town meeting
noun
: a meeting of inhabitants or taxpayers constituting the legislative authority of a town
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This is not what happens in the actual town meeting that takes place.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
With modern technology not working, the town of Black Mountain turned to a communication method that has been used for centuries: a town meeting.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
With modern technology not working, the town of Black Mountain turned to a communication method that has been used for centuries: a town meeting.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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“Town meeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20meeting. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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