Thanet Stripped Bare
Local Star of Thanet Peter Checksfield has started a new (non MySpace) blog at nakedinthanet.blogspot.com (NSFW).
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Thanet Star's Microblog
Thanet's First Microblog
A blog
but shrunk in the wash.
This blog presents tiny snippets of Thanet information that might not make it to the bigger stories covered on the main page. Matt B will happily microblog about any Thanet blog whose author comments on any item here at The Thanet Star.
Yahoo?
The Yahoo directory for Thanet seems almost entirely empty. Shall we fix that?
Sand Castle Season
Congratulations to whoever built this castle. I spotted it as I cycled for my evening exercise a few days ago. Moments later it was decimated by joyful children.
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Poverty - let's fight it
Did you know Thanet has a fair trade group? It's called Thanet Fair Trade.
Bananananananna...
What do you know, a blogger from Manston - Read Crunchy Nanas for more.
Getting things Fixed
If you live in a property you rent from the council there are free phone numbers where a board Mears rep will take the details directly (rather than via relay whispers from TDC) read more here
Thanet Poloytunnels Not Well Named or Something
Can anyone tell me how this polytunnels project was any different to Thanet Earth (aside from lacking a snazzy name.
Councils Seek Cash in Rubbish
Eric Pickles, the shadow local government spokesman, has accused the councils of seeking to turn rubbish collection into a cash cow by creating trivial offences.from: timesonline.co.uk
Over 96% sad he had!
Before it vanishes into archives here are the results of the poll. We asked: "Has Sandy Ezekiel brought his office or authority into disrepute" and 30 people responded. 96.6% (29) people indicated that they thought he had. This is possbly the highest level of agreement I have witnessed on a topic yet.
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Simon Day
I have been informed that The Simon Day application was taken to the local government ombudsman who found no fault with the decision. Apparently this report might be available to the public. Anyone know anything?
KMFM to go?
Ofcom is inviting anyone interested in applying for the licence currently held by KMFM Thanet to submit a declaration of intent... read more
Top 10 Traffic
According to google the top 10 sources of traffic to Thanet Star have been (in the last few months)
- stumbleupon.com
- eastcliffrichard.blogspot.com
- thanetonline.blogspot.com
- thanetbloglist.co.uk
- thanetonline.com
- blogmad.net
- nakedinthanet.com
- bignewsmargate.blogspot.com
- google.co.uk
- villeviews.blogspot.com
What do you think of Sandy?
ThanetCouncil.info
Thanet Star now posses the ThanetCouncil.info domain name. Watch this space for more infomation.
Council Unable to Remove Seaweed
TDC may be unable to afford to remove the masses of stinking seaweed. read more.
Top Topics
10 top topics in Margate blogging.
Thanet Blogs
Thanet Finder have recently launched the Thanet Blogs Portal.
TDC Planning Applications
Planning Alerts (dot com) actually allows you to set up email alerts or a XML site feed (RSS) detailing the latest planning applications. There is just one small problem - KCC and TDC are not on the list. (Typical).
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