The island's administrator has since received an internet parcel from Amazon - a book about the island's history.
The island's 4, 200 residents currently rely on a slow satellite connection, which campaigners say is stunting the island's growth.
Saturday is regarded by some as the island's national day, marking the adoption of the island's constitution in the 18th Century.
Out of the island's 600-strong population, 444 registered to vote and 77% of them turned out to vote in half of the island's 28 conseillers.
As the physical space is a warehouse not open to the public, there's plenty of room for New Orleans' Zatarain's Creole Mustard and Greenville, South Carolina's Duke's Mayonnaise -- an essential in many Southern recipes -- alongside pickles from Toledo's Tony Packo's and Rhode Island's indigenous coffee syrup Autocrat.
The issues of means-tested benefits and staff costs must be resolved to balance the Isle of Man's budget, the island's treasury minister has said.
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It will accommodate Long Island Rail Road trains that now bypass Manhattan's East Side as they roll east through Queens and straight to Pennsylvania Station on the island's West Side.
There has also been "steady progress" made against the plan in place after Estyn's report on the island's education services last summer, and there is a "much improved" performance in children's services.
Nominations have opened for the election of 14 seats in Sark's Chief Pleas, the island's government.
Unite's Eric Holmes said the island's Chief Minister needs to get involved and start negotiating.
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Mr Coke's rights will be ably defended by his lawyer, Tom Tavares-Finson, a government-appointed senator who is also one of the JLP's two members on the island's Electoral Commission.
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Mr Raymond said currently there were just over 240 centeniers, vingteniers and constable's officers spread across the island's parishes, which was the largest the force had seen for some time.
In 2002, Mr. Sillerman proposed to Anguilla's government that he build the island's first golf course.
Guernsey's States members will debate the island's Financial Transformation Programme in January.
BBC: Guernsey politicians to debate financial transformation
Last week's move by French Polynesia overtook the Marshall Islands' area, outlined in late 2011, as the world's largest - and the Cook Island's claim adds 40% more area to that title.
Pantelleria's caponata contains all five of the island's staples: eggplant, tomatoes, olive oil, almonds and capers.
She met and married Henry Carre, who was the island's constable and has lived on the island ever since.
The village's first residents were refugees from the island's seaside towns who fled into the mountains in the 6th Century to escape marauding Arab and Syrian pirates.
Two days before the Leeds disaster, the stands erupted at Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad's cricket ground for the island's football team, which beat Panama 6-0, their third successive victory in World Cup qualifying matches.
The collection of 47 artefacts, found on St Michael's Mount, is on display in the island's castle.
The zone has been created by Anglesey's Council, following an application by the island's community safety partnership.
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Plans to change Guernsey's population laws need to help maintain the island's unique character, says the chief minister.
Soon after be became the society's patron, Sir Patrick helped to open the island's main observatory in 1999.
Also under construction is the Second Avenue Subway that eventually will serve Manhattan's far East Side, from Harlem to the island's southern tip.
After Hilton Head's fall to Union troops in 1861, the island's slaves were joined by hundreds more from surrounding areas who escaped, often at great risk, in search of freedom.
Takashi Tezuka, director of Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Story, is supervising the development of the new game, which is set in a fanciful world of yarn and textiles.
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Christmas's appeal against his conviction will be heard by the island's Court of Appeal next week.
By sharply limiting the island's future use, the town may be making the island much harder to sell.
Italy's governing coalition, which won all 61 of the island's first-past-the-post seats in the 2001 election, certainly thinks so.
Lucia's tourism minister called it a miracle, and the island's maritime affairs unit is investigating exactly what caused the ship to sink.
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