• Friends reunited by Sevenoaks District Council

  By SevenoaksHol at 17:32 on 03/02/12

  

  Holly the Collie has been reunited with her devoted owner after Sevenoaks District Council picked up the lost pooch 15 miles away from where she went missing. The 14-year-old Collie-cross was out on a ramble in Downe with her owner, Debbie Slade, on Sunday, 22 January, when Holly took off after being spooked by noise from an aircraft. A distraught Debbie spent the next nine days searching for the dog, putting up posters and...

• Sevenoaks offers free Christmas tree collection service

  By SevenoaksHol at 21:25 on 29/12/11

  

  With the festive season almost over thoughts turn to what to do with your Christmas tree.  Help is at hand from Sevenoaks District Council which will collect residents' real trees with a trunk up to 89mm (3.5") in diameter for free throughout January so they can be composted. Trees should be placed by the boundary of your property, where you would normally put refuse and recycling, the night before the Council's Garden Waste...

• Sevenoaks rubbish collections unaffected by festive break

  By SevenoaksHol at 11:36 on 13/12/11

  

  Refuse collections will carry on as normal over the festive season, Sevenoaks District Council has promised. Residents should put their bags out on their usual collection day by 7am, as a weekly Monday to Friday service will be provided throughout the holiday period. This includes collections on the bank holidays of Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 December and Monday 2 January. The council's garden waste collection service is also unaffected...

• Have your say on Sevenoaks' town and parish councils

  By SevenoaksHol at 18:28 on 30/11/11

  

  Sevenoaks residents are being asked to comment on the effectiveness of their town or parish council as part of a district-wide review. Sevenoaks District Council (SDC) is looking at the role of all 30 town and parish authorities in its area as part of a 'Community Governance Review'. These surveys take place every 10 to 15 years, with the last one completed in 1999, and give residents the opportunity to say how they would like their...

• Sevenoaks partnership will aid the vulnerable

  By SevenoaksHol at 16:15 on 30/11/11

  

  Sevenoaks District Council has struck a new agreement with West Kent Housing to work on community safety and development projects. Both bodies already work closely together to provide housing and support for vulnerable people to enable them to stay in their homes. This latest agreement includes a commitment from the council to earmark £250,000 a year for disabled facility grants for West Kent tenants and a graffiti removal...

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