Sentences with phrase «town leveled by»

Can a small Kansas town leveled by a twister revive its fortunes by becoming an energy - efficient, eco-conscious community?

Paul Clement's Swans continued to make hay on the Town goal; Lössl again kept Town level by this time commanding his area well to collect Carroll's high, deep free - kick delivery to deny Abraham a tap - in at an un-guarded far stick.

Not exact matches

Although they were publicly supplied at the local (town) level, they were not free, and instead were supported by tuition or «rate bills.»

We are outside the four walks and absolutely love living in the liberty of the Spirit... we get to serve kids at poverty level and have become good friends with them... it's refreshing to be accepted by them when rejected by the religious leaders in town for not going on Sunday to their building.

In neighbor Huddersfield Town — the two clubs are separated by only about 25 miles — they are facing a team that hasn't played in the top level of English soccer since 1972.

As Town pushed for a late winner, Joe Lolley's quick touch and shot made Butland work to preserve the levelled scores by once more diving down to his right.

By restoring state revenue sharing to former levels to pay for unfunded state mandates, which are driving many cities, towns, and counties toward bankruptcy, New York's local governments could fully fund their services and still cut their highest - in - the - nation property taxes.

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.

The overwhelming majority of the population professes to be catholic, and statements from members of the church - from the top Vatican levels to town priests - are taken into serious consideration by a lot of people.

That group has taken walk outs to the next level, by holding a town hall meeting, as well as meeting with central New York Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus).

«I would bring local control back to town government, take advantage of our local resources, especially our water system, fight for the taxpayer at every level, especially state and federal, and get water and sewer projects back on track to be in the best interests of the town, not just a cost burden directed by others.»

The timeline assembled by the village of Hoosick Falls — with assistance from a public relations firm, Behan Communications — details the outreach village leaders said they made to elected officials as far back as December 2014 seeking assistance in dealing with the growing realization that the town's water supply showed unsafe levels of the toxic compound.

Walsh criticized bloated level of elected representatives in the community by citing recent elections in local villages and towns.

A recent round of state tests on 145 water wells in the town of Hoosick and village of Hoosick Falls showed slightly less than a third indicated a presence of a toxic chemical at levels exceeding the safety threshold recently set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

No one knows the contamination levels of the 30,000 people in Newburgh, which has a largely minority and low - income population, because widespread blood testing has not been conducted, as it has in Hoosick Falls and another town affected by PFOA pollution, Petersburgh.

The so - called «Consensus» study by an independent commission was designed to be a data - rich analysis of government at every level, including towns, villages and school districts, he said.

He lowered state - level rates by merely pushing the costs of government down to the counties and towns thru endless mandates, forcing them to raise their sales and property taxes in turn.

In 2011, Oyster Bay and neighboring Huntington and Hempstead towns had AAA credit ratings — the highest possible level awarded by the agency.

A proposal first made by county legislature Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Gerentine proposed reducing the city's share to the 2001 level of 10 percent and the towns to 2 percent.

The Governor who visited the ancient town to assess the level of destruction caused by the clash that ensured between the Hausa and Yoruba communities, expressed sadness over the incident, pointing that «it is disheartening to experience such wanton of destruction in Ile - ife again, after the end of tragic event of Ife / Modakeke war of fifteen years ago».

He believes the two levels of government should set an example for the towns and villages by merging more departments and, he suggests, physically moving them into the same offices.

«We were all shocked by how widespread lead poisoning was for this population and just how clearly these elevated levels were associated with recreational hunting activity,» said Dr Arjun Amar, Associate Professor from the University of Cape Town's FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, who supervised the research.

Being in this popular, tourist - friendly part of town is handy for afterwards too... if you want to extend your date, why not take a look around the Chihuly Museum or take a ride on the Ducks of Seattle — depending on your level of cultural interest by that stage!

Brooks breezes back into town, immediately antagonises his brother and takes the art of one - upmanship to extreme levels by organising a «game night» on a scale that Max and his friends can't match.

There's no benefit to any combat grind other than material collection; experience for leveling up is only gained by building and improving your town.

Unlike other Animal Crossing games where you can be rewarded for doing things like preserving your town by keeping it clean and orderly, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp almost completely disregards that in favour of compelling you to grind collecting materials from all areas the map has to offer, completing requests for the animals you encounter and crafting furniture, just so that you can level up, gain access to new items and do it all, all over again.

How would you respond if you were put in a similar situation, in which most of your town's buildings had been leveled by foreign occupiers who can't even speak your language and yet kick in your doors at 5 am to violate your every mode of dignity?

Sometimes a game is just a game, but for one Alabama town whose high school was leveled by a tornado last year, the football team's success is a testimonial to the community's determination to carry on.

Pupils are given a budget and must design a town by purchasing various items (e.g. traffic lights, level crossings, give way signs, etc).

Frances O'Neill of Global Treasure Apps, «This is the first time we have worked with P6 / 7 pupils our usual cohort are secondary pupils and college students, we are really impressed at the level of pupils engagement and the ease in which they were able to transform from passive players of digital treasure trails to active participants in treasure trail creation, we hope the next stage of the project will involve the pupils further sharing their work by creating a social media campaign to promote their fantastic town trails.»

He added: «We have to ask whether this level of failure is being effectively challenged by local politicians and school leaders, and whether the relatively successful big cities in the North and Midlands are playing their part in supporting their neighbouring towns.

The updated analysis, which along with town - by - town ECS estimates features a comparison of those estimates to current funding levels and appropriated ECS amounts for FY 2019 in the original biennial budget, can be found at http://ctschoolfinance.org/assets/uploads/files/Town-Education-Funding-Budget-Comparisons-SB-543.pdf.

Furthermore, by pledging not to «raise» taxes at the state level, there will be no meaningful state increase in state aid to municipalities and that will translate into massive increases in local property taxes, as towns face the growing costs of education, public safety and other local services.

Just last August, Superintendent Quesnel told the Middletown Patch news outlet that, «The East Hartford Public Schools are utilizing Alliance District funding [the extra state taxpayer funds his town was given] to support early literacy — particularly for getting needed materials for students in grades K - 2... These resources provide Common Core aligned instruction that help students reach grade level by Grade 3.»

In May of 1927, much of the town was leveled by a tornado.

We were able to parse our Pennsylvania data by city and town to identify at a more hyperlocal level who the three cheapest insurers were.

Nelson Bay, the largest town of the Port Stephens area, is 223 km north of Sydney via the Pacific Highway, 69 km from Newcastle by road and 18 m above sea - level.

Consumers living in recession - scarred Las Vegas came in a close second, with consumer debt levels in the Nevada tourist town falling by 4.05 percent.

Considered by many travellers and writers as being the heart of Laotian culture, the tiny town is encircled by mountains and is 700 metres above sea level at the confluence of the Nam Khan and Mekong Rivers.

Mouille Point Map - Mouille Point detail and street level map showing the suburb of Mouille Point, some attractions including the oldest operational lighthouse in South Africa is often used as a landmark by locals when giving directions around this part of Cape Town as well the trendy eateries located on Beach Road and the Promenade.

This is a 28 miles downhill ride from the summit of our volcano, Haleakala to sea level by Pai'a Town.

This town is located about 3 hours and a half away from Cusco by bus (8640 feet above sea level).

The Great Depression of the 1930s did largely irreversible damage to the colony, and unemployment was only exacerbated by a 1931 hurricane that leveled towns and killed over 1,000 people.

As for Hitman its inbuilt benchmark tool was refusing to display the final results, so I opted to instead fire up the Marrakesh level and take a tour of the town, stopping by the protest to admire the many, many A.I. characters and colored flares before heading inside and making life miserable for a few people.

The game also lacks recovery Hearts, meaning that Link can only recover his health by leveling up, using the Life Magic, finding Fairies or Heart Containers, or by talking to some women in towns.

Shovel Knight features an overworld map similar to that of Super Mario Bros. 3, towns like those found in Zelda 2, and level design inspired by the Mega Man series.

These are ranked up in levels by gaining experience, which you get by collecting and completing quests from towns.

The new Hitman trailer showcases a range of stealth and action options regarding each unique level harboured by the game, in this case the fictional Italian town of Sapienza.

Unlike other Animal Crossing games where you can be rewarded for doing things like preserving your town by keeping it clean and orderly, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp almost completely disregards that in favour of compelling you to grind collecting materials from all areas the map has to offer, completing requests for the animals you encounter and crafting furniture, just so that you can level up, gain access to new items and do it all, all over again.

I'll never again complain about Super Mario games being unrealistic — in real life, Mario would level my town by sundown.