• A31 speed reduction campaign backed by Minister

  By Stour & Avon Magazine at 11:00 on 17/05/13

  

  A DELEGATION of Ringwood and New Forest councillors, together with local MP Desmond Swayne, returned from the House of Commons this week with assurances that safety on the notorious A31 will be addressed. Ringwood Town Council has been pressing the Highways Agency to carry out improvements to the A31 where it passes through the town to the Ashley Heath roundabout. The town council has described the road in this area as not fit for...

• 100 years young for Alice Speer

  By Stour & Avon Magazine at 11:00 on 17/05/13

  

  THERE was a real American flavour to the 100th birthday lunch and party for Edmondsham resident Alice Speer as her family flew in from Texas to celebrate. Daughter Diana travelled from Dallas with her husband Jeremy while their daughter and son Samantha and Alec joined the party with even more branches of the family tree, spanning five generations. Alice met great-grandson George aged five, great-great-grandson Donavon (7) and...

• Games area opens in Verwood

  By Stour & Avon Magazine at 11:00 on 17/05/13

  

  VERWOOD residents have celebrated the official opening of a great new £100,000 Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) on the town's Memorial Recreation Ground on Ringwood Road. The event included a demonstration of skills from Rossgarth Youth Football Club Juniors and music from Verwood Concert Brass Training Band. The new facility - which is free to use - measures 33m x 20m and is marked out for five-a-side football, netball and...

• Ringwood pupils visit a Thai Temple

  By Stour & Avon Magazine at 11:00 on 17/05/13

  

  AS part of their study of Buddhism, Year 6 pupils at Moyles Court School visited a Buddhapadida Thai Buddhist Temple in Wimbledon. They saw the beautiful murals that tell the famous tales of Siddharta's life, and were able to meditate a little and to speak to a Buddhist priest through the kind interpreter. Mrs Monahan, Year 6 teacher, said: "The Temple itself is awe inspiring, peaceful and the Priests so very welcoming. The...

• Ringwood Ton Council takes A31 safety measures to London

  By Stour & Avon Magazine at 11:00 on 10/05/13

  

  IN the next phase of the town council's campaign for improved safety measures on the A31 at Ringwood, a small delegation of town councillors will travel to London next Monday 13th May to meet with the Roads Minister, Stephen Hammond MP. They will be accompanied by the MP for New Forest West, Desmond Swayne, who has facilitated the meeting and supported the council's campaign from the beginning. And this week, in advance of the...

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