While the year has been marked by divisions and disagreements at international and national level - what everyone can agree is that 2020 has been quite a year.

The coronavirus pandemic has meant a huge change in how we live our lives, not just in Frome but across a wider Somerset.

But aside from the ravages from coronavirus and the community coming together to fight it, the year has been full of news. Frome Norton Nub News has been proud to be reporting on a hyper local level things that happened in the town - good and bad.

Frome is the biggest town in Mendip - and for many it is also the prettiest. But that lovely beauty (and it has more listed buildings than anywhere else in Somerset ) was slightly tarnished when the centre was shut for development. The work went over time and over budget, and motorists were, in the words of the hugely popular Mayor "cheesed off". It didn't help that other road works were scheduled alongside the Market Place work and that later in the year Network Rail started work on Frome's valued train line and bridges. This led to more closures which are still ongoing.

You can read some of the market news at the time by clicking HERE : the Nub News site

That said, having the town closed meant a boom for taking the town at a more leisurely pace and the bridge over the river was turned into an al fresco café, with many welcoming the break from cars. Frome is committed to being a zero carbon, low traffic economy, so perhaps it was no surprise that a try out session for E bikes back in the summer, was a huge success. You can read about that HERE: our site

There was sad news for the town too, losing one of its biggest supporters in John Fuller who was involved in all manner of local sporting groups including the rugby and cricket. He was also considered one of the nicest men in Frome.