September 2009 Archives

A WOMAN who survived cancer has decided to raise funds for the charity that helped her through her ordeal by selling a selection of special cupcakes.
Lynn Holloway, 44, of Chalfont St Giles, beat cancer in 1990 and was featured in the Buckinghamshire Advertiser at the time.

ONE of the 11 donkeys stolen from a farm near Chalfont St Giles has been recovered.

A PENSIONER from Chalfont St Giles has completed his third consecutive sponsored walk to raise thousands of pounds for charity.
Mike Greenaway, 74, has walked the 12 kilometre perimeter of Richmond Park in Surrey for the past three years to raise money for people suffering from ulcerative colitis, bowel cancer and Crohn's disease.

A WEALTHY home owner who accused his next-door neighbour of deliberate dishonesty in the midst of a bitter dispute over encroaching damp has had his case thrown out by a top judge.
Enda Lyons and Ian Gardner, have lived beside each other in Nightingale Lane, Chalfont St Giles since 1988, in the divided parts of what was once a single Edwardian house.

AN ELDERLY man is distraught after his 11 pet donkeys were stolen over night from his farm near Chalfont St Giles.

A NURSE from Chalfont St Peter is set to swap her day to day routine for a gruelling trek across the Sahara desert.
Liz Bunker, who is a clinical nurse working at Hillingdon Hospital, is going to take on the 100km journey in February next year in order to raise funds for charity.

PARENTS worried about the dangers of drugs and alcohol can rest easy thanks to a new course set to begin in Chalfont St Peter.
The course, entitled Drug Proof Your Kids, is run by five mothers of teenagers from the village, and takes place at the Chalfont St Peter youth centre.

A NEW state of the art care home has been opened at the National Society for Epilepsy (NSE) in Chalfont St Peter.
The Rt Hon Earl Howe, president of the NSE, officially opened Russell House at the charity's headquarters in Chesham Lane, Chalfont St Peter on September 15.

CHALFONT St Peter parish council has launched a huge campaign to make residents aware of the threat the village faces if Chiltern District Council's (CDC) plans to build nearly 800 new homes there goes ahead.
The development, which has been described by parish council chairman Richard Allen as "the biggest threat this village has faced in the last 40 years", would see the historic site of the former Holy Cross Convent School being bulldozed to make room for 400 new homes, with a number of other dwellings scattered across the village at sites such as Newland Park and Nortoft Road.

TWO men from Chalfont St Peter have been arrested on suspicion of inflicting grievous bodily harm and attempted robbery.
The arrests are in connection with an incident involving a taxi driver in Black Park Road, Iver Heath, at around 9.30pm on Thursday, September 10.