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New kitchen showroom opens in former Shoe Zone premises
A brand-new German kitchen showroom has opened in Frome town centre in the former Shoe Zone premises which had been empty for ten years. Kutchenhaus Frome – a 1,100 sq. ft showroom showcasing the latest in German kitchen innovation and forward-thinking appliances – has been opened by Frome resid...
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Frome Festival launches fundraising campaign with special concert
Frome Festival is launching a fundraising campaign to raise £25,000 before next year’s festival, kicking off with a special concert featuring three locally based acts. The campaign, ‘25 for 25’, celebrates a quarter of a century of the festival being at the heart of Frome’s creative communi...
Town council takes on 57 open green spaces
Frome Town Council has formally taken ownership of 57 new open and green spaces around Frome as part of a devolution deal with Somerset Council. One of the new spaces, a large ‘green corridor’ at Brunel Way, was planted with spring bulbs last month as part of a wider bulb-planting campaign by Fr...
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Frome woman makes major step toward England para-surfing team
A Frome woman with a physical disability has taken a step closer to representing the England para-surfing team after achieving a top international qualification, following two heart attacks last year. Kay Millar, a full-time wheelchair user living with limb paralysis and arm weakness, travelled to S...
Local Jewish resident speaks out about living in fear
A local woman has spoken out about living in fear as a Jewish resident in Frome, saying many in the town’s Jewish community have been hiding their identity amid a rise in antisemitism. The resident, who is remaining anonymous for safety reasons, told the Frome Times she felt compelled to share her...
Musical theatre company members celebrated at annual awards
Members of Frome Musical Theatre Company were recently recognised at the group’s annual glittering social evening. Held at the Assembly Rooms last month, the company celebrated another successful year of shows. In addition to the Star Awards, three National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA)...
Resident campaigns to restrict children’s smartphone use
A Frome resident is campaigning for parents to be more aware of the dangers of smartphones and social media use among children as part of a UK-wide movement. Cordelia Fellowes, an independent youth mentor, is an ambassador of the Smartphone Free Childhood movement, which is a nationwide parent-led c...
Frome children to permanently enjoy safer journeys to school
CCTV footage has shown 'significant improvements' in traffic levels since the scheme started
Somerset Funeral Notices with heartfelt tributes to 36 loved ones
Tributes have been paid to much-loved family members
Councillors’ Corner – Cllr Shane Collins
‘I met a man on a beach who said he wanted to shoot people on small boats’ is the arresting opening line of new Green Party leader Zack Polanski’s recent social media film. Along with Polanski’s ‘Bold Politics’ podcast, he is getting millions of views and the Green Party membership is ...
Safer School Streets scheme made permanent
Frome’s Safer School Streets scheme has been made permanent following the end of an 18-month trial. The trial scheme, launched in April 2024, has seen timed road closures around Trinity First School, Oakfield Academy, Critchill School and Park Road leading up to Avanti Park School during school ...
Woman seriously hurt after crash leaves six injured on Somerset road
Four vehicles crashed
Somerset’s smallest city getting 100 new homes
Somerset Council has now given these plans the green light
Somerset Funeral Notices as heartfelt tributes to 22 loved ones
Tributes have been paid to much-loved family members
'Starting pistol’ fired to sell off Saxonvale site in Frome
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Shire horses break ground on Frome’s biggest ever community woodland
Work has begun on a new community woodland in Frome—built in memory of Moko Sellars and prepared the old-fashioned way, with shire horses Dime and Flynn
Council ‘fires the starting pistol’ to sell off Saxonvale site
Somerset Council has ‘fired the starting pistol’ to potentially sell the Saxonvale regeneration site in Frome on the open market. The council’s executive agreed in late-January to sell the site to Mayday Saxonvale, which aims to deliver much-needed low-cost homes, commercial space and new leis...
Farewell to the man who helped shape Frome’s future through 18 years of service
Frome is saying farewell to Paul Wynne, the town clerk who led landmark projects and championed community resilience over 18 years of dedicated service
Frome’s Christmas lights carry message urging men to help end violence
Frome’s Christmas decorations will shine with purpose this year as the town joins the White Ribbon campaign calling on men to end violence against women
Rural MPs unite against ‘damaging’ family farm tax in Budget row
Liberal Democrat MPs across the South West warn a controversial tax is threatening the survival of small farms and rural communities