Emily Sanger has thanked Harbour residents for their support in the Harbour ward by-election. Emily was elected as the new Town Councillor for Harbour with 54% of the vote. The by-election was called following the resignation of the sitting Folkestone Town Councillor.
Thirty bags of broken glass and other rubbish were collected by a handful of volunteers during a litter blitz in Buckhurst Hill.
GREEN Belt land should not be compromised at the expense of a new Epping secondary school, town councillors ruled on Tuesday.
Latest research by the Local Government Chronicle has shown Council Tax could rise by 50% to compensate for post-revaluation shifts in Government grant. Local Liberal Democrat campaigner Lexi Lawrence said "Council Tax is unfair, should be abolished and replaced with a Local Income Tax which will be fairer way to tax people locally. Even if Council Tax is not abolished revaluation should be halted."
CRUNCH talks are set to determine the future of the Roding Centre, Buckhurst Hill, tonight when councillors meet to discuss the possible purchase of the premises by the parish council.
Many local residents in Harbour ward are up in arms at the news the people who closed Shepway's toilets last year are back in power - and quite right too says local campaigner Emily Sanger! Former Council Leader Cllr Linda Cufley has been brought back into Shepway's ruling cabinet by the Conservatives.
