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Jan. 3—EXETER — U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright on Wednesday announced an $8.7 million investment for major infrastructure improvements in Exeter Borough. "It's a great day to be in Exeter," said ...
Exeter is a borough in the Greater Pittston-Wilkes-Barre area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Scranton and a few miles north of Wilkes-Barre. It is located on the western bank of the Susquehanna River and has a total area of 5.0 square miles (12.9 km 2 ).
[7] [8] Exeter's city status was re-conferred on the reformed district, allowing the council to take the name Exeter City Council. [9] The city's mayor was raised to the status of a lord mayor in 2002. [10] In 2010 the government proposed that the city should become an independent unitary authority, like nearby Plymouth and Torbay. The ...
Exeter Township is a township within the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,047 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] Upper Exeter and Harding are two villages in the township.
Exeter Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 25,500 as of the 2020 census , [ 2 ] making it the third-most populous municipality in Berks County after the city of Reading and Spring Township .
Devon County Council was created in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, which created elected county councils to take over the administrative functions previously performed by the quarter sessions, run by unelected magistrates.
The Exeter City Fire Brigade was the first municipal fire brigade in Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom.The brigade was formed in 1888, on the recommendation of Captain Sir Eyre Shaw, the Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (now renamed the London Fire Brigade), who conducted a parliamentary inquiry into the Exeter Theatre Royal fire during which 186 people died, making it still the ...
Exeter had previously been granted permission to become a unitary authority, with local elections postponed until 2011. [5] When the Coalition Government won the general election earlier that year, Exeter's permission to form a unitary authority was overturned. Because of this, the High Court ruled that those councillors who had stayed on ...