town meeting

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Recent Examples of town meeting The affordable housing proposal for 152 Three Mile Harbor Road and 33 West Drive was introduced by Kirby Marcantonio, one of the four partners in contract to buy the land for the development, at a town meeting last week, the East Hampton Star reported. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2025 It was put together following a major overhaul that saw its advisory board scrapped in favor of a series of open hall town meetings with industry across the UK attended by last year’s chair Jane Tranter and creative director Rowan Woods. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2025 If there was any doubt about how Fountain Hills leaders felt about a proposal to eliminate the time for the public to address them at town meetings, a councilman's suggestion at the top of the session Nov. 18 removed it. Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 19 Nov. 2025 At a crowded special town meeting attended by roughly 1,500 residents on Tuesday night, more than 70% backed a measure allowing homeowners to rent out their properties without any requirements on length of stay. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for town meeting
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Noun
  • Three panel discussions round out the programming.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
  • After the film, there will be a panel discussion that will include director Gail Freedman.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In 2020, Buttigieg was a top vote-getter in the Iowa caucus and scored a strong second place in New Hampshire — both overwhelmingly white states — before Joe Biden dominated South Carolina on the strength of the Black vote.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • However, Ritter said that based upon the feedback from the Democratic caucus and the Education Committee, legislators are expected to remove the section requiring parents to submit a portfolio.
    Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Grimsley says his congregation has been challenged and endured a series of setbacks.
    Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Salem became one of the first churches in Chicago to broadcast its services, which expanded its reach well beyond its in-person congregation.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Three Northern California Republicans are running in a competitive race for an open assembly seat long held by Assemblymember James Gallagher, R-Yuba City.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Roles available at the Lexington facility range from production welders and assembly technicians to certified welding inspectors, commissioning test operators, quality technicians, overhaul technicians, painters, straighteners, and transportation equipment operators.
    Tobias Bauer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Casey said the synod, the first in the 19-county archdiocese since 1971, will be designed to give all Catholics an opportunity to weigh in on issues that are important to them.
    Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Jan. 2026
  • In July, its members voted to keep the church open and hand its administration over to the synod, which will make decisions about its future.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There was, like, an entire science lecture about lunar eclipses as well as a history symposium on cultures scared silly over the astrological event.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But tonight , the story of FDR’s visit to Miami will be retold at a symposium at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida in downtown Miami, a stone’s throw from the courthouse where Zangara was sentenced to die.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Earlier this month, the organization hosted a seminar with special effects makeup artist Veniesa Dillon on sculpting techniques and prosthetic application.
    Nicole Macias Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In March 2016, Pharrell accepted an invite from professor Bob Power to sit in on a senior seminar at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Sander’s great-grandson sold the painting at auction in 2021 to the Art Institute of Chicago, which recently hosted a colloquium on the work.3 Nineteen twenty-five was a heady year for photography and art in Weimar Germany.
    Noam M. Elcott, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2025
  • At a recent colloquium on critical materials for AI hosted by Professor Alondra Nelson at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton New Jersey, researchers lamented that confidentiality concerns often prevented forensic accounting of material needs for AI.
    Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025

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