The operations of its other plant in Rochdale and Leesona's former operations in Manchester were transferred to a recently acquired plant in the adjoining town of Heywood.

Rich in Christian and Moslem art, Istanbul is today a fascinating museum of East and West that recently became a seaside resort as well with the development of new beaches on the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara only a short distance from the center of town.

The Bastarnae were also a target because they had recently subjugated the Triballi, whose territory lay on the southern bank of the Danube between the tributary rivers Utus ( Vit ) and Ciabrus ( Tsibritsa ), with their chief town at Oescus ( Gigen, Bulgaria ).

Military occupation of the islands ended recently after an incident in which Serbian military opened fire and arrested the mayor of Vukovar Vladimir Štengel with 19 other Croatian civilians and 8 children who were going to visit Zvezdan Kisić the mayor of the Serbian town Bačka Palanka.

Data has also more recently been collected from Enniskillen Airport / St Angelo, under 4 miles to the North of the town centre, which should, in time, give a more accurate representation of the climate of the Enniskillen area.

Most recently, on 1 March 2009, a U. N. tribunal to investigate and prosecute suspects in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri opened in the former headquarters of the Netherlands General Intelligence Agency in Leidschendam, a town within the greater The Hague area.

Bari has recently seen a proliferation of out of town hypermarkets with all manner of shops and superstores attached to them.

The town has recently unveiled a revitalised Thames-side with landscaping and sculptures.

The area has been occupied since the 10th century ( although recently, remains of houses dating back to the 2nd century AD were discovered during a dig near the Oldehove ), and was granted a town charter in 1435.

Until recently it was a major garrison town.

The old town had decayed in the 1980s and 1990s, but recently many of the fountains and squares have been restored, and many new shops have opened.

The town of Guellen eagerly surrenders to the temptation of modern-day fiscal freedom promised by billionairess Claire Zachanassian in exchange for the dead body of the Alfred Ill. Now the recently elected mayor-to-be, he was also the man who jilted Zachanassian ( and their unborn child ) several decades ago leaving her destitute.

In contrast, the town of Ocotepec, north of Cuernavaca in the State of Morelos, opens its doors to visitors in exchange for veladoras ( small wax candles ) to show respect for the recently deceased.

Medical provision in this part of town, being more recently developed, is limited.

In 1871 the town was described as a poor place, with narrow streets, fairly good flat-roofed houses, grass huts, decayed forts and rusty cannon, enclosed by a wall 6 ft. high then recently erected and protected by bastions at intervals.

The town has the enormous new Orthodox Cathedral Church of the Trinity, a recently completed Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity and the Mask of Sorrow memorial, a huge sculpture in memory of Stalin's victims, designed by Ernst Neizvestny.

The German ADAC City Guide recently wrote, " The town of Zwickau has transformed itself over the years from a traditional mining town into an elegant Art-Nouveau town, which is well worth discovering .“

The city is famous for its history as a seaside town, and more recently for its reputation of having a large gay community and nightlife and arts culture.

More recently, the town has received regional notice as the site of a large annual Halloween street party, with an attendance regularly exceeding 70, 000.

The town council has refused to return the boat despite several requests by the United Kingdom, most recently by John Stuttard, the Lord Mayor of London.

Late one night, walking home from town with some other Trantridge villagers, Tess inadvertently antagonizes Car Darch, Alec's most recently discarded favorite, and finds herself about to come to blows.

More recently, in the 1960s, Dover was the scene of the manufacturing of the spacesuits worn by NASA astronauts in the Apollo moon flights by ILC Dover, now based in the small town of Frederica.

Good road links and the opening of the railway station in 1839 were key to the development of the town and the economic history of Romford is underpinned by a shift from agriculture to light industry and more recently to retail and commerce.

It celebrated winning the award on May 15, 1974 when the Governor of Michigan, William Milliken, and many dignitaries came to town.

In the 2005 – 06 season, Stanley, after winning against Woking with 3 matches to spare, secured a place back in the Football League and the town celebrated with a small parade and honours placed on senior executives of the team.

In 1973, the town celebrated the 1000th anniversary of its founding.

He is buried in the cemetery of his native town, Sète, the same cemetery celebrated in his famous poem, le Cimetière marin.

This variation is from Santiago. It is celebrated in the main streets of each town during the month of February.

The new town of Thermae or Therma, called for the sake of distinction Thermae Himerenses, which thus took the place of Himera, obviously derived its name from the hot springs for which it was celebrated, and the first discovery of which was connected by legends with the wanderings of Hercules.

In the Summer of 2008 Niagara County celebrated its 200th Birthday with the first town of the county, Town of Cambria.

Gunpowder Plotter Guy Fawkes is celebrated as a local hero during the carnival season, including a grand illuminated procession through Bridgwater town centre, which culminates in the Squibbing.

Having been fortified the town withstood several sieges, specially during the wars of freedom waged by the Dutch against Spain, the most celebrated fight under its walls being the Battle of Zutphen in September 1586 when Sir Philip Sidney was mortally wounded.

The Tombstone Western Film Festival and Symposium founded in 2001 is held in July in Tombstone, Arizona, a historic western mining town ( and later ghost town ) in the USA celebrated in western films as the site of the legendary Gunfight at the O. K.

From 1794 beers, wines and spirits were distributed from Lewes under the Harveys name, and the town is today the site of Harvey & Son's brewery celebrated as one the finest ale producers in England.

In 1993, the town celebrated its Bicentennial, which resulted in the establishment of the Chapel Hill Museum.

Homer calls their town or district " Larisa " and characterises it as fertile, and its inhabitants as celebrated for their spearsmanship.

The Greek historians record that the town was celebrated for its monolithite temple and oracle of the goddess Wadjet ( Buto ) ( Herod.

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The town of Eclectic was incorporated in 1907, and celebrated its centennial season in August 2007, though the community itself is older.

Ombos was a garrison town under every dynasty of Egypt, Pharaonic, Macedonian, and Roman, and was celebrated for the magnificence of its temples and its hereditary feud with the people of.

The centennial also celebrated the completion of the railroad to the town of Ione.

Three popular fiestas are celebrated each year in town: Cinco de Mayo ( May 5 ), the 16 de Septiembre Fiestas Patrias ( Mexico's Independence from Spain ) and the 12 de Diciembre ( the patron saint of Mexico, Santa Maria de Guadalupe ) to celebrate the Virgin Mary.

The town of Norfolk celebrated its semiquincentennial ( 250th anniversary ) on August 1 – 2, 2008.

The town celebrated its centennial in mid 2007 during the town's July 4 observance and with a community celebration on August 19.

Onarga has a rich and celebrated history for a small town.

In 2000 the town celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary in combination with the Hoosier Millennium celebration.