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Loving our Library in Honiton

Posted February 4th, 2012 by sharon. Comment (0).

Had a lovely morning in Honiton library now its back open. Had a cuppa & deeeeeelicious cupcake for National Libraries Day (see http://nationallibrariesday.org.uk) while Aleck picked some new story books. We joked that we should do this more often and maybe if and when the friends of the library group gets started, we could do [...]

Rubbish!

Posted January 5th, 2012 by sharon. Comment (0).

Just found some carrier bags full of rubbish in my bin which are not mine – dig a bit of digging and found a letter – belonging to a neighbour of mine a few doors along! Why are they putting their rubbish in my bin? Quite outraged actually especially as these bags are full of [...]

There’s a public meeting on Wed January 18th about The Beehive – the NEW Community Complex being built in Honiton. What better occasion to kick-start our fundraising with a raffle! If you run a business in town and would like to contribute a little something to the food/drink hampers we’re putting together – please get [...]

As a town councillor in Honiton, I’m incredibly excited about the future plans for the new community centre here in our town – or The Beehive as it will be known. Here’s some info from the council about a public meeting taking place later this month. Please pop along to hear more, and let us [...]

Honiton Swap & Share

Posted December 24th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).

Just letting you know about an event coming up in East Devon in February 2012. As ‘recycling champion’ for Honiton, my role on the town council is to support events like this and this brings a smile to my face as I’ve wanted to do one of these myself for a little while. So I’m [...]

A Crafty Christmas

Posted December 20th, 2011 by sharon. Comments (2).

Had fun this morning at the Thelma Hulbert gallery in Honiton making festive wreaths. The gallery puts on these fantastic craft activities for children nearly every school holiday, well worth a visit. They are free events but donations help them to keep going so don’t forget the donation box next to the front door.

Recycling in Honiton

Posted November 11th, 2011 by sharon. Comments (3).

Local councillors met in Honiton on Monday 31 October to discuss how to improve waste management and recycling in the town.
Although East Devon boasts a relatively high recycling rate of 50% compared with the national average of 41.2%, Sharon Pavey - Honiton Town Councillor and coordinator of the East Devon Green Party thinks there is room for [...]

Fruity Free-for-all at Community Market !!!

Posted October 29th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).

It’s just 5 weeks since our public meeting at Montgomery’s brought together enough like-minds to get a Transition Town group up and running here in Honiton. The steering group (Geoff, Chris, Charlotte, Colin, Rufus, Tina, Sharon, Michelle and Alison) are very pleased to announce the first little project – a fruity free-for-all.

Transition Town Honiton [...]

Missing Cat in Honiton – can you help?

Posted October 25th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).

This handsome brown tabby cat or Garfield (his official name) is missing from Minifie Road, which is off Northcote Lane.  He has been missing since last week. Please pass this blog link onto anyone you know in Honiton who might have seen him. Call Honiton Cats Protection of you find him tel: 01404 45241

Appley Fun

Posted October 24th, 2011 by sharon. Comment (0).

Had fun at the Blackdown Hills Transition Group Apple Day yesterday. Cakes, lovely open fire, chatting, homemade soup, tea, spelt bread, spicy hot apple drinks, plants, free seeds, kids playing, crafty stuff, and lots of apples!