Archive March 2008

Horse sense has been shown by the Aylesbury Vale Community Chest fund, which has come riding to the rescue of a group offering equine-assisted therapy.

03/03/08

Two Aylesbury-based firms have been awarded grants from a district-council run initiative to help pay for business development activities.

04/03/08

Aylesbury Vale District Council has outlined the many challenges that it faces to deal with local housing needs.

06/03/08

A new conservation area in Akeley has been given the green light by Aylesbury Vale District Council.

06/03/08

Aylesbury Vale District Council has set out its main priorities for the next three years.

07/03/08

Council tax bills in Aylesbury Vale are set to rise by 4.4 per cent overall from 1 April, a weekly increase of £1.09 per household for a typical Band D property.

10/03/08

All refuse and recycling collection rounds have been cancelled today due to Calvert waste site being closed due to high winds.

10/03/08

Theatre in education play for secondary schools

10/03/08

Action is being taken by Aylesbury Vale District Council to manage air quality in Aylesbury.

12/03/08

Aylesbury Civic Centre will stay open until at least the end of February 2009, Aylesbury Vale District Council has announced.

12/03/08

Aylesbury Vale District Council’s cabinet is to look again at proposals to build 9,300 homes to the south of Aylesbury.

12/03/08

Aylesbury Vale District Council has pledged to do everything it can to help young people living in the district.

17/03/08

Local schoolchildren will be contributing to a countywide art project this week at the Friars Square Shopping Centre in Aylesbury.

17/03/08

The Waste Partnership for Buckinghamshire has joined forces with the National recycling campaign to encourage people in Buckinghamshire to recycle their DIY waste this spring.

17/03/08

Aylesbury Vale is off the starting blocks in the race to ensure local residents, businesses and voluntary organisations benefit from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

17/03/08

Councillor Netta Glover, Chairman of the Council, hopes people will join her at two events to raise money for the Chairman’s charities.

18/03/08

A by-election for a vacancy on Buckingham Town Council (south ward) will be held on Thursday 27 March.

18/03/08

Back by popular demand ‘Recycler the rapping robot’ will next week be touring Buckinghamshire schools, teaching children the importance of recycling.

20/03/08

New national parking rules to make fines fairer are being introduced across the country so that the fine fits the offence.

27/03/08

Aylesbury Vale residents reporting stray dogs from April should contact the district council, rather than the police, under a new law which transfers responsibility to local authorities who have previously shared the work.

28/03/08

Pensioners in Aylesbury Vale are being urged not to miss the bus on a free country-wide travel scheme.

28/03/08