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SEPTEMBER EDITION...
THERE is confusion over the future of some trees in Melbourne as part of the multi-million pound town sewers upgrade.
A meeting of the parish council heard from representatives of Severn Trent Water and the town’s Civic Society on the subject of proposals lodged with planners.
The Civic Society is concerned that a number of trees in The Crescent and Penn Lane may have to be felled to facilitate the large-scale works.
You can read the full details of this in our September edition, in which village protesters are also worried about the possibility of huge pylons being built for a new overhead electricity line.
Aston and Weston-on-Trent residents are campaigning to “Say No to Sky High Pylons” and say “this project will cause disruption during construction and will leave a lasting scar on the landscape of the Trent Valley”.
On a musical note, the edition features two local people with highly contrasting success stories. Melbourne teenager Katie Howat has had the experience of a lifetime after being awarded the role of National Band Master for the Army Cadets aged just 17! We have pictures of her big day in Horse Guard’s Parade in London.
And singer Andrew Horth has released his first single with the help of sound engineer Nick Brine, who has worked with some of the biggest names in 90s music including Oasis, The Stone Roses and Stereophonics.
Both stories are well worth a read, as is the fact that Aston teenager Miyuki Kitahara is one of the highest achieving students nationally this year after scoring straight nines in her GCSE exams.
When opening her results envelope at Chellaston Academy, Miyuki was one of only 1,270 students across the UK to have achieved straight 9s. The school also voices its pride at this year’s fantastic A-level results.
The highly successful Ticknall summer art exhibition, which raised more than £4,000 for Dame Catherine’s School, plus the latest phase of the £2.5million restoration project to Calke Abbey feature prominently together with all the other popular features and sport that go into making the Village Voice your number one local newspaper.
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