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  • Curtain up on centenary show for Pickering Musical Society

    PICKERING Musical Society (PMS) is marking its centenary with a production of The Sound of Music. This year is a special year for both PMS and The Sound of Music, 2019 is both the 100th anniversary of the musical society and the 60th anniversary

  • Long-held dream for new village hub finally becomes reality

    A LONG-running project to replace a village hall with a community hub fit for the 21st century has been completed. Villagers in Farndale have been raising funds to replace their village hall at Church Houses since 2005 when a building survey identified

  • Promotion for firm’s engineer

    A RYEDALE firm has appointed a new technical director. Ellis, in Rillington, has promoted mechanical engineer Stephen Walton to the post. Stephen joined Ellis in 2015 and has since played a key role in the development of a large number of new

  • New town venue for artists’ work

    A NEW art gallery is opening in Malton this week. Christine Hughes, owner of Paperspoon, which was formally in The Shambles, is expanding her business to create a larger exhibition space and workshop. Her new venture, The Gallery, will officially

  • Scooter ride raises £900

    A SCOOTER charity ride, which went through parts of Ryedale, has raised £900 for York ME Community. More than 200 scooterists and bikers set from the Eye of York to Beadlam, via Sheriff Hutton and Slingsby, on the Mods and Rockers Charity Ride,

  • Pop along to Rotary’s new ‘posh’ shop

    A POP-up “posh” shop has opened in Malton. Malton and Norton Rotary Club is running their annual charity shop for three weeks in Finkle Street. Paul Prichard, club secretary, said: “We started planning for our Rotary charity shop in 2010 and

  • Artist is king of the castle with winning design

    THE work of a Ryedale artist has been selected to grace the cover of a new book by a local writing group. A watercolour painting by Colin G Culley, who has a studio in Lockton, was chosen by Castle Writers of Pickering to illustrate the cover of

  • Wedding dress festival to help save historic church

    A WEDDING dress festival is being held in Rosedale Abbey as part of a drive to raise £90,000 to save the village church. Residents launched the Save Rosedale Church campaign last year after it was found that the roof of the 180-year-old St Mary