Posted in Blackstock Road, Brownswood ward, Events, Finsbury Park, Hackney, Highbury West ward, Islington, London on 7 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Islington Tribune – by PETER GRUNER
Published: 4 September 2009
Hugh Grant
Finsbury to feature in moody love story
A NEW £1.5million feature film could do for Finsbury Park what the movie Notting Hill, starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, did for Notting Hill.
Broken Lines, due to be premiered in the UK next year, is described as [...]
Posted in Brownswood Road, Brownswood ward, Hackney, Police on 7 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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BLAZE at derelict Stoke Newington library sparks fears of explosion.
hg.editorial@archant.co.uk
26 August 2009
A mystery blaze at a derelict library sparked fears of an explosion after gas cylinders were discovered inside this morning .
Flames engulfed the former council-run Brownswood Library on the corner of Brownswood Road and Seven Sisters Road, Stoke Newington, which closed 13 [...]
Posted in Brownswood ward, Events, Hackney, New River ward, People, Woodberry Down, Youth on 1 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Woodberry Down Fun Day draws crowds
OVER 400 local people attended the Woodberry Down’s 5th Annual Fun Day recently in Hackney, getting a chance to find out more about how to live healthily and engage in the community.
Residents met with staff from the regeneration project to get an update on works and how they can [...]
Posted in Blackstock Road, Crime, Police on 11 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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WOOLWICH: Teenager claims he killed David Cooper in self-defence
10:28am Wednesday 8th July 2009
By Court reporter [...]
Posted in Blackstock Road, Brownswood ward, Crime, FinFuture, Finsbury Park, Hackney, Regeneration on 11 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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slington Tribune – by PETER GURNER
Published: 26 June 2009
Paul Morris: ‘Bitterly disappointed’
Row erupts over who takes clean-up credit
Community group dismisses politicians’ claims
AN embarrassing row has blown up in Finsbury Park over who is responsible for major environmental and anti-crime improvements to rundown Blackstock Road.
FinFuture – an independent, community-led body representing residents and businesses [...]
Posted in Alexandra National House, Amwell Court, Brownswood ward, Energy, FinFuture, Finsbury Park, Hackney, Kings Crescent estate, Lakeside Court, Myddleton Grange, People, Portland Rise, Regeneration, Woodberry Down on 2 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Councillors report for May/June 09
Council performance
The Audit Commission have found that “Hackney Council has continued to ‘improve strongly’ and remains a ‘three star’ council.
Hackney is delivering significant improvement in priority areas such as community safety, children and young people and adult social care. The pace of improvement is higher than the national average with three [...]
Posted in Amwell Court, Brownswood ward, Hackney, Kings Crescent estate, Regeneration, School, Works on 2 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
July update
Audit Committee
Brian has recently taken over as the permanent Chair of Audit – which really is more interesting than it sounds. It’s responsibilities include
o Managing our relationship with the Audit Commission, who inspect us and give us our star rating
o Approving the accounts, at our late June meeting
o Directing audit and [...]
Posted in Brownswood ward, Events, Gardening, People, Wilberforce Gardeners on 20 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wilberforce Gardeners Spring Plant Fair : ALL WELCOME!
Sunday 24th May 2009
11:30am to 2:00pm
Outside 110 & 131 Wilberforce Road – N4
Summer bedding plants
Perennials
Herbs
Tomato seedlings
Vegetable seedlings
- all at reasonable prices
Tea & Soft Drinks with Home-made Cakes
Second hand book stall
Donations of plants, seedlings, perennial divisions, houseplants, books & home-baking most welcome
Please drop off at 30 or 131 Wilberforce [...]
Posted in Brownswood ward, Green Lanes, Hackney, Works on 19 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Ring main tunnel extension hits ‘breakthrough’
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19 May 2009
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By Alison Anderson
THE extension to the giant water main beneath London hit a major milestone this week as the new northern section broke through to the original main shaft from its starting point in Stoke Newington.
The 2.8 mile extension runs from the West Reservoir in [...]
Posted in Brownswood ward, Hackney, London, New River ward, Regeneration, Woodberry Down, Works on 5 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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How to play the regeneration game?
Rowan Moore
05.05.09
London has, right now, the chance of a remarkable transformation. Some of the city’s biggest, most troubled, most ugly, most intractable estates, where tens of thousands of people live, could at last be replaced.
Plans have been drawn up and decisions made. In some cases residents have been [...]
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