• Theatre, opera, concerts, sports, art, heritage, culture and festivals – all this and more can be found in East Lindsey all year long

  By MarieW at 10:25 on 05/04/13

  

  AMATEUR performers from across East Lindsey will join forces with some of the UK's most prestigious artists as past of a district-wide programme of entertainment, culture, sport and heritage. Now in its third year, East Lindsey Live has picked up pace and this year includes some truly unique sights and sounds. Proving that the East Coast is more than just a summer resort, entertainment, events and attractions now stretch far beyond...

• Skegness Area Committee to discuss welfare reform, sewage works and SO Festival

  By MarieW at 10:22 on 05/04/13

  

  THE current welfare reform, sewage works and this year's SO Festival are among the items on the agenda at the next Skegness Area Committee meeting. The meeting, which covers the parishes of Skegness, Addlethorpe, Anderby, Burgh le Marsh, Chapel St Leonards, Hogsthorpe and Ingoldmells, will take place at the Royal Arthur Centre, Skegness Road, Ingoldmells, on Monday, April 15 at 7pm. Items on the agenda include the Home Start service,...

• Five years on from Parade Complex fire, owner promises to start re-building within a year

  By MarieW at 10:58 on 11/02/13

  

  THE owner of the fire-ravaged former Parade Complex site in Skegness has apologised for his lack of action and vowed to begin a new development at the site within a year. The complex was destroyed by fire in 2007 and since then the site has been allowed to fall into disrepair, despite planning permission for a re-build being granted three years ago. As the planning permission runs out next month for the £5million development,...

• Back to the drawing board for future of The Pavilion in Tower Gardens, Skegness

  By MarieW at 10:31 on 11/02/13

  

  EAST Lindsey District Council is exploring 'other' options for The Pavilion in Skegness'  Tower Gardens after an asset transfer was found to be unsuitable. For a number of months the district council has been working with community groups that expressed an interest in taking on ownership of The Pavilion through a Community Asset Transfer arrangement. Following the process, one outline business plan was submitted to the council for...

• Councillor 'regrets' 10 per cent tax increase in Skegness

  By MarieW at 10:26 on 11/02/13

  

  COUNCIL tax payers in Skegness will pay 10.83 per cent more towards services provided by the town council. The increase in the precept was decided at a special meeting of the council which also heard warnings on potential pressures on budgets for years to come. In December, Skegness Town Council set a provisional budget as they were unable to confirm the figure due to the new council tax support grant being distributed to town and...

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