Archive for August, 2009

Rubbish Weather In August Shocker

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
Rubbish Weather In August Shocker

St Neots residents today expressed surprise and upset that the weather this weekend was slightly less than summery. On both Saturday and Sunday, the town woke up to a windy yet sunny day, only for it to cloud over by lunchtime. Despite the fact that this is typical British summer weather – especially during a... »

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Man "Happy" To Be Away From St Neots All Day

Friday, August 28th, 2009
Man "Happy" To Be Away From St Neots All Day

Eastside resident R. D. Hattttt has stunned locals by announcing, “I am fortunate enough now to be away from St Neots all day!” on a local internetweb thing. “Redundancy could not have worked out better for me, my new job means I get to drive away every day. Now I spend less than 8 hours... »

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Citizen Ups Sticks And Moves (Again)

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Editor Tim C today announced that the Citizen may be temporarily offline at some point over the weekend, as it moves to a new domain. “I’ve finally got my arse into gear and eight quid out of my bank account,” he explained, “and registered stneotscitizen.com. “This may lead to some temporary downtime as I migrate everything... »

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"Leave Our Roads Alone" Say Residents

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
"Leave Our Roads Alone" Say Residents

Residents of St Neots were today up in arms after the County Council decided to finally resurface their third-world-quality road, meaning they had to move their cars for a couple of days. St Neots’ residential roads are well known to have the highest concentration of pot-holes per square metre anywhere in western Europe, and are... »

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Exclusive! Council Build Massive Bin

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Exclusive! Council Build Massive Bin

The St Neots Citizen can today reveal exclusively how HDC is planning on hitting its waste recycling targets for the next year. We gained access to a secret testing facility near Abbotsley, thought to be in Cllr Bob Farms’ mythical Eynesbury Hardwick parish, and managed to take a photo or two. It is thought that the... »

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Carnival Might Be This Weekend

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Carnival Might Be This Weekend

St Neots residents were today contemplating the fact that it is probably the Carnival at some point this Bank Holiday weekend, although no-one really seems to be sure what’s going on. The traditional carnival, which in 2008 was replaced by the rather shit money-losing August Festival, is making a comeback this year with all the... »

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Citizen Recruits New Talent

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Citizen Recruits New Talent

Fancy yourself as a reporter do you? This could be your chance! The Citizen is expanding to bring your more local news, more often, and now there’s pictures and stuff too. In order to keep our promise to deliver all the gossip on local events we need you, dear reader, to join our growing army... »

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Residents Demand Name Change

Monday, August 24th, 2009
Residents Demand Name Change

Residents of St Neots second-newest estate, otherwise known as a development, Eynesbury Manor, are demanding a change of name for the area after homeowners and tenants on Cambridge’s Arbury Park achieved a similar victory. Not wishing to be associated with the notorious North Cambridge estate, a resident’s group on the new site, sandwiched between Kings... »

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Monday Opinions: What’s Pissing You Off This Week

Monday, August 24th, 2009
Monday Opinions: What’s Pissing You Off This Week

In a new recurring series that will run as long as we can be bothered with it, the Citizen went out and about in St Neots over the weekend to find out what is getting your backs up this week. Number one on your hitlist is still the debacle over the St Neots cinema. Despite... »

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St Neots Gets New Dump; Huntingdon Angry

Friday, August 21st, 2009
St Neots Gets New Dump; Huntingdon Angry

Huntingdon residents were today up in arms after they realised that the replacement for their beloved Buckden household waste site was in fact the new St Neots tip. St Neots residents have a long-standing history of demanding the Council provide them, in favour of our neighbour to the North, with facilities over which they have... »

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