Kendal Mayor and Doodleshire Mayor could be the same person – at least for a week. Cllr Gwen Murfin as the new Mayor of Doodleshire with Dickie Doodle.
A CHARITY concert is taking place in Kendal next week, with all proceeds going towards Wateraid -an organisation that provides safe water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people.
The annual plant sale by Horticare - the Cumbria Care day centre for people with learning disabilities - takes place on Friday, May 23, from 10am-3pm and on Saturday, May 24, from 10am-noon at the nursery at 54 Wattsfield Road, Kendal. Bedding plants, hanging baskets, perennials and shrubs will be among the items for sale.
Planning officers have dismissed AN APPEAL against a decision to refuse planning permission for the installation of four dormer windows into a cottage in Kentmere.
Neuro Partners are a specialist provider of rehabilitation services to individuals and their families affected by brain injury or a neurological condition.
A STREET collection held by the South Lakes Society for the Blind in Kendal last month raised more than £1,000. The money donated on April 19, which totalled £1,043.50, will be used to provide practical help and support through the charity's Sight Advice Centre at Stricklandgate House in Kendal. It will also help provide social and leisure activities for people with sight problems. To find out more about SLSB telephone 01539-742633.
A PLEA was made to the residents of Burneside tonight (Tuesday) by a member of the residents' association, after falling attendance numbers at meetings.
ALMOST 50 people gathered together in Burneside tonight (Tuesday) to discuss plans to build between 120 and 160 new houses on a green field site behind Cropper's Mill.
KENDAL Nursery School are holding a special open evening next week to give parents and children the chance to see for themselves the facilities on offer in its wonderful house and gardens.
