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BENNINGTON — The Beyond Gallery & Gift Shop at 437 Main St. will open a new exhibition on Friday featuring local artist, Alan Del Vecchio. His exhibition titled “Moments” will

Eastbourne councillors have clashed over the town’s recently-introduced fortnightly waste and recycling collections. The changes came into force April 12, and since then the council said the feedback has been ‘fantastic’.. But a different view was raised by Conservative group leader Robert Smart, who brought up the topic at the authority’s annual full council meeting, held on May 19 in the Welcome Building. Cllr Smart said the public consultation held around the changes was ‘one of the biggest public consultations this council has ever held’ and said the ‘driving force’ of the...

File: Black rubbish bin SUS-200915-124835001 The council says the move is vital to boost recycling and cut carbon emissions. If given the go ahead, alternative collections could begin in April with rubbish being collected one week and recycling the following week. A decision is due to be made by Eastbourne council’s decision making cabinet committee next week. Eastbourne is one of only a handful of local authorities in the country which still offers weekly collections of waste. Jonathan Dow, the cabinet member for climate change and chair of South East Environmental Services Limited, the co...

ALMOST 2,000 trees have been planted by volunteers as part of a programme to bring nature back into the streets and tackle climate change. Eastbourne Borough Council has declared a climate emergency and has set a target of 2030 for the town to be carbon neutral. The Treebourne team within the volunteer-run Eastbourne ECO Action Network is working with the council to plant trees on public and private land. Treebourne aims to plant 11,000 trees at Sevenoaks Road Recreation Ground, followed by a further 3,000 at Tugwell Park in the new year. Councillor Jonathan Dow, cabinet member for ...