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leepedia lite (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
As in previous years there was a Locality Fund of £10,000 to be spent in Lee Green Ward in 2009, and like previous years we were oversubscribed with applications. Consultation on how to spend this money was extensive and carried out through the Local Assembly, by email, posters, notices on the ward's community notice boards, Twitter, blogs, webpages and word of mouth. The results of this consultation...
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Brian Robson - Lee Green Councillor (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Lee Green residents will no doubt remember that last year, the planning application for the new Northbrook School building on the corner of Wantage and Taunton Roads caused some controversy. The plans were eventually approved by the Council’s strategic planning committee back in October last year. Ther planning department have now received an application to vary [...]
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HuskerZone.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Bo Pelini and Shawn Watson are in no hurry to name a starting QB for this Saturday’s game in Lawrence. According to HuskerExtra.com, it could be Lee and it could be Green. “We’ve got to go week to week and we’re going to do what we feel like we need to win each football game,” [...]
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leepedia lite (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The annual Lee Green Open Studios event gives the very creative people of Lee Green the opportunity to show their work to visitors in an informal and relaxed way in studios, galleries, cafés and community spaces all centred around the Lee Green area. This year there are 37 people taking part, showing in some 16 venues in South East London. Visitors can view the work on display, meet and talk...
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Brian Robson - Lee Green Councillor (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The annual Lee Green Open Studios weekends are coming up. Artists and designers around the ward will be opening their doors this weekend (14th/15th November) and the weekend after (21st/22nd), 12noon until 7pm on Saturdays, 12noon until 6pm on Sunday. Full details can be viewed on the Open Studios website or by picking up a brochure [...]
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Accidental Deliberations (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The spinners are out in full force when it comes to today's by-elections . The Cons are presenting a laughably skewed take in order to try to claim some momentous victory if they can eke out a win in territory which has voted for actual or expelled Cons all but once in the past 40 years; the Libs are understandably pointing out that the ridings aren't friendly terrain in order to justify a set of third-place...
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Poets On Fire (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Friday, 13th November, 2009, 8pm (late bar), £3The Old Tigers Head,351 Lee High Road,SE12 8RUTall-Lighthouse presents a seriously good poetry night, supported by the Lee Green Locality Fundwith Roddy Lumsden, Niall O’Sullivan, Christopher Horton, Jocelyn Page, Paul Blake, plus others tbcwith John Citizen (mc)plus open mic
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leepedia lite (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Tall Lighthouse presents a seriously good poetry night supported by the Lee Green Locality Fund on Friday 13th november 2009 8pm (late bar) with Roddy Lumsden, Niall O’sullivan, Christopher Horton, Jocelyn Page, Paul Blake, plus others tbc - with John Citizen (mc) plus OPEN-MIC - £3 Old Tigers Head, 351 lee high road, SE12 8RU
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Clare's diary (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Way back in 1997/98 the Government was all about neighbourhoods. That was how our cities were going to be transformed, by small groups of people coming together and improving their local areas. Sure Start was based on neighbourhoods, and the fledgling Neighbourhood Statistics Service was set up by the Office for National Statistics. Then someone realised that to come up with statistics for areas, they...
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Brian Robson - Lee Green Councillor (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
My Lib Dem colleague Caroline Pidgeon AM has passed on the latest bus route changes to me, two of which are of particular interest to us here in Lee Green. Route 321, which goes up Lee High Road, is to become a 24 hour service betweeen New Cross and Sidcup (Foots Cray). Buses will run every half [...]
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Center for Environment, Commerce & (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Washington, DC Convention Center, Saturday, September 26, 2009 11am – 1pm: Center President Norris McDonald spoke at The 2009 Congresional Black Caucus (CBC) Annual Legislative Conference's Green Entrepreneurship Forum. The forum addressed putting the Eco in Economy: Green Entrepreneurship and Business Opportunities Environmental protection and the need for proactive approaches to address climate...
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Under the News (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Your last breath is only a few hours away. The governor isn't going to call. People are gathering outside to cheer your death. The Death Row chaplain has run out of prayers. The clock is ticking like a time bomb. You have one final decision before your life is over: what will you eat for your last meal ? Porterhouse steak? Beef Wellington? French nouvelle? In Texas, where we keep painfully detailed...
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Cllr Fraser Macpherson (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Having been on holiday recently, I missed my usual daily fix of LibDem Voice, at www.libdemvoice.org , so until today hadn't actually realised that I was within the 5 blogs shortlisted for the Blog of the Year award in the "Best Blog from a LibDem holding public office" category (the Tim Garden Award) OK, I didn't win! But it has been a rather good year, having been included in Total Politics'...
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Brian Robson - Lee Green Councillor (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Lee Green residents should have received a flyer through their door by now (I got mine today) but just a quick reminder that it’s our Local Assembly on Monday at the New Testament Church of God, 370 Lee High Road from 7.30 - 9.30pm. On the agenda: Youth provision - an update on the summer scheme and [...]
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Liberal England (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
Congratulations to: Best new Liberal Democrat Blog (started since 1st September 2008) Mark Reckons by Mark Thompson Best blog from a Liberal Democrat holding public office (The Tim Garden Award) Lee Green Councillor by Brian Robson Best use of blogging/social networking/e-campaigning by a Liberal Democrat Jo Swinson MP for her live-tweeting from Parliament, plus engaging with the public through Facebook...
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