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In his latest On Air in Suffolk column, broadcaster Stephen Foster tells how he became the voice of Suffolk speedway
No brakes, no fear. That pretty much sums up one of my favourite sports - speedway.
We’re incredibly lucky here in Suffolk to have two fantastic clubs - the Ipswich Witches and the Mildenhall Fen Tigers. I have been fortunate enough to cover both for BBC Radio Suffolk, often combining that role with announcing duties at Foxhall and West Row.
My love of speedway goes back to the mid-1970s when my good friend Robert Pearson and I used to ride our not-so-funky mopeds up to Foxhall on a Thursday night to watch the likes of John Louis, Tony ‘Shrimp’ Davey and Billy Sanders make it all look so easy which, of course, it is not.
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REGION Efforts continue to bring high-speed internet to the Franklin County towns of Carthage, Temple, Weld and Wilton, and Perkins and Washington townships via broadband by assessing residents’ current needs.
The Greater Franklin Development Council will be collecting survey data from the six towns in order to proceed with a broadband initiative, spearhead by the council’s executive director Charlie Woodworth.
“The goal is to build engagement and awareness around what this project means for the residents,” Woodworth said in an email. “With increased engagement and awareness residents will be in a position to make an informed decision on whether or not to invest in this fiber-to-the-home project for their towns.”
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COUNTY Each year United Way invites non-profits to apply for funding through its Community Partner Investment program. Decisions on how the funds are allocated are made by a review committee comprised of community members. We thank the following for serving on the committee this year:
RaeAnn Pike, Franklin Savings Bank, Chair; Larry Karno, Coldwell Banker Sandy River Realty; Merrill Woodworth, community member, Kingfield; Pauline Rodrigue, community member, Farmington; Shaun Riggs, The Dugout Bar and Grill; Terri Winslow, Eagle Elevator; Phil Hilton, University of Maine System; Ashley Montgomery, UMF; Becky Davis Allen, Bangor Savings Bank; Erica Emery, Rustic Roots Farm; Karen Henderson, Community Concepts.
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