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Road Town
Road Town capital, main port, and largest town (2000 est. pop. 8,000) of the British Virgin Islands . It is situated on the S coast of Tortola Island on the deeply indented Road Bay. Tourism, boat chartering, and offshore banking are important contributors to its economy. Among its notable sites... Read more |
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Hannaford Bros. Co
Hannaford Bros. Co. 145 Pleasant Hill RoadScarborough, Maine 04074U.S.A.(217) 883-2911Fax: (207) 885-3165 Public Company Incorporated: 1902Employees: 17,000Sales: $2.3 billionStock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 5411 Grocery Stores; 5141 Groceries, General Line Hannaford Bros. Co. is the largest... Read more |
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Highway
HIGHWAY A main road or thoroughfare, such as a street, boulevard, or parkway, available to the public for use for travel or transportation. The nature of a public way is determinable from its origin, as well as the intention and plans of the appropriate authorities and the use to which it has... Read more |
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Alderney
Alderney , Fr. Aurigny , anc. Riduna, island (1991 pop. 2,297), c.3 sq mi (7.7 sq km), in the English Channel, northernmost of the larger Channel Islands. It is separated from the French coast and from the other islands by swift tidal races. The soil is fertile and well cultivated about St. Anne,... Read more |
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Waterford (United States)
Waterford town (1990 pop. 17,930), New London co., SE Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled c.1653, inc. as a separate town from New London , 1801. Mainly residential, it has a recording and film studio, a major retail center, and light industry; commercial and sport fishing are also of economic... Read more |
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Maseru
Maseru , city (1996 pop. 137,837), capital of the Kingdom of Lesotho, on the Caledon River, near the border with the Republic of South Africa. It is Lesotho's only sizable city and its administrative center. A trade and transportation hub, it lies on Lesotho's main road and is linked with South... Read more |
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Harpenden
Harpenden , town (1991 pop. 28,589), Hertfordshire, E central England. Mainly residential, Harpenden is the site of Rothamsted Agricultural Experimental Station, known for biological and agricultural research.... Read more |
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Huntsville
Huntsville town (1991 pop. 14,997), SE Ont., Canada, on the Muskoka River. It has lumber mills and a woodworking plant, but it is sustained mainly by its year-round tourist trade.... Read more |
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Wilbraham
Wilbraham town (1990 pop. 12,635), Hampden co., S central Mass.; settled 1730, inc. 1763. It is mainly residential. Wilbraham and Monson Academy (1817) is there.... Read more |
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Rand McNally Announces Top Road Stops for 2003 Best of the Road Winners;...
...new takes on well-known attractions...scenic road trips in the United...today. Each trip is about 150...Road(TM) trips make a perfect...discovering road trips and are taking...home. For a ... |
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Two low-key, old Maine ski areas feeling expansive
...and winding roads through northwestern Maine are two of...unpretentious, friendly Maine attitude...uniforms by Maine's favorite...trails. A trip to the 4...augmented by well-placed doubles...Rangeley, a ... |
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Vacationland's portal -gateway to board-dom
...more user-friendly for citizens...utterly devoid of roads, airports...railroads, towns and, for that...research as well. Thought you...events as the Maine Shakespeare...newspaper to the Maine Arts Commission...planners at ... |
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Maine and Maritimes like two peas in a pod
...to readers, well have been packaged...much of eastern Maine to add programs...cozier with the friendly giant that outflanks...the Other Maine to the south...over logging roads from Ashland...made the annual trip to ... |
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'Friendly village' turns 200 ; Harrison plans events throughout the year to...
...Press Herald (Maine) 06-23-2005 'Friendly village' turns...people's minds towns like Bridgton...Lakes Region town where time...itself as the "friendly village...attractive, user-friendly Web site...across the ... |
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Off the beaten path in mid-coast Maine: fall wayfarers discover New England...
...profile resort towns like Camden...rather than a "Maine" event, but...England villages, Maine gives autumn...tourists stereotype Maine as a summer...mid-October trip coincided with...blueberries as well as cranberries...and ... |
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The Maine attraction; EMMA CATTELL discovers a picture perfect town of...
...CATTELL THINK of Maine and if you picture...Cabot Cove. Well, if you want...pretty fictional town, make your...picket fences, friendly inhabitants...fishing port, as well as a more recent...houses lining the road, with ... |
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Over the Bridge to the Classic Quiet of Maine's Mount Desert Island
...northern coast of Maine is like visiting...arranged things as well as we might...popularity of Maine rentals, we had booked our trip very late...we call the town clerk. Unfortunately...he was as friendly as if we were...that ... |
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Large Mutual Fund Loss Forces Westerly, Conn., Retiree to Sell Motor Home.
...if all goes well it may help...home around town. "Enjoy the open road on your own...racked up during trips to Maine, New Hampshire...highway cones in Maine made him decide...for his age. Friendly and ... |
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SHOPPING AROUND SHOPPING COLUMNIST MEREDITH MOSS AND PHOTOGRAPHER LISA POWELL...
...shops tend to be friendly and love people...they go on buying trips. Often they'll...or ship gifts, as well. We can't list...Inside is a prize as well as a little paper...Pennsylvania and Maine to purchase the handcrafted...North Carolina as ... |