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A scary robbery in Halesworth yesterday afternoon.

The airfield museum at Debach opens during summer on the last Sunday of the month starting the Sunday after next and running until the last Sunday in October.

The shop being built at the Stowupland Co-op garage is going to be a BIG one.

Advert slots above and in the twice(ish) monthly digest available NOW.  So to tell near the coast about yourself with £11.95 but BOGOF, that's two months for the price of one ... first come first served.

Dr Nearthecoast is in and listening at ntc@nearthecoast.com

It snowed in Woodbridge this morning and we took shelter in The Tea Hut by the River Deben.  The river makes bits of Woodbridge surprisingly boaty.

Poignant, possibly even sad, to see the Conservative Club in Church Street Framlingham boarded up.

 JOB  First line support engineer in Framlingham.

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♫ Repeating last year's success Kio are playing for dancing at Stonham Aspal village hall this Saturday.

It's the Laxfield monthly market this morning (first Saturday of every month)... there might be entertainment.

House sales around near the coast seem a bit slow.

♫ The end of July is a good ways off but very pleased to know that the Sax Music Fest is on again this year and hopefully still free?

Do you remember Alan and Henri landlords of the Framlingham Castle Inn around 2011?  Henri moonlighted as a belly dancer?  Stumbled across them from a roadside notice on the way to Norwich, since last year they've been the Diss Emporium.

Throwback Thursday:  Five years ago today Hacheston, Parham and Yoxford started community speed watches ... can't say we've seen any recently.  Have you?

When we were at Essex Uni for an american football final Sunday we noticed that The Mystery of the Raddlesham Mumps was playing in the campus theatre.  It's at the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall the Saturday after next.  A fearsome but funny gothic tale of dynasty, death, revenge and hope. Lovely moral. - Michael Rosen

How to promote yourself on nearthcoast.com.

Made a nice change Sunday to snap american football without rain and/or hail.

The Church of England is so concerned about Brexit that their headquarters has issued a prophet warning.

The year moves on, the clocks have gone forward.

Today there's a choice of a free admission jumble sale in Dennington village hall (a chance to see the recent refurbishment with an enormous new window) or the fifth Halesworth day of dance in ... err Halesworth.  You could do both.

If you like video nasties you'll l♥ve this.

Today on Framlingham market a young girl old enough to have a mobile phone accidentally knocking her entire untasted real lemonade into her lap reacted with Ah, that was refreshing ... a future Victoria Woods.

The Sunday after next at Stradbroke Cricket Club it's Cricket Force day ... when we went the year before last we got a sausage roll.

We've added a judge and spectators at Butley to Suffolk Gentleman and a gratifyingly side lit rider to our Flickr portfolio ... it's been a while.

This weekend it's Mothering Sunday in case you haven't seen any of those tv ads.

The twice monthly(ish) digest emailed out today to the 1900+ nearthecoasters on the list ... click the Singing Postman to go on the list.

An Honest Gentleman is theatre from company Stuff of Dreams about Norfolk born gentleman of the road Thomas Easter.  The 16 date tour starts Friday in Beccles.

Sunday is World Backup Day.

 JOB  Board outside the Framlingham Lemon Tree says Cook wanted, apply within.

The Suffolk Constabulary start this year's monthly Safe Rider Workshops for motorcyclists at Martlesham Heath next month 5-6th April.  The two day courses includes an escorted ride and lunch.