ONCE again we thanked the weather gods as the rain that blighted the afternoon of the 1st August for so many was absent from Long Marston for the duration of the annual village show, the heavens only deciding to open as the afternoon’s proceedings drew to a close with the auction of items left in the show hall. (more…)
THE Wilstone village stores will cease trading and close its doors on Saturday 29th August at 1pm. After six months of trading, this marks the end of a valiant attempt to make the shop a viable proposition. Tim and Jenny re-opened the village shop in March and have worked hard to make a go of it, but the numbers don’t stack up and they cannot continue. (more…)
VOTERS in the Tring and villages division turned out in significantly higher numbers than elsewhere for the County and European elections in June. The local turnout was 49% compared with an overall 39% for Hertfordshire and 38% for the East of England Euro constituency. (more…)
The next special meeting for young people to discuss the ‘Parish Go Extreme’ project is on Tuesday 30th June at 6pm at Long Marston village hall. The meeting will discuss the next stage in the provision of additional equipment at the village recreation grounds, and will last no longer than 1 hour. All children from the villages are invited to attend and take part in the discussion. Interested adults are welcome too.
To help residents with flood protection the Parish Council have a supply of sandbags available. Several homes regularly at risk have taken advantage of this free service and have a couple of sandbags on loan. Contact the Parish Council chairman Mike Tomlinson on 01296 661311 if sandbags would help shore up your flood defences.
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