The BID’s very own Phil Gordon came to the rescue of one couple who had a nightmare experience on a recent trip to Dorchester. Phil treated Pam and David Rogers to a VIP tour of the town after they wrote and email of complaint about their recent bad experience of the county town. It was… Read more »
Dorchester Town Crier, Alistair Chisholm has done it again. For the third time in a row, our very own local Town Crier has seen off the competition at the National Town Criers Challenge Cup in Hastings and romped home in 1st place.
The flambouyant town crier lifted the crown for the third time in a row and has now won the coveted award an amazing seven times.
Calling all local businesses.
If you think you have a contribution to make to the 2012 Olympics that are taking place in Weymouth then don’t forget to re-register (if you haven’t already) on the newly renovated Team Dorset website www.teamdorset.org.uk.
Although it is only just the end of October we thought we would remind all of the local Dorchester businesses and town visitors of this years fabulous Christmas event.
The 2009 Dorchester Christmas Cracker is being held on Wednesday 2nd december starting at 5pm.
The annual late night shopping event organised by the Dorchester Chamber of Commerce will be celebrating a theme of “A Traditional Christmas”
It is half-term again for school children of Dorchester and there is plenty of things for your kids to do next week.
Dorchester Arts are running a week long set of workshops from Monday, 26th October 2009 through to Friday, 30th October 2009 covering a variety of subjects. With it being so close to Halloween they will be running a Zombie theme which will certainly get your kids in the “witching mood”.
Dorchester is a beautiful English market town with a rich and varied past- here’s a brief history of Dorchester as a taster of what you might find when visiting Dorchester.
The chalk hillside on which the county town of Dorchester now stands originally formed part of the complex prehistoric landscape.
Wallis Agency of Trinity Street in Dorchester have been celebrating their selection as finalists in this years Open4Business Awards.
The firm was among the companies celebrating at the Business Link sponsored event in the Weymouth College dining hall and theatre on Wednesday night.
The debate abour parking in Dorchester is hotting up with lots of businesses and local residents airing their views and making the feelings felt.
The local newspapers like The Echo and Western Gazzete have been running the story for some time now and Robert Gould, Leader of the West Dorset District Council has also been quick to respond on his newly launched blog.
It will be a busy night at Dorchester’s Corn Exchange this Saturday as the legendary folk duo of Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick take to the stage.
This is a great opportunity to see two of folk music’s finest performers in historic setting of this fine Victorian hall in the heart of the County Town of Dorset.
Don’t forget there is lots going on this weekend in Dorchester.
