A FIGHT TO SAVE AN OLD COUNTRY COTTAGE
AN 18th Century country cottage in Trinity could be demolished and replaced by three modern four-bedroomed homes, garages and parking if a revised Planning application by developers is successful. There have been two applications by Bridgewater Homes to demolish the cottage: the first was refused last October, following a successful appeal by local residents to […]
A SITUATION VACANT
Chairperson required for JET The Jersey Employment Trust is looking for a new chairperson for its Board of Trustees. JET is a charitable trust set up to provide specialist support services for people who have a disability or long-term health condition to find and maintain paid employment. It runs a number of business units through […]
ANYONE FOR PLANTING?
JERSEY Trees for Life is seeking volunteers to plant tree and hedgerow whips over the winter months as part of its ongoing campaign to support the Island’s wildlife.This year the charity exceeded expectations by planting 15,000 tree and hedgerow whips, including oak and hawthorn, in various parishes.Beverley Dallas-Chapman, the organisation’s senior community fundraiser, said: ‘We’re […]
SUMMER FLOWER & PRODUCE VIRTUAL SHOW A RESOUNDING SUCCESS!
By Jessica McGovern, Head of Education and Develoment at the Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society DUE to the Government Covid-19 precautions, it has been impossible for RJA&HS to hold its normal programme of Shows this year. By their very nature these shows involve large numbers of people; many hands are needed in staging such […]
LA MOYE PRISONERS’ SUCCESS AT VIRTUAL SHOW
Green-fingered prisoners from HM Prison La Moye have had their efforts recognised at the RJA&HS’s Summer Flower and Produce Show. Prisoners won 11 categories in the show for growing a variety of produce from courgettes to long beetroots. The show was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Awards were given to States of Jersey […]
LÉ MÈR
We continue our celebration of the Jèrriais language on the run up to European Day of Languages with Marianne Coutanche’s poem, Lé Mèr. My grandparents were potato growers and farmed a cotîl above their house in L’Etacq. Dad told me when he was very young he would go vraicking down at L’Etacquerel with their neighbour. […]
BUY LOCAL AND MAKE YOUR POUND GO AROUND AND AROUND
Genuine Jersey is encouraging every Islander to think carefully before deciding where to spend their £100 e-card voucher, reminding them that investing in local produce could potentially double its value within the Jersey economy. The ‘local multiplier effect’ estimates that every £1 spent on produce grown and sold within Jersey could be worth anywhere between […]
OCTOBER “BIGGEST” BOOK SALE CANCELLED
THE local branch of The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association regrets to announce that the BIGGEST Book Sale planned for October will not take place. The Branch has explored several possible scenarios to hold the sale but with the current restrictions it is not possible to safely hold the sale. The book store is […]
BLACK BUTTER – LÉ NIÈR BEURRE
Black Butter Making with the National Trust for Jersey Thursday 17, Friday 18 and Saturday 19 September The National Trust for Jersey will once again be making ‘Black Butter’ at The Elms, La Chève Rue, St. Mary with apples from its orchards and others from around the Island this week, a month earlier than usual […]
PUT THAT LIGHT OUT! … PUT THAT MASK ON!
Don’t you know there’s a pandemic on? TIMES change, manners and customs do as well. But some things remain surprisingly constant. It is, for example, curious to see how some of the war-time slogans and reactions on the home front to the last war, have had fresh life breathed into them, with minimum adaption, in […]