The new blue bin waste collection scheme has been declared a success. Compared with the old service has saved £305k in the first six months (October 2010-March 2011). In addition, savings of a further £10,000 per month have been made since the start of the new financial year. Alongside this, results from a recent recycling […]

An initiative by they’re calling ‘Tips on Chips’ is changing the way local fish and chip shops, including our own Jaws Fish Bar here in Milton, cook and serve their chips to help reduce the levels of saturated fat and salt that they contain. Some of the changes already made include using thick straight-cut chips, […]

Hazel Smith has been re-elected as one of our two councillors on . The votes cast were as follows: Election Candidate Party Votes % Hazel Marion Smith Liberal Democrat 807 54.27% Gerda Ann Covell Conservative 471 31.67% Alexandra Mayer Labour 209 14.06% 19 ballot papers were spoiled and rejected. Total turnout was 48.16%.

The following people are nominated for election as a District Councillor for Milton and we will have to elect one of them at the election next month: Name of Candidate Home Address Description (if any) COVELL Gerda Ann 84 The Sycamores, Milton, Cambridge, CB24 6XL The Conservative Party Candidate MAYER Alexandra Elba, School Lane, Chittering, Cambridgeshire, […]

As Yellow Pages are again thudding though letterboxes around the village a reminder that you can re-cycle all directories by putting them in the caddy in the blue bin.

As we’ve already mentioned this May we have elections for both parish and district council in Milton. On we have two councillors. Their four year terms aren’t concurrent and this time it’s Cllr Hazel Smith who’s coming to the end of her term. Unlike the parish council the district council is politicised but unusually there […]

As BT are again delivering telephone directories in the village a reminder that you can re-cycle directories by putting them in the caddy in the blue bin.

We’ve mentioned already that in a change to the old days wrapping paper and Christmas cards should be put in the blue bin, not the black. There was some doubt expressed about this and so Cllr Hazel Smith has spent some time phoning around officers and has confirmed that we were right however for avoidance […]