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Plans to demolish Saddlestones garage and replace with 40 units of sheltered accommodation being discussed at Bembridge parish council meeting Tuesday evening from 6.30pm
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Who will be picking up the bill for the public toilet cleaning contracts which have unexpectedly increased, in some cases, by 50%?
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Some interesting statistics fall out of the recent parish council survey in relation to this year's Isle of Wight Festival.
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We discovered a fascinating fact about Isle of Wight town and parish councils this week
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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.
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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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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 voting was tight, but the proposal by Cllr Hollis to not rejoin the Association won.
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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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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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There were three vacancies on the parish council and yesterday around 23% of the Shalfeet population cast their votes.
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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.
