We mentioned here a few days ago the Community Lifeline Service which provides a pendant alarm in your home which when pressed contacts a response centre so that help can be raised. It costs £20.00 to install and there is also a quarterly charge for the hire and monitoring of equipment. The charges for 2013/14 […]
Author: Paul Oldham
Christmas Services at All Saints’
Unsurprisingly All Saints’ have a full programme of services over the next week or so. This Sunday (15/12) at 6:30pm they have Carols by Candlelight: favourite carols and readings followed by seasonal refreshments. On Christmas Eve there’s a crib service at 3pm for younger children and families followed by midnight Holy Communion starting at 11:30pm. […]
Maintenance Committee
Your parish council Maintenance Committee meets on Monday (16/12) at 7:45pm in the Bowls Pavilion. The parish council web site has the full agenda online . They will be considering a variety of issues including matters arising at the cemetery, various issues relating to the allotments including whether to close one of the two entrances […]
Mud on Fen Road
As you will know if you’re a milton-chat subscriber the mud left by Pretoria Energy after they harvested their bio-fuel maize on Sunday (rather later than originally planned) has been the cause of quite a lot of comment. Paul Oldham met with Linda Kirby, Agriculture Director at the farm college, on site on Tuesday and […]
Planning Committee
Your parish council Planning Committee meets at 7pm on Monday (16/12) in the Bowls Pavilion. The parish council web site has the agenda online online. The following new applications are being considered relating to properties in Milton village: – Milton Hall – London plane tree to rear of Milton Hall – reduce crown by 25%. […]
Green Dragon Bridge Closed
The Green Dragon bridge is closed for the next ten weeks or so while contractors grit blast the metal structure and repair the ironwork before the bridge is repainted with a specialist, long lasting paint finish – the British Racing Green colour scheme was chosen in consultation with the local community. As a first stage, […]
Christmas opening hours for County Council
Our mobile library service is not affected by the Christmas holidays but some other services provided by are. All of the Household Recycling Centres, including the one on Butt Lane, will be open during the festive period except Christmas, Boxing and New Year’s Day – they will also close early at 1pm on Christmas Eve. […]
CamSAR Santa
After the success of last year’s outing Cambridge Search and Rescue are bringing Santa back to Milton this Friday and Saturday evenings (6th and 7th December). According to their map (see below (Apologies for the poor quality, as you can see they’d just printed out a Google Map and then written on it. We had […]
eBook upgrade for Cambridgeshire Libraries
A recent upgrade has given a new look and feel to the eBook service search facility and navigation – making it much easier to use. There’s now quick catalogue access meaning customers do not need to login to browse titles and the option to preview a title before downloading it. Customers can also create a […]
Grant Grabber Service
A new “grant grabber” search facility has been launched to help communities across South Cambridgeshire gain easier access to funding for projects. The new self-serve search facility on ‘s website allows voluntary organisations, community groups or parish councils to access thousands of pounds of funding from the Council and beyond. The facility also allows groups […]
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