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Archives for August | 2013 | Page 4 of 6
Razor resigns
Player/manager Sean Ray has resigned as manager of Hastings United Football Club with immediate effect , writes HOT’s Liam Willis. This came as a shock to the players, staff and fans of the football club as he had given the Hastings United community a lot of belief and it seemed that he had it all planned out about the imminent future of the club.
Hastings Old Town Carnival – the fun continues
By the time you get to Wednesday in Carnival Week you feel yourself flagging a bit. We’ve had the Whelk-eating competition and the Seaboot race, writes Antony Mair.
It’s good to talk
If anyone recalls the slogan from that BT advert with Bob Hoskins from the 1990s: ‘It’s good to talk’, it’s one that’s been ringing in my ears lately. I’ve been doing more talking than I probably ever have and, hand-in-hand with that, I’ve also been listening. HOT’s Xaverine Bates reports on the recent inaugural gathering for local social enterprises and other social economy organisations.
A St Leonards lass in rural Nepal
A few months ago, you might have seen local girl Sidney Ewing selling her possessions outside Love Cafe, or organising a ‘Curry-oke’ night at The Roomz. It was all in aid of raising enough money to fly to Nepal on a Restless Development project.
Ore Green goes to local Community Trust
Hastings Borough Council have offered Ore Community Land Trust a 25-year lease on Ore Green, next to the Salvation Army Hall, boosting their campaign to protect Speckled Wood, writes Tony Polain, the trust’s vice chair.
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