Sentences with phrase «visit by local residents»

State Senator Espaillat led a visit by local residents and environmental activists, including Vera Scruggins (left), to Pennsylvania to learn about effects of hydro - fracking.

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There are no such restrictions in Dandong, the main gateway into North Korea in northeastern China, where listed prices of apartments in some projects seen as most likely to gain from an economic opening up of North Korea have jumped by as much as 50 percent since Kim's Beijing visit in late March, according to five real estate agents and three local residents.

Maintaining access to public libraries is particularly needed by residents facing the challenges of coping with a struggling local and national economy who have increasingly turned to their public libraries for assistance, resulting in large increases in projected 2010 library use: visits rising 12 %, circulation rising 12 %, and public access computer use rising 92 % across the System vs. 2007 pre-recessionary levels.

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.

Tedra Cobb visited Donovan's Steak and Ale Thursday night to meet with local residents, the first public event held by one of the Democrats seeking their party's backing.

BOARDWALK EMPIRE — «Coney Island's boardwalk becomes an NYC landmark on its 95th anniversary,» by Curbed New York's Tanay Warerkar: «The Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island was officially designated New York City's eleventh scenic landmark on Tuesday morning, capping a years long effort by local residents and elected officials to officially recognize the cultural icon that is synonymous with visiting Coney Island.

«These programs can't read body language or tone of voice, or deal with new colloquialisms or unusual variations in dialect,» says Craig Schlenoff, a mechanical engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology who has evaluated translation software used by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan for «knock and talks» — visits to local residents for gathering intelligence and improving relations.

Other than the obvious satisfaction of doing a good deed and having a positive impact on the place you are visiting, voluntourism offers other perks — a chance to see areas that are not usually open to visitors, experience «the real thing» outside of the usual tourist activities, work side - by - side with local residents (and gain their heartfelt appreciation), and create a unique vacation memory unlike any other.

The residents will have three shared dinners a month which will be attended by the residency directors and one or more visiting artists (two dinners will be prepared by a local chef, one will be a potluck).

We seek to empower New Yorkers new to art and those curious about local, underrepresented talents by hosting intimate events, organizing studio visits, and encouraging interaction between local residents / businesses and our network of talented artists throughout the exhibition season.

Visitors come by to visit family members, local residents go out and enjoy themselves from town to town and with all this driving someone is bound to be stopped by a police officer.

An overwhelming majority of buying and selling prospects who visit a practitioner's Internet site are local residents, according to a survey by Gooder Group, a Fairfax, Va. — based real estate marketing company.