The Parish Council office will be open as follows over Christmas/New Year: 23rd-24th Dec: 10am-12 noon 25th-27th Dec: Closed 30th-31st Dec: 10am-12 noon 1st Jan: Closed 2nd Jan: 10am-12 noon 3rd Jan: Closed
Community Lifeline Service
We mentioned here a few days ago the Community Lifeline Service which provides a pendant alarm in your home which when pressed contacts a response centre so that help can be raised. It costs £20.00 to install and there is also a quarterly charge for the hire and monitoring of equipment. The charges for 2013/14 […]
Better Broadband … Eventually
We mentioned here before the Connecting Cambridgeshire project which is rolling out “superfast” broadband across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. They have now published a target date for Milton, although it’s a bit broad
Ginger Nuts and Bourbons
This Wednesday on BBC4 at 9pm in Nigel Slater’s Great British Biscuit Nigel meets up with Stuart ‘Nicey’ Payne, possibly the foremost authority on biscuits in the UK (He and Jenny wrote the definitive guide to tea and a biccie: Nicey and Wifey’s Nice Cup Of Tea And A Sit Down – an ideal stocking […]
Planning Committee
Your parish council Planning Committee meets at 7pm on Monday (16/12) in the Bowls Pavilion. The parish council web site has the agenda online online. The following new applications are being considered relating to properties in Milton village: – Milton Hall – London plane tree to rear of Milton Hall – reduce crown by 25%. […]
Mud on Fen Road
As you will know if you’re a milton-chat subscriber the mud left by Pretoria Energy after they harvested their bio-fuel maize on Sunday (rather later than originally planned) has been the cause of quite a lot of comment. Paul Oldham met with Linda Kirby, Agriculture Director at the farm college, on site on Tuesday and […]
Maintenance Committee
Your parish council Maintenance Committee meets on Monday (16/12) at 7:45pm in the Bowls Pavilion. The parish council web site has the full agenda online . They will be considering a variety of issues including matters arising at the cemetery, various issues relating to the allotments including whether to close one of the two entrances […]
Christmas Services at All Saints’
Unsurprisingly All Saints’ have a full programme of services over the next week or so. This Sunday (15/12) at 6:30pm they have Carols by Candlelight: favourite carols and readings followed by seasonal refreshments. On Christmas Eve there’s a crib service at 3pm for younger children and families followed by midnight Holy Communion starting at 11:30pm. […]
Christmas opening hours for County Council
Our mobile library service is not affected by the Christmas holidays but some other services provided by are. All of the Household Recycling Centres, including the one on Butt Lane, will be open during the festive period except Christmas, Boxing and New Year’s Day – they will also close early at 1pm on Christmas Eve. […]
Green Dragon Bridge Closed
The Green Dragon bridge is closed for the next ten weeks or so while contractors grit blast the metal structure and repair the ironwork before the bridge is repainted with a specialist, long lasting paint finish – the British Racing Green colour scheme was chosen in consultation with the local community. As a first stage, […]
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Thu, 4 June | Green Bin Collection |
Thu, 4 June | Blue Bin Collection |
Thu, 11 June | Black Bin Collection |
Thu, 18 June | Green Bin Collection |