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42 YEARS OF SERVICE IN YARMOUTH HARBOUR Retiring Bryn (left) and John (right).
- It’s time to say goodbye and thanks for all the hard work to Yarmouth’s Deputy Harbour Master and Maintenance Operator.
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FUTURE OF EAST COWES REGENERATION SCHEME UNCERTAIN
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Work will continue to regenerate East Cowes, even though developer David Wilson Homes has pulled out of the project.  That's according to English Partnerships. 

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BESTIVAL 2008 MAKES A SPLASH Bestival - when summer was sunny!
- My Bloody Valentine will be working hard to keep Bestival-goers' minds off the weather, tonight.
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RNLI GARDEN PARTY IN TOTLAND
- The appeal to raise £200,000 to replace Freshwater Lifeboat, continues with a garden party, this weekend.
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SAFER NEWPORT - WITH DROP-IN SURGERIES
- The Newport Safer Neighbourhoods Teams are holding beat surgeries in September.  They take place on 10 September, between 10am-12pm, at Gunville Church Hall and on 19 September, between 6-7.30pm, at Nine Acres Primary School.
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APPEAL FOR INFORMATION ABOUT "NEWTOWN" PAINTING Where is this painting set?
- Can you help the curators of an art gallery in Dorset?

This watercolour by Charles Gregory is on show at the Swan Gallery in Sherborne
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CONFERENCE SETS OUT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
- Members of parish and town councils, parish delegates and representatives from local authorities from the mainland will gather at Gurnard Pines, today, for a one-day conference. 
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COUNCIL HELP FOR ISLAND CHILDMINDERS
- If you are considering registering as a childminder, as the new school term gets underway, help is at hand. 
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FOLK SINGER'S ALTAR PERFORMANCE
- Ryde East Community Association’s celebrating the return of “Britain’s First Lady of Folk”, Julie Felix, to the Isle of Wight.
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BEACON URGES YOU OUT FOR A "WALKIES!"
- Walk your dog and raise cash for the Isle of Wight’s Earl Mountbatten Hospice!

Supported by the IW Beacon, the Dogs Walk the Wight challenge can be completed whenever you have some time
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TRUANCY SCHEME SPREADS TO BAY
- A scheme to cut truancy on the Isle of Wight is to be expanded to Sandown and Shanklin. 
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