North Staffordshire Community Rail Partnership and Alsager Station volunteers are celebrating again after taking yet another award, this time at the 2013 Cheshire Best Kept Stations Awards.
For the third year running, the station has been recognised at these awards for the great support it receives from the community, this time receiving the Youth Challenge award. [Read more…]
Alsager skier Rowan Cheshire has been named in the Team GB line-up for next month’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The 18-year-old competes a new event, the halfpipe, at the Winter Olympics which start on Friday, February 7 in Russia. Cheshire takes her place in the team in good form after becoming the first British woman to win halfpipe World Cup gold earlier this month in Calgary, the first time a British woman has won gold in a World Cup event since 1992 when Jilly Curry claimed the combined title in Oberjoch, Germany.
Alsager Civic will be closed to the public on occasion over the next two weeks (from 24th January).
Due to the construction work being carried out at the Civic it will be necessary to close the building to the public over several days during the next few weeks.
The Civic will still be contactable during these periods on their number 01270 879711 or email enquiries@alsagercivic.
Alsager Sixth Form College capped off its best ever year by celebrating the achievements of former students at its annual Presentation Evening. [Read more…]
The Kidsgrove Town Team thinks that the canal is an important asset for the town and wants to see if it can be used as a focus for improving facilities and attracting visitors.
A number of project ideas have been proposed – some can be done quite quickly, some will take longer, some will only happen if they can get grant funding and some will be in the hands of other organisations….
…but they would like to know what YOU think about the proposals.
Complaints about revving engines and wheel spinning at Biddulph Sainsbury’s car park late a night have led to police warning young drivers that they may have their car seized.
Some ‘Boy Racers’ have been congregating on the car park late at night and creating a disturbance until the early hours. [Read more…]
Time may soon be up for motorists who park their cars all day in one of the town centre’s side streets.
Parking bays with a one hour maximum stay limit could be introduced to Stringer Street to stop drivers leaving their cars there all day following complaints from traders and residents about parked cars blocking the street. [Read more…]
Up to £6000 funding is still available for community projects and initiatives in the Kidsgrove area.
Community groups, residents’ groups, voluntary organisations and social enterprises can apply for a maximum of £1000 by filling in a simple form.
The Community chest is not available for private-sector profit-making enterprises to apply to. [Read more…]
Canal dredging is currently taking place at the Hardingswood Junction to Harecastle Tunnel, North Portal following a local campaign to clean up Kidsgrove Canals.
Future plans are to create Kidsgrove’s Heritage Waterfront from 2014 onwards. [Read more…]
Footpaths at the rear of Millstone Avenue and Second Avenue have been cleared, after residents called on Councillors to take action.
The Butt Lane Local Area Partnerships (LAPs) have used the community payback teams to clear the footpaths of rubbish, leaves and overgrowth. [Read more…]