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Eatonville was also home to the Hungerford School, a school for Black students modeled after the Tuskegee Institute and at one time comprising more than half the town’s geography.
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Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
The residence was originally built in 1916 after a catastrophic fire swept through the town and was later painstakingly restored over an eight-year period beginning in 2003.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
Printing plans to invest $233 million and create 352 jobs at a facility 50 miles northeast of Charlotte, in the town of Linwood in Davidson County.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 2 May 2024
But the city park, a former centerpiece of the town that was once lined with towering oaks and hickories, and alive with a pool and ballfields and playgrounds, still looks like a big, vacant field with mangled tree stumps, empty concrete slabs, and a few piles of bricks from the old dugouts.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 1 May 2024
The twister touched down about 1.5 miles southwest of the town and traveled east, leveling at least 22 homes and injuring three people.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2024
Aerial photography showed the town's historic downtown district was reduced to rubble.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024
Every year, City Hall organizes a memorial service in the town center in Mr. Paty’s honor, as a reminder to residents of the importance of keeping Mr. Paty’s memory alive.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024
But some residents insist that solutions like building a shelter or offering more mental health services would make the town a magnet for the homeless, all but ensuring that the parks would be lined with tents and disrupt their quality of life.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
The residence was originally built in 1916 after a catastrophic fire swept through the town and was later painstakingly restored over an eight-year period beginning in 2003.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
Printing plans to invest $233 million and create 352 jobs at a facility 50 miles northeast of Charlotte, in the town of Linwood in Davidson County.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 2 May 2024
But the city park, a former centerpiece of the town that was once lined with towering oaks and hickories, and alive with a pool and ballfields and playgrounds, still looks like a big, vacant field with mangled tree stumps, empty concrete slabs, and a few piles of bricks from the old dugouts.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 1 May 2024
The twister touched down about 1.5 miles southwest of the town and traveled east, leveling at least 22 homes and injuring three people.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2024
Aerial photography showed the town's historic downtown district was reduced to rubble.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024
Every year, City Hall organizes a memorial service in the town center in Mr. Paty’s honor, as a reminder to residents of the importance of keeping Mr. Paty’s memory alive.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024
But some residents insist that solutions like building a shelter or offering more mental health services would make the town a magnet for the homeless, all but ensuring that the parks would be lined with tents and disrupt their quality of life.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
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“The town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20town. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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