Saturday, 20th March 2010

News from the Guernsey Press

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Mon Plaisir to reopen

Wendy Roberts, left, and Helen Plummer are reopening Mon Plaisir Stores, which closed last year when the Perchard family went to England.	(0930467)

MON Plaisir Stores will reopen next week as once again Sark gets a third general provisions shop.

Legion admission an ‘honour’ for Werner

Air Commodore Robb, left, and Werner Rang pictured on Liberation Day 2009. Werner has just been made a member of the Royal British Legion. 	(0770923)

A FORMER member of the German occupying forces during the last war has been made a member of the Royal British Legion.

New scheme to help homebuyers

Sark Estate Management will soon announce a guarantor scheme for people in full employment who have problems raising finance to buy or build homes.	(0922921)

MORE than 55,000 people visited Sark last year.

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Refurbishment or maintenance? Row over roof rumbles on

NEARLY 300 people packed into St Peter’s Anglican Church earlier this week for the funeral of Dave Brehaut. Such was the turnout that many of the congregation, which included a large number of family and friends who had travelled from Guernsey, stood for the entire service.

Sark jibe prompts call for boycott

A WOMAN in Northern Ireland was so incensed about derogatory comments made about Sark that she is urging readers of The Lady magazine to cancel their subscription.

‘Jail threat’ for fixing Rang’s roof

CALLS have been made in the latest Sark Newsletter for the chairman of the Sark Development Control Committee to resign.

Builder’s untimely death shocks island

SARK’S close community has been stunned by the unexpected death a week ago of David Brehaut.

Money can grow on trees

THE £10,000 winning ticket for Sark’s Win a Million Pennies charity draw was won by – strange as it may seem – a Christmas tree and the winnings went straight to the Professor Saint Medical Fund.

Tractor reduction not in island’s best interest

THE number of tractors in Sark has risen to 89, despite Chief Pleas resolving some time ago to cap the figure at 77 with a view to reducing the total.

‘Anti-Barclay battle continues’

HAVING set off for sunnier climes a couple of days before Christmas it was nice to miss the snow and ice, but it’s equally nice to be back home.