Month: October 2014

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Bob Walter MP meets local businesses at Southampton Boat Show

MP Bob Walter met representative of three marine companies based in his North Dorset constituency at the PSP Southampton Boat Show. Dometic Ltd (Blandford St Mary), Fischer Panda UK (Verwood) and Q Marine (Charlton Marshall), are members of the British Marine Federation (BMF). Bob also had the opportunity to chat with Dorset-based Sunseeker International’s Marketing…

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Swanage Pier given fresh lick of paint

Historic Swanage Pier is sporting a smart new look thanks to volunteers from a Dorset accountancy firm. A 21-strong team from Princecroft Willis (PcW) gave up their Saturday to prepare and paint the railings of the Grade II listed structure which was built in 1895. They managed to cover 105 metres in less than six…

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Morrisons to open on Monday

Verwood’s new Morrisons supermarket is opening on Monday 6 October. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony at 7.50am carried out by the Mayor Councillor Pat Morrow and attended by the Verwood and District Chamber of Trade.

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School cooks challenged by Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s Ferndown is calling for schools in the Ferndown and surrounding areas to cook up a treat as part of the Active Kids Superstar Cooks competition for the chance to win £10,000 of new kitchen equipment and an exclusive dance lesson with competition judge Ashley Banjo of Diversity. Active Kids Superstar Cooks challenges pupils to…

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Cyclists support Bournemouth Hospital heart unit

Over 160 cyclists saddled up for Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s first Pedal Power event on Sunday, raising money to fund equipment for the Heart Unit. Taking place in the New Forest, the fundraisers cycled either 10km, 50km or a gruelling 100km in the glorious sunshine. Many of the cyclists work for the hospital Trust or were…

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Baiter sea wall repairs

Maintenance and protection works will be carried out to the sea wall by Baiter car park from Monday 6 October. During last winter’s storms, the sand was stripped from the beach causing movement in the wall’s foundations and damage to the footpath/cycleway behind. The footpath was repaired immediately by the council and a substantial volume…

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Fate of Verwood Carnival decided at open meeting

The fate of Verwood Carnival was determined by around 40 residents last night at an open meeting in the Hideaway. The agenda was split into three parts: What should the event be? Should the event stay on the Fuzzy bit, or move to the recreation ground? Open discussion. Chaired independently by John Towner, it was…

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Ferndown ‘s silver gilt flowers

Ferndown has brought home not one, but three coveted awards from the 2014 South and South East in Bloom competition.
Ferndown Town Council, in association with Ferndown in Bloom, have been awarded the coveted silver gilt award in the 2014 South and South East in Bloom competition.

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