• Are We Going to be Left in the Dark?

  By RegWimsey at 11:15 on 03/04/11

  

  At last year's  town conference there was a suggestion put forward to turn off our street lights to save money. The scheme has recently been trialled in Heathfield - does anyone know anything about whether we will be having the same for Crowborough?  I personally think it is a bizarre idea.  Security for our homes, businesses and safety when out and about in the early hours or in the...

• Another Council Tax Scam - Beware Telephone Fraudsters!

  By ALewisGrey at 14:37 on 11/12/10

  

  Wealden have published this press release via their website.  Is this the only action they have taken?  I only found it when I was looking for other information.  Basic knowledge of the wider world and the learned cynicism required to get by nowadays surely means that most people wouldn't fall for it.  But there are vulnerable and naive people around and these scammers are quite accomplished.&nbs...

• Animals Attacked in Eridge - Time for Dog Licences?

  By ALewisGrey at 18:21 on 05/09/10

  

  After a horse was attacked and three sheep killed over night at Sham Farm in Eridge, there's been a warning to watch out for dangerous dogs. The attack happened over night with no witnesses, however  the vet that tended to the injured horse attributed the bite wound to a large dog.  With no specific dog in the frame no-one knows if the culprit is a loose dog, a stray or if the attack was purposefully perpetrated. ...

• ‘Wife was struggling to cope with baby’

  By Crowborough People at 08:00 on 20/08/10

  

  A DESPERATE family man stole £14,000 from a Tunbridge Wells garden centre in a misguided attempt to look after his ill wife and their children. David Kirrage, 37, of Williams Way, Crowborough, was told he "came within an inch of being jailed" after he refunded himself the money over the course of a year as deputy manager at Wyevale Garden Centre on Eridge Road. He said he stole the money to make up for taking time off work...

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