town meeting
noun
: a meeting of inhabitants or taxpayers constituting the legislative authority of a town
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The Pittsfield law flagged the young game as a nuisance that needed regulating: banning people from playing baseball (and other ball games) within 80 yards of the new town meeting house, to protect the building’s windows.
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Frederic J. Frommer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
With the lights up, a town meeting shifts gears into a trial of sorts — one in which Thomas, who had sought to protect his fellow man, must defend himself, and does not know how, if the truth is not enough.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
At the climax of the play, there’s a town meeting in a raucous bar, the whole place fit to explode with civic tension and proto-Fascist violence.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
For those who missed it, Haley appeared startled at a town meeting in North Conway, N.H..
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
Baucom, who hosted a town meeting to remember Madalina Tuesday, said the weeks-long delay in reporting Madalina's disappearance initially hindered his department's investigation.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
The agreement also required additional police training for mental health intervention, implicit bias and de-escalation for all officers, and required the towns to introduce new officers to the community through a town meeting and for the officers to remain on probation for one year.
—Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
Over four visits, journalists from WVUE and ProPublica reviewed court files, town meeting minutes, municipal ordinances and body camera video.
—Samantha Sunne, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
At town meetings, neighbors have voiced their concerns about noise, water use and other effects.
—Jack Herrera, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Frederic J. Frommer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
With the lights up, a town meeting shifts gears into a trial of sorts — one in which Thomas, who had sought to protect his fellow man, must defend himself, and does not know how, if the truth is not enough.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
At the climax of the play, there’s a town meeting in a raucous bar, the whole place fit to explode with civic tension and proto-Fascist violence.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
For those who missed it, Haley appeared startled at a town meeting in North Conway, N.H..
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
Baucom, who hosted a town meeting to remember Madalina Tuesday, said the weeks-long delay in reporting Madalina's disappearance initially hindered his department's investigation.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
The agreement also required additional police training for mental health intervention, implicit bias and de-escalation for all officers, and required the towns to introduce new officers to the community through a town meeting and for the officers to remain on probation for one year.
—Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
Over four visits, journalists from WVUE and ProPublica reviewed court files, town meeting minutes, municipal ordinances and body camera video.
—Samantha Sunne, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
At town meetings, neighbors have voiced their concerns about noise, water use and other effects.
—Jack Herrera, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
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“Town meeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20meeting. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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