Sentences with phrase «other town residents»

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Joshua Benton, head of the Nieman Journalism Lab, described in a recent essay how residents of the small Louisiana town he was raised in posted and re-posted hoaxes and false news reports about Hillary Clinton and other topics on Facebook.

The town of about 94,000 residents counters that after hearing concerns from the two women and others, it sought diverse voices, including a Wiccan priestess, to offer invocations.

The towns offer other attractions, such as the Cantigny Museums and Gardens, in Wheaton, a vivid tribute to veterans (the museums are the official repository for the 1st Division of the Army) surrounded by lush gardens; and the picturesque, 10 - acre Lake Ellyn in Glen Ellyn, which residents use for fishing and ice skating.

Also at 11 a.m., Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, state Sen. Leroy Comrie, Assembly members Alicia Hyndman and Clyde Vanel and others announce a town hall on city - issued summonses and bringing the hearing process directly to residents, Community Bridge Home, 12050 Springfield Blvd., Queens.

The proposal would hike the cost of a two - year permit for residents in uncorporated areas of the town to $ 100 from $ 20, and raise other fees.

The Amagansett - Springs Aquifer Protection group and other residents have implored the East Hampton Town Board to act quickly to preclude additional development atop the Stony Hill aquifer in Amagansett.

Ripp was one of many town residents who, over the past three years, stood up at board meetings asking Venditto, among other things, about the town's relationship with former restaurateur and then - town - vendor Harendra Singh — who is scheduled to be the prosecution's first witness.

Two injured journalists taken to hospital Government officials, journalists and elated residents of Ogembo (a small farming town in Kenya), were shocked as the Governor of Machakos County, Alfred Mutua; and others plunged into the river while taking a tour of a newly constructed footbridge.

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.

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

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.

The mailing, which was received by residents on Friday and Saturday, lists the town's website but does not include other information about accessing government.

Mahoney said residents of suburban towns and villages often exult over the quality of service they get from local police, public works, and other agencies.

Brooklyn resident Yehudit Moch, a social worker who rents her other residence in Southold, said she believes 14 days is unreasonable and asked the Town Board to pass a law that has «rational limits» and is «enforceable and fair.»

«Affordable housing in general is very critical out here, whether it's for utility company employees or for other people,» said Town Board member and Fishers Island resident Louisa Evans.

The other newcomer, John Hinson, was also thinking along the lines of better communication with Gardiner residents, notably with regard to financial accountability and public tracking of town expenditures.

Clayton residents had said during the Town Board meeting that a moratorium would allow more time for the exploration of other options and environmental impact studies.

Fayose made the disclosure when he visited Oke - Ako in Ikole local government area of the State that was invaded last Friday by Fulani herdsmen that killed two residents of the town and injured others.

He and his gang are said to have tormented several residents, especially in the Kumasi metropolis and its surrounding towns, and most of their attacks have resulted in the killing of their victims with others suffering various degree of injuries.

The group hosted a town hall in Sunset Park on Friday night in which activists and residents grilled Public Advocate Letitia James and acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on their positions on broken windows, affordable housing, public housing and other police reform - oriented issues.

Cortlandville resident John Carroll urged the Town continue to continue to protect the aquifer water supply and repeated others» claims that there are enough gas stations in the area.

The candidates are a mix of longtime local residents like Town Board hopeful Ron Rothman or highway superintendent candidate Tobie Wesnofske and transplants from other countries like Town Board nominee Mary Eisenstein or Trustee candidate Geoffrey Wells.

After hundreds complaints from other residents, not just in Irvington but in other Greenburgh and Westchester communities, town supervisor Paul Feiner was able to speak on the phone to Washington DC based USPS Chief Operating Officer Dave Williams.

While many residents at Tuesday night's Southold Town Board meeting agreed that having affordable housing for the area's workers and retired population is important, others said they feared how a proposal to increase the number of units allowed in an affordable housing development will change the North Fork's rural character.

At one of our town hearings, the Mayor of a village in North Rockland, noted that the population increase in Ramapo would allow Ramapo to have seven legislative districts wholly contained within the town and opined that it would mean a concentration of power since nine legislators is a majority and therefore seven legislators wholly contained within one town could shift the balance of power to the detriment of other towns and their taxpaying residents.

A public outcry from residents prompted the town board to pass a 2015 law allowing the highway department to tend certain Oak Hills roads during emergencies, but not requiring the department to pave, install drainage or make other improvements.

«Adopting a formal policy helps alleviate fear in the most vulnerable of our residents and builds trust between those residents and police and other authorities in town.»

The Goshen residents, who all live in the New Hampton area, have filed against the town, Orange County and the State Department of Environmental Conservation claiming they did not clear tree growth and other obstructions from the Wallkill River, which resulted in the flooding of their homes.

In addition to the August 2nd public hearing at Dover Town Hall, there will be two other public hearings for residents to learn about the plan and offer their feedback.

Like many other Town of Olive residents, Rejoice Scherry grew up hearing stories about the towns that were uprooted to

Council candidate Ternice Winne, another lifetime resident of Olive, listed her years working as a member of various community boards, 22 years of banking experience, and her family connections to others working for the town.

As POLITICO New York reported in June, the Cuomo administration resisted sounding a public alarm over the water pollution crisis in Hoosick Falls, even though federal regulators warned senior DOH officials that residents of the town should be alerted that they were drinking water that contained dangerous levels of PFOA, a chemical that has been linked to cancer and other serious health problems.

Magarelli and Wilber observed that elected officials, at the behest of their constituents, routinely attend such meetings and otherwise interact with other town officers and employees on matters of interest to Woodstock residents.

Maybe they don't care about issues like water that concern not only city residents but also others in surrounding towns.

When some residents said they feared the code change would automatically grant developers approval for their projects, Supervisor Scott Russell stressed that any proposal would have to go through public hearings and site plan approval — just like any other development project in town.

Other than providing soft jobs for politicians, the direct benefit of this system, in place since 1683, was that every town had a resident voice in county government.

As a result, Kingston and a few other communities with a large proportion of low - income residents have to deal with far greater Safety Net costs than better - off towns.

In Asunafo North, the Chief stated that the Asumura Bridge has been constructed, which has ensured that residents of the town are no longer cut off from other parts of the district during the rainy season.

upset residents eager to weigh in, especially Jews who observe Shabbat at that time and others who will be out of town.

Those present included my colleague on the county legislature, Lynn Marinelli; Supervisor Tony Caruana, Councilman Dan Crangle and Highway Superintendent Bill Swanson from the town; Mayor Patrick Mang and Clerk / Treasurer Kathleen Johnson from the village; a number of representatives from the county's public works department; and several other local government officials interested in improving service to town residents.

Calverton resident Greg Fischer and two other men, Bill Jurow, a Mastic Beach attorney, and Roger Scott Lewis, who is a Democratic committee member in Southampton Town, brought the suit against the Board of Elections in Suffolk County, Nassau County and New York State on the grounds that LIPA trustees should be elected, not appointed, as they are currently.

Speakers who urged the town to move forward with the zoning amendment included Susan Moody; former APA Chairman and Upper Saranac Lake resident Curt Stiles; Adirondack historian Mary Hotaling, who is founder of Historic Saranac Lake; Steven Englehart of Adirondack Architectural Heritage and Laura Parmington, a former camper and counselor, among several others.

Other towns use all or most of their money to offset county property taxes for residents.

BREEZY POINT — Frustrated residents still recovering from Hurricane Sandy railed against the city's Build It Back program, along with other city agencies and decisions made after the storm, at a town hall sponsored by the city comptroller Wednesday night.

Shops and other services are more concentrated in town and city neighbourhoods, and urban residents are much more likely to use public transport, share heating and housing, and have lower carbon footprints than their rural brethren.

In one recent case, 179 residents (or their survivors) of the old uranium milling town of Uravan, Colo., sued mill owner and operator Union Carbide Corporation for causing various cancers and other illnesses.

ROME — Enzo Boschi, the president of Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), will face trial on charges of manslaughter with six other scientists and technicians for failing to alert the residents of L'Aquila ahead of the devastating earthquake that struck the central Italian town on 6 April 2009, killing 308 people.

This means that many of its new residents hail from other locales and we all know how difficult it can be to meet people when you're new in town.

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While the youngsters slow to understand his position on this delicate issue, the other residents of their small Alabama town take quick to take offence.