The stop in this province was brief, however — only 25 hours in total — with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh flying by helicopter the following morning from Fredericton to Sussex and then on to Moncton, where they attended a luncheon in Dieppe to celebrate the town's 50th anniversary and officially opened a new terminal at Greater Moncton International Airport.

An episode of the War of the Worlds TV series takes place in Grover's Mill on the 50th anniversary of the Welles radio drama, and expands on the town's ties to the infamous broadcast.

The uniform fiscal year brings the town's fiscal year into line with that of the schools, which expend the largest share of local disbursements.

Any adjustments which are made, Mr. Grenier said earlier this month, will appear on the balance of the tax bill since most of the town's taxpayers take the option of paying quarterly with the balance due next year.

Each year, the Council elects one of their number as Mayor to serve as the town's civic leader and to chair council meetings

The town's post office was established that year.

By the same year the town's population had risen to 9, 500.

On September 10 of that year, Daniel Gookin and others petitioned to have the town's name officially changed from Quinsigamond to Worcester.

For this, the town's charter was revoked again in 1872, and the town was administered as a police district by the state legislature for the following year.

Each year the town's fountain is dyed green in celebration of St. Patrick's day.

The town's population increased to 12, 567 during the 2011 year.

The plaza is a National Historic Landmark and still serves as the town's focal point, hosting many community festivals and drawing tourists all year round.

During the first weekend in June, Downtown Patterson hosts the town's largest celebration of the year, the Apricot Fiesta.

A big year was 1878 when the town's first telegraph line connected Eustis, Leesburg, and Sanford.

While sources seem to disagree on the exact date and even the year of the town's incorporation, the town's own official site provides a detailed account of the process and the dates.

A year later, the town's dirt roads were all paved.

The Park holds the town's annual Fourth of July celebration, consisting of vendors, exhibits and the Miss Enigma Firecracker Pageant, each year.

The tracks for the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway bisect the downtown, with the Scenic Railway itself operating out of the town's historic 100 year old depot.

Also that year, the village government prosecuted local resident Hale DeMar, age 59, for violating the town's handgun ban when he shot a burglar inside his house.

The town's first home was erected in March 1871 by Scott Shipman, and its first business opened in June of that year, a small general store run by Henry D. Clark.

This bridge is the centerpiece of the town's annual festival and draws thousands of people every year.

The town is also famous for its annual Fourth of July celebration held every year at the town's park.

This help was accepted, and the incorporation of the new town proceeded, with Bethlehem Steel providing legal assistance and paying all the town's expenses for the first year.

The festival is considered by many to be the town's major event of the year and is highly regarded nationally as one of the largest events of its kind in the country.

The post office opened that same year as did the town's first church, having relocated from nearby.

* House of the History of Nijmegen information centre about the history of Nijmegen ; free entrance ; expositions about a theme of the town's history ; touch screen which leads you to the 50 highlights of the towns ' history: ' Canon of Nijmegen '; reading table.

One of the main incidents in the town's history was an attack by pirates from Algiers in 1583, after which 400 people were taken away.

Today Mazara is widely considered to be one of the most important fishing centres of Italy ; tussles about fishing rights, especially with the North-African countries, figure large in the town's recent history, boat sequestrations being a common event.

The most distinctive aspect of the town's history is that it was moved to the west in the 1950s to allow for the expansion of Lake Hume.

Wittenberg's civic coat of arms conveys with its various heraldic elements something of the town's history.

A turning point in the town's history came in 1603 when Margrave Christian, the son of the elector, John George of Brandenburg, moved the aristocratic residence from the castle of Plassenburg above Kulmbach to Bayreuth.

The town's modern history begins in 1844, when Iginio Scarpa, a rich merchant from Rijeka, founded Villa Angiolina.

The town's history is poorly recorded and is held mostly by local people and their stories of the past.

An important source for the history of 17th century Transylvania, for the period of 1606-1666, are the records of Georg Kraus, the town's notary.

A mural in Haleburg depicts the town's agricultural history and its ties to the nearby Chattahoochee River.

Currently, the Port Alexander Historical Society is undertaking the project of creating a small museum celebrating the town's history.

Stromness Museum reflects these aspects of the town's history ( displaying for example important collections of whaling relics, and Inuit artefacts brought back as souvenirs by local men from Greenland and Arctic Canada ).

Due to the town's history of racial strife, the African-American percentage has decreased about 10 times over in the 20th century.

" Biscoe " was the town's official name for most of its history, being written in parenthesis.

The town was close to lead mines and mining played a big part in the town's early history.

Author K. Martin Gardner expounds on this literary history, and Twain's friendship with renowned scientist of the time, Nikola Tesla, in his novel of the town's name. Copperopolis

To keep up with the town's Swedish history they have most retail businesses designed in Swedish architecture.

For much of the town's history the fields around Kingsburg were mostly grape vineyards which produce mainly raisin and table grapes ; however in 2002 a large surplus of raisins and grapes drove the price for these commodities down to an all time low.

He was one of the most powerful residents in the town's history, dividing up the lands into large ranches for friends and family.

Currently, the town is at a crossroads trying to reconcile the town's rural history and character with exploding residential and now even commercial development.

Washington's economy has changed considerably over the course of the town's history.

Plans are to expand the celebration of " the town's worst day in history " in future years, according to the museum's executive director, Jerry Roberts.

The Cedar Key Museum State Park depicts the town's 19th century history and displays sea shells and Indian artifacts from the collection of Saint Clair Whitman.