Discover Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh have released their August newsletter with an update on tourism activity in the area, a look forward to a newly revamped Discover Folkestone web site and more.
Shepway Council have announced the programme for free events from the Leas bandstand in Folkestone and Lower Leas Park Ampitheatre for August 2008.
Sandgate Parish Council are inviting local residents to come along and join the Wild Life and Open Spaces group on a part-rural / part-urban Litter Pick. We will start at the top end of the Golden Valley (Ferne Way) at 6pm on Friday 1st August, and finish in Sandgate High Street (just behind Chichester Hall) around 7pm or just after.
A new group has been set up and has conducted a feasibility study to recommence mail and postal services in AB's Minimarket, Enbrook Valley, Sandgate. The initial study has shown that, with a little help from local residents and businesses, introducing these services will be possible, replacing some of the services lost when the Post Office closed earlier this year.
The BBC reports that Eurostar is to resume a daily direct service between Ashford International, in Kent, and Brussels from December. Ashford lost all of its services to Brussels, and some to Paris, when Ebbsfleet International station opened last November.
Folkestone Lib Dem Councillors Peter Carroll and Tim Prater have expressed their delight at the outcome of a recent public meeting in Cheriton called to address speeding and parking in Royal Military Avenue.
Kent Highways are carrying out around £11,000 of road repairs in Church Road, Cheriton this week, at various locations between Risborough Lane and Horn Street.
British Gas owner Centrica has announced it is to raise gas prices by 35% and electricity prices by 9% with immediate effect.
Following a request from Cheriton Councillor Tim Prater, the Shepway Public Rights of Way Officer has agreed to arrange a site meeting with a contractor to mark out the correct line of the path running from Valebrook Close to Pond Hill Road in Cheriton.
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