town clerk
noun
: a public officer charged with recording the official proceedings and vital statistics of a town
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In the wooded German state of Hessen, Philipp, a town clerk, lived with his wife, Dorothea, and their children in a quaint cottage.
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Leaf’s deputy and private investigator grilled several town clerks and managed to seize one voting machine, according to local reports and the Michigan Attorney General’s Office.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
Gary Hoisington was born in 1950 in Derry, New Hampshire, where his mother worked as a town clerk and his father co-owned a lumber company.
—News Desk, Artforum, 24 Oct. 2024
Carrillo worked as a town clerk to learn the mechanics of local government, then unsuccessfully applied for an open council seat in 2021.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Leaf’s deputy and private investigator grilled several town clerks and managed to seize one voting machine, according to local reports and the Michigan Attorney General’s Office.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
Gary Hoisington was born in 1950 in Derry, New Hampshire, where his mother worked as a town clerk and his father co-owned a lumber company.
—News Desk, Artforum, 24 Oct. 2024
Carrillo worked as a town clerk to learn the mechanics of local government, then unsuccessfully applied for an open council seat in 2021.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Town clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20clerk. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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