Jonathan Greenwall and Brian Goodchild: In Memorium
It is with great sadness that I would like to inform you of the deaths of two local people: Jonathan Greenwall and Brian Goodchild.
AOGTSPC
6 Jul 2015
News from Tim Prater
Tim is honoured and delighted to have been elected as:
- Folkestone and Hythe District Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Sandgate & West Folkestone;
- Sandgate Parish Councillor (Independent) for Sandgate Village;
- Folkestone Town Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Folkestone Harvey West;
- Hythe Town Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Hythe East.
In May 2023 Tim was re-elected to all the above seats for four more years. At the District Council AGM on 24th May 2023, he became Deputy Council Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Governance.
Previously, Tim has served on Folkestone Town Councillor for Cheriton from 2006-2011, and Shepway District Councillor for Cheriton from 2007-2011, Kent County Councillor for Folkestone West from 2009-2013. He has sat on Sandgate Parish Council for Sandgate Village since 2011.
Contact Tim by email to tim@prater.uk, call 07956 276118 or write to 98a Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BY. As a District Councillor he runs monthly surgeries at the 1st Sandgate Farmers and Makers Market of every month at the Chichester Hall, 70 Sandgate High Street from 11am-12.30pm. No appointment needed: just turn up.
Rebuilding the Core
Former Cambridge MP David Howarth and Liberal Democrat commentator Mark Pack have been taking a look at the evidence on what the Liberal Democrats need to do to recover from the May 2015 disaster.
6 Jul 2015
Sandgate Pothole Watch: Wilberforce Road
Sandgate Parish Councillor Tim Prater has reported potholes and subsidence around a drain gulley cover on Wilberforce Road, Sandgate to Kent Highways for repair.
30 Jun 2015
Digital Delivery, by Shepway District Council
Today I needed to renew my annual Shepway Residents Car Park permit (£52 a year - excellent value and a good idea, as I said in Council when they were introduced!).
TP
29 Jun 2015
Liberal Democrat Leadership Election 2015: The Ballot Papers Are Out There
All members should have either received their ballot paper for the Liberal Democrat Leadership Election or should do so in the next 2 days.
TP
29 Jun 2015
Blessing and Turf-cutting for Gurkha Memorial Statue
Last week saw the "turf-cutting" ceremony and blessing for the new Gurkha Statue and memorial that will be erected in the Garden of Remembrance (by Christchurch Tower) in Sandgate Road, Folkestone.
29 Jun 2015