Last Thursday (5th March) evening saw a meeting of the full council, theprimary purpose of which was around setting the council tax and budget forthe council for the following year. After a slightly delayed start due to problems with the traffic lights inLittle Hayfield, which were apparently showing red at both ends for sometime. The […]
Wednesday evening saw a meeting of the regeneration select committee, onethat I don't usually serve on, but was attending on Wednesday due to thereport back from the Congestion Charge sub committee been underconsideration. In the end I substituted for one of the other Labour members who was unableto attend due to illness. In general the […]
Although at the full council meeting on Thursday the council approved thatcouncil / High Peak Community Housing rents should rise by the governmentguideline average of 5.7%, on Friday the Labour Housing Minister MargaretBeckett advised that the average rent increase for local authority tenantsin 2009/10 will now be halved (or thereabouts) to around 3.1%. The change […]
Bad news for both the first team and reserves this week with the first teamlosing 1 – 0 at home to Pilkington, and the reserves loosing 1 – 0 as wellaway to Linotype / Cheadle HN Reserves. Next Saturday (14th March) sees the first team away to Trafford Reserves,with the reserve side at home to […]
An event to highlight the end of fair-trade fortnight took place from12.00noon on Friday until 12.00noon on Saturday with people been asked to gobananas for fair trade by having a banana during that time. Across the country thousands of people took part and not to be left out (aspictured above) myself, Cllr Bob Mckeown and […]
Following on from a private family funeral service a public memorial servicewill be held on Friday 13th March at 2.00pm in the large hall of New MillsTown Hall.
Last Saturday morning saw this month's councillor's surgery down at the GRAOffice on Winster Mews. The month we also had Tom Levitt MP in attendance which no doubt helped bumpup the attendance by a few more. One particular theme that was raised by a number of callers was with regardsto untidy gardens, which are causing […]
My thoughts and condolences to Gilly and family following the sad newsyesterday of the death of the former leader of Derbyshire County CouncilMartin Doughty following a long illness. Martin was a former County Councillor for New Mills and was leader ofDerbyshire County Council from 1992 until 2001, and has been Chair ofNatural England since 1996. […]
Tuesday evening saw the latest meeting of the various groups acrossGlossopdale working to get more allotments. The meeting started off with a further review of the various sites acrossGlossopdale that had been identified at the previous meeting, which havebeen considered further to the point where after reviewing them it wasagreed that the council would organize […]
Another week with no game for the first team, whilst the reserves were awayto Daten Reserves with the game ending two a piece. This coming Saturday sees the first team again scheduled at home, this weekto Pilkington (kick off 3.00pm) whilst the reserves are away to Linotype /Cheadle HN Reserves.