town meeting
noun
: a meeting of inhabitants or taxpayers constituting the legislative authority of a town
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Manchester has planned street repairs on nine roads, including upgrades to the Manchester Town Hall front parking lot and the Manchester Post Office rear lot, according to town meeting documents.
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Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2024
The actions were taken Wednesday after a special town meeting on Tuesday in which hundreds of outraged residents, many of them parents, demanded answers about who knew what and when.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2024
Residents packed a town meeting to express their outrage.
—Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
He is mentioned in a 2017 newspaper article for speaking out at a town meeting against a resolution pledging to create a welcoming environment for immigrants, including undocumented ones.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 10 June 2024
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Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2024
The actions were taken Wednesday after a special town meeting on Tuesday in which hundreds of outraged residents, many of them parents, demanded answers about who knew what and when.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2024
Residents packed a town meeting to express their outrage.
—Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
He is mentioned in a 2017 newspaper article for speaking out at a town meeting against a resolution pledging to create a welcoming environment for immigrants, including undocumented ones.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 10 June 2024
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“Town meeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20meeting. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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