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Nicknamed «Twin City», St. Croix is bound by its two largest towns which sit on opposite ends of the island, Christiansted to the east, and Frederiksted to the west, but away from the towns, St. Croix's main draw is undeniably its stunning natural landscape.

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With a net worth in excess of $ 66 billion, Amancio Ortega is the second - richest man in the world thanks to his control of the Spanish fashion behemoth Inditex, which Ortega — who started out as a delivery boy for a local clothing store at 14 — turned from a small - town dress shop into one of the largest fashion empires on the planet.

Amancio Ortega is the fourth - richest man in the world thanks to his control of the Spanish fashion behemoth Inditex, which Ortega — who started out as a delivery boy for a local clothing store at 14 — turned from a small - town dress shop into one of the largest fashion empires on the planet.

And besides little Santa Fe where Mitzi and Bill live, there are other mountain towns, too, like Boquete — which is far larger, with a well - established expat community and all the modern conveniences you'd expect.

Another popular outside neighborhood is Los Frailes, which feature large homes with yards and gardens — a rarity in town.

These conditions introduced in 1990 are largely arbitrary, allowing the 50 percent deviation for constituencies which exceed 20,000 square kilometres, are in excess of 150 kilometres away from the Legislative Assembly Building, include no town larger than 8,000 people (the original bill required no town larger than 4,000 people), include an Indian reserve or Métis settlement and share a border with the provincial boundary.

My imagery of hell (and hell on earth) was formed largely at a «Drive - In for Christ» which was a drive - in set up in the parking lot of a large pentecostal church in my home town.

The community I call Corinth, 1 the town in which I spent my sabbatical year, has changed during the last thirty years from a rural, rather backward county seat town into a satellite community for a large metropolitan area.

The larger towns had their own Muftis and councils which administered the funds for religious teaching in their madrasas and schools, many of which employed Turkish teachers.

Writing in the Christian Century, Traina says, «Ruether's suggestions for advancing this larger common good are many: eat less meat; design towns and cities in which residences, jobs, and necessary goods and services are within walking distance; develop self - sufficient regional industries and agriculture; and abandon patriarchy and become committed to earth healing.»

He was generally seen in the towns armed with a fowling piece and cutlass, and belts that suspended on one side a large plaited bag, known as a cuttacoo, and on the other a calabash, guarded with a netted covering, in which he carried his supply of water.

In the meantime, Ms Marsh, who played a starring role in Mr Smith's controversial Australia Day television advertisement which was filmed at the Cowra cannery, can now only join her former co-workers in looking to the first creditors meeting at the bowling club next Tuesday to provide them with some explanation as to why the company of one of the town's largest employers shut up shop without warning.

The parcel, on which Town and Country Homes plans to erect a 169 - unit townhouse development this summer, is near the Lyman Woods nature area and is one of the few large - scale open spaces left in the village.

Daycare costs will vary greatly according to where you live (cost of living based on which part of the country you are at as well as whether you reside in a large city or small town), whether you need traditional hours and services or require a more unique arrangement, and on the age of your child.

Some of Britain's town halls include astonishing designs and artworks which befits their status as the civic institutions at the heart of some the world's largest industrial cities.

A trade union increases the power of the employees by allowing them to bargain collectively with the employer: when the employer has too much power (e.g., the only job in town), a union can «level the playing field» by controlling a large % of skilled workers and negotiate a better pay or benefits which would otherwise be denied by the employer's access to other labor sources.

One such issue Pritchard and other Harrison Democrats have been vocal about is preventing the zoning text amendment that the town board passed in May, which allows for the building of large senior living facilities in residentially zoned areas, and has drawn petitions and protests from some Harrison residents.

Goosby, who has held office since 2000, was pivotal in a 1988 lawsuit that ultimately forced the town board to abandon its at - large representation — which was deemed discriminatory — and elect council members by districts.

A number of readers have forwarded the mailer, which not only includes a large headshot of the Republican Guilderland Town Board member and reveals Redlich's home address, but also urges recipients to «call the police» if they see him near a «public school,» «in your neighborhood» or «near your family.»

The law, an amendment to the town's zoning code, allows those who have a property of 75 acres or more to create their own Planned Unit Development district, which could make a large project, like a $ 350 million casino, easier to accommodate.

On primary night, Mr. Calone of East Setauket won Brookhaven Town, which is the largest town in Suffolk County, by 55 percent and East Hampton Town by 57 percTown, which is the largest town in Suffolk County, by 55 percent and East Hampton Town by 57 perctown in Suffolk County, by 55 percent and East Hampton Town by 57 percTown by 57 percent.

The whole process got its start during recent town supervisor Jeff Moran's first term, when he was asked by officials of the French prefecture to visit their community because it perceived a spiritual tie to Woodstock... and it was the host of a large festival (which this year hosted former Woodstock resident Bob Dylan as a headliner for an audience of 300,000 or so Europeans).

Seligson said local and county officials already hold a large number of events that aim to bring lawmakers together, including a monthly dinner organized by the Westchester Municipal Officials Association — which consists of 45 towns, villages, and cities countywide — where members discuss areas of mutual concern.

He will face Steve Greenfield — who secured the Working Families line and is also running on an independent line called Honest Service — as well as Republican Les Kalmus of Esopus for District 17, which encompasses a large portion of the Town of New Paltz as well as a portion of Esopus.

Duke was referring to the fact that the while refusing to hold town hall meetings, Faso has met with large groups of people at paid events, including a fundraiser this week that cost a minimum of $ 1,000 a plate, and the January breakfast meeting of the Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce, for which the admission price was as high as $ 35.

Cuomo only asking the people to support the cap without any mention of mandate relief is the hamburger bun without the burger and simply fuels the opposition's (they say mandate relief before tax cap) claim that tax cap alone is a big - government scheme to take power away from and defund local towns and school districts and increase the power of the larger state government which created the property tax problem in the first place by passing the mandates which are the biggest property tax drivers and now refuses to change those mandates.

The balance of the electorate lies in George Town Council at the mouth of the Tamar, Dorset Council further to the east, and the Furneaux Group of islands in Bass Strait, the largest of which are Flinders and Cape Barren Islands.

Mr. Calone of East Setauket won Brookhaven Town, which is the largest town in Suffolk County, by 55 percent and East Hampton Town by 57 percTown, which is the largest town in Suffolk County, by 55 percent and East Hampton Town by 57 perctown in Suffolk County, by 55 percent and East Hampton Town by 57 percTown by 57 percent.

The marina also will be dredged to remove silt deposits, which have made it shallower and less accessible to larger boats, town officials said.

Yandik, 38, a Columbia County farmer, part - time journalist and Town of Livingston councilman, is running in the New York 19th Congressional District Democratic Party primary, which includes all of Ulster County and a large swath of Dutchess, against Zephyr Teachout of Dover Plains.

The governor's move could force some towns, cities, counties and school districts to borrow money in the short term in order to cover their costs, which include salaries, benefits and a large payment for their retirees» pensions.

* Identification of the limits of the town, which reveal it was a substantial urban centre occupying approximately 1.8 km2 — almost as large as the City of London

Dr Lara Sciscio, postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town, said: «This discovery marks the first occurrence of very large carnivorous dinosaurs in the Early Jurassic of southern Gondwana — the prehistoric continent which would later break up and become Africa and other landmasses.

Bluett also witnessed the much larger 1994 eruption of Mount Tavurvur and neighboring Mount Vulcan, which destroyed nearly all of the port town of Rabaul, where she lived at the time.

Clairton, a mill town, is «home to the [U.S. Steel] Clairton Coke Works, which is the largest coke - making facility in the nation,» said Rachel Filippini, executive director of the environmental organization Group Against Smog and Pollution.

Known as the Sands of Hell, Namibia Skeleton Coast National Park houses some incredible shipwrecks and a Ghost Town formerly known as Kolmanskop, which was founded in the early 1900s by a large German population when diamonds were found in the desert but abandoned 40 years later.

There's a large river running through the town (great for tubing) and views of the mountains every which way.

Sarah lives in a small town in Georgia, so she chose eharmony, which is one of the largest — if not the largest — online dating site there is.

It is the largest town in the county, lying on the River Maun, from which the name of the town is derived.

As with most large and cosmopolitan cities it has a gay Village, which is a lovely welcoming neighbourhood and a nice part of town to be in for a date.

His good husband streak comes to a halt when he meets the alluring Alex Forrest (Close, Reversal of Fortune), with whom he has an unmistakable mutual attraction, which is consummated when Dan's wife Beth (Archer, Hero at Large) and daughter are out of town for the weekend.

The first, by George A. Romero, his wife and assistant director Chris Romero (née Forrest) and Tom Savini, reveals that almost all the cast were friends, family or local Pittsburgh volunteers (even the mall was owned by personal friends of Romero), that the original script had a far bleaker ending (everybody dies) which was changed during the shoot because the film was «too much fun» for it, and that the fourth film, should it ever get made, is a larger - scale affair set in a down - town area, with lots of action sequences and an overarching theme of «ignoring the problem».

Old Town has the state of Maine's largest YMCA, which is available for our kids.

The final report for the State of Connecticut's Task Force to Study State Education Funding features recommendations to address problems with the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grant formula, which distributes the largest share of state education aid to towns, and certain other major state education grants.

They are popular in Baton Rouge, especially the largest magnet school in town, Baton Rouge Magnet High School, which is the best known and oldest.

Drivers race through forests, deserts, and even towns in tiny, stripped - out turbocharged terrors at a speed which would make most of us blanch if we were on a freeway in the safety of our large and airbag - loaded cruisers.

Volkswagen sells a large minivan in the US known as the Volkswagen Routan and it's based on a Chrysler Town & Country, which is also sold as a Dodge as the Grand Caravan.

We are close to Asheville, NC (home of the largest home in America - Biltmore Estate - open daily), Charlotte, NC - home of the NASCAR Hall of Fame along with most of the NASCAR team garages - tours available, and also Blowing Rock, NC which is one of the most gorgeous down towns in America - with great shopping and dining.

Growing dealer inventories have spurred the hefty rebates on 1994 models, the largest of which is $ 2,000 on the Dodge Caravan and Grand Caravan ES and LE, the Plymouth Voyager and Plymouth Grand Voyager LE and the Chrysler Town and Country.

Historic Lincoln automobiles include Lincoln - Zephyr introduced in 1936, the Continental which was perhaps the most important car built by Lincoln, the Continental Mark II production lasted only for two years, the Town Car which was the flagship model until 1981, and the Navigator, Lincolnâ $ ™ s largest selling luxury brand in 1998.