Sentences with phrase «from several towns»

The GWK statue stands 150m tall when finished and is visible from several towns and resorts around the southern part of the island.

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Aside from being a beach town, Pensacola is home to the National Naval Aviation Museum, a couple of amusement parks and several different parks.

After the dam's water levels steadily rose from Thursday through the weekend, authorities on Sunday evening ordered the evacuation of nearly 200,000 residents in several northern California towns.

In addition to the plan to move Zappos downtown, he has made a series of investments from his sizable personal fortune: seed capital for several tech start - ups that have promised to relocate; $ 2 million for a new performing - arts center that will bring Broadway shows downtown; $ 1.2 million to Teach for America to improve downtown's schools; $ 7 million for 20 percent of the charter airline JetSuite, which he plans to use to fly prominent entrepreneurs and rock bands into town.

If a missile is fired at a town farther away from Gaza, such as toward metropolitan Tel Aviv, the system has several seconds to choose the interception.

According to reports from the area, a truck packed with bombs and a motorcycle armed with more bombs, drove into the town, and blew up several buildings.

I remember several years ago when my family was moving from one town to another, another Christian in town called up my parents and said that they had a word from the Lord for them.

In the meantime, I wanted to mention that I've sampled a few crab cakes around town in the past few months, and in November found those at the Dahlia even better than I had remembered them (from several years ago.)

A different story this year — stores in town as well as festival booths offered a wide variety in «hot» accessoires, with a price range from just a few Euro to several hundred Euro.

Espadín Mezcal + Cocina, which recently opened its doors in Old Town Temecula, features a menu that highlights several regions in Mexico with authentic ingredients and food always made from scratch.

The people of Guntur attribute the abnormal avoidance of chile to several causes: the offenders have lived abroad, are from out of town, or have married someone from a less - fiery state.

I am fortunate enough and choose to live in richly multi-cultural Croydon and love the diversity of this wonderful place, As a «migrant» to Croydon in 1989, from several other British towns previously, I have developed a fondness for Crystal Palace and many of my friends and neighbours attend Selhurst Park.

Grant didn't waste much time in going to town with the club's credit card, digging deep to acquire the services of Wayne Bridge, who has already made several appearances for the club on loan from Man City, Gary O'Neill, Robbie Keane and Demba Ba, the former three all on loan deals.

We had relatives who live in Antigua over several times for a meal, they were pleasantly surprised by the location it is neatly tucked away from the busy St Johns but only a 5 min drive to town.

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.»

Counting a new sports park about to be built in Tinley Park, there are more than 100 parks in the two towns — from small neighborhood playgrounds to water parks that span several acres.

Old Town School collects information from our visitors at several different points on our Web site.

Several readers have asked about the deal Leonard Genova, Oyster Bay's former deputy supervisor and town attorney, got for testifying as a prosecution witness after receiving full immunity from prosecution.

Charged in May, Berky, who appeared in town court for the first time after several adjournments, was offered, according to court records, a plea of parking on the pavement, a considerable reduction from the original charge but not unusual in a town court with a reputation for leniency for first - offenders.

Sheriff Craig Apple says ten people — one man and nine women ranging in age from 24 - 55 — are facing charges of Prostitution as part of a human trafficking case following raids on several unlicensed Asian massage parlors in the town of Colonie.

It is silly for the Town of East Hampton to spend millions of dollars to come to the same conclusion several years from now.

Legislator Rob Calarco (D - Patchogue) said the Southern Pine Beetle Joint Commission would assemble a team of representatives from several agencies to combat the threat: four towns — including Riverhead and Southampton — the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the County Executive's Office, parks and environment departments, Cornell Cooperative Extension as well as the Pine Barrens Commission and the county water authority.

What appeared to be an innocuous request from representatives of an Amagansett business to add several sheds to its property divided the East Hampton Town Planning Board at its meeting on April 13.

Ellis, a Wehrheim supporter, also controls the proxy votes of several of the roughly 160 general committee members from the town's 92 election districts.

Newsday obtained from the town several disclosure forms, including those sought by Ripp, but did not request that they be certified.

Republicans who live in the 127th Assembly District will choose between two candidates: a relative political newcomer from Cicero, and someone who's been a part of town of Manlius politics for several years.

Republicans tout several achievements from last year including keeping a majority on the Board of Supervisors, defending all five incumbent town supervisor seats that were challenged and securing every countywide elected office.

and «I want the health care politicians have,» protesters heard from several speakers, including Plattsburgh Town Supervisor Michael Cashman, a Democrat.

The town hall - style meeting was held on Dec. 9 at Davidson Community Center, a short walk from the vacant house on Osborne Place where several young men were were viciously beaten in early October.

Two weeks after a Southold Town court clerk was charged with stealing more than $ 50,000 in bail money over several years from the justice court's funds, town and state authorities say liability for any stolen funds falls on the elected justices who run the couTown court clerk was charged with stealing more than $ 50,000 in bail money over several years from the justice court's funds, town and state authorities say liability for any stolen funds falls on the elected justices who run the coutown and state authorities say liability for any stolen funds falls on the elected justices who run the courts.

In other business, the Town Board also approved several requests for funding from the Occupancy Tax account.

Many homeowners from the area of Little Fresh Ponds showed up to express opposition to the camp at several town board hearings and meetings, saying it could disrupt the fragile pond environment.

Several Oyster Bay residents have complained that they've been blocked from posting on Supervisor Joseph Saladino's Facebook page, which now serves as the town's official Facebook page.

About 30 people were present at the Stony Point town board meeting on Tuesday, July 10 where several upset residents complained about projects, including the Champlain Hudson Power Express, and Supervisor Geoffrey Finn repeatedly said how he, and the board, are not hiding anything from the public on any topics, and are trying to be as transparent as possible.

Celia Ramirez, vice president of East River North Renewal, which owns several properties on East 118th Street near First Avenue, said she thinks more signage might help because it appears many of the truck drivers are from out of town and unfamiliar with the area.

There are a couple of larger employers, plus the county, town and village; and also businesses galore if people want to change jobs / try and supplement their income: from Walmart to Price Chopper to Tractor Supply to Sears to Ace Hardware to Pizza Hut to McDonalds to Best Western to three banks to several gas stations to two diners to two liquor stores to several restaurants...

Several people spoke at Tuesday's town board meeting in favor of the law, including representatives from the American Heart Association and the Tobacco Action Coalition of Long Island.

Some Democrats cried foul when the meeting to make the appointment was called in less than 24 hours, on the same night that the New Paltz Town Board was holding its public hearing on the controversial wetlands and watercourses law, prohibiting several members of the committee from attending the meeting.

Cross cited several accomplishments during his two terms as supervisor: completing a long - delayed comprehensive plan for the town; settling a lawsuit with New York City that allowed the town to raise the assessment of city - owned lands; obtaining extra funding from the city for the Phoenicia sewer project that was then lost by his opponent's administration.

The funding for the program comes from the federal government, passing through the Rockland County CDBG consortium which divides it up among the county's several towns and villages.

WESPORT — While several towns in Essex County received an early present from the state's economic Santa Claus, others found a lump of coal in their stockings.

Elected officials from Southold Town and Suffolk County joined several advocacy groups Monday to urge a New York State Assembly committee to preserve Plum Island, which the federal government owns and plans to sell.

A possible dust - up that had been brewing for several days prior to the June 27 Democratic Party caucus never materialized, as current town of Saugerties supervisor Greg Helsmoortel bowed out from seeking the nomination for town clerk.

The town hall is one of several Mr. de Blasio has held in the last few months, after at first resisting calls for him to take questions from the public more often.

Self - described «policy wonk» Laura Walls served one term as Gardiner town supervisor from 2000 to 2002 as well as several terms on the New Paltz School Board, and was long known in the community as co-owner of the municipal grantwriting firm Shingebiss Associates.

Following allegations made by Mr. Cohen against the outside auditing firm Nawrocki Smith, which was working with the state comptroller as well as several town officials in untangling the town's finances, Mr. Bernard wrote Ira McCracken, a chief examiner for the office of the State Comptroller, in May, asking if someone from his office had ever sent a letter to Zachary Cohen saying that Mr. Cohen was correct in one of his criticisms of Nawrocki Smith.

The Town Board was bitterly split over ratification of the new contract, and that internal battle had kept the pact from being voted on for several months.

BY JOE KUHN The Orangetown Town Board convened this week to review budget presentations from several departments and services including the Rockland Paramedics, the Nyack Ambulance Corps, Hi Tor Animal Shelter and the Orangetown Department of Environmental Management and Engineering.

Following several heated public meetings last week regarding helicopter noise over the North and the South forks, the East Hampton Town Board has decided to host a special meeting for residents to speak out against the growing impact of noise, «especially from increased traffic of helicopters landing and departing at the East Hampton Airport,» according to a statement from East Hampton Supervisor Larry Cantwell.

There are several other challenges to that decision still pending in federal court, however, from citizens groups, the city of Oneida and the towns of Vernon and Verona.