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You may recall that just a couple of years ago the then deputy mayor and mayoress Colin and Pamela Prescott officially cut the ribbon for the grand opening their previous salon in East Street.

The Sittingbourne Society held its Annual General and Presentation evening in the Phoenix Centre on Monday 11th February.

Contentious from the very outset, with a level of opposition that I have not witnessed in Swale since the days of thousands of people protesting against the Kent Science Park plans, plans which incidentally are back on the table and promoted by the very same developer Quinn Estates.

Swale Borough Council is encouraging local people to think about whether they would like to apply to be a councillor in local elections being held on 2 May 2019.

Six weeks remain to apply to Swale Borough Council’s grant scheme for sporting projects in our area. The current round of funding will expire at the end of February, but £6000 remains unallocated.

Bapchild and Tonge Primary School Year 6 pupils talk politics with MP Gordon Henderson as part of a unit comparing democracy in Ancient Greece with today's parliamentary system.

Local charity, Litter Angels, has celebrated its 10th anniversary at a reception with trustees and previous winners of the annual anti-litter poster competition in attendance.

Santa arrived in Sittingbourne on Saturday 24th November and officially opened his grotto in The Forum Shopping Centre.

I was fortunate enough to get a meeting with Mark Quinn of Quinn Estates and what follows is the discussion that took place. I should make it clear that I am not a fan of this scheme and that I do not necessarily agree with everything that was said, but in fairness you can make up your own mind.

A Year 7 student at Fulston Manor School has been chosen as the winner of The Forum Shopping Centre’s spooky story competition