The City of Beckum's environmental calendar will be distributed to all households after the Christmas holidays. However, the calendar is already available for download.
The number of children who, for various reasons, cannot be raised permanently in their families is also growing steadily in the Warendorf district. New foster parents are therefore regularly sought. An information evening for interested parties will be held on 15 January.
2 "Wölflinge", one "Juffi" and 2 "Pfadis" from the DPSG St Stephanus scouts, accompanied by the management team, brought the Light of Peace from Bethlehem to Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich.
On 4 February at 7 pm, bestselling author and Pope expert Andreas Englisch will be reading at the Propsteikirche St. Stephanus. The reading is a co-operation between musik:landschaft westfalen and the city of Beckum. Get your tickets now!
Monica Gutmann (piano), Gernot Süßmuth (violin) and Ramon Jaffé (violoncello) presented works by Jewish composers at the last concert in this year's chamber music series "Music in the Old Rectory".
Dr Rudolf Grothues, Rudolf Goriss and Peter Tripmaker have been members of Beckum town council for 25 years. Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich thanked them for their personal commitment before the council meeting.
The differentiated assessment rates for residential and non-residential properties from 2025 are not intended to place an additional burden on the residents of Beckum.
The particularly successful athletes in 2023 were honoured at a ceremony. Lifeguard Alexander Bergenthal was named Sportsman of the Year, while the best team was the DLRG Beckum-Lippetal swimmers.
These days, things are particularly lively again at the city museum. This is because the fourth classes of primary schools are discovering the current exhibition by Beckum photographer Matthias Gödde as "culture hounds".
Due to work on the façade, the front of the station building in Neubeckum will be cordoned off with a construction fence from 5 December. The bicycle stands there can then no longer be used.
The closure of Höckelmerstraße announced for this week has been delayed. The road will be closed in the area of the pumping station at the beginning of January as part of the development work for the new Kirchfeld housing estate in Vellern.
The concert with flutist Shaya Eldar, who will be accompanied by Risa Kobayashi on the piano, will take place a week later on 30 January, contrary to the previous announcement.
How satisfied are Beckum parents with the facilities, the services, the premises, the communication and the quality of lunch at daycare centres? A parent survey provides the answers.
The early elections to the German Bundestag are scheduled for 23 February 2025. Due to the short notice, the city of Beckum is particularly reliant on the support of volunteers this year.
Ramps, tactile systems, lowered kerbs, information in plain language? Michaela Al-Chabi is the first point of contact for people with disabilities at the town of Beckum.
Looking for a new job? The town of Beckum has vacancies in the areas of housing benefit, land management, building regulations and fire and rescue services.
Wait and see and drink tea? That was not an option. And so the popular cookery and baking courses at the Beckum-Wadersloh adult education centre are now taking place in a more modern kitchen.
What are the mayor's responsibilities? Is it difficult? When do you get to work in the morning? Are you mayor forever? These and other questions were asked by children from the "Rappelkiste" municipal kindergarten accompanied by their teachers at Beckum Town Hall.
The public combined sewerage system and the asphalt surface were renewed over a length of around 410 metres on Zementstraße between Oelder Straße and Wilhelmsstraße.
How should the village square in Roland look and be used in the future? The planning office commissioned by the town of Beckum presented initial concept variants in a workshop. Around 60 people took part in the lively discussion that followed.
Looking for new volunteers or a new and fulfilling task? As a network partner of the Federal Association of Volunteer Agencies, the town of Beckum will be working with the "Aktion Mensch" volunteering platform in the future, thereby launching Volunteering 2.0.
Start of construction in Vellern: With the development work now starting, the new Kirchfeld residential development area in Vellern is in the starting blocks.
The festival:philharmonie westfalen welcomes in the New Year on its New Year's tour on Sunday, 19 January at 5 pm at the Stadttheater. The focus is once again on the waltz king Johann Strauss.
Want to enjoy a cosy swim when it's cold and dark outside? From 21 November up to and including 16 January, the pool team invites you to swim by candlelight in the Beckum indoor pool on Thursdays from 7 to 9 pm.
During the autumn holidays, 11 children learned a lot about children's rights and why they are so important in the "Making children strong" project at the Altes E-Werk.
Civil engineering work will be carried out on Hindenburgplatz between 28 October and around 13 November for the installation of fast-charging stations.
Something is happening in Beckum. Within a short space of time, the city of Beckum has been able to realise three exciting business ideas together with committed owners and three motivated founders.
In autumn, wet leaves can quickly turn pavements into a dangerous slippery slope. To avoid accidents, the owners of neighbouring properties must remove the leaves from the pavement in front of their own front door.
The bowling alley in the Neubeckum leisure centre (built in 1973) has been freshly renovated and reopened to the public. Three years ago, it had to be closed for the time being due to massive water damage.
The public combined sewerage system in Zementstraße between Oelder Straße and Wilhelmsstraße was renewed. The work started in July has already been completed. Now it is time to renovate the asphalt surface, including preparatory measures.
Work will soon begin on the final extension of the "Schwester-Blanda-Weg" in the "Südring" construction area, and the previous construction road will be dismantled.
Serena Große-Kreul and Annika Siebert are delighted. The Neubeckum town centre management team from the StadtRaumKonzept office in Dortmund can continue its work for another two years.
What influence do parental mental illnesses have on the child's brain and what can be done about it? Answers to these questions were provided at this year's Early Help Conference.
After the first concert of the 2024/25 season, the exceptional pianist Jutta Rieping was given a standing ovation and the guests wished her to come back to the packed Old Rectory in Vellern.
Sport, games and fun - this was the motto of the Neubeckum public library's closing party for the successful participants in this year's summer reading club .
Good news for the town of Beckum: The Münster district government has presented the administration with a grant notification for the overall urban development measure of the integrated district development concept (ISEK) for Neubeckum town centre.
On 8 October, from 6 to 8 p.m., there will be talk time on the topic of transidentity at the Altes E-Werk. The talk will be moderated by Charlotte Hund from the vielfälTIQ* project.
6 Beckum schools have spent almost 5 years working intensively on the topics of energy saving and environmentally conscious behaviour. Their creative projects have now been honoured with certificates and cash prizes.
