Permission has been granted for the new Sainsbury’s supermarket to be built on the former Twyford’s Bathrooms site off Linley Lane.

The application that split opinion in the village was voted in by 9-0 in favour by Cheshire East planners. Many traders and business fear that the out of town development could be a death knell for the high street but a number of residents and shoppers (up to 90 percent according to some surveys) say they want the extra choice a new supermarket will bring. [Read more…]

A lasting tribute to long-serving Alsager station volunteer, Mark Hampton, who died last year, has been unveiled at Alsager station on the North Staffordshire Line.

The tribute is a memorial plaque, funded by North Staffordshire Community Rail Partnership (NSCRP) and East Midlands Trains, which has been installed on Platform 2. [Read more…]

Academics are on a mission to help the UK’s high streets – by teaming up with 10 towns, including Alsager, to bring cutting-edge research directly to them.

Researchers from Manchester Metropolitan University are leading a pioneering £250,000 project to breathe new life into the high street over the next six years, called High Street UK 2020.

Traditional British high streets have been facing ‘unprecedented threats’ in recent years as competition from the internet intensified as well as shoppers’ pockets being hit by the economic downturn. [Read more…]

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 24^th 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…]

Draft plans and designs for the proposed new community fire station in Brookhouse Road, Alsager, have been unveiled by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service. 

The building of a new fire station in Alsager is part of a comprehensive plan to improve response times across Cheshire, Halton and Warrington. [Read more…]

The people of Alsager responded with outstanding generosity to a collection held on 22^nd and 23^rd November. Rotary Club of Alsager, Alsager Lions, Round Table and the Alsager Scout and Guide groups collected together, as they did in 2002 following the Indian Ocean Tsunami. [Read more…]

Next year’s Alsager Music Festival will take place on Saturday 12th July 2014.

With a similar theme to the hugely successful festival earlier this year, we are asking for bands, artists and DJs to come forward and get involved in next year’s event. We are aiming to finalise the line-up by the middle of February, so the closing date for applications is January 31st 2014. In addition, we are looking for new people to come forward and join in the organising team, so don’t be shy, contact us and help make the festival better than ever.

You can find out more details at our website www.alsagermusicfestival.co.uk and send your details in via one of the following methods:

www.facebook.com/AlsagerMusicFestival

twitter @alsagermusicfst

email to info@alsagermusicfestival.co.uk