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• Kent artists wanted for new exhibition

  By  SevenoaksHol at 14:49 on 26/08/10

  

  Calling all budding artists and established creative professionals living or working in Kent. Artists are invited to submit their work, which could appear in a group exhibition at the Kaleidoscope Gallery at Sevenoaks Library. The exhibition will run from 14 October to 24 November 2010, and is the third in a series of exhibitions of local artists’ work based around the gallery’s name. This time the theme is observation...

• By-election ‘leaves a nasty taste’

  By  Sevenoaks-People at 08:00 on 06/08/10

  

  CALLING a by-election to fill Paul Allen’s vacant town council seat is disrespectful, according to angry Tories. Mr Allen, former Mayor of Sevenoaks, died in June, aged 72, from a rare lung condition. An election is being held on September 2 to find a replacement councillor for his Town ward seat. But the Conservatives say spending £5,000 on the ballot, when another is due in May anyway, is a waste of money and “lea...

• MP wants voting referendum moved

  By  Sevenoaks-People at 08:00 on 06/08/10

  

  SEVENOAKS MP Michael Fallon has defended his decision to ask for the date of the referendum on the Alternative Vote system to be moved. He is one of 40 Tory backbenchers who signed an early day motion last week, asking the coalition Government to consider moving the date from May 5 next year. At the moment, the plan is to hold the referendum on the same day as local council elections. But Mr Fallon has argued that this could lead to...

• The (bin collection) times, they are a-changin'

  By  SevenoaksHol at 13:46 on 04/08/10

  

  Some 10,800 households in Sevenoaks will have their rubbish and recycling collected on a new day, starting Monday, 16 August. The Council has written to the addresses affected – which make up about 20% of the district’s residents – and all letters should have been received by tomorrow (Thursday, 5 August). According to Sevenoaks District Council, this is the first change to refuse rounds in 15 years and are being...

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