August 2009 Archives
STUDENTS at the Chalfonts Community College celebrated after receiving their best ever set of GCSE results.
The school, in Narcot Lane, Chalfont St Peter, had 74 per cent of its students achieving A* to C grades, with some pupils achieving 14 GCSEs at this level.
WAITROSE have resubmitted plans for a new supermarket in Gerrards Cross.
The new store, which would be situated in Station Road, will also include 22 apartments above the shop.
STUDENTS at the Chalfonts Community College enjoyed another great year of A Level results this year.
Pupils at the school in Narcot Lane acheived a 97 per cent pass rate, with 44 per cent of them gaining grades A or B.
GREEN fingered villagers are gearing up for the annual show by Chalfont St Peter Garden Club which takes place next weekend.
A HOUSE in Orchard Grove, Chalfont St Peter, was burgled at the weekend.
DOCTORS at a Chalfont St Peter medical centre have hit out after being told that they can no longer provide care at Amersham hospital.
GPs at the Calcot Medical Centre in Hampden Road are angry after Bucks PCT informed them that a different group had been appointed to provide care and medical supervision for their patients at Amersham hospital.
A LONG standing branch of a popular building society is set to close.
The Chalfont St Peter office of the Buckinghamshire Building Society will shut its doors at the end of this year when the head office in Chalfont St Giles is expanded.
CHALFONT St Peter parish council have lent their support to residents who are angry at the noise and mess caused by a group of recycling bins near to their homes.
At a meeting of the parish council on Thursday night last week, resident Maggy Read told the council how herself and other residents who live in homes near to Church Lane car park are continually disturbed by people using the bins at all hours of the day and night.
A WOMAN was injured and had to be cut from her car following a traffic accident in Chalfont St Peter.
The incident happened at 1.09pm today (Tuesday) at the junction of Rickmansworth Lane and Chesham Lane on Tuesday.
THE two intrepid young men hoping to drive from Buckinghamshire to South Africa and back have completed the first crucial step of their plan by getting themselves a vehicle in which to complete the trip.
Carl James, 22, of Chalfont St Peter, and Tom Picton, 22, of Beaconsfield are planning on driving from Bucks to Die Hel in South Africa, stopping off in Tanzania to climb Mount Kilimanjaro on the way.
POLICE in Chalfont St Peter believe that they have finally put a stop to the problems caused by scrambler motorbikes in the village.
Residents have been plagued in recent months by noise from the bikes, which have been ridden on private land near housing in the early hours.
TWO young BMX enthusiasts swapped dirt for tarmac when they took part in an event at Silverstone to raise funds for charity.
Cameron McKay, eight, and his brother Curtis, six, completed five laps of the famous circuit, along with their dad David, clocking up 16 miles in the process.