Etiket: Meppel
Local residents of the new Weerddwarsstraat building in Meppel are not getting any support
Residents of the KPN location are frustrated. Photo: Wilbert Bijzitter Residents of the KPN location on Weerddwarsstraat are being criticized by the municipal objection committee. They strongly disagree with the…
Meppel is setting up a youth council: ‘So that they can participate in society’
At 21 years old, she is the youngest councilor in the Meppel city council, but she is too old for her own plan. Liselot Raat (VVD) has campaigned for the…
Plans for a water tower in Meppel are receiving plenty of praise from politicians
Local politicians have responded full of praise to the plans for the water tower in Meppel. The new owners, Ralph Verheijen and Dilana Verheijen-Kuiper, want to restore the monumental tower…
All signals are green: another 40 million to solve problems on the track near Meppel
A parliamentary majority has definitively approved an additional investment of forty million euros to solve the problems on the railway around Meppel. An amendment was tabled by a majority of…
Two men kicked in the head while going out in Meppel. ‘It was just a stupid argument, it made no sense’
Three men and a woman have been sentenced by the judge to community service and a suspended prison sentence for nightlife violence in Meppel in March and July last year.…
Herberg ‘t Plein in Meppel has a ‘nice field of presenters’ for the sports quiz
The sports quiz in Herberg ‘t Plein is an event for many sports enthusiasts from the wider Meppel area, which is looked forward to with great interest every year. They…
Train traffic between Meppel and Hoogeveen resumed after problems with overhead lines
The problems with an overhead line on the train route between Hoogeveen and Meppel are over. Just before noon, train traffic between the two places came to a standstill. The…
Train traffic between Meppel and Hoogeveen is at a standstill
There are currently no trains running between Hoogeveen and Meppel. There are problems with a broken overhead line. Those problems started just before noon. The NS initially expected that no…
Police arrest two suspects in shoplifting in Meppel
The police arrested a man and a woman this afternoon who are suspected of two shoplifting incidents at shoe stores in Meppel. One of the suspects struck at the Scapino…
Rachel from Meppel rescues historical elements from a former Jewish butcher’s shop on Woldstraat. ‘Unbelievable that Jewish heritage is disappearing from Meppel again: really unacceptable’
Rachel van Gelder (53) has saved a number of historical elements from the former Jewish butcher’s shop at Woldstraat 58 in Meppel from demolition. The building contained special cultural heritage:…