Fix Before The Freeze Campaign
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Fix Before The Freeze Campaign

The neighbourhood issue reporting website FixMyStreet.com has mounted a campaign called Fix Before The Freeze. They state….”Many of the 1,000 issues which the site deals with every week are of the sort which are far better seen to before the big freeze. Potholes only worsen with the frost, and no-one wants a dodgy streetlight once the long dark nights are here.” The FixMyStreet.com website is the porthole through which residents nationally can report neighbourhood issues. The website immediately both publiscises the issue and also reports it to whichever local authority is the one responsible for solving the issue (whether it’s the Borough or County Council). SEMILONG.ORG has found issues reported through FixMyStreet.com are also solved a lot quicker than reporting the issue direct on the Northampton Borough Council’s own website. Whether this has got something to do with the Google search engine picking up the reports from FixMyStreet.com and publiscising them by making them searchable across the whole internet, SEMILONG.ORG cannot possibly answer. However, …Read the Rest Here

Social Activities For Young and Old
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Social Activities For Young and Old

Frequent Comments The most common comment received from residents in our neighbourhood, especially those under 18 years of age is that ”there is nothing to do in Semilong” and for quite a while we accepted it as ‘just a sign of the times’. There are cutbacks in social activity funding across the board and though not great, it is fair that Semilong residents accept …Read the Rest Here

Northampton Council Tenants Face Higher Charges
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Northampton Council Tenants Face Higher Charges

At a Council Housing Tenant Area Meeting last night, Northampton Borough Council revealed plans to charge over 12,000 of it’s housing tenants more for ‘supplementary services’.  These supplementary services which will be decided on a block by block basis (in regard to flats) include things like: Caretaking services CCTV Television aerials (which serve multiple dwellings) Window cleaning in communal areas Communal …Read the Rest Here

Residents Anger At Northampton Borough Council
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Residents Anger At Northampton Borough Council

Northampton Borough Council As Landlord / Freeholder Northampton Borough Council as a landlord has several properties throughout the Semilong Northampton neighbourhood. Some of these, such as the large multi-occupancy blocks such as Alliston Gardens, Semilong House, Adelaide House and Mill House are rented to the social housing market or leased.  However, irrespective of being a tenant or leaseholder to Northampton Borough Council, …Read the Rest Here

Speed Cameras In Semilong Northampton
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Speed Cameras In Semilong Northampton

Hated or Praised? Few inventions have had such a tempestrous relationship with residents than the roadside speed cameras. Some see them as a necessary measure to save lives, a massive 48 per cent reduction compared to the average number of deaths more than 10 years ago, whilst others dismiss them as a money making measure…another way to tax the already tax …Read the Rest Here

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