Help the Country Park to celebrate trees! You can collect a paper leaf from the rangers to colour in, write a poem on or decorate in any way you want, to express how important trees are to you. Bring your leaf back before 2nd December, or on the day, for the rangers to hang them […]
Author: Paul Oldham
Blood Donating Session
Donating sessions are being held at the Community Centre on Friday (23/11). Sessions are 1-3:30pm and 4:30-7:00pm.
Tree Identification Walk
The rangers are running a ninety minute walk this Sunday (25th November) in the Country Park looking at trees in winter and learning how to identify them without their leaves, and maybe learn some interesting folklore on the way. Meet at the Visitor Centre for a 2pm start. Families welcome. £1.50 per person.
Mereham
In the last mailing I commented that I wasn’t clear what had changed with the Mereham proposal which had resulted in it coming back to our parish council on Monday night. I’ve since had more documents from Jim the parish council clerk and I’ve had a briefing from Hazel Smith, one of our district councillors. […]
Planning and Mereham Again
The council planning committee meets on Monday night. Agenda online here. One application is being considered: for a 2 storey side and single storey rear extension and front bay at 25 Butt Lane. Of more general interest the developers of Mereham have presented more documents to the public enquiry which the committee will be considering. […]
Two Minutes’ Silence
There was a large turn out at the war memorial for the two minutes’ silence last Sunday. Among those presents were brownies, guides, scouts, cubs and beavers from Milton along with the congregation of All Saints’ church. Soldiers from Waterbeach barracks were also on parade. Ron Driver, Normandy veteran, gave the exhortation. You can find […]
Have a say about reducing crime in South Cambridgeshire
Over the next month the South Cambridgeshire Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership ( CDRP) is seeking views from residents on the community safety priorities it feels are most important by asking people to complete a short questionnaire. These priorities were chosen by the South Cambridgeshire CDRP which met to consider the crime and disorder issues […]
New Babysitting Group
Sheanna Ashman of Fen Road is setting up a local babysitting group. She writes: I’m just trying to get a few Mum’s together to help each other out with babysitting. It will be up to the individual to decide whom they trust to ask to babysit. Each member will get tokens which they can use […]
SCDC residents invited to Council Scrutiny
I hesitated to include this in milton-news as it seems unlikely anyone from Milton would want to slog their way over the Foxton at such an anti-social hour but it does affect you and you may want to attend. Residents of South Cambridgeshire will have the opportunity to discuss the results of South Cambridgeshire District […]
Disco
Milton Netball Club are holding a 60s, 70s, 80s Soul Nite (sic), DJ Andy Stearn on Saturday (10/11) at the Community Centre. Tickets £6. Please contact 07906 659945 or 07784 031406 or the Community Centre on 862763.