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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for town meeting
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This program is composed of films on timely matters — issues such as censorship, food shortage, religious freedom — that will be followed by panel discussions featuring filmmakers, community leaders and audience members.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Thank you for a great panel discussion.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
12 Apr. 2026
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The majority of the Republican caucus also voted against it.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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The caucus also would deliver another $82 million in annual relief by creating a new exemption for tips earnings and expanding the state’s partial tax exemption on Social Security income to a full exclusion.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
15 Apr. 2026
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As each week’s Shabbat morning service comes to a close at Temple Beth El in West Palm Beach an unusual tradition unfolds as the congregation prepares to recite the Mourner’s Kaddish.—
Stewart Ain,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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These congregations just completely dispense with any allegiance to the American idea of pluralism or anything but White Christian nationalism.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
15 Apr. 2026
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This decadent casserole's short ingredient list and simple assembly make this dish perfect for busy nights.—
Phoebe Evans,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
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Marx also submitted signatures while also seeking the assembly nomination.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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While Ben admited to her that the two had met professionally at a medical symposium, the full extent of their acquaintanceship was not revealed until the very end of the finale in a major cliffhanger.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
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Kardel hopes San Diegans can attend the Dark Sky events this week, such as the star party and dark sky symposium at the Santa Ysabel Nature Center on Saturday, April 18, to learn from the researchers and take a look through a telescope to admire the sky.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Lolita feels like a suspiciously low lift for advanced seminar.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Those seminars came with an unusual twist.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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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
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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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