http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk ... ANGRY VILLAGERS in Aberdyfi have hit out after mussel pickers descended on the beach at the weekend. Around 15 men from Hollywell and Swansea gathered on the beach on Sunday after the mussels had been classified fit to pick following a ban. Locals were unaware that the men were coming,... http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/5419/ 2010-03-04T00:00:00-00:00 GWYNEDD Council has extended a deadline for feedback from villagers who said they were not fully consulted on the closure of primary schools in the Tywyn area. A questionnaire had been distributed to locals on how they believed the closure would affect their communities, but a number of complaints were... http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/5432/ 2010-03-04T00:00:00-00:00 AN ELDERLY couple have spoken of their upset and fear after being targeted by vandals who tried to pour a chemical into the letterbox of their home while they slept. Retired Richard and Nesta Owen said the unknown vandals had tried to throw the bleach-like chemical through the letter box... http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/5436/ 2010-03-04T00:00:00-00:00 A PARENT has been given a two-year conditional discharge by magistrates after she barged into a Meirionnydd school and verbally abused a teacher. The incident happened in December last year, when the mother, who can’t be named for legal reasons, entered the grounds of Ysgol y Gader in Dolgellau, and... http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/5460/ 2010-03-04T00:00:00-00:00 Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor Pwllheli students braved the cold weather and held a sponsored dip last Wednesday to raise money for Haiti. The fund-raising was arranged by the Students’ Union. Pwllheli Student Union  Vice –President James Davies said: “We wanted to do something to raise money to buy a ShelterBox for a... http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/5464/ 2010-03-04T00:00:00-00:00 THE first official meeting to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Cob in Porthmadog being opened was held in the town last week. Nearly 50 people came to the meeting at the Ganolfan to show their support and to discuss ideas to mark the special occasion next year. The Cob... http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/5472/ 2010-03-04T00:00:00-00:00 A NEW community beat manager has joined the Meirionnydd Neighbourhood Policing Team. Pc Angharad Noble (pictured) started work as the new CBM for Dolgellau two weeks ago, replacing Pc Geraint Jones, who has gone back to response duties, but is staying in the Dolgellau area. Pc Noble started working with... http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/5477/ 2010-03-04T00:00:00-00:00 GWYNEDD councillors have voted to increase council tax for 2010/11 by 3.9 per cent, the equivalent of a 69 pence per week increase for those living in an average Band D household. Gwynedd Council leader Cllr Dyfed Edwards said: “As a council, we have once again had to strike a... http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/5481/ 2010-03-04T00:00:00-00:00 A LLANRHYSTUD ford will be closed permanently with highways chiefs saying it’s unsafe and too expensive to keep open. The ford, which enables cars to cut off a corner linking the B4337 with the A487, is currently closed for the winter period, but Ceredigion Council’s highways department applied to magistrates... http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/5398/ 2010-03-03T00:00:00-00:00 THE future of Aberporth’s air range is back in the balance after calls for a centre of excellence for the testing of unmanned drones to be based in Scotland. The range is used by Qinetiq and the Ministry of Defence and has been earmarked as the best-equipped range in Britain... http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/5403/ 2010-03-03T00:00:00-00:00