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Make A Date With Pembrokeshire Fish Week It's fun and fishy and it'll soon be 10 years old!
Pembrokeshire Fish Week 2009, which will take place between June 27th and July 5th 2009, promises to be bigger than ever before.
The seriously fishy festival celeb
Library Temporarily Closed Newport Library is temporarily closed for urgent repair work.
The part-time library situated in Bank House was due to open this afternoon after the seasonal break.
However, a burst water pipe in the flat above has caused extensive damag
Youngsters Celebrate Achievements The fifth Pembrokeshire Youth Presentation Evening was held in Haverfordwest recently.
Young people and youth workers from across the County gathered at the Pavillion Withybush for the annual event celebrating their achievements.
Youth
Gritters Have A Busy Christmas Pembrokeshire County Council's highway maintenance staff were kept#160; busy over the recent festive season.
Due to the cold spell gritting lorries were deployed on the County's roads#160; on most days throughout the Christmas and New Year ho
Fitter Families! A new health improvement scheme aimed at families is being launched this month.
The Pembrokeshire Family Challenge aims to encourage families to adopt a healthier lifestyle by improving the food they eat and the amount of exercise they take.
Put A Wrap On Christmas Waste Pembrokeshire residents are being urged to recycle their Christmas trees once the festivities are over.
Pembrokeshire County Council has teamed up with the Pembrokeshire Machinery Ring to hold free tree-shredding sessions in communities across
Surf's Up For School Two school Surf Clubs got together earlier this month to celebrate their success.
The 5x60 Surf Clubs at Greenhill and Pembroke met up at the Tenby school for a joint presentation evening.
Over the last two terms, 120 pupils from the tw
Pupils Celebrate The Victorian Way! Over 500 school children from across Pembrokeshire discovered the joys of a Victorian Christmas this month.
The evocative yule-time was served up as part of Scolton Manor's Christmas programme for schools.
Now the County Museum, Scolton
Jean Finds Reading Rewarding An avid reader living in one of Pembrokeshire's more remote villages has been given an early Christmas present.
Jean Franklin-Robinson from Tegryn is the Pembrokeshire winner of a national library initiative.
The 74-year-old, who is a k
Katerina's Card Is A Winner! Katerina Mikaszka has won first prize in a Christmas card design competition.
The annual competition is run by Pembrokeshire County Council's Social Care department.
Katerina's winning design was chosen by the Director of Social Care, J
Listen With Viv! Almost 30 young tots visited Pembroke Library recently for a story session specially aimed at under-twos.
The story and rhyme session was taken by Viv Blair - Language and Play Co-ordinator for Pembrokeshire County Council.
Organised by
Swimmers Dive Into Camp! The County's top young swimmers have pooled their talents for a second time.
Twenty four youngsters got together at Crymych Leisure Centre last month for another Pembrokeshire Skills Camp.
The special training session was the second of
Christmas Waste Collections Pembrokeshire residents, whose waste is normally collected on a Thursday or Friday, are reminded there will be changes to their collections over Christmas.
Rubbish due to be collected on Christmas Day ,Thursday 25th December, will in
Annys Heads For New Zealand! A Pembrokeshire geography student is heading off to the other side of the world in the pursuit of her studies.
Annys Mackintosh, who was a sixth former at Ysgol y Preseli in Crymych, has been awarded a #163;2,000 bursary from the Royal Geograp
Working Together For Fishguard Organisations aimed at making Fishguard and Goodwick a better place to live have set up a new working group.
The first meeting of the Fishguard and Goodwick Strategic Partnership was held earlier this month.
The County Council led partn
Hakin Infants Celebrate Bronze Youngsters at Hakin Infants School have been given a Bronze Sustainable Schools Award.
The pupils were presented with their award recently by Councillor Huw George, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People.
Pupils at the school near
Council Leader Wins Top Award The Leader of Pembrokeshire County Council, John Davies, has been crowned Local Politician of the Year in this year's Welsh Politician of the Year awards.
Now in their fourth year, the awards are a joint initiative by The Wales Yearbook and ITV
Council Leaders 'Dismay' At Funding The Leader of Pembrokeshire County Council, Councillor John Davies, has expressed dismay at the settlement his authority has received from the Welsh Assembly Government for the coming year.
"We are very disappointed with our settlement" he admi
Carers Rights Day Over 70 Carers and their supporters attended a Carers Rights Day last week.
Organised by Pembrokeshire Carers Outreach and Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services (PAVS), the event aimed to highlight the benefits and services available t
All Wrapped Up! A Pembrokeshire primary school has got Christmas all wrapped up!
Youngsters at Pennar Community School have won first prize in a Christmas tree decoration competition.
The annual competition is organised by the National Botanic Garden o
Pupils Take A Tour! County Hall played host to some younger visitors this week.
Pupils of Saundersfoot Primary School took a tour of Pembrokeshire County Council's headquarters in Haverfordwest.
Accompanied by their Headteacher Helen Lester, the youngsters
Directories To Be Updated The 2009 editions of the Directory of Local Groups and Societies and the Directory of Speakers are now in production.
Published annually by the Haverfordwest Reference and Local Studies Library, the updated editions will be available to view at
Pupils Discover Leek In Cabinet! A group of enterprising youngsters has found some new buyers for their wares!
Sixth formers at Portfield Special School, who recently set up their own fruit and vegetable distribution business, paid a visit to County Hall's canteen last week.
Christmas And New Year Safety - Use Cab Safe Getting a safe ride home in all parts of Pembrokeshire is the aim of cab safe, which was launched earlier this year.
To stay safe during this festive period the public is reminded to ensure that they only use licensed vehicles with licensed dri
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