The town's hot springs and mud baths are the main economic resource.

In Israel it is also a tradition to arrange festive parades, known as Ad-D ' lo-Yada, in the town's main street.

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.

Monnow Street, historically the site of the town's market and now its main shopping street

Pool Street is a pedestrianised street and as such, serves as the town's main shopping street.

Indeed the only major changes in the town's basic layout have been the bridging over of the original railroad crossing in 1937, and the extension and widening of Connecticut Avenue, the town's main thoroughfare, in 1957.

In 2007 the partial pedestrianisation of the town's main street, West Street, was completed.

The park also features a recreation of a western gunfight at the ' OK Corral ' and many shops that line the " Western " town's main street.

The town's three main trading streets of High Street, West Street and South Street are complemented by a small open-air shopping centre, St Martin's Walk, which is adjacent to the town's main car park and easily accessed from the High Street.

The time bomb was planted in an alleyway on Clanbrassil Street, the town's main shopping street.

Its main street is Hannan Street, named after the town's founder.

The other field, commonly referred to as The Sports Ground, is the home to Bideford AFC, the town's main local football club.

In 1945, during a parade of gigantes y cabezudos, young men who wanted to be in the event staged a brawl in town's main square, the Plaza del Pueblo.

The town's main north-south street was named Washington and the main east-west street was named Fairfax.

In the town's main street is the prominent and beautifully renovated Bank of Ireland known also as Harrison Hall.

The town's main football club, A. F. C.

Some 4, 000 residents were displaced, and many businesses uprooted along what was once the town's main commercial area.

Some 4, 000 residents were displaced, and many businesses uprooted along what was once the town's main commercial area.

The town's main street enters through a sham arcaded façade that preserves the unity of the space as at the Place des Vosges.

Holly Pond High School is the town's main high school for grades 9-12.

In 1871, Smith filed a claim with the federal government for the land around the buildings, and on August 20, 1873, he became the town's first postmaster.

At the town's founding in March 1879, it took its name from Schieffelin's initial mining claim.

In a publicity move for the town, city officials officially " claim Senator Arnold Vinick as a resident of Santa Paula ," in April 2005, and opened an official campaign headquarters for the fictional Republican Senator in the town's train depot.

The town's annual celebration represents Long Grove's claim to fame: The Strawberry Festival.

This claim is proudly advertised on the arch above the town's entrance, though some find the winters to be a difficult sell.

The town's recent claim to fame was its baseball team, the Carrollton Trojans, who finished 2nd in Class 2A baseball in their 2009-10 season.

The town's recent claim to fame is its winning high school football team, the Orrick Bearcats.

The source of the town's name is not certain, though some claim it comes from the source of its first inhabitants from the province of Brunswick-Lüneburg in Germany.

Contrary to popular belief, Matthew Lavelle of West Scranton, Pennsylvania, has no claim to the town's property.

In the weeks leading up to the parade, the town frequently gains media attention for its residents setting up folding chairs along the town's main street to stake claim to prime viewing areas.

The town's primary claim to fame is its Hillsville Flea Market ( more properly known as the VFW Flea Market & Gun Show ), which has been called the largest American flea market to the east of the Mississippi River.

Residents point to the local variety of ramen as the town's main claim to fame.

However, the town's claim of geographical origin is disputed by other localities.

The town's biggest claim to fame was the celebration of August 8, 1988 ( 08 / 08 / 88 ).

" When Ithaca, New York mayor Carolyn K. Peterson proclaimed a day to celebrate her city as the birthplace of the sundae, she received postcards from Two Rivers ' citizens reiterating that town's claim.

The town's grandeur speaks of the importance of the once powerful Counts of Acquaviva who laid claim to this region.

It was in 1952, three years after the town's founding, that local leaders instigated what would, to this day, be the essence of the people of Padre Garcia's claim to industry.

Owen's main claim to fame is the annual small-horse carriage driving championships which are held on the town's oval around Easter time.

Mr. and Mrs. Richards, one of the town's 19 model couples, receive a letter from a stranger revealing the remark: “ You are far from being a bad man: go, and reform .” Mrs. Richards is ecstatic that they will be able to claim the gold.

The town's fame caught the attention of Vincennes, Indiana entrepreneur Milton Harris.

When a local newspaper published a story about the town's efforts, the town attained state-wide fame and had its story covered by several news channels which report on events in the tri-state area.

Among the noteworthy individuals who claimed Plymouth as their birthplace or former residence, and then gained a measure of fame beyond the town's borders were:

The town's economy was initially based upon fishing and agriculture as in the case of Brixham across Torbay, but in the early 19th century the town began to develop into a fashionable seaside resort, initially frequented by members of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars while the Royal Navy anchored in the bay and later by the crème de la crème of Victorian society as the town's fame spread.

Torquay's economy was, like Brixham's, initially based on fishing and agriculture, but in the early 19th century it began to develop into a fashionable seaside resort, initially frequented by members of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars while the Royal Navy anchored in Torbay and later, as the town's fame spread, by Victorian society.

The town is now split between the seaside area known as " Lower Gibsons ", which is mostly residential but also includes Molly's Reach, which achieved fame in The Beachcombers, as well as shops and restaurants catering mostly to vacationers, and " Upper Gibsons ", which is clustered along Highway 101, and which contains the commercial areas of town including Sunnycrest Mall, the town's two major supermarkets, a variety of fast food restaurants, as well as the high school.

Sandanski's favourable position, suitable climate ( with the highest average annual temperature in the country, + 14. 1 ° C ) and the concentration of mineral water springs in the area are all reasons for the town's fame as a centre for relaxation and recreation.

One of the town's claims to fame is that the boards used in churches all over the world to display hymn numbers were invented here by the Rev Legh Richmond, who was curate-in-charge of Brading and Yaverland 1757 to 1805, and a famous writer of inspirational evangelist pamphlets at that time.

The town's literary claims to fame include it being the birthplace of 19th century writer Hesba Stretton ( 1832 – 1911 ), and the first job of poet Philip Larkin was as librarian of Wellington Library from 1943 to circa 1945.

The town's name is taken from an early gold mine in the area, named for the German hall of fame, the Walhalla temple ( Valhalla from Norse legend ).

* Litochoro acquired some fame during the 1999 NATO war in Yugoslavia when allied naval forces arrived on the beach of Gritsa ; an action which provoked a reaction by the town's Communists and many people took part in it.

Playing his minor hockey in Hinton, Alberta, Nystrom is immortalized on the town's wall of fame.