From John Mesch. MIKE Stentiford, the new president of the National Trust for Jersey, was absolutely correct when he wrote congratulating Environment and Planning Minister Freddie Cohen for making a morally correct decision when he turned down the application to build a modern estate of 36 houses at Plémont.
A triumph for the whole Island
ON Saturday Jersey were narrowly defeated by Afghanistan in the final of the ICC World Cricket League Division V tournament that had unfolded over the previous eight days at venues around the Island.
Tram for the Waterfront?
JERSEY could again have a railway running from the west to town.
A week in politics
There’s a Simpsons episode in which Springfield’s resident despot, Montgomery Burns, creates a huge disc on a robotic arm to block out the sun.
Stunning cricket finale
JERSEY’S cricket team lost to Afghanistan by two wickets at Grainville on Saturday in the World Cricket League Division V final.
£1.1m loss
A JERSEY mail order greetings card firm has failed to deliver expected profits.
Let’s find a gym for Mont à l’Abbé
IT’S quite a while since I bothered to go down town to the Public Library to look at that lot the Big House’s Budget book but I wouldn’t mind betting that, along with what used to be called Public Health, not to mention Social Security, the crowd up at Highlands get a fair old slice [...]
New look for the JEP’s website
THE Jersey Evening Post’s website, thisisjersey.com, has a new look.
We should be more creative with Jersey’s street lighting
From David Barlow. IT has been a delight to see the improvements evolving to the west of the tunnel entrance – first the elegant extension to the Royal Yacht Hotel, then the removal of bus shelters and the encouraging progress with paving and planting.
Jeux des Iles ‘Icing on the cake’
JERSEY, like they did in Sicily 2006, scooped the Jeux des Iles fair play trophy as the 2008 event closed in Guadeloupe.
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BIRD WATCH 2012
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The 11th Great Garden Bird Watch took place over the weekend, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February. JEP readers were asked to get on board to help monitor bird life in the Island.