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  • Mr. Tron's resignation comes after two former city-hall employees in Draveil—the Paris suburb of which he is also mayor—on Wednesday jointly filed a criminal sexual-harassment complaint against him.

    French Minister Resigns Amid Harassment Allegations Ruth Bender 2011

  • What really disturbs me about the trend away from simple city-hall and at-home weddings for my generation is this idea that it's a return to some Camelot-like past, where weddings were pricey, dresses pouffy, and people stayed together.

    Stephanie Earp: 'Four Weddings Canada': The Wedding Industry Has Gone Off The Rails Stephanie Earp 2012

  • The two women are former city-hall employees in Draveil, the Paris suburb of which Mr. Tron is mayor, a spokeswoman for the Evry prosecutor's office said.

    Women Accuse French Official Christina Passariello 2011

  • The book begins with the city-hall wedding of Joseph Guiteau, a TV-commercial actor from Cincinnati, to Delphine Kousavos, a Greek émigré working in the reptile house of the Bronx Zoo.

    Rootless Urban Transplants Sam Sacks 2011

  • What really disturbs me about the trend away from simple city-hall and at-home weddings for my generation is this idea that it's a return to some Camelot-like past, where weddings were pricey, dresses pouffy, and people stayed together.

    Stephanie Earp: 'Four Weddings Canada': The Wedding Industry Has Gone Off The Rails Stephanie Earp 2012

  • Mr. Lee's administration has scored a number of successes in its brief tenure, brokering deals to balance the city budget and overhaul its pension policies as the tone of city-hall politics cooled.

    San Francisco's Lee, in Shift, Enters Mayor's Race David Ferry 2011

  • What really disturbs me about the trend away from simple city-hall and at-home weddings for my generation is this idea that it's a return to some Camelot-like past, where weddings were pricey, dresses pouffy, and people stayed together.

    Stephanie Earp: 'Four Weddings Canada': The Wedding Industry Has Gone Off The Rails Stephanie Earp 2012

  • Other areas it continues to handle itself, including parks and recreation, city-hall administrative services and the water department.

    Cities Rent Police, Janitors to Save Cash 2010

  • Johns Creek, an Atlanta suburb that incorporated in 2006, contracted all of its city-hall and public-works services with CH2M Hill, a Denver company that provides everything from staff to furniture.

    Cities Rent Police, Janitors to Save Cash 2010

  • He visited the ancient city of Bagan and other sites around the country to study pagodas and monasteries, elements of which he added to the city-hall design.

    Myanmar's Colonial Treasures Threatened 2010

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