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Hingham
Hingham , resort town (1990 pop. 19,821), Plymouth co., E Mass., S of Boston, on the south shore of Hingham Bay; inc. 1635. Hingham is primarily residential with some diverse light industry. Its bay shore draws annual visitors. The Old Ship Church (1681), a fine example of American Gothic... Read more |
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Weymouth
Weymouth , town (1990 pop. 54,063), Norfolk co., E Mass., a suburb of Boston on Hingham Bay; settled 1622, inc. 1635. The state's second oldest settlement, it is chiefly residential. Electronic components, fertilizer, and chemicals are made. Weymouth also has a shoe industry which dates back to the... Read more |
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Adami
Adami or Adami-Nekeb , in the Bible, border town of Naphtali. Two towns, Adami and Nekeb, in AV.... Read more |
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Arab
Arab , in the Bible, hill town of S ancient Palestine, near Hebron.... Read more |
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Thisbe
Thisbe in the Bible, town whence Tobit was carried, N of Jerusalem.... Read more |
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Opportunity
Opportunity uninc. town (1990 pop. 22,326), Spokane co., E Wash., a suburb of Spokane. It is a growing residential town.... Read more |
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town
town in the United States. In the New England states the town is the basic unit of local government . The New England town government's unique feature is the town meeting, much praised as a nearly pure form of democracy. At the annual meeting of voters, town officers are elected and local issues... Read more |
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Saint Stephen (town)
Saint Stephen town (1991 pop. 4,931), SW N.B., Canada, on the St. Croix River opposite Calais, Maine. The two towns, connected by an international bridge, form virtually a single community. St. Stephen was founded by Loyalists after the American Revolution.... Read more |
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ghost town
ghost town term for any once flourishing American community that has been abandoned, generally for economic reasons. While most of the towns have little or no population, they often contain old buildings, which may serve as tourist attractions. Many, such as Virginia City, Nev., were gold-mining... Read more |
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Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead , town (1991 pop. 80,110), Hertfordshire, SE England. Hemel Hempstead was designated one of the new towns in 1946 to alleviate overpopulation in London. It is a market town and London suburb. Manufactures include paper, electrical and light engineering products, office machinery,... Read more |
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In Hingham, they pull for crew - Town forms the first public-school varsity...
...becoming true contenders." Hingham recently hosted Tabor Academy...Tabor won easily, but the Hingham rowers said they were happy...give up, but then you look at your friends, and you just keep...The team was started by three Hingham mothers - Diane MacIver ... |
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DOWNTOWN HINGHAM LOOKING LIKE QUINTESSENTIAL NEW ENGLAND, THIS TOWN OFFERS A...
...Abraham Lincoln were early settlers of Hingham, which explains the statue of the 16th...streets. The old guy watches over downtown Hingham. 2. THE ORIGINAL The sign on the red...up the free booklet on six ways to wear your faux pearls, and get those pearls, too... |
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IF IT'S HINGHAM, THE ANSWER'S NO
...of Braintree to say of Hingham, "They're wearing...behavior. They pack town meetings, where they...cartoons about bordering towns in their local paper...In fact, this is a town that eats its young...last year, a group of Hingham people ... |
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IT'S HISTORY, HINGHAM
...column pointing out how town officials, in the midst...sign that had one leg on town-owned land, because...largely blue-collar town," that I mused about...stress." But I tell you, Hingham, you've got to get...last thing you want with your ... |
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Elites ride rail out of Hingham
HINGHAM -- Try saying this without moving your jaw: Good Lord...residence among the Hingham elite, a group that...emissions as if no town, anywhere in America...and the neighboring towns of Hull and Marshfield...already winds through ... |
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HINGHAM FOOD PANTRY FEELING PINCH GROUP CITES MORE DEMANDS FOR SERVICES
...pantry either live in Hingham or worship at a Hingham church or synagogue...age group or part of town. "At some time or another...families from every area of Hingham," said Susan Kiernan...people that it could be your neighbor" who needs... |
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HINGHAM FOOD PANTRY FEELING THE PINCH
...pantry either live in Hingham or worship at a Hingham church or synagogue...age group or part of town. "At some time or another...families from every area of Hingham," said Susan Kiernan...people that it could be your neighbor" who needs... |
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Taking the crime watch online Hingham and Norwell using e-mail system...
...him in another part of town and notified police...police and citizens in Hingham to work together. The...this state only by the Hingham and Norwell police...icon was placed on both towns' police department websites...people have signed on in ... |
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Hingham has eyes on water system ; Hull, Cohasset share concerns
...on the reaction at Town Meeting, and even...municipal plan, as Hingham's water infrastructure...other two nearby towns. It's an idea...Lemnios, Hull's town manager, already...system." Hull and Hingham have partnered extensively...Coughlin, ... |
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Hingham jewelers robbed, burglarized within a week
...apart in this low-crime town aren't very high...ambushed as he left his Hingham Jewelers store at closing...the phone and called Hingham police, who arrived...in 1948. The original Hingham Jewelers burned to the...living when you fear for ... |
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