been growing much faster than upstate (everything north of the metropolitan transportation district)-- and the slowest growing upstate metro areas are in Central New York and the Southern Tier, which would benefit most from the issuance of long - delayed state regulations allowing the use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas production.

Other finalists met privately with Paterson in December and January, including Gillibrand, then a sophomore member from the old 20th District, which followed the Hudson Valley from Poughkeepsie to Lake Placid but was gerrymandered around Democrat - rich areas in like Albany and Troy.

Democrats are struggling to lock away other takeover opportunities including Florida's 13th District, which was drawn to be more Democratic and now includes all of former Gov. Charlie Crist's home area, and can't put away GOP Rep. John Katko, who represents New York's 24th District, where President Barack Obama won handily in 2012.

Hurricane Sandy, which devastated many of the conservative areas drawn into Mr. Addabbo's district, didn't help Mr. Ulrich's electoral fortunes either, but it's not clear it was decisive in the outcome.

He represents the borough's Mid-Island area, which something of a swing district and where he has remained very popular.

While de Blasio is popular on his Park Slope home turf, his failure to follow through on his campaign promise to preserve Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in Cobble Hill has caused deep - seated dissatisfaction in LICH's catchment area — which happens to overlap Assembly District 52.

The area of the project is within Maloney's congressional district, which also includes parts of Manhattan.