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East Suffolk District Council- Your Opinion is Needed

23 January 2018

Suffolk Coastal and Waveney District Councils have been working in partnership since 2008, enabling the Councils to save over £18m in that time. In January 2017 the Councils agreed to create a new single ‘super district’ Council serving the residents and communities of east Suffolk, from Lowestoft in the north to Felixstowe in the south.

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New Priest for Orebeck Benefice

4 January 2018

We have just heard that Rev Canon Graham Hedger has accepted his offer to become the priest in charge of the Orebeck benefice.

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St Elizabeth Hospice- The Great Garden Trail

12 December 2017

St Elizabeth Hospice have contacted the Parish Council regarding their Great Garden Trail 2018.

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New Village Sign- Unveiling Date

12 December 2017

The new village sign and thick wooden post have now been made and the Parish Council look forward to erecting the sign and holding an unveiling ceremony, at which you are all warmly invited,  on 7th May 2018, with refreshments in the Village Hall afterwards.

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Telephone Box- We Need your Ideas

12 December 2017

The Parish Council have now began the process of formally adopting the telephone box outside Dial House.

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New Exercise Classes in Parham

8 December 2017

Several new exercise classes are now being held at Parham Village Hall throughout the day on Thursday.

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Emergency Road Closure

13 November 2017

The road between Mill Green and North Green in Parham has been closed because of a burst water main outside Overbetts. 

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B1116 Planned Road Closure

10 November 2017

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984: SECTION 14
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF PART OF THE B1116 MAIN ROAD, PARHAM

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Suspicious Van

1 November 2017

Police are asking residents to be alert for a suspicious white Citroen Berlingo van following a series of rural burglaries & thefts in Suffolk, including around the Parham area.

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Community Small Grants Scheme

16 October 2017


Saxmundham and District Rotary Club is pleased to announce that from 2017, it is offering a Community Small Grants Scheme for deserving causes it its catchment area (10 mile radius of Saxmundham).

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