None of them endeared the best-selling novelist to the residents of her adopted town, where she was widely regarded as a busybody.

Kahualopua died in her adopted town on December 16, 2004, at the age of 82.

Evan Baehr realizes that he may be swimming against the political tide in his adopted town of Princeton.

My little adopted town had generally been quiet and predictable and pokey.

Scarlett nodded, a grim pleasure and pride in her adopted town filling her.

His love for his adopted town is the helplessly romantic ardor of a pilgrim who finally found his Mecca.

His plans to go into the ministry did not materialize, and he became a book seller and publisher in his adopted town of Andover.

In 1924, he was elected as a Conservative MP for his adopted town of Derby.

He was elected Mayor of Monmouth of his adopted town in 1819 and 1821.

An honored citizen of his adopted town, Ponticelli voted in the 2007 presidential and legislative elections.