Christmas 2010

August 17, 2010
By Len
Christmas 2010

It’s coming, Christmas is. It’s late August already and in a few months we will all want those twinkling lights, that Christmassy feel, maybe some carols, all to make St Leonards feel and look a bit better. BUT This year businesses are going to have to do it themselves. Council budgets don’t stretch to putting up...
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Councillors’ report from Jeremy Birch

July 30, 2010
By Len

The monthly report from HBC. •    St Leonards Festival – Yet again an outstanding success. Thanks to the Gensing and Central St Leonards Forum and especially their officers for the huge effort they put in. •   Cleaning up St Leonards – We have repeated the seafront ‘grotbuster’ walk first done in 2000. We noted down every...
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General News July 2010

July 26, 2010
By Len

General news about what is being done, where, why and by whom. Not a lot of this gets reported and there are people doing lots of paid and unpaid work for the St Leonards community: July 2010 Street Cleansing & Collections Operations Manager, Emmett Dunford,  brought us up to date with new initiatives regarding cleaning and refuse...
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Hastings Week Street Party: Kings Road.

July 23, 2010
By Len

Sadly, due to all sorts of bureaucratic and other reasons, this has had to be cancelled. Details  of any other event will be posted as, when and if they arise. Thanks, as always to GSLC for putting a lot of work into this before being stopped by …(edited by the lawyers). From The Gensing and Central St...
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Twin assault on street drinkers and beggars in Hastings

July 14, 2010
By Len

(From BBC Sussex) Drunken people are deterring investors, say councillors Police and council officials are taking a harder approach to tackling beggars and drinking on the street in Hastings. In an attempt to protect residents and encourage visitors and businesses, they are pledging a tougher stance. They will move on nuisance drinkers from the promenade and clamp down...
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SBA Committee meeting

July 14, 2010
By Len

Committee meeting held at the Norman Arms Thursday, 10th June    2010. A few points arising from the  meeting : Norman Road. The parking period on the west side of Norman Road has reverted to 2hrs. This is a result of pressure from the SBA and traders on Norman Road. The council will listen and act,...
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