The town

2023 - 2 - 4

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The search for the ultimate college town, and more! (The Washington Post)

So for this analysis, we chose to look at urban areas, the blobs our friends at the Census Bureau have drawn around unique population centers. Urban areas ...

If your question inspires a column, we’ll send an official Department of Data button and ID card. What are you curious about: What city has the least-used municipal parks? Utah and its Western neighbors come in around the national average, and perhaps a bit lower. That leads to an obvious follow-up question: What is it with islands and bakeries?! For now, we can merely provide a quick update on retail bakery employment. With a vague knowledge of history and some heroic assumptions, you can piece together what our forebears probably were drinking when they stabbed an unsteady finger at the map and declared that a place shall henceforth be known as “Schnappsville!” (This required us to filter out a few terms such as “Still Pond” which, while placid, didn’t fit the spirit of this exercise.) That analysis combines places named for both brandy and brandywine, the latter being more popular in the mid-Atlantic. But “bear” easily topped the list, beating out the many beavers, horses, eagles and deer to be found there. It’s not their fault that students only make up 9 and 8 percent of their populations, respectively. So for this analysis, we chose to look at urban areas, the blobs our friends at the Census Bureau have drawn around unique population centers. Deep within the vaults of the Department of Data, your quantitative queries are piling up like unprocessed tax returns in an IRS cafeteria.

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Hundreds of good reasons to live in southern town (Otago Daily Times)

Fred, Dawn, Joyce, Lorraine, Ivy and Tom — good solid names. From another era perhaps but still around and kicking. It must be something in the water but ...

The next-best town was Thames, which had 3.29 people aged 100 or more per 1000 people in the population. There are about 3.4 people aged 100 or more per 1000 people in the population. It must be something in the water but Gore has more people aged 100 or over than any other equivalent-sized town in the country.

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East Lyme Town Hall to Undergo Big Changes After Inaccessibility ... (NBC Connecticut)

East Lyme Town Hall will now have to undergo significant renovations after reaching a settlement regarding allegations of incompliance with the Americans ...

We greatly appreciate the willingness of the Town of East Lyme and the commitment of its First Selectman to greatly increase the accessibility and usability of East Lyme’s Town Hall," U.S. Federal law mandates that public entities can't discriminate on the basis of disability. The person, who has physical disabilities, alleged that multiple aspects of the town hall building are inaccessible to people with mobility disabilities.

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Emirates Launches Second Daily Service To Cape Town (Simple Flying)

The airline has restored operations in South Africa to pre-pandemic levels. Emirates Boeing 777-31H(ER) A6-EQN Photo: Vincenzo Pace | ...

Premium economy is a quiet, luxurious and meticulously customized class located at the front of the main deck on a four-class Emirates [Airbus A380](http://simpleflying.com/tag/airbus-a380). The first Emirates flight EK773, a [Boeing B777](http://simpleflying.com/tag/b777), departed Cape Town at 13:25 (CAT), while the other flight EK771, a B777 as well, left Cape Town at 18:25 (CAT). Emirates has been serving South Africa for over 27 years and has connected millions of travelers to and from the region via Dubai and beyond to its intricate global network. The added flights will collectively provide more cargo belly-hold capacity further to scale up import and export opportunities for local businesses. [Dubai](http://simpleflying.com/tag/dubai) and the commercial capital, [Johannesburg](http://simpleflying.com/tag/johannesburg), the new frequency will increase business opportunities by providing travelers more access to Cape Town. The reintroduction of a second flight outlines Emirates's commitment to supporting inbound tourism and boosting trade between the UAE and South Africa.

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Thousands come to Whanganui for the New Zealand Masters Games (New Zealand Herald)

The current state of accommodation in Whanganui benefited providers but made things difficult for travellers, he said. Rockyora Sporting ...

“For the next two weeks I’m going to be inundated with, do you have any rooms? For big public events like the games, she said it was normal for the bar to be this busy. Stellar Restaurant and Bar duty manager Tabitha Holm said the week of the games was also going to be busy for the bar, with multiple large bookings spread across the event. do you have any rooms? With the inundation of people coming to town for the event, local accommodation providers and restaurants are ready for a busy week ahead. “[It was] potentially an outcome of the inability to travel abroad but certainly a number to be proud of and to aspire to,” she said.

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Narva old town model on the move again (ERR News)

After spending the past three years on display in the building of a former furniture factory, the cardboard model of Narva's pre-war old town is on the move ...

According to the Narva Museum, the decision to move the model was inevitable. These conditions are not suitable for the model, not to mention how uncomfortable it was for visitors and our museum staff," said Zurab Jänes, Narva Museum's chief curator. The model, which was created by local artist Fjodor Šantsõn, is on its way to the Narva Museum Art Gallery, where visitors will be able to see it from the spring.

East Lyme Agrees to Increase Town Hall Accessibility to Comply ... (Department of Justice)

The settlement agreement resolves an ADA complaint filed by an individual with physical disabilities alleging that multiple aspects of East Lyme's Town Hall ...

We greatly appreciate the willingness of the Town of East Lyme and the commitment of its First Selectman to greatly increase the accessibility and usability of East Lyme’s Town Hall.” Brown, Jr., in coordination with the Disability Rights Section of the U.S. The settlement agreement resolves an ADA complaint filed by an individual with physical disabilities alleging that multiple aspects of East Lyme’s Town Hall facility were inaccessible to individuals with mobility disabilities. “Among the most important protections provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act are those ensuring individuals with disabilities have access to public services, especially key local government facilities such as Town Hall,” said U.S. “Our Office is committed to enforcing the ADA, which requires public entities, including municipalities, to provide access to individuals with disabilities. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S.

Quotation of the Day: Spa Town Favored by Russians Reinvents Itself (The New York Times)

“Maybe I'm a bad person, but I don't want to suffer for Ukraine.” ALI MIRZAYEV, a Russian-speaking hotelier and tour operator who works in the spa town of ...

[ALI MIRZAYEV](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/world/europe/czech-russia-karlovy-vary-tourists.html), a Russian-speaking hotelier and tour operator who works in the spa town of Karlovy Vary, in the Czech Republic, where he said Russians used to make up the bulk of his customers. The Czech government has barred Russians from visiting the country as tourists. Quotation of the Day: Spa Town Favored by Russians Reinvents Itself

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Small California town wonders if restored floodplain prevented ... (Reuters)

When devastating floods swept California last month, the community of Grayson - a town of 1300 people tucked between almond orchards and dairy farms where ...

It brought a sense of importance to the community." He said those who donated their labor to the project that day "were laughing and having a good time. "I don't know when the decade is going to come for extreme flooding. The valley lies west of the north-south Sierra Nevada mountain range and includes the smaller San Joaquin Valley. The sums compare with At the Willow Bend floodplain along the Sacramento River, amid the sparsely populated farmland of Colusa County, another recent restoration was just tested for the first time. It is impossible to determine for certain that the floodplain saved Grayson. While there is restoration downstream of Wilton, Jeffres said there are several good candidate sites upstream that could have prevented flooding, but on private land. Other NGOs and the state also restore floodplains. More sites lie on land occupied by California's $50 billion agricultural industry, which consumes 80% of the state's water. "That is our future and I think we will get there eventually. The $50 million project was funded mostly by federal, state and local grants, Rentner said.

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Alresford Town Success and Weekend Preview - Winchester Today (Winchester Today)

Alresford Town recorded a rare but deserved 1-0 victory away at Totton and Eling in the Southampton Senior Cup on Thursday night, writes Matt Richbell ...

On Sunday, Winchester City Flyers welcome Abingdon United to the City Ground. Alresford were 1-0 winners at Totton & Eling on Thursday night in the Southampton Senior Cup and Louis Macey will be hoping his side can make it two from two. Last time the two sides met, Merthyr were 5-2 winners against the Citizens in South Wales and last time out, Merthyr were big winners against Salisbury so City are anticipating a tough test. Nick Judd’s side are looking to make it three wins in a row after recent successes against Moneyfields Reserves and Whitehill & Bordon. Andrew Chorsley scored the only goal of the game in the first-half to secure Alresford a 1-0 victory. Elsewhere, Winchester City U23s were in action and ran out 3-0 winners away at Hamble Club.

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The historic Tasmanian town of Westbury is undergoing something ... (ABC News)

In Melbourne, Sydney, or Hobart, a new retro wine bar — complete with prosciutto platters and espresso fit for a coffee snob — wouldn't raise an eyebrow.

Temple says Westbury businesses and the Meander Valley Council, of which he is an elected representative, aren't sufficiently interested in marketing. I think there's a start of something." The council has no tourism development officer and has just one tourism information centre at Deloraine — 17 kilometres away. In return, the gregarious 73-year-old wine bar fixture says, "I'm living the dream. I get to drink coffee in the morning and talk to people, and drink wine in the evenings and talk to people." Ten years after her mother's passing, Lucy would lean on her dad, and siblings, a lot more when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The town has most of the medical and social services required for an ageing demographic. "So did I fill a void? In 2007 Steven's wife, Anne, was diagnosed with a second bout of breast cancer that became terminal. For the record, Fleming's family are all Tasmanian born, Lucy in nearby Launceston. Soon she began opening her doors in the mornings, to double up as a takeaway cafe. Life in rural towns is a delicate balance.

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Explorers Head Across Town to Face Rival Saint Joseph's (La Salle University Athletics)

Tip-off is set for noon. The game will be televised on ESPNU, with Mike Corey and John Williams delivering the play-by-play and color commentary. Explorers fans ...

- Saint Joseph's is led by Billy Lange, who is in his fourth season as head coach for the Hawks. - The Hawks have three players averaging double figures in Erik Reynolds II, Cameron Brown and Lynn Greer III. - The Explorers are led by head coach Fran Dunphy, the all-time winningest coach in Philadelphia Big 5 history. - The Explorers will look to beat the Hawks for the fourth time in their last five meetings after topping them three times last season, including a 63-56 win in the opening round of the Atlantic-10 Tournament. The threesome has combined for 33.9 points per game, with Brantley scoring 14.2 per game, Nickelberry chipping in 10.2 per contest, and Drame adding 9.5 per game. In addition, Explorers fans can follow the team on Twitter @LaSalle_MBB and Instagram @lasallembb.

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Broods back in town from Brooklyn, NY, and Upper Moutere (Stuff.co.nz)

The Kiwi sibling duo, whose songs have featured on Grey's Anatomy, talk about mental health, life in Brooklyn, NY, and Caleb's unusual space for ...

What do people in the US think? They're a huge part of our growth and so it's nice for us to all share it together.” Their last album, Space Island, was released in February 2022. “I'm pretty happy to say that I don't have a panic attack at the drop of a hat anymore,” Georgia says. Because it's quite a conceptual, emotional album, a lot of the feedback has been “quite intimate”, Georgia says. Caleb writes songs in a “old smoko room with a couple of speakers” in Tāhunanui, and lives in Upper Moutere, along with “the dog and Mum and Dad”.

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