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On the tenth anniversary of the formation of Newport Parish Council, OnTheWight shares a potted history of the council and what it's achieved and who has been involved.
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A by-election has been called to fill the vacant seat in Lake North for the Lake Parish Council. Four candidates are standing.
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After agreeing to take over the public toilets from IWC, the parish council is also doing a lot of maintenance work to them to bring them up to the standard they expect.
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The average Band D household in Newport will pay 38.4p per week council tax from April 2016 it was agreed at last night's meeting.
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A parish councillor's offer (through a Section 106 agreement) of giving £10,000 to the parish for her local school if her planning permission is approved has been labeled as 'a bribe' by a fellow councillor. OnTheWight speaks to the accused.
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There were three vacancies on the parish council and yesterday around 23% of the Shalfeet population cast their votes.
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Of the 330 homes on the Newport estate that will be occupied by next month, according to Cllr Lumley, 255 are affordable housing for Islanders.
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357 residents made the effort to vote for their new parish councillor yesterday after the previous councillor was sentenced to six years in prison earlier in the year.
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The voting was tight, but the proposal by Cllr Hollis to not rejoin the Association won.
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The list of discretionary services is extensive, so from a Town or Parish council's point of view, potentially very scary.
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The purpose of the Association is to support and assist the elected Independent members and to follow the Bell Principles and the Framework for Change.
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Many candidates didn't need to walk the streets canvassing as they made it onto the town and parish councils uncontested.
