The town fathers hadn't known what that terrible smell was, but after a while it had gone away.

He was about to head home when the town fathers got a bright idea.

"Everybody's sorry to see it go, except the town fathers."

The nearby cemetery, where town fathers are buried, is a fascinating look at the past.

During the 1840s many of the streets laid out by the town fathers had yet to be opened to traffic.

To this end the town fathers put three names up to a vote.

The town fathers thought that it would become an important port.

"The town fathers have got to change the zoning if they don't like these houses."

"Some of the bigwigs are coming to talk to the town fathers, see if they can speed up the special election."

But through the fault of the town fathers we have a school that is 90 percent black.