There is finally clarity for the barracks in Assen Havelte and all kinds of fundraising campaigns are being set up from Drenthe for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. These are two things that passed in the news last week. In The week of Drenthe see and read an overview of the most important news.
On Monday it was announced that the barracks in Assen will remain open, but will be significantly reduced. The North School – a basic training for military personnel – leaves for Havelte. Meanwhile, the 43 Mechanized Brigade moves from Havelte to the center of the country. 250 million euros will be earmarked for the barracks in Havelte. The barracks in the provincial capital will receive 75 million euros for a makeover. Assen will also have a so-called ‘government hub’, where civil servants can work and meet.
A day later, Drenthe came into action for victims of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. There are fundraising campaigns in various places, such as in the mosque in Assen. The death toll has risen to at least 28,000 today.
Five years in prison were demanded against a 52-year-old man from Assen who claimed to be able to supply gas-free central heating boilers. He would have defrauded Rabobank for a million euros. The man from Assen bought the boilers in China, put a sticker from his own company on them and resold them. But the boilers, they turned out not to work at all. Six months in prison has been demanded against his partner from Roden. The judge will rule on March 7.
The wind farm in the Veenkoloniën causes more low-frequency noise in the area, it became clear on Thursday. This is evident from a report from two research agencies. This is sound that you don’t always hear, but you feel. For some, it can lead to stress, health problems and insomnia. The municipality of Borger-Odoorn is going to the government. “Something has to be done with it,” says alderman Henk Zwiep. “In any case, a low-frequency standard should be established.”
Forest ranger Bart Zwiers of nature reserve De Onlanden was very ill on Friday. That morning he heard from a visitor to the nature reserve that the watchtower has been destroyed. Vandals demolished two bottom plates from the tower at a height of 26 meters. Dangerous, says the ranger.
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