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How Johannes Bos from Gieten was found on the Ereveld after almost 80 years
He was goalkeeper of the first team of football association Gieten and also enterprising and restless. He was never afraid to roll up his sleeves, but when the Germans called…
Many candidates with preferential votes in municipal councils
What does a preference vote mean? A candidate councilor can be elected to the municipal council with preferential votes. The number of votes required for this differs per municipality. There…
Gasselternijveenschemond welcomes bus with Ukrainian refugees: ‘Heartwarming’
Martin Nanninga left last Monday with a bus from Drenthe Tours to the Hungarian capital Budapest to receive Ukrainian refugees. This afternoon he arrived back in Gasselternijveenschemond with 37 refugees,…
Dead and injured pigeons dumped on fields near Gieten
The police have made two remarkable finds in fields near Gieten in the last week and a half; dead and injured pigeons turned out to have been dumped there. In…
Small supermarket owners see revenues from tobacco sales go up in smoke
There are increasingly strict measures regarding smoking; rolls of tobacco and cigarettes are becoming more and more expensive and sales are becoming increasingly difficult. From 2024, smoking products may no…
Aa en Hunze raises a peace flag and donates 1 euro per inhabitant for help Ukraine
The peace flag has been flying in front of the town hall of Aa en Hunze on Spiekersteeg in Gieten since late morning. “We have raised the flag because everyone…
Volunteers busy with toad migration in Schoonloo: ‘It can just start’
The annual toad migration is about to start in Drenthe. Toads then emerge from their burrows after a long hibernation to find a spot near the water to mate. During…
Gasselters cease resistance to holiday park after talks with project leader
The group of residents of Gasselte who opposed the construction of Hotel & Resort De Hondsrug is ending the lawsuits against project developer MI Vastgoed from Assen. During mutual discussions,…
Municipality gives green light for tree felling Nooitgedacht
Despite protests from local residents and a working group, the municipality of Aa en Hunze has decided to cut down trees on Brinklaan in Nooitgedacht. The firs along this avenue…
Election tour with Spieker-iek kicked off in Aa and Hunze
Building houses, involving people in the villages and doing more with the dolmens. That is what the party leaders of the municipality of Aa and Hunze must have ‘cheeked on’…