THE ST TOWN CRIER THE OFFICIAL PARISH OF ST HELIER MAGAZINE

JULY 2015 Parish matters 4 News from the Parish Nurseries 11

La Bantchette opens in Conway Street 5 Branchage 11

2015 Rates Assembly 7 St Helier’s Summer of Festivals 12

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SAVE £££’s No landline No connection charges H OME HERO No wires PARISH CONTACTS Welcome to the July edition of the Town Crier Connétable: Simon Crowcroft Tel: 811821 Fax: 619146 Email: @posh.gov.je which, as we explained last month, is Town Hall: PO Box 50, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PA no longer being distributed by post, but Town Hall Opening Hours: 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday is instead being made available for collection around Parish Meetings: Notices of Parish meeting are published on our website: www.sthelier.je, in The St Helier Town Crier and the . St Helier as well as on our website. We are still offering to put parishioners on the mailing lists, however, so PROCUREURS AND PARISH MANAGEMENT BOARD Procureurs du Bien Public: Clive Barton MBE and Peter Pearce please let us know ([email protected] or Clive Barton MBE Tel: 880088 Email: [email protected] telephone 811821) if you would like next month's Peter Pearce Tel: 639533 Email: [email protected] Director, Finance: Andrew Pemberton copy sent to you by post or email. Tel: 811829 Email: [email protected] July is the busiest month in the Parish calendar Director, Parks, Gardens & Open Spaces: Anthony Andrews Tel: 811700 Email: [email protected] and this month's Town Crier gives an idea of what's to Director, Human Resources: Martin Roberts come: the annual Parish Rates Assembly (7pm on Tel: 811824 Email: [email protected] Director, Municipal Services: Debra D'Orleans Wednesday 15th July) allows ratepayers to consider Tel: 811703 Email: [email protected] how their money was spent in the last financial year Director, Technical & Environment Services: John Stievenard Tel: 811845 Email: [email protected] and to influence the budget of the next one, while there are a whole lot of events taking place on and around ST HELIER DEPUTIES th NO 1 DISTRICT St Helier Day, 16 July, including the Fête de St Hélier. Deputy Judy Martin Tel: 780641 Email: [email protected] Our Battle of Flowers Committee and helpers will Deputy Russell Labey Tel: 481083 Email:[email protected] Deputy Scott Wickenden Tel: 07797 717766 Email: [email protected] be working flat out this month to get the Parish's NO 2 DISTRICT SS Vega-themed float ready for what we hope will be a Deputy Rod Bryans Tel: 737236 Email: [email protected] trophy-winning parade in August, and the Community Deputy Geoff Southern Tel: 728231 Email: [email protected] Deputy Sam Mézec Tel: 07797 811130 Email: [email protected] in Bloom group will be doing their best to complement NO 3 DISTRICT the work done by our Parks, Cleansing and Refuse Deputy Jackie Hilton Tel: 07797 713293 Email: [email protected] Teams as St Helier seeks to impress the judges in this Deputy Mike Higgins Tel: 873956 Email: [email protected] Deputy Richard Rondel Tel: 07797 711537 Email: [email protected] year's Britain in Bloom competition. Our Parish has Deputy Andrew Lewis Tel: 862663 Email: [email protected] already scooped one award, for the best scenic lane in OTHER PARISH CONTACTS Jersey. Yes, las