Jun 21, 2012 at 11:57 
The splendid people at the WEA (Workers’ Educational Association) have just announced their new season of adult education courses - have a look and see what tickles your fancy.
There's Rachmaninov - Man and Music, E.M. Forster, Faces and Places, Music of the Renaissance, 19th Century ‘Terror’ Literature, and Laureate Poets and their Poetry.
Jun 18, 2012 at 23:25 The wags over at BBC Radio 4 invited their listeners to invent a new word-scale to describe British rain - like the Beaufort scale for wind, but funnier. I'm delighted to see that it takes the very heaviest kind of rain "siling down" to drive people from Herne Bay's beaches... Praise indeed!
| Your words for rain | |
|---|---|
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1. Not Raining |
Outdoor furniture is erected cautiously in gardens and on balconies. Light to moderate rummaging takes places in rucksacks for cagoules and pac-a-macs. |
Jun 17, 2012 at 15:51 
A new and good thing is happening in Herne Bay.
A group called Beach Creative is taking up residence in Beach House, just off the William Street car park.
They are a new creative community who will be using the space to provide artists' studios, exhibition spaces, meeting rooms and workshops.
They are having an open day on Saturday 7th July from 10am until 8pm, so go along and have a look at what they're up to. These are nice people, doing a good thing, and they would love to see you.
You can click the thumbnail of the poster to download a copy to print and stick in your window.
Herne Bay | Keywords: Art, Beach Creative, Gill Wilson, Mandy Broughton, Mandy Troughton Jun 14, 2012 at 22:32 
A huge Sainbury's and petrol station on the edge of Herne Bay - this would be on the ill-fated and currently languishing Altira site.
There's no indication in the press reports as to where exactly, but I assume it would be east of the existing developments at Altira, between the A299 Thanet Way and the railway line.
Big news for a small town, and not all of it good news.
Herne Bay | Keywords: Altira, Blacksole, Chris West, Geoff Wimble, Sainsbury's, Terrace Hill, Town Centre Jun 14, 2012 at 22:06 
Specialist retail developer Terrace Hill said today it was pressing ahead with 600,000 sq ft of new schemes in spite of the supermarket slowdown. Chairman Robert Adair said:
"Whilst there has been some slowdown in the expansion of Tesco we are continuing to receive good interest in our sites from the other major operators. We continue to make good progress with all our committed foodstore development sites and are advancing a number of new opportunities."
Herne Bay | Keywords: Altira, Sainsbury's, Terrace Hill Jun 11, 2012 at 23:11 
Excellent news - Kingsmead has won a brief reprieve, thanks to the sheer number of written objections, and the huge support for the online petition.
Discussion by Executive members of council proposals to appropriate land at Kingsmead for planning purposes has been deferred until the meeting on Thursday 21 June.
Originally the Executive was due to consider the plan at its meeting on 31st May.
Democracy | Keywords: Alan Baldock, Alex Perkins, Colin Carmichael, Graham Gibbens, Ida Linfield, John Gilbey, Kingsmead, Orla Fox, Petition, Timmy Pettman 
