City of Pontivy Honors Long-Serving and Retiring Municipal Staff

City of Pontivy Honors Long-Serving and Retiring Municipal Staff

The City of Pontivy employs 206 agents (153 civil servants, 52 non-permanent agents and one apprentice). 119 other agents work at the Municipal Social Action Center (75 permanent staff and 44 non-permanent staff). Eleven of them were honored on Wednesday January 17, 2024, during the ceremony of wishes from the mayor, Christine Le Strat, to … Read more

Three days to donate blood in the village of Redon

A new blood collection is scheduled for early 2023, a redon (Ille-et-Vilaine), Thursday 5 and Friday 6 January, as well as in Allaire (Loire-Atlantique) on Saturday 7 January. Blood supplies “in critical condition” Donations are all the more important in the current difficult socio-economic context and in the recrudescence of viruses that affect the attendance … Read more

Automotive sector. Stellantis suspends operations at a Jeep factory in the United States

Automaker Stellantis plans to suspend operations at a Jeep-branded factory in the United States, citing difficulties from the Covid-19 pandemic and rising costs related to the electric switch. Production at the Belvidere assembly site in Illinois, where Jeep Cherokee SUVs are manufactured, will cease February 28, the company said on Friday, December 9, 2022. The … Read more

Pontivy. 458 people gave blood last week, 36 of them for the first time

Success for the blood collection days, at the Pontivy convention center (Morbihan): 458 donors presented, between Wednesday June 22 and Friday June 24, 2022. For 36 of them, it was the first time that they were contributing. Jacqueline Stephan, president of the blood donors committee, wanted to thank them and hopes for an equivalent mobilization … Read more

Gavres. At Spar, lotto, millionaire, Euromillion and scratch games

We were canvassed by La Française des jeux last summer for lotto, Euromillions and scratch games explains Nadine Ruffié who took over, in 2018, the reins of the only convenience store in the village with her son Mickaël. A service that will make many happy on the peninsula where until now you had to travel … Read more

Soccer. At the Guerlédan International Tournament, the youngsters feast on the ball. Sport

The International Tournament had been on forced rest since 2019, due to the health pandemic. From the parade of 196 teams, including 128 men, the fervor is there with new sites to allow all the clubs to evolve in good conditions. In Noyal-Pontivy, the spectators saw prestigious clubs evolve with the girls’ Atlético de Madrid, … Read more

Holy Servant. Two years later, the Festi’Val de l’Oust returns with Manau and 47Ter

We cross our fingers, but that it will be good to find our festival-goers, ” released in our columns, in February 2022, Pascal le Brazidecpresident of the Foustivités association which organizes the Oust Festival at Saint-Servant (Morbihan). After a two-year break, due to the health crisis, organizers and festival-goers will be able to return to … Read more

Olympic Sailing. IQfoil European Championship: The French in pole position for the

From May 17 to 22 the French team from IQfoil opens the ball for the European and World Championships which will follow one another until the end of the year for all 10 Olympic series. During these six days, nearly 260 windsurfers from the world’s greatest nations will race on the mythical Lake Garda in … Read more

Unusual. A railcar trip from Rennes to Pontivy on June 12

The association Chemin de fer tourisme sud Touraine (CFTST), which restores old railcars to put them back into circulation, is heading for Brittany in June 2022. The date of June 12 should be remembered in particular, because for the first times in 40 years, a railcar ride Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) – Pontivy (Morbihan) will be carried … Read more

Soccer. Clarisse Le Bihan, moved to Guingamp, signs in the United States in the club of Natalie

She also decided to try the adventure. After the French international Valérie Gauvin, Clarisse Le Bihan has also chosen to fly to the United States during the season. The former player of En Avant Guingamp (2011-2016), native of Quimperlé, joins Angel City FC, this new club in the American elite which will play its first … Read more