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Yesterday I popped along to the Forum Shopping Centre for the first of their Spooktacular half term events. The event, which I should add is completely free of charge, offers lots of fun for younger children.

I can already hear the collective sigh as the news spreads that the late running town centre roadworks are not going to be fully finished by Monday.

It’s hard to believe that the Swale Fusion Festival which took place on Friday 12th October along Sittingbourne High Street is only in its second year, given the shear number of people packed into the high street.

Sittingbourne’s The Forum Shopping Centre is hosting two days of scarily good Halloween fun on Saturday 20th and Saturday 27th October.

The council’s unofficial frontrunner for a new garden town, which has not yet even gained consent in principal has just grown even larger. The Quinn Estates, Highsted Park scheme has now been extended to cover the whole of Bapchild, massive tranches of Tonge and surprisingly even parts of East Hall Farm.

Swale Borough Council is spreading the Christmas cheer with £25,000 to support Christmas lights across the borough, albeit very late in the day.

On the evening of September 18th at the Fulston Manor School Millennium Hall, Sittingbourne-in-Bloom held their annual prize giving ceremony for the winners of the Spring and Summer front garden competitions.

The second phase of Spirit of Sittingbourne roadworks in Sittingbourne town centre will be complete by October 22nd, it has been announced today.

As part of its on-going commitment to the local community, The Forum Shopping Centre in Sittingbourne is challenging all budding young writers to create a spooky story this Halloween and be in with the chance of winning a special prize for themselves and their school.