Art In The Park
Two registered charities (Waterside Weymouth Community Forum & Weymouth Community Volunteers) are working together on the latest “street art” project. “Art in the Park”. They will be repainting...
View ArticleCommunity Quiz Night News
Februarys Quiz Night was attended by 11 teams, (55 quizzers in total) and was held by Quiz Mistress Cynthia who taxed the community’s brains with a fine mix of brainteasers. The “Happy Snappers” won...
View ArticlePDY go all Ping POng
The new table tennis table finally arrived at Park Community Centre and had its inaugural matches played by the Park Youth Club (PDY). The funding for this was received from the Co-operative...
View ArticleOther Community News
Elaine has now recovered from her hand operation and has now resumed her "Energise with Elaine- Exercise for the over 50's/Fit as a Fiddle". We are pleased to see her return to full health and resume...
View ArticleJohn Newbould is a top volunteer
• The last Sutton Poyntz Society Coffee morning of the season was, as always, well attended. The chance for a chat with friends and neighbours, the charmingly served coffee and delicious homemade...
View ArticleFood safety Course
Are you looking to work in the catering industry this year? A course is being run at the Community Centre, Canberra Road, Littlemoor on Monday 18th March from 9-30am until 5pm for a Food Safety...
View ArticleMixed fortunes on the local bus route changes
• The news of changes to the First 4/4B service is good and bad. The excellent news is that Sutton Poyntz has retained an hourly service into the village, with a review of the route in June. However...
View ArticleProject Finale for the White Horse
DESPITE a bone-chilling wind, the sun shone for the formal opening of the Osmington White Horse viewing point by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorset, Mrs Anthony Pitt-Rivers, on 12 March, signalling...
View ArticleTeddy Bears and Pyjamas help research into ovarian cancer
• March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month, and to mark the event Theresa Clayton organised a very successful Teddy Bears Picnic and Pyjama Party in the Church Rooms in aid of the Eve Appeal charity...
View ArticleSo long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night
Back in 2010, the Waterside Forum, Park Community Centre, had the idea to jump on the (still current) trend to have a resident choir, although at the time we didn't think of it as much as having a...
View ArticleIndoor car boot a growing success
The indoor car boot sale is growing in popularity, so much so that tables are being booked on a regular basis and if you want one you would be advised to book well in advance.
View ArticleHave your say about the cancellation of the bus along Oakbury Drive
• I got on the No. 4 bus at Overcombe Corner recently, but it didn’t move off for three minutes, despite nobody else boarding. I then alighted at Chalbury Corner, and by the time I had walked to Wyke...
View ArticleLording it at Minterne House!
FROME VALLEY History Society has organised a morning visit on Monday, April 22 to Minterne House and Gardens, Minterne Magna near Dorchester (on the Dorchester to Sherborne Road, 2 miles north of...
View ArticleGuinness Book of Records for Overcombe’s largest mini roundabout?
• No doubt you will by now have driven over the new roundabout at Overcombe Corner, mainly because it is so big that you would have trouble trying to drive around it! Apparently it shouldn’t be that...
View ArticleNew Littlemoor Walks leaflets available
Last year Littlemoor resident Malcolm Beeson published a very handy free leaflet, ‘Walking Littlemoor.’ This was a pocket sized leaflet of the Littlemoor estate showing not only footpaths, but cul de...
View ArticleSP Society has successful year but needs more volunteers
• Mark Tewkesbury, Chairman of the Borough Planning Committee, spoke to over 45 villagers who attended the Sutton Poyntz Society AGM in what proved a lively and stimulating discussion. The evening...
View ArticleThe biggest event on the Littlemoor calendar is going to be better than ever!
The 3rd Littlemoor Family Fun Day will take place on Saturday 17th August and this year it’s going to bigger and better than ever! I’ve managed a sneak peek at the events planned and they include a...
View ArticleLocal ladies show off their artistic talents
• A recent two day exhibition in the Mission Hall entitled Painting for Pleasure was a marvellous showcase for the artistic talents of a group of local ladies. The title might have been meant to apply...
View ArticleWOW on tour to Osmington
If you do not already have tickets for “A Night at the Musicals” on Saturday, July13, it is high time to get them. WOW, Weymouth’s brilliant young Youth Musical Theatre group are putting on a special...
View ArticleIf You Go Down in the Woods Today .....
THERE WILL be a Teddy Bears’ Picnic from 2 until 5pm on Saturday, July 13 in Maiden Newton Village Hall. Activities will include games, face painting, a treasure hunt, a balloon raffle, music and lots...
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