• Marlow's identity under threat?

  By Lizstout at 10:59 on 02/11/11

  

  A change in our electoral system could threaten Marlow's 'spirit and identity', according to ex-Mayor Derek Done. Done, who is also a former Wycombe District Council Planning Chairman, refers to the new plans which would mean placing a large area of our town - to the east of Glade Road and north of the railway line - into a new Flackwell Heath, Little Marlow and Marlow South East electoral district. As it stands, Marlow residents vote...

• Law-breakers to help with Marlow clean-up

  By Lizstout at 14:27 on 14/05/11

  

  Soon an increasing number of law-breakers will be taking to the streets of Marlow - not to cause havoc residents will be relieved to hear but to keep the town's streets clean. The community payback scheme which was launched a year ago has proved to be such a success that Marlow's newly-elected Town Council, headed by Councillor, Richard Scott, are extending it for a further 12 months. Low-level offenders will help keep Marlow looking...

• Councils look for cost savings by joining forces

  By Mitchec6 at 23:03 on 11/03/11

  

  We could find ourselves living in the first county to have a triple district partnership, which is aimed to save £millions. It has been officially announced that Chiltern District Council (CDC), South Bucks District Council and Wycombe District Council intend to bring together their officer teams with a single joint Chief Executive, as opposed to the current three. This will be welcome news to those who have felt the Councils...

• 34 white weddings this festive season, despite the Buckinghamshire Snow

  By BMeiring at 19:33 on 01/01/11

  

  The heavy snow failed to rain on the parade of fifteen weddings in Buckinghamshire that went ahead mid-December, thanks to the sterling efforts of the County's Registration Service. Eighteen members of staff worked across both days to help make sure brides and grooms were able to say 'I do' and not 'I can't', even driving through the worst of the conditions on Saturday so every ceremony was completed. A number of husbands and...

• Council acquires young blood

  By SarahGlayzer at 17:45 on 09/11/10

  

  LITTLE Marlow Parish Council has welcomed a new parish councillor into its midst.  Little Marlow Residents Association member Verity West was co-opted at the Parish Council meeting held on 2nd November 2010 in order to fill a recent vacancy on the council. Parish Councillor Richard Mash said: "Verity West has lived at of Westhorpe Park for four years and is a well respected member of the community, who takes much...

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