As I write this, I feel euphoric. I ve just emerged from the sea, off the Suffolk coast at Aldeburgh. Yes, it s May, but the North Sea s never as cold as you think it s going to be – or, I admit, as warm. Nevertheless, from April to October you can easily immerse yourself in it for minutes on end, without swearing. You don t have to breaststroke the length of the beach to experience the natural high. This morning I didn t swim anywhere. I simply plunged in, did a couple of hundred bicycle kicks and let the current take me as far as the north lookout tower, where I got out and strolled back down the beach to where I d left my clothes. Is that swimming or cheating? Who cares? All I know is, it left me with a huge, renewed appetite for life, love, beauty, truth and, above all, scrambled eggs.
In Laurel Hill, voters will determine who will fill the mayor’s seat and two City Council seats for the next four years.
The current terms of Mayor Robby Adams and council members Mike Blizzard and Johnny James expire in April.
Adams and Travis A. Dewrell have qualified to run for mayor. Blizzard and James were the only qualifiers for the council races, according to the supervisor of elections.
Shalimar voters will decide who will serve as mayor for the next two years and determine the winners of two open Town Commission seats, which have four-year terms.
The current terms of Mayor Mark Franks and Commissioners Ricardo Garcia and Jim Wilton expire in April.
Neil Marsh of CleanSec.
- Credit: CleanSec
Winners of the Lockdown Community Champions of Weston awards have been announced this week.
The accolade recognises and celebrates exceptional people in the community who have gone out of their way to help others during the course of the pandemic.
Neil Marsh, owner of cleaning service company CleanSec, is one of 14 people chosen to receive an award for cleaning cash machines, parking meters, door frames and bus stops in Weston and Worle, Portishead, Nailsea, Bristol and Bridgwater before he went to work between 4-6am during lockdown.
Weston and North Somerset Samaritans have also won.
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