municipality
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A small farm town in Michigan voted against a proposed data center, but the developers sued and the municipality was forced to settle.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
Many residents facing demolition orders are opting to take sledgehammers to their own properties to avoid hefty costs and fines imposed by the municipality which typically total tens of thousands of dollars.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
On display from Statia, now a special municipality of the Netherlands, is a massive late-17th- or 18th-century cannon, which could conceivably have fired the historic salute.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Between 2017 and 2021, Torrance dealers sold the third-most crime guns later recovered in Los Angeles of any municipality in the nation, The Times reported.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Holmes acquired a ticket to a village called Englewood in the town of Lake, a municipality of 200,000 people that abutted Chicago’s southernmost boundary.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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