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  • Disabled parking in Shepton Mallet: What are blue parking badges actually for?

    By SheptonPeople at 15:04 on 31/01/12
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    There are disabled parking spaces scattered all around Shepton Mallet and you do not have to look hard or too often to see these being misused.  People who misuse them are not all 'heartless scumbags' however.  It can be difficult to see the point of those spaces if you are not disabled or have had limited or no contact with people who are.  Seeing other people misuse them, while also having difficulty finding any other...
  • District Councillors' Surgeries continue with a focus on waste

    By SheptonPeople at 11:01 on 26/01/12
    Shepton Mallet Town Councillor and Mendip District Councillor Jeannette Marsh
    District Councillors Jeanette Marsh and Bente Height continue with their successful open door 'surgeries' a week from today, on February 2nd.  Held on the first Thursday of the month at the Club Lounge cafe (6-7pm) the surgeries offer local people the opportunity to speak directly to their elected representatives.   On this occasion time is to be set aside for people who have been having issues with waste collection in the...
  • Death and Council Tax

    By johnp2010 at 12:46 on 05/01/12
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    In 1817 Benjamin Franklin re-used a previous quote originally written by Daniel Defoe and said "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Many things have changed since 1817, but death and taxes have certainly survived!! This week saw Shepton Mallet Town Councils annual fist fight over the budget and precept, to be fair, this time things were dealt with fairly amicably and entirely predictably...
  • 2011 in Shepton Mallet

    By Ed_2010 at 19:03 on 30/12/11
    Lets throw them a party.... 2011 in Shepton Mallet
    Shepton Mallet has had a varied and interesting 2011, with the community continuing to come together for the good of the town, and in more than one instance against local or regional government.   Library Closure We started the year in the middle of the most secret public consultation I have ever known.  As the clock struck 12 and 2010 turned into 2011, I really did not know whether or not we would still have a library when I...
  • The Civic Hall plan... not quite gone, and definitely not forgotten

    By Ed_2010 at 18:19 on 10/12/11
    Grand designs - Shepton Mallet's Civic Hall plans just wont lie down
    The views of many Sheptonians still appear to be divided on the Civic Hall 'debate'.  The 'should or shouldn't their have been a referendum' debate within a debate reared it's head, and as previously described, councillors do not seem to have a unanimous view on even that.   Those who were against the referendum were not necessarily in favor of the Hall idea.  Those who were against the Hall idea happening 'right now'...

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