Sentences with phrase «local residents at»

John Ahearn moved from downtown Manhattan to the South Bronx in 1979 and began making his first casts of local residents at Fashion Moda, an alternative gallery that thrived in the South Bronx during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Be sure to sample the local fare in downtown Carmel - by - the - Sea and meet some of the local residents at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, set at the edge of Monterey's historic Cannery Row.

«We are cementing not just a building here — we are cementing young girls» futures,» said Dawson, who posed for pictures with Girls Club members and signed autographs for local residents at the event.

The Preserve Ramapo candidates were joined by about 40 local residents at their rally, and also got support from the Republican candidate for Rockland County Clerk, Donna Held, who is running against incumbent Paul Piperator, D - Haverstraw.

State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, Deputy Secretary of Health Paul Francis and Deputy Commissioner Dan Sheppard spent more than two hours listening to local residents at I.S. 392, and assuring them no decisions would be made without first weighing their concerns.

Noting recent reports that New York is the most segregated state in the nation, gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins advocated a different approach to public housing in a brief speech to a small crowd of local residents at Swallow Coffee, 433 Warren St., Hudson, Wednesday afternoon.

And it was clear then just as it is clear today that this project puts the clean, safe, drinking water of local residents at risk.

But he said South Korea was contending with concerns from local residents at Gangwha Island, off the west coast.

Not exact matches

Customers that have recently moved to a neighborhood outspend established residents at local small businesses.

Fujairah will be holding the Innovation Race, a competition aimed at finding ideas to improve local government services, open to residents of the city, and with a winning prize of AED 20,000 for first place, AED 15,000 for second place, and AED 10,000 for third place.

In his paper «Mega-Events: The effect of the world's biggest sporting events on local, regional, and national economies,» he writes: «A local resident who goes to an All - Star Game when it is in town is spending money at the game that likely would have been spent locally elsewhere in the absence of the game.

At a meeting of the Brisbane City Council on August 8, local officials heard from residents and housing advocates in a meeting to decide the proposal's fate.

However, if it gets final approval it won't be built for at least a decade and faces opposition from local residents who could see their homes compulsorily acquired for the development against their wishes.

One officer is notorious for harassing local black residents, to the point where he has been given a street nickname of «Bro Stupid,» said Burnell Williams, who works with at - risk youth and ex-prisoners for the nonprofit group Against All Odds.

A great example is Whole Foods» partnership with Instacart in metropolitan areas where local residents can use the service to get their groceries delivered at a designated time without any hassle at the store.

But these local proponents are at least talking in terms the residents of B.C. — who, whatever the federal government may decide, have certain legal rights and physical occupancy on their side — might actually accept.

The bump may be temporary, though, driven in part by the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in December, which motivated some residents of high - tax states to prepay their taxes in 2017 in order to take advantage of the state and local tax deduction that's capped at $ 10,000 starting in 2018.

To determine which communities are a good fit for the initiative, Starbucks looks at all the available data on the socio - economic health of America's cities to understand which communities have the biggest opportunity gaps, which have the biggest need for business investment and leadership, and where there is local movement underway to build a better future for its residents.

Lets take a closer look at what it means for residents of high - tax states like California, New York and New Jersey when the state and local tax (SALT) deduction is reduced.

Local residents collect water from a broken pipe at an area damaged by Hurricane Maria, in Cayey, Puerto Rico, September 29, 2017 REUTERS / Alvin Baez #puertorico #reuters #reutersphotos #hurricanemaria #hurricane #disaster

Local residents collect water from a broken pipe at an area damaged by Hurricane Maria, in Cayey, Puerto Rico, September 29, 2017.

Communities across Illinois are being forced to cut local services and raise taxes to afford their pension payments, putting residents who rely on local government services at risk because of the inherent failures of defined - benefit plans.

The farm sells produce to local residents of the subsidized housing next to the farm, and the farm has a booth at a farmers» market in another part of the city.

Because so many residents of Rome go on vacation during the summer, there's been a shortage of volunteers at local soup kitchens — causing several to close.

Based on the ballot proposal, marijuana would be taxed at 10 percent and could still face some local restrictions, but residents would otherwise be able to «cultivate, manufacture, distribute, test and sell marijuana and marijuana products,» according to AP.

The local habitation for much of his life was Salem, Massachusetts, with important chapters elsewhere: as a boy along the idyllic shores of Lake Sebago, Maine; as a student at Maine's Bowdoin College; as a young idealist at the Brook Farm Utopian community west of Boston (1841); as a married man in Emerson's Concord (1842 — 45); as a summer neighbor of Herman Melville in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts (1850); as a mature writer and consular official in Liverpool, England (1853 — 58); and as a traveler and resident in Italy (1858 — 59)-- before a final period of ill health and death in Concord (1859 — 1864).

Over 40,000 balloons formed a giant pita sandwich at a local Wendy's restaurant, while local residents and Wendy's staff learned the «art of eating a pita» from pita eating experts.

We have one resident who's vegan and a couple other who were doing a vegan / vegetarian challenge, so we opted for a no - meat cooking class and came across a pasta - making class at a local downtown restaurant.

But after conducting market research, it determined it needed a base market of at least 250,000 local residents to thrive.

«We don't target college students but people who work at the university, which is usually a sizable number of people, and maybe graduate students and local residents.

In addition to learning about the many aspects of beekeeping from Michael Schmaeling, Resident Beekeeper at Rodale Institute, students also visited a local production level apiary.

Although surely there were any number of out - of - towners like myself present, it quickly became clear that many of the patrons were local residents, including those who worked at the famed NBC «30 Rock» location and other media, entertainment and financial industry professionals from offices nearby.

A Santa Rosa resident, Ash co-hosts a weekly local food and wine radio talk show, The Good Food Hour, and teaches cooking classes at various schools.

However, when the club ran into financialdifficulties a few years ago, local residents, who at the start had joked aboutthe Mafia Open, voted to buy it out.)

Before then, two test events will take place at the stadium, with more than 15,000 fans and local residents set to get a glimpse at some of the new facilities as part of the safety certification process.

Liverpool FC and Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council (KMBC) have announced joint plans for a proposed redevelopment of the Reds» Academy site in Kirkby, including improvements for local residents and the community playing fields at Simonswood Lane.

The wetlands trail at Prairiefire is a favorite running trail of local residents.

Some Oak Park residents are balking at a park district plan to remove a sled hill and a dog run to make room for the installation of a synthetic turf field at a local park.

Northbrook residents gathered at the Leisure Center Thursday night to find out what Northbrook Park District officials believe it would cost to convert the local Five Seasons Sports Club into a community center.

The company would pay the district $ 26,000 annually to sublease the land from the district for at least 35 years, and provide discounted rates for residents and local hockey groups.

If you're a resident of Chicago, you can pick up a Kids Museum Passport at a local Chicago Public Library to gain free admission to Chicago Children's Museum and other Chicago museums!

Or, hand out Valentine's Day cards to residents at a local nursing home.

CRETE — As part of his campaign against issuing general obligation bonds without voter approval, Crete resident Richard Blievernicht spoke out against two bond proposals at recent local public hearings.

The project will also develop opportunities for local residents to participate in stewardship projects and climate literacy discussions that focus on taking meaningful action at home and in their communities.

As Gurnee resident Julie Hermsen sizzled last week, she harked back to her youth in Lincolnshire, where she could always cool off at the local swim club with the other neighborhood kids.

Residents at the hearing complained their local pool options are limited since the Wheaton Park District does not have an indoor pool either.

The issue of a «Family Aquatic Center «at Newton Park in Glen Ellyn drew large crowds in the spring, as local residents voiced strong opinions on both sides of the matter.

Since October 2015 the breastfeeding data have been obtained via interim reporting arrangements to collect health visiting activity at a local authority resident level.

A reverse 911 system proposed in Glen Ellyn could alert residents during storms and freight collisions and perhaps improve response time if there was a threat of violence at a local school, local officials say.

The problem is that in the bleak landscape of austerity, where local councils have had their budgets halved since 2010 and are looking at losing another third of their funding over the next four years, a service which isn't even used by their own residents could start to look like an easy cut to make.