Dredger returns to clear the inner harbour
The council's dredger begins three weeks of work on the silted inner basin on Monday.
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The news of Saltmarsh, a small town by the water that does not exist: the harbour, the town, its sport and its arts, forty-eight stories deep and pulled twelve at a time.
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Market square to be resurfaced in October
The setts come up for six weeks; the Saturday market moves to the car park.
Rowing club wins the head of the river for the first time
The senior four beat the city clubs over the three-mile course by nine seconds.
Concert in the hall to mark the finished roof
The town band plays under a roof that no longer leaks, for the first time in a decade.
Lifeboat station opens its doors for the autumn
The crew will show the new inshore boat and the tractor that launches it.
Library opens on Sundays from November
Two volunteers and a part-time post make the Sunday opening possible.
Saturday league: the harbour side stays top
A draw at the school field keeps the gap at three points with four games left.
Autumn show at the gallery above the chandlery
Nineteen local painters, one room, four weeks.
Winter ferry timetable starts next week
Four crossings a day instead of six, and no evening sailing after the clocks change.
Third generation takes on the bakery
The ovens stay, the recipes stay, and the shop will open an hour later.
Sea swimmers mark the end of the warm water
The dawn group swam to the buoy and back for the last time before the wetsuits come out.
Film club announces its winter season
Twelve films on Thursday nights in the hall, from October to March.
Harbour
Boats, tides, the quay and the people who work it.
Dredger returns to clear the inner harbour
The council's dredger begins three weeks of work on the silted inner basin on Monday.
Lifeboat station opens its doors for the autumn
The crew will show the new inshore boat and the tractor that launches it.
Winter ferry timetable starts next week
Four crossings a day instead of six, and no evening sailing after the clocks change.
Best crab season since the records began
The co-operative weighed in more brown crab this summer than in any year since 1998.
New lights for the quay after the autumn gales
Six of the old sodium lamps blew out in one night; the replacements are warmer and dimmer.
Regatta weekend brings forty boats to the bay
Three classes raced on Saturday; Sunday was blown off.
Survey finds the harbour wall sound for another decade
Divers inspected the Victorian footings and found less wear than feared.
Seal pups counted on the sandbank: nineteen this year
The wardens' annual count is up from fourteen, and the colony is spreading east.
New pilot boat named after a harbourmaster
The boat carries the name of the man who ran the harbour for thirty-one years.
Slipway closed for a fortnight of repairs
The public slip is shut while the concrete at the foot is relaid.
Oyster beds reopen after the summer closure
The water quality tests came back clean for the third fortnight running.
The tide tables are printed, and the mistake is on page nine
A misprint gives Thursday the twentieth two high waters an hour apart; a correction slip is at the office.
Town
The council, the high street, the market and the weather.
Sport
The rowing club, the Saturday league and the sea swimmers.
Arts
The hall, the gallery above the chandlery, the band.
A demonstration: Saltmarsh and its Ledger are invented. Built by plinth from EDN and Markdown; the front's further pages are real pages and are also pulled in place where scripts run, and a click from the front to a story and back swaps the page in place, every address still a real page.