Recently by Jack Abell
AN OFF license in Chalfont St Peter which closed down more than a year ago has opened its doors again.
Bottoms Up in the village High Street. shut down at the end of 2009, at a time when off licenses across the country were closing down.
THE father of a young woman who died in a road accident in Chalfont St Peter has hit out at Bucks County Council's (BCC'S) plans to switch off ten thousand street lights as part of its cost cutting measures.
In March last year, Elaine Stacey, who was 23, died after colliding with a car which had lost control after hitting a huge patch of water which had gathered on the unlit A413 between Denham and Chalfont St Peter.
An emaciated horse with a broken neck was found dumped in a lane in Chalfont St Peter.
The skewbald filly was found at about 8pm by a passing motorist on Mumfords Lane on January 5.
Police have arrested a 21-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy following an assault in Lovel Road, Chalfont St Peter, early on New Year's Day.
They are both from Chalfont St Peter and have been bailed until February 8, pending further enquiries and identification procedures.
The Advertiser reported the incident in last week's paper.
A SUCCESSFUL professor from Chalfont St Peter has been given a hugely prestigious award recognising his work.
David Brodie, of Gold Hill North, said he was "extremely honoured" to be given the Doctor of Science award by Coventry University for his work spanning nearly 20 years.
THE leader of Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC) has come under fire for suggesting people from the north of England should consider doing menial work usually done by immigrants.
In a debate at the Local Government Association's Executive on Thursday, David Shakespeare, leader of the LGA's Conservative group, said people from poorer parts of the country should work collecting fruit if there were no jobs in their areas.
FOR lovers of cinema, it is one of life's great tragedies that the days of seeing films from yesteryear on the big screen are over.
For most people, gone are the days of seeing the likes of Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Orson Welles or James Cagney looming over them on the silver screen the way they were meant to be seen.
RESIDENTS in Chalfont St Peter have spoken of their shock after grit bins around the village were raided despite the relatively light snowfall which has taken place this week.
On Monday night, the village was covered with a small amount of snow, but throughout Tuesday there were reports of grit bins being emptied by people panicking about the icy weather.
TRIBUTES have flooded in to Nicole Wooden and Casey Robson from family and friends.
The two girls, both aged 20, were killed in a car accident in the early hours of Friday morning on the A413 between Denham and Chalfont St Peter.
TWO young women have been killed in a huge car accident on the A413 just five minutes after the car in which they were travelling was pulled over by police.
Nicole Wooden, 20, and Casey Robson, 20, were travelling home from Winkers nightclub in Chalfont St Peter in the early hours of Friday morning last week in a Renault Clio packed with six people.