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Secret Beaches have always been a fascination of mine and its a nice surprise to find that Kent offers a few hidden gems. I'm staying in the UK this summer instead of flying off somewhere, purely because I'm slowly realising that ...
We returned home on Saturday 15th June at about 11pm. There was a gentleman outside our house at the top in Western Esplanade, he had been aware of 3 men dragging an aluminium boat up the bank by the Red Shelter ...
I never thought much of the William Street CDA proposal, it looked like another brick canyon like Canterbury's awful Whitefriars which would blight the rest of the shopping area around it. The Council seems to have blown the better ideas that ...
£56k to maintain under structure really? can CCC back this up with facts and figures I really don't think they want you to have this pier as for RECLAIM THE PIER FOR THE PEOPLE it was used by the people and ...
Further questions should be asked when the Hotel at Talmead HERNE BAY is advertised with trip advisor by CCC as North Canterbury. Lets be clear the determination by staff at CCC is to OPTIMISE the word CANTERBURY for computer search engines, ...
Another questionable activity why would the present owners of Mackaris and the bandstand information center, where we apparently allowed a long rent free period and free electricity, no satisfactory answers from CCC., have now purchased property on Herne Bay Sea-front earmarked ...
IT WOULD APPEAR ANYBODY INTERESTED IN HERNE BAY PIER SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNED ESPECIALLY AS CCC. HAVE OPENLY ADVERTISED FOR BUSINESSES TO TAKE CONCESSIONS. If this is not a deliberate attempt to demoralize may I apologise but others can view and ...
As a Birchington resident over the age of 75 I am appalled to hear that KCC are proposing to close Minnis Bay Day Centre. Fortunately I do not have to use these facilities at present, but realise that the day is ...
Thank you for your letter of 28 March to John Penrose about Herne Bay and the closure of the Visitor Information Centre. I have been asked to reply. As you may know most Visitor Information Centres are controlled ...
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Entries from April 1, 2010 - April 30, 2010

Thursday
Apr292010

Watching the arsonists

A desperate mum has pleaded with the council to help stop arsonists ruining her family's summer. Carolynn Binnie - whose beach hut has been destroyed by fire-starters three times - wants CCTV installed along the seafront in Western Esplanade, Herne Bay.

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Wednesday
Apr282010

Herne Bay B&Bs

Here are some of the Bed & Breakfasts available in Herne Bay. In my experience B&Bs always work harder to make your stay a happy one than hotels do. I think it's a matter of pride.

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Wednesday
Apr282010

Classic Car Show May 2010

I've been searching around all over the place, but haven't managed to find much more than a couple of sentences about we've got in store for this year's show, but if it's anything like last year, it's going to be a cracker - about 8,000 people tipped up to leave smudgy little finger prints on the immaculate paintwork and gleaming chrome on display...

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Monday
Apr262010

Don't return to sender

CCC recently upgraded their email system with the result that councillors get fewer emails. Unfortunately, it's not spam and suchlike that is being winnowed out, but emails with mis-spelt addresses - they just get trashed.

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Saturday
Apr242010

Le Petit Poisson

Joy of joys, Le Petit Poisson has re-opened!

I was starting to worry that it was in danger of death by dustsheet - the building work for the refurb and enlargement had been going on for so-o-o-o long. Le Petit Poisson is in a rather odd building (public loos once upon a time) at the shore end of the Pier, and they've been going through the extended trauma of building works for what seems like about a year by now. Must seem like half a lifetime to them.

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Thursday
Apr222010

Befriend our Museum

If you want to save Herne Bay Museum, it's time to make your voice heard. That's the message from campaigners, who are hoping to set up a Friends group to fight for the museum's future.

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Thursday
Apr222010

CCC Officers: Who's Who

Reporting to the Chief Executive (April 2010)

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Wednesday
Apr212010

Dispersal zone

Police have been granted extra powers in parts of Herne Bay after reports of big groups fighting, kicking cars, intimidating pedestrians and hurling racist abuse. As part of the Safer Canterbury District Partnership, Kent Police and Canterbury council have designated Heron ward a ‘dispersal area’.

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Wednesday
Apr212010

London Array connects to Thanet

The world’s largest wind farm, to be built off the coast of Thanet, will bring hundreds of new jobs to the Isle of Thanet. The team behind the London Array project has chosen Ramsgate port as the location for their new 1,800sq m operations and maintenance headquarters. The move to the two-storey centre means employment for 20 office staff and 70 technicians. If approved, the building will also be used as warehouse space for storing parts for the 275 wind turbines.

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Wednesday
Apr212010

Where the Wind Farms are

It's easy to get mixed up between wind farms, what with them springing up like huge marine mushrooms around the coast of Kent. So here's a map. The Kentish Flats wind farm is an array of 30 turbines arranged in a 5x6 diamond, about 5 miles north of Herne Bay. The London Array, about 30 miles north-east of Herne Bay and occasionally visible, is under construction - 50 turbines up and running when I last looked. This will be the world's largest wind farm when completed, unless someone beats to them to the finishing line presumably. The Thanet Offshore Windfarm off Broadstairs is apparently nearing completion.

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