Monthly Archives: June, 2015

The cricket season continued as the 1st team looked to to win their 4th game in a row as they travelled away to Henfield and the 2nd team were at home to Burgess Hill. However high hopes were bumped down to earth as the 1st were skittled out. But the 2nd did well in a tight finish. Clouds loom over the pavilion though, as Martin Blincow reports

The Tour de France, but with a difference. Heidi Foster reports from a first timer's point of view in a very personal account of a weekend cycling trip with the Rye Wheelers across the Channel....and with some wine to recover

The A268 from Beckley into Rye will be closed for over a month on weekdays between 930 am and 6 pm for roadworks in three separate places. And the last and longest stage will be on Rye Hill by the hospital and medical centre. Diversions started at the bottom of Rye Hill causing confusion and chaos as one driver reports on our Opinion page. And possibly only those people living and working on the road have actually been told what is happening. Charles Harkness reports.

Writer and broadcaster Richard Crowest will be reading from...

Road closures on the Peasmarsh Road caused traffic chaos in Rye itself as signs appeared in town before the railway bridge, diverting traffic across the marsh - or so it seemed. John Stedman raised the issue with East Sussex County Council and reports back on what he learnt, none of which is good news for the motorist as the long hours of daylight and occasional sun, seem to be resulting in a flood of roadworks

As part of "Open Farm Sunday" nationwide, Little Gate...

A bye-election to fill the casual vacancy on Rye Town Council would have cost every man, woman and child in the town at least £1 a head. But it has been halted at the last moment - though no-one was absolutely sure it would be. Instead the vacancy will be filled by co-option in a month's time at a public meeting. Possible candidates have three weeks to reply, and will face questioning in public. Charles Harkness reports.

A singing dentist, who learnt as a student the impact that being born with a cleft lip or palate can have, will be raising money to raise a smile in St Mary's Church this month

Why is the cemetery so neglected, asks CFAiR [the Campaign For Action in Rye] at its first meeting. Who should own the new Tilling Green Community Centre , and when can we see a simple version of the revised Neighbourhood Plan. Three of the questions asked as this new group sets out to cast a spotlight on what our local councils are up to .

The last time Rye's Town Council set out to co-opt a councillor, it was because of a row over whether the flag (in the photo above) should fly at half mast after former Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher died. Former town councillor Mary Smith comments on how the co-option process should be as public as possible, and on what else the council can and must do. Local government is an expensive mess and poor old Rye, with its decaying infrastructure, bumps along at the bottom of this mess, she says. Major change may not come soon, but there are things the council can do now.

A small group of children enjoyed a craft afternoon...

Help the 'knit wits' make squares for Iraqi Christian refugees! Join in and knit together at St Mary's on July 6 at 10am