THE STOKENHAM PARISH PILOT
The pilot project of devolving community services from District and County Councils of toilet cleaning, street cleaning and litter collection has now been extended for a second six months to include grass cutting. The pilot is being continually monitored and reviewed and any comments and suggestions including notification of problem areas will be welcomed either on this blog or direct to the Parish Clerk tel. 01548 581185.
Chairman, Parish Council.

THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING 2009

Held on the 7th April some thirty parishioners attended the Annual Parish Meeting and heard Jeff Beer JP present a very interesting insight into the role of the lay magistrate. Other short reports were given by our District and County Councillors as well as our Beat Manager Pc Steve Mutton. The annual report of the Parish Council was given by the chairman which together with the minutes will shortly be available on the parish web site. After the formal part of the meeting many stayed on for informal discussion over refreshments. Although attendance was slightly down it was encouraging to note that there was wide representation of the parish including people from Torcross, Beesands, Beeson, Start, Kellaton, Chillington and Stokenham.
Cllr. Peter Greening, Chairman Stokenham Parish Council.

NEW PARISH COUNCILLOR

At the council meeting on the 19th February Mr. Charles Rogers was co-opted onto the Parish Council. Charlie who comes from four generations of Rogers in Beeson was educated in Huckham and Kingsbridge before leaving the area to work overseas as an engineer . Returning after 15 years he settled down with his wife Lynda to raise his family and establish a small building business. Charlie is following in the footsteps of his father who was a councillor and chairman for many years before standing down in 2007. Like his father before him he will bring considerable local knowledge and experience to the deliberations of council.