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  Avon, Livingston County,New York
It is the center town upon the N. border of the co. Its surface is rolling and moderately hilly upland, terminating in flats on the Genesee River.
Hatch, Alden, The Wadsworths of Geneseo, New York, Coward McCann, 1959.
Avon Preservation and Historical, 74 Genesee Street, Avon (585) 226-8118.
www.rootsweb.com /~nyliving/town/avon.htm   (551 words)

  
  Avon (town), New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1818, part of the town was used to form the new Town of Rush (in Monroe County).
New York State Route 15 is another north-south highway in the eastern part of the town.
In the town the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Avon_(town),_New_York   (661 words)

  
 AVON
The town is located in the southern part of the county, being bounded on the north and west by Stoughton; on the east by Randolph and Holbrook, and on the south by Plymouth County.
Avon station was established soon after the boundary of the town was extended to the railroad.
Avon is the smallest town in Norfolk County.
www.stoughtonhistory.com /1918avon.htm   (1051 words)

  
 New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
New York, abbreviated "NY", is in the Middle Atlantic region of the U.S. Its capital is Albany.
There were 18,976,457 people in New York as of the 2000 census.
Please explore the cities and towns of New York, below.
www.citytowninfo.com /places/new-york   (56 words)

  
 Niskayuna (town), New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Town of Niskayuna is located in the southeast part of the county, north and east of the City of Schenectady.
The northern and eastern town lines are defined by the Mohawk River with Saratoga County, New York on the opposite bank.
In the town the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 27.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Niskayuna_(town),_New_York   (559 words)

  
 Avon Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The commercial centre of the Avon Valley until the railway – and with it the Great Eastern Highway – bypassed it 30km to the north, York is now an agricultural centre but also plays a historic role as a venerable museum of ornate nineteenth-century public buildings, coaching inns and churches.
At a time when York was a key inland settlement and jumping-off point for treks into the interior, the farm played a pivotal role in the region, and today it still employs machinery and husbandry techniques from that era.
The town was founded in 1836, making it one of the earliest inland settlements of the Swan River Colony, and many buildings survive from that era.
www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/west_australia/avonvalley.asp   (690 words)

  
 Livonia Avon & Lakeville Railroad LAL History
The Rochester and Genesee Valley is leased to the Buffalo, New York and Erie.
The Buffalo, New York and Erie is leased to the Erie Railway
The Avon, Geneseo and Mt. Morris is leased to the Erie Railway.
www.lalrr.com /history.html   (2283 words)

  
 The Running Network -- National News -- Article
While the spotlight on December 9 will be on the top athletes, the Avon Running Global Women's Circuit is the only international event that provides women the opportunity to pursue elite racing, moderate running or simple fitness in unified events, with the mission to empower all women to take charge of their health and fitness.
Avon Running Hartford - 10K Overall Winner Gordon Bakoulis, 40, from New York City, and Avon Running Twin Cities - 10K Overall Winner Janet Robertz, 42, from Shorewood, MN, both outran the entire field of 1500 + women and won their respective Avon races.
After her Avon win, Gordon Bakoulis went on to win the Women Master's title at the New York City Marathon on November 4 in a time of 2 hours and 41 minutes.
www.runningnetwork.com /news/avonphoenix2001.html   (919 words)

  
 Avon By The Sea - Our New Jersey Shore town site
Back in 1878, many wealthy visitors from New York and Philadelphia vacationed at the Jersey Shore in such towns as Asbury Park, Long Branch and Ocean Grove.
Batchelor had wanted to use the land as the new headquarters of his tobacco company, but instead took the advice of his engineers and developed the land for residential use.
The town was incorporated as "Avon-by-the-Sea" on March 23, 1900.
www.newjerseyshore.com /avon-by-the-sea.shtml   (321 words)

  
 Washington Running Report -- Regional News Article
Avon Running events take place in fourteen countries worldwide and the Avon Running Global Championship is the annual culminating event of the series, featuring the winners of these national events as well as an invited world-class field.
Avon Running international events were held in twelve countries in 2000.
Avon is committed to women through programs such as the Avon Global Women's Health Program, Avon Breast Cancer Crusade, the Avon Worldwide Fund for Women's Health, and the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Days.
www.runwashington.com /news/sept01avonglobal.html   (1232 words)

  
 Town of Avon
Avon voters will head to the polls on November 7 to vote for 4 vacant town council seats along with many county and statewide ballot issues.
Avon has been on the forefront of addressing affordable housing in the valley for years, building its first affordable housing rental and for-sale units in 1991.
The Town of Avon was recently awarded $2,130,488 in grant monies to use toward its multi-modal transportation hub.
www.avon.org /news.cfm   (2856 words)

  
 Avon Old Farms: Avon’s Heritage
Town and electors’ meetings alternated between the West Avon Congregational Church and the Avon Congregational Church from 1830 until 1891, when the town built its first town hall.
Life in early Avon is frozen in the remarkable diaries of Reverend Rufus Hawley, covering 1767-1812, and the journals and notebooks of Frank Hadsell, covering 1845-1942.
In Avon’s landscape of 22.6 square miles are reminders of the Farmington Canal, the railroad, and Albany Turnpike.
www.avonoldfarms.com /page.cfm?p=206   (1755 words)

  
 Avon Foundation: Avon Foundation/Avon Crusade News
The Avon Crusade and the National Trust have enlisted a prestigious committee of Congressional leaders who have demonstrated their support for the breast cancer and historic preservations causes to lend their names to the first “Pink Line Committee” in support of this important initiative.
Avon is partnering with the National Trust as part of their shared commitment to save lives and save communities.
The mission of the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade is to fund access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer, with a focus on reaching medically underserved women, including minorities, the poor, elderly, under- and uninsured women.
www.avoncompany.com /women/news/press20030928.html   (924 words)

  
 Avon New York — Our Community, Rochester NY Personal Injury Attorneys, Livingston County
Avon, New York is a delightful small town nestled on the eastern banks of the beautiful Genesee River.
Avon is found in rural Livingston County, the Gateway to the New York's enchanted Finger Lakes Region.
Avon is in close proximity to the awesome Letchworth State Park, known as the 'Grand Canyon of the East', a spectacular gorge full of high cliffs and tumbling waterfalls.
www.rochesterinjury.com /avon.html   (512 words)

  
 York Historical Full Timeline
The new trustees are Edwin H. Westerbee and Holcomb G. Foster of New York.
York and vicinity was visited on the night of the 31st inst.
Town of York Historical Society holds a reunion for the past residents of Little Italy & their friends at the Capa Lounge in Retsof, NY The event was attended by about 45 people, 10 that lived there at one time.
www.yorkhistorical.org /FullTimeLine.asp   (4632 words)

  
 Avon Foundation: Avon Foundation/Avon Crusade News
NEW YORK — September 30, 2003 — Famous female pop artist Debbie Brooks has partnered with the Avon Foundation to design 250 limited edition bags, with proceeds to benefit breast cancer research and care organizations nationwide.
Debbie was immediately inspired to support the breast cancer cause and contacted the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade, whose mission is to fund access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer, with a focus on the medically underserved.
The Avon Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity, was founded in 1955 with a mission to improve the lives of women by supporting programs that offer economic opportunity and provide care and research for breast cancer in the U.S. and around the world.
www.avoncompany.com /women/news/press20030930.html   (546 words)

  
 The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, New York. Sept 20-21, 2003
Walking in New York was very cool, but I missed being in Chicago, because there's something about walking in your own city that's even better.
Thanks to the Avon foundation, she recived a breast cancer screeing - and she was found to have the disease.
The Avon Breast Cancer Crusade has raised over $250 million in the last ten years, and the Walk for Breast Cancer is its newest event.
www.cloudvillage.com /avonwalk   (1797 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Avon makes mark on new generation
Avon has periodically offered beauty items for teens, but this is the first time it has developed a specific brand for this age group.
Deborah Fine, president of Avon Future, a new division that serves as the umbrella for mark, projects that the line will generate $100 million in sales in 2004, the first full year of the launch.
While Avon's representatives sell cosmetics at their home or where they work, these mark representatives are selling through more informal settings: slumber parties, sororities and campus events.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20031002-9999_1b2avon.html   (867 words)

  
 The History of Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ
The History of Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ During the Victorian era indicative of her growth, the land was officially named New Branch around 1855, but according to what map you looked at or to whom you talk to, the land also was known as the Swanton Tract or the Lewis Greene Property.
The town as "Avon-By-The-Sea" came into existence when it was incorporated under an act of legislature as a borough on March 23,1900.
Where the name Avon comes from is something that a good many people wonder about, but it is easily enough understood when one considers that even in the days of "Key East" that hotel at the foot of Sylvania Avenue was known as the "Avon" Inn.
www.avon-by-the-sea.com /history/index.html   (534 words)

  
 Avon, New York NY, town profile (Livingston County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
New York > All counties > Livingston County > Avon
Avon is a town in Livingston County, in the Rochester metro area.
Median rent in Avon, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $483.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=273352   (472 words)

  
 Greetings from Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey NJ
Avon is surrounded by three different bodies of water.
Avon's clean, white sandy beaches are a great place to relax, swim and bask in the summer sun.
Avon BandBs are centrally located to the best New Jersey shore activities and are an excellent hub for a short or extented seaside vacation.
www.avon-by-the-sea.com /greetings/index.html   (274 words)

  
 Avon, Massachusetts Municipal Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This volume presents an overview of the town's past, first as the village of East Stoughton, and after 1888 as the town of Avon.
In June 1987 I was invited to go to Avon to discuss the possibility of writing the history of the town for its upcoming centennial celebration.
Because it was New Year's Eve, most of the stores and factories had let out early, so it was relatively quiet there, only the sound of the Christmas wreaths scratching against the granite headstones broke the silence.
www.avonmass.net /community/history/preface.html   (828 words)

  
 Avon, New York NY, village profile (Livingston County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Avon is a village in Livingston County, in the Rochester metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Avon was $22,758, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Avon, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $477.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=147   (538 words)

  
 Avon At A Glance: Where to Buy Avon
David McConnell, 28 of New York, NY, USA discovered that the rose oil perfumes he was giving away were the reason people were buying his books.
Avon's sales Representatives - men and women - to now number almost five million, and Avon products are sold in over 100 countries around the world.
Avon is the first company to be selected by the Chinese government to test direct selling in Beijing, Tianjin, and Guangdong Province in China.
www.avoncompany.com /about/firsts.html   (721 words)

  
 The Running Network -- National News -- Article
Forty Avon Running events take place annually in 14 countries worldwide, with the mission of Avon Running to empower women to take charge of their health and fitness as well as provide competitive opportunities for serious women runners.
More than 15,000 runners have registered for what is the largest Avon Running event in the world, and the largest running event of any kind in Hungary.
In addition to creating a competitive environment for emerging women runners around the world, the Avon Running Global Women's Circuit is building upon the program's three-year success of spreading the word about health and fitness, particularly cardiovascular disease, to thousands of women worldwide.
www.runningnetwork.com /news/avonhungary2001_2.html   (833 words)

  
 York Western Australia Accommodation - Business - WA Tourist Information - Tourism Avon Valley Wheatbelt
The town is living history - its opulent Victorian and Federation buildings have been beautifully restored and York is one of the few towns in Western Australia to enjoy historic town classification.
York has accommodation for every budget and lifestyle, from charming bed and breakfasts, a caravan park and motel to five star luxury accommodation.
York is famous for its festivals including The York Art and Craft Awards, York Antiques and Collectors Fair, Jazz Festival, Garden Festival and - of course - Vintage Motor Vehicles.
yorkwa.com.au   (333 words)

  
 Avon A Localities New York United States North America Regional
The New Building Committee has issued its first report on its mission to establish the future building needs of the town, and although it is not ready...
Avon legal fees higher than most districtsThe Morning Journal, OH - 6 hours agoAVON -- Construction projects, a costly legal battle between the city of Avon and the Avon school district about a school bus garage and other factors have...
Colin Smith, a 2005 graduate of Avon Lake High School, was sent to Iraq from Camp Lejeune, NC, in July, said his mother, Melissa Smith of LaGrange.
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/North_America/United_States/New_York/Localities/A/Avon   (397 words)

  
 New York Visitors Guide
As one of the most popular cities in the world, New York is equippedwith a multitude of lodgings and accommodations.
Specifically, timeshares are an ample establishment to cater to the swarms of visitors that New York attracts everyday.
New York is also an extraordinary location if you want to sell timeshare.
www.visitnewyorkstate.net   (360 words)

  
 New York • Cities & Towns • NY
New York Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials (NYCOM)
Association of Towns of the State of New York
Gouverneur (Town) - Chamber of Commerce - PL
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 wfsb.com - Eyewitness News - Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury - Local News - Arrests Made In Avon Mountain Crash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
AVON, Conn. -- After a yearlong investigation, the owner of the runaway dump truck that slammed into a group of cars at the bottom of Avon Mountain a year ago has been charged with manslaughter.
In addition to four counts of manslaughter, Wilcox was charged with assault, tampering with evidence, fabricating evidence, interfering with police, and 23 motor vehicle violations.
The truck, which also was cited for brake violations in 2004, smashed into 18 cars and a commuter bus that were stopped for a traffic signal at the bottom of the hill.
www.wfsb.com /news/9563660/detail.html?rss=hart&psp=news   (570 words)

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