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Petition requests basic sanitation for half a thousand residents of Torres Novas

📍 Santarém🏛️ Government🚇 Infrastructure#public-services+2 more

The lack of basic sanitation in the localities of Vale Carvão and Bonflorido led to the submission of a petition with 300 signatures to the Municipal Assembly of Torres Novas requesting a resolution to the problem.

rtp.pt27 Apr
Petition requests basic sanitation for half a thousand residents of Torres Novas

Torres Novas: man seriously injured after clashes at a nightclub

📍 Santarém⚖️ Legal🩺 Health#crime-report+1 more

Emergency services were called to the scene, and the injured man was treated and subsequently transported to the Abrantes Hospital.

cnnportugal.iol.pt26 Apr
Torres Novas: man seriously injured after clashes at a nightclub

Meet the chef and sommelier from Rio Grande do Sul who also produces wine in Portugal - Público

📍 Santarém🎭 Culture🏖️ Daily Life#wine-production+2 more

Get to know the Brazilian chef and sommelier who is also a wine producer in Portugal.

Público19 Apr
Meet the chef and sommelier from Rio Grande do Sul who also produces wine in Portugal - Público

Torres Novas: Chega councillor becomes independent

📍 Santarém🏛️ Government#chega+1 more

José Carola communicated his departure to the party in March, but only made it public now. He cites “incompatibilities” with the local and district structure of Chega since the October elections.

Observador16 Apr
Torres Novas: Chega councillor becomes independent

Exits from Chega continue: there are now nine councillors who have become independent

📍 Santarém🏛️ Government#local-politics+1 more

In the Torres Novas City Council, José Carola, elected as a councillor for Chega in the October 12th elections, announced that he has left the party and will continue his duties as an independent.

Público16 Apr
Exits from Chega continue: there are now nine councillors who have become independent

Chega councillor in Torres Novas leaves the party and becomes an independent

📍 Santarém🏛️ Government#chega

The councillor did not present any political justifications for leaving the party during the meeting.

Correio da Manhã16 Apr
Chega councillor in Torres Novas leaves the party and becomes an independent

New community mental health team strengthens response

📍 Santarém🩺 Health🏖️ Daily Life#patient-care+2 more

The new team ensures a weekly presence at the Médio Tejo Local Health Unit, while also maintaining fortnightly appointments at the Alcanena Health Centre and home-based intervention.

Observador16 Mar
New community mental health team strengthens response

"Our rivers can no longer carry all the water to the Tagus". Dam releases increase flood risk

📍 Santarém🌱 Environment🚇 Infrastructure#severe-weather+3 more

As periods of heavy rain forecast for the coming days approach, concern is growing over the discharges being made from dams. In Torres Novas, CNN Portugal reporter António Pereira Gonçalves reports that water has completely submerged a road in the parish of Riachos.

CNN Portugal3 Feb
"Our rivers can no longer carry all the water to the Tagus". Dam releases increase flood risk

Alviela River plagued by daily environmental attacks

📍 Santarém🌱 Environment🏖️ Daily Life#river-pollution+3 more

Residents of Pernes woke once again to a nauseating smell in the air and the Alviela riverbed coated in a brown foam.

Correio da Manhã3 Feb
Alviela River plagued by daily environmental attacks

Fall of 'hundreds of trees' keeps A1 partially closed; maximum alert until midnight

📍 Santarém🚇 Infrastructure🧭 Travel#a1-closure+3 more

The A1, the country's main motorway, remains closed to traffic from the Torres Novas junction in the Lisbon-to-Porto direction, with no forecast for when it will reopen, a Brisa source told ECO/Local Online. 'Hundreds of trees fell, so it is likely to take some time' to reopen, the same source indicated. In the south-to-north direction, at kilometre ...

ECO28 Jan
Fall of 'hundreds of trees' keeps A1 partially closed; maximum alert until midnight

River Almonda bursts its banks and threatens roads in Ribatejo: "Reguengo de Alviela will become the island we're used to"

📍 Santarém🚇 Infrastructure🌱 Environment#flooding+3 more

CNN Portugal reporter António Pereira Gonçalves describes rapid flooding in Riachos, in the municipality of Torres Novas, where the water level appears 'much more intense' than the previous day. It rained all night in the Serra de Aire and Candeeiros, leaving fields and minor roads submerged. A rise in the Tagus over the coming days could affect national roads and isolate Reguengo de Alviela.

CNN Portugal27 Jan
River Almonda bursts its banks and threatens roads in Ribatejo: "Reguengo de Alviela will become the island we're used to"

Torres Novas Day Hospital expanded

📍 Santarém🩺 Health🚇 Infrastructure#medical-services+3 more

The work joined three distinct areas, creating a single modern and functional space. The service is essential for people with cancer or other chronic conditions that require regular monitoring.

Observador20 Jan
Torres Novas Day Hospital expanded

Trainee police officers in illegal boxing fights at a PSP training school

📍 Santarém🏛️ Government🎓 Education#public-safety+3 more

A confrontation between two students on the trainee officers' course was filmed at the PSP Practical School in Torres Novas. Eight disciplinary proceedings have been opened.

Correio da Manhã28 Dec
Trainee police officers in illegal boxing fights at a PSP training school