2004: Lynne Beaumont and Shepway Lib Dems campaign against the proposed closure of Folkestone Post Office. The Post Office refused to listen, and under the last Labour Government closed the office and moved instead into cramped facilities in WH Smith's.
Strong local campaigner Lynne Beaumont will be fighting to win seats on Folkestone and Shepway Councils in two forthcoming by-elections.
SHEPWAY council are doing a grand job aren't they? Very soon we will be free of pesky outsiders blocking our streets with their cars, and staying at our hotels, and what about all those who use our shops? We can do without them, who wants their money anyway.
Following extensive testing I am now confident that the broadband signals in zones 1 and 2 are working well. If you have registered with CommunityUK in the past or wish to register for free broadband now could you do so?
All residents of Sandgate are being asked to complete a brief transport survey developed to find out which places you struggle to get to. Do you struggle to use public transport to get to places you need to go - such as the railway station, surgeries, youth clubs, chemists or down to Sandgate Village from the Valley?
Concerned about traffic speeding through Sandgate?
On Monday 3rd September 2012 at 21:20 hrs PCSO's Michelle Brady and Mark Ball stopped and spoke with a group of young persons who were drinking alcohol in the park. All alcohol was immediately seized and disposed of. The group were subsequently escorted from the park and instructed not to return that evening.
In the past month there have been three incidents of criminal damage and one incident of shoplifting on the ward. Kent Police are investigating two reports of nuisance youths in Enbrook Road and the Golden Valley shops, one incident of a nuisance vehicle in Freemantle Road and one incident of obstruction in Castle Road. I have been supplied with some names of those responsible and will be following these up.
Sandgate Farmers' Market
Following West Kent College's recent takeover of the former South Kent campuses, the writing is on the wall that the newly rebranded 'K College' will sell off the Folkestone Campus with maybe Ashford shortly to follow suit.
Major losses at K College have put the future of the Folkestone site at risk. The Principal has suggested the possibility of closing and selling off the central Folkestone site.