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County launches ring road investigation
Published on 12 Apr, 2012 at 13:24 in News | Viewed 195 times | 5 Comments
Staffordshire County Council has responded to widespread criticism of its changes to Stone ring road by launching a fresh investigation into the volume and movement of traffic around the town. Traffic flows will be monitored for three weeks, starting on April 30th, with video camera surveillance at and around the junctions between May 2nd...
CCTV to stop church hall vandals
Published on 12 Apr, 2012 at 9:49 in News | Viewed 52 times | No Comments
CCTV cameras are to be installed at St Michael’s Hall in Lichfield Street following a spate of vandalism. Stone Town Council has agreed to pay £480 for cameras at the building, which marked its centenary last year. Hall manager and St Michael’s Church recorder Dennis Abbott wrote to the town council asking for help....
Ring road fixed now says county councillor
Published on 11 Apr, 2012 at 16:54 in News | Viewed 197 times | 2 Comments
Stone’s county councillor says a failure in traffic lights on the ring road has now been fixed and that traffic is flowing freely through the town. Cllr Philip Jones wrote in a letter to The Sentinel: “The traffic problems were temporary, and caused by a failure in the timings of the several sets of...
$1,000 donation to Chernobyl children
Published on 11 Apr, 2012 at 10:06 in News | Viewed 105 times | No Comments
A woman from California has donated $1,000 to help bring young people with cancer caused by the Chernobyl disaster to Stone in the summer after reading about the charity effort on A Little Bit of Stone. Patricia Lundeberg from San Diego read about the Chernobyl Children’s Project on the site and Stone co-ordinator Margie...
Warning after Walton burglary
Published on 11 Apr, 2012 at 8:22 in News | Viewed 249 times | No Comments
Police have urged people in Stone to make sure their properties are as secure as possible following a burglary in Walton. The property in Pirehill Lane was burgled sometime between Saturday 31st March and Wednesday 4th April while the occupants were away on holiday. Anyone with any information is asked to contact the police,...
Rare bird on the wing in Walton
Published on 10 Apr, 2012 at 10:13 in News | Viewed 233 times | No Comments
A rare golden pheasant (there are only 100 breeding pairs in the whole country) was seen sitting on a shed roof in Walton, sparking fears that it may have escaped from a private collector. The rare bird was seen in Manor Rise, Walton, on Saturday 31st March. A Walton resident used the Fix My...
Free first aid courses for thousands
Published on 6 Apr, 2012 at 18:28 in News | Viewed 188 times | No Comments
West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has appealed for people in Stone to get free basic life support skills as it looks to train 60,000 people across the county in the next five years. The free two-hour courses are aimed at anyone from the age of 10 and will cover various lifesaving and first aid...
Stone stop-off for Diamond Jubilee boat
A historic steam-powered narrowboat that will be representing Staffordshire in the 1,000-boat flotilla on the Thames as part of the Diamond Jubilee Pageant will be stopping off in Stone on its three-week journey to the capital. ‘President‘, one of the world’s only surviving steam-powered narrowboats and part-built in Staffordshire, will be flying the flag for...
Stone entrepreneurs on top again
Published on 5 Apr, 2012 at 8:40 in News | Viewed 180 times | No Comments
A group of young entrepreneurs from Stone won the Stafford borough stage of this year’s Young Enterprise company competition. First place went to The Sock Tree Company, one of the two teams from Alleyne’s High School taking part this year. The Sock Tree Company, who earlier in March had been judged the best team...
A Bonnie farewell to The Gem?
Published on 4 Apr, 2012 at 7:59 in News | Viewed 496 times | 3 Comments
Are we about to say goodbye to another pub in Stone, writes new Little Bit of Stone reporter Jack Taylor. Well it certainly seems this way as we prepare to say a ‘Bonnie Farewell’ to the Bonnie Gem in Pirehill Lane, Walton, which closed its doors recently. The pub has stood there for over 43...
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