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Boundary does not need change

JENNY FARMER, chairman of Stoke Fleming Parish Council, writes:
If the town council are seeking to change the boundary of Stoke Fleming parish there are a number of points they should consider.

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Bus change has improved lives

MICHAEL ROWLEY, of Lower Fairview Road, Dartmouth, writes:
Following the vociferous response on these pages to the cancellation of double deck buses in Victoria Road I must add my support to this excellent action.

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Wind power is a load of hot air

MARTIN RANWELL, of Tuckers Brook, Modbury, writes:
So the Government is changing the rules around planning guidelines for wind turbines, giving local communities more say in the planning and decision making process.

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Flower banks – stripped away

M SINGLETON, of Bigbury Green, Kingsbridge, writes:
The letters about the wild flowers echoed my own thoughts, Ruth Hattersley still has her flowers I hope, ours, which were truly glorious have been strimmed or flailed away – including quite a few early purple orchids.

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Thanks goes to generous donors

Ken Carter, chairman of the Great South West Walk, writes:
I would like to thank you all for the fantastic support that you have all given to the South West Coast Path Association.

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Town salutes a great master

Christopher Helyer, of South Embankment, Dartmouth, writes:
Despite an initial two-year commitment to be the founding director of the BRNC Royal Naval volunteer band, former RM bandmaster officer Phil Watson took his final bow last Saturday evening in St Saviour’s church, at a charity concert in support of Dartmouth Caring, after four years at the helm.

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Alarm over the rural planning

JOHN CHALMERS, chairman of South Hams Society, Croft Road, Salcombe, writes:
The recent article in the paper about the relaxing of controls for the conversion of redundant farm buildings prompts me to provide some information about recent rural development.

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Restoring faith in humanity

Peter Foulkes, of Seymour Drive, Dartmouth, writes:
Thank you to the kind person who found my car keys and handed them to a policeman on patrol.

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A thank you to those that helped

SUE BLACK, of Newcomen Road, Dartmouth, writes:
On behalf of Christian Aid, I would like to thank all those who turned out to collect on a cot, wet and windy Tuesday in May.

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Help required to trace family

M Fowle of Wharrier Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, writes:
I’m trying to trace anyone who knew of my Sargison family.

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Solar panels do have a downside

STEPHEN BAGULEY, of Hope Cove, Kingsbridge, writes:
I read the letter regarding solar panels in the paper recentlyand was very dismayed to read the statement regarding solar panels being power stations of the future.

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Solar panels do have a downside

STEPHEN BAGULEY, of Hope Cove, Kingsbridge, writes:
I read the letter regarding solar panels in the paper recently and was very dismayed to read the statement regarding solar panels being power stations of the future.

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Concerned over the vulnerable

DAMIEN CORBETT, of Stoke Fleming, writes:
Once again Rolf Burnie cannot resist filling the letters page with creationist propaganda.

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No monopoly on our morality

A G WARING, of Mill Lane, Frogmore, writes:
As a catholic I do not presume that I, or for that matter anyone else, has a monopoly on morality and I can only assume that Damien Corbett’s recent letter is rather than thin-skinned to infer from the Christian Comment article that atheists are being accused of lack of moral rectitude.

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Cutbacks are disappointing

SIMON DREW, of Foss Street, Dartmouth, writes:
I’m writing to express my extreme disappointment at the possibility of the SHC cutting back on gardeners.

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Wild about our country flowers

HILARY HALL, of Blackawton, writes:
What an unfortunate coincidence to see Devon County Council on Countryfile telling all how they conserve nature by sensitively cutting verges.

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Save the great verge wildlife

LUCINDA ELLIS, of Bigbury, Kingsbridge, writes:
Our verges, one of Devon's most beautiful and important assets, are in peril.

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Help needed in tracing stories

CRISTOPHER NASH, of South Embankment, Dartmouth, writes:
Everyone who has walked or driven down the South Embankment toward the lower ferry has found in front of them beside the cannon, between them and the ferry slip, a long 3-arched building with an ancient history.

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I didn’t need to highlight errors

BRIAN PARKER, of Crossparks, Dartmouth, writes:
Barry Vaughan chides me for wasting time writing to criticise his proposals for coal-fired electricity generation and coal gas works in Dartmouth.

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Drivers should keep to the road

JUSTINE JORDAN of Victoria Road, Dartmouth, writes:
In response to some of the letters in recent weeks concerning the re-routing of these buses in Victoria Road, I would like to point out the following.

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