August 2007 Archive
By popular demand, the exhibition of 20 fascinating and beautiful textile banners on display at Ramsey Rural Museum has been extended to the end of September.
Huntingdonshire District Council's Arts Service has just launched a new online service where members of the public can share reviews on recent arts and cultural events in the district.
The Ramsey Area Partnership was delighted to hear that it had been awarded the best market town project in the East of England in the environment and culture category.
Yoga and massages are not just for adults – they are now for babies too!Baby Yoga and Baby Massage are two new courses run in conjunction with Babybliss available at both the Huntingdon and St Neots Leisure Centres.
The district’s biggest festival will be staged in St Ives when the Inland Waterways Association’s National Festival team sets up for its August Bank Holiday Event. Taking place over three days, Saturday 25th – Monday 27th August 2007, the organisers are expecting more than 5,000 visitors per day and the event will be a family affair with something for everyone to enjoy.
A river clean up in St Ives has been organised for Wednesday morning on 22 August 2007 in time for the Inland Waterways Festival taking place on 25 to 27 August.
Gum chewers in Huntingdon and St Ives have a fun new way to dispose of their chewing gum - they are being asked to ‘Stick em Up’ as part of a new initiative launched this week by Huntingdonshire District Council to reduce gum litter on our streets.
Consultants commissioned to undertake an independent review of the property market in St Neots, and to identify possible development opportunities for the Priory Site, have reported their findings.
A convoy of mobile reminders of the proposed changes to bin collection days throughout Huntingdonshire rumbled out of the district council’s Godmanchester depot on Monday 13 August 2007.
Six weeks since the implementation of smokefree legislation, Huntingdonshire District Council reports that people across the district are very supportive of smokefree public places. Compliance with legislation is high.
The active and able junior sports club is growing and has added a session at Huntingdon Leisure Centre. The club is a multi-sports club for disabled people under the age of 18. It aims to give disabled young people the opportunity to participate in a variety of different sporting activities – some of which they may not have tried before.
Fly tipping causes a nuisance to residents, has a negative impact on the environment and is costly for the council to remove. Huntingdonshire District Council is running a campaign to help tackle fly tipping.
Bats are special creatures, our only native mammals able to fly, yet many people know little about them and are even a little frightened of them.
Young people across the district made the most of their summer holidays last week by attending sailing and athletics courses.
Over £300,000 has been awarded to Huntingdonshire District Council by the Regional Housing Board to help improve the levels of thermal comfort in properties across the district that currently have little or no insulation.
Children from two primary schools in Godmanchester have been learning how to grow and harvest vegetables thanks to a grant from the Local Network Fund.