This Sunday (20/2) is the annual bird box building event in . Come along, and build a wooden bird box to take away and put up in your garden. Turn up at the visitor centre from 10:00am to 4:00pm, £6.50 per box made. This is event is run by the Friends of Milton Country Park.
The Pong
The sewage works “pong” seems to be back with a vengeance of late and we need some concerted action to remind Anglian Water that they have a problem. The parish council web site has a page explaining how to complain and Heather on the milton-chat mailing list confirmed this week that the contact details are […]
Standing as a District Councillor
As we’ve already mentioned this May we have elections for both parish and district council in Milton. On we have two councillors. Their four year terms aren’t concurrent and this time it’s Cllr Hazel Smith who’s coming to the end of her term. Unlike the parish council the district council is politicised but unusually there […]
Standing as a Parish Councillor
This May we have elections for both parish and district council in Milton. At least one parish councillor has already announced that he won’t be standing again this May and there may well be others as with a fifteen member council there’s always some turnover every four years. So would you be interested in standing? […]
Bogus Computer Support Telephone Calls
We’ve had a report from a villager who has been cold called by someone wanting to help her with her PC. This has been doing the rounds for a while now and callers often claim to be working for Microsoft. It’s a scam, pure and simple. As Microsoft themselves say: Microsoft does not make unsolicited […]
The Wild Place
The Friends of Milton Country Park would like to raise money to purchase a heavy duty canvas bell tent which can be used with children’s groups in at the Park. Over the last year an outdoor area called ‘The Wild Place’ has been created as a focus for children’s group activities. The Wild Place is […]
Telephone Directories
As BT are again delivering telephone directories in the village a reminder that you can re-cycle directories by putting them in the caddy in the blue bin.
Wildlife Watch in the Park
Explore your local wildlife with Wildlife Watch the junior branch of The Wildlife Trusts and the UK’s leading action club for young people interested in learning about wildlife in their local environment. If you care about nature and the environment and want to explore your local wildlife this is the club for you. Cambridge Wildlife […]
Bus Subsidies to be Axed
The County Council has provisionally decided to axe the £3,000,000 subsidy to bus services in the county which was previously set to be applied over the next four years. This will affect 57 routes including the 9/X9 service from Cambridge through Milton to Ely and points beyond. How much of an impact it will have […]
Tai Chi Beginners Class
The Yang Style Tai Ji (Tai Chi) Society in Milton is starting a new beginners class on Tuesday, 1st February. The group meets in the Community Centre Annexe, from 7:40pm to 9:10pm. For further information and contact information see their entry in the Village directory under “Fitness”.
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Thu, 24 July | Black Bin Collection |
Thu, 31 July | Green Bin Collection |
Thu, 31 July | Blue Bin Collection |
Thu, 7 August | Black Bin Collection |
Thu, 14 August | Green Bin Collection |