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The councilman said he was approached Wednesday night near his home by a man who demanded his car keys and then stabbed him.
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The Latest on the stabbing of a Philadelphia city councilman (all times local): 9:25 a.m.
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The developer focused much of his ire at Schenirer, the councilman for the Crocker Village site and surrounding neighborhoods, who voted against the gas station.
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What's more, former councilman Oliver Thomas sought Saturday to reject the impression that life behind bars could ever lessen criminality.
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Washington Bound That year, his political career began as a city councilman in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
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Demaria was on hand to name former city councilman Anthony Richardson, a 2001 graduate of Lorain's Admiral King High School and Oberlin College, as chairman of the commission.
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The councilmen were prepared to vote on the resolution at the meeting Thursday.
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Then there's Adrian Fenty, a Washington, D.C., city councilman who won handily to become the city's youngest mayor-elect.
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First Known Use of councilman
circa 1637
COUNCILMAN Defined for English Language Learners
councilman
playDefinition of councilman for English Language Learners
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: a person (especially a man) who is a member of a council
Law Dictionary
councilman
Legal Definition of councilman
councilmen
: a member of a council : councillor
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