BLOG 118 – Local Elections 2024, Coronation, Womens Rugby, BridLit Bursary, ‘From Street to Sea’, Town Centre Planters, Coronation Bridge, and more. LOCAL ELECTIONS 2024 Across much of the country local elections were held on Thursday, but not here in…
BLOG 116 – PORTLAND CIVIC DAY, SUSTAINABLE BRIDPORT, CHANGING PLACES, HARBOUR HOUSE, DORSET CRIME RATE & more PORTLAND CIVIC DAY I find Portland a really fascinating place and whenever we have visitors it is one of the places we tend…
BLOG 116 – DRAWING FEST 4 ADULTS, LIONS @50, CIVIC DAT, COLOUR WALK & more April 21, 2023 mayor Mayor's Blog, Uncategorized A stroll into Bridport on a lovely, sunny, April Saturday morning and the pavements were packed with people browsing…
BLOG 115 – BURROUGH HARMONY CENTRE, AMAZING DRAWING FESTIVALS, SMITH & SMITH CHARITY FASHION SHOW. BURROUGH HARMONY CENTRE – receives National Lottery funding The Burrough Harmony Centre, Bridport’s mental health and wellbeing centre, is celebrating after being awarded £299,086 in…
BLOG 112 – SPRING SHOW, ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, NOYE’S FLUDDE and more This is my favourite time of the year. The arrival of the spring equinox means that the hours of daylight are greater than the hours of darkness once…
BLOG 111 – PARKING, ECO CHURCH, VIOLET DERRING, NOTPLA, COMONWEALTH DAY & MORE Something of a Magnum Opus I’m afraid this week due to me giving myself a week off to celebrate hitting three score years and ten! ENVIRONMENT SERVICE…
BLOG 110 – BROADCHURCH, EYESIGHT, FOOD HUB AND HOUSING BROADCHURCH 10th ANNIVERSARY March 4th marks the 10th anniversary of the broadcast of the first episode of Broadchurch the start studded multi award winning crime thriller set in West Bay and…
BLOG 108 – PETER PAN, BRIDPORT BUSINESS AWARDS 2023 & IT LITERACY PETER PAN Last Friday night was ‘Panto’ night and what a fantastic show the Bridport Pantomime Players put on. The annual pantomime is one of the events I…
BLOG 105 – CLIMATE ALARM BELLS, COMMUNITY CHEST AWARD, BEST DRESSED WINDOW AWARD, AND THE COMMUNITY ORCHARD WASSAIL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT ALARM BELLS ARE RINGING EVER LOUDER The following news reports, taken from the BBC News website this week, are…
