At the first meeting of the newly elected Bury St Edmunds Town Council on Wednesday May 15, 2019, Cllr Paul Hopfensperger was elected to be the Vice Chairman of the council. This is the second time he has had the honour of being Vice Chairman, the first being in 2005 when the same role carried the title of Deputy Mayor of Bury St Edmunds. His first act as Vice Chairman was to Chair the Annual Meeting of the Bury St Edmunds Town Council on Wednesday May 29th in the absence of

Monday November 19th, 2018 saw the Bury St Edmunds Town Council host some of the outstanding citizens of Bury St Edmunds at it's annual St Edmunds Day awards. Winners and nominees gathered to listen who had won the prestigious "Citizen of The Year" and "Young Citizen of The Year" awards for 2018. Former East Anglian Daily Times and Ipswich Star photographer Andy Abbott won the Citizen of the Year Award with St Olaves Ward teenager Chloe Hunter picking up the Young Citizen of

Paul Hopfensperger, Bury St Edmunds Town and St Edmundsbury Borough councillor for St Olaves Ward in Bury St Edmunds, has released a 12" vinyl E.P. called "Teenage Angst" from his band The Teazers which he was in 36 years ago to raise money for charity. Cllr Hopfensperger was lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the three piece band and recorded the four songs "Alison", "The System", "The Shape of Things to Come", and "Dreaming of You" at the Elephant Recording Studio in

Monday September 17, 2018 was a pivotal milestone in my commitment to deliver a new community centre for the people of St Olaves Ward. Following the meeting, we are now on target to deliver a new centre, with construction expected to start in 2019 as promised. During the "Any Other Business" section of the meeting, I had a surprise for community stalwart, Barbara Bannister, as I delivered a speech to the assembled project board as follows:- "Thank you for just letting me have

In May, I was delighted to recognise a well-known “Pillar of The Community” for his outstanding contribution to The Howard Estate in Bury St Edmunds. Ernie Broom, 82, received my first ever St Edmundsbury Borough Council Outstanding Contribution to the Community award for his work on the estate, an estate which he has called home since 1965, and which I have had the honour of represented as a local councillor since 2005. I presented Ernie with the award under the scheme set u

Hello and welcome to my new website and blog. Back in 2003 when I first became a local councillor, I knew immediately that it was important to have a platform to engage with the people I represented. People do not want to hear from you just at election times, they want to see you and be able to contact you all year round. Having been in the I.T. industry for nearly 20 years by then, I started to create a website with the limited tools I had at my disposal back then - I used M