on the town
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AFP reporters spent a night out on the town on a recent December evening to document a city known for its excess exploding into full-blown extravagance.
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
Of his novel’s effect on the town during the July festival, Hemingway once wrote, “It is all there as it always was except forty thousand tourists have been added.”
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
Woodstock, Vt.—which has a quaint downtown filled with shops, and counts actress Ana de Armas as a part-time resident—has adapted to the social media-driven influx, said Keri Cole, who serves on the town selectboard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
The borough council has described the vacant Waterloo House building as a "blight" on the town centre.
From BBC • May 15, 2025
But he was up there right now, with his glasses trained on the valley, on the town, a radio by his side, searching for Joe Mondragon.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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