News in Alsager

Triton Hockey Club is incredibly sad to announce the sudden passing of Club President Steve Wade yesterday morning (7 December 2020).

Steve had previously spent two very successful spells as Club Chair and was influential in founding the club in 2000 when Triton Hockey Club was formed from a merger of Sandbach, Alsager and Kidsgrove Hockey Clubs.

The Orme Academy in partnership with several local primary schools will be taking part in a community-based singing project to raise money for foodbanks in Alsager and Newcastle-under-Lyme.

The high school's virtual online singing project called 'Songbook 2020' will see the students singing the Disney classic – 'A Whole New World' from Aladdin.

CHESHIRE East Council is sitting on more than £33 million of section 106 contributions from developers, with some money dating back from a planning application 28 years ago.

A freedom of information request by the LDRS has revealed that the authority currently has £33,428,764 in unspent section 106 funds, having collected £39.7 million of such contributions since 2010.

Trains between Crewe and Stoke-on-Trent will be suspended this evening and tomorrow morning (Saturday, 5 December) after a lorry pulled down overhead wires near Alsager.

East Midlands Railway's service on that route has been disrupted all afternoon after a vehicle pulled overhead cables down at a level crossing near Radway Green.

Stock from Alsager Civic's bar which is due to go out of date in the New Year, could be awarded to members of the community in a project which raised money for local causes during the summer.

Nicola Clarke, town clerk of Alsager Town Council, announced at a meeting last month that more stock at the Alsager Civic was "unfortunately" coming to the end of its sell-by date, which could not be returned.

A VETERAN Cheshire East councillor has warned that the authority's ongoing budget consultation needs 'more detailed information'.

Cllr Rod Fletcher, who has represented Alsager since the council was created in 2009, says residents are being asked to give feedback on a draft 'without clear information as to what the proposed service cuts are'.

Cranberry Academy has taken the "unfortunate decision" to close the school due to the power still being out following a power cut.

The school has made the decision to close following consultation with Cheshire East Council and the Multi Academy Trust.

Allegations of bullying from some members of Alsager Partnership's management team were discussed as both the partnership and town council plan to meet to reach a "compromise agreement".

The Alsager Partnership Review Panel recommended that the town council provided no further funding to the partnership for the remainder of the financial year 2020/21.

The future of the Alsager Partnership was thrown into question following a passionate meeting which concluded the partnership would be receiving no further funding this financial year.

At yesterday's (Monday) Alsager Partnership review panel, it was revealed that the panel had still not received the partnership's second quarterly report or a funding request for next year.

Following claims a report which led to calls for the Alsager Partnership Review Panel to be dissolved was a "mistake", panel members have called for an emergency meeting to be held before discussing the organisation's funding request for 2021/2022.

At last night's (Tuesday, 1 December) Alsager Town Council meeting of Finance, Policy and Governance Committee, councillors voted to defer discussing Alsager Partnership's funding request for 2021/22 until the New Year.