Diary for December 2010
27th KEEP IT LIVE - Eighties Night
Details Come & join us for an evening of Eighties music on December 27th 2010, at Maiden Newton Village Hall featuring "SPACED INVADERS" 9-1am Bar/Disco Playing music from DURAN DURAN, SPANDAU BALLET, DAVID BOWIE, WHAM, FRANKIE, CULTURE CLUB, ADAM & THE ANTS and many more. Tickets from: Ken's Chippy Chalk and Cheese ...
25th Chistmas Day Holy Communion
Christmas Day Holy Communion at St Francis Church, Frome Vauchurch at 9.30am....
25th Christmas Day Toy Service
St Mary's Church will be hosting a Toy Service on Christmas Day at 11.00am....
24th Christmas Eve Holy Communion
Holy Communion at St Mary's Church, at 11.30pm, Friday 24 December....
24th The Christmas Crib Service at St Mary's, Maiden Newton
This will take place at 5.30pm on Christmas Eve, 24th December 2010. Children are welcome....
23rd Race To Infinity: Vote Now For Superfast Broadband for Maiden Newton
UPDATE: 4-Jan-2011: The following exchanges won the Race To Infinity, Baschurch, Shropshire Blewbury, Oxfordshire Caxton, Cambridgeshire Innerleithen, Scottish Borders Madingley, Cambridgeshire Whitchurch, Hampshire As you may be aware BT is rolling out superfast broadband to those communities which can demonstrate sufficient demand. In order to be among the first to receive this service as many of our community as possible need to regist...
22nd Frome River Survey
Bournemouth University is currently undertaking research in the catchment of the River Frome in the West Dorset area as part of an EU-wide programme. This area provides a number of Ecosystem Services to local residents from clean air and water, flood prevention to recreational activities and beauty spots, which are vital to the prosperity and well-being of the local community. The project is designed to help policy makers involve local knowledge in decision-making that influences the loc...
20th Exceptional Snow Hits Village
Already by 10am this morning (20-12-2010) over 6 inches of snow has blanketed Maiden Newton in a little over 2 hours, with gritters struggling to keep the main roads open. This new heavy snowfall is adding to snow that fell over the weekend, covering slush and ice on the roads and pavements and making parts of the village almost impassable. Here are a few pictures taken of the village over the weekend of the first fall of snow. Dorchester Road, looking east. Station ...
17th Accidents and Disruption as Snow Falls Again
The A356 through Maiden Newton was affected by an accident earlier today as a vehicle left the road this morning. The A37 was partially blocked by HGVs at Long Ash during the morning rush hour too. With more snow forecast, conditions are set to worsen over the weekend. You can read more about the snow on the Dorset Echo website: https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/...
17th Cruxton Manor For Sale
The historic manor house is up for sale and is featured in Country Life this month. You can read more about this Grade II* Listed building on the Country Life website. Read more about it here....
15th Maiden Newton Barn Fire Treated as Arson
A recent fire in Chilfrome Lane is being treated as arson by Dorset Police according to the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-11989860 ...
14th Public Transport over the Christmas Holiday
Buses For timetables and year round information on Bus and Train Services from Maiden Newton, please visit the Public Transport page. The Autumn term for Dorset schools finishes on Friday 17 December. NSch services begin on Monday 20 December. Christmas Day No buses Boxing Day No buses Monday 27 December Public Holiday - No buses Tuesday 28 December Public Holiday - No...
9th Rubbish and Kerbside Recycling Arrangements for Christmas and New Year 2010/11
Here is the recently published list of changes to the rubbish collection dates for West Dorset over the 2010-11 Christmas and New Year period. Normal Day Rearranged Day Mon 27 Dec Wed 29 Dec Tue 28 Dec Thu 30 Dec Wed 29 Dec Fri 31 Dec Thu 30 Dec Tue 4 Jan Fri 31 Dec Wed 5 Jan Mon 3 Jan Thu 6 J...
Alacrify Ltd. 01300 320076. jon@alacrify.co.uk
