Mearns Volunteers needed to help older people

The Mearns & Coastal Healthy Living Network which works in partnership with statutory and voluntary organisations to deliver important local services to older people is finding it difficult to continue to meet demand for its services due to a shortage of...

London Calling for local designer

Local bridal and evening wear designer Lorna Forbes of Exclusively Yours is to show a collection at the world-famous fashion event, London Fashion Week, next month. Her collection, called Rouge et Noir, will feature music of the same name, written by Dundee composer...

What do you know about Northhill POW camp?

There has been a request on our Facebook page for information on the World War II prisoner of war camp at Northhill (Now Northhill Park) which lay between Laurencekirk and Auchenblae and was the only such camp in the area. The Howe o’ the Mearns Heritage Club...

Huge turnout for Laurencekirk Bonfire Night event

The first community bonfire night event for almost 20 years was held in Laurencekirk on Sunday evening. The event, organised by Laurencekirk Business Club, was attended by two thousand people – double the number expected. The crowd enjoyed live music from local...

A90 Junction video presents case for a flyover

A new video highlighting the dangers, anxieties and economic damage of the A90 junction has been added to YouTube. Produced by Peter Wolsey of Eyeline Media and Laurencekirk Villages in Control, it is aimed at showing the powers-that-be why a flyover is so desperately...

Business Club hear about Junction Campaign

Laurencekirk Business Club devoted their latest meeting on 26th September to guest speaker Jill Fotheringham from the A90/A937 junction/flyover Campaign. She visited the group and spoke passionately about the cause’s developments and the need for its momentum to...

Family fun evening a great success!

Local play centre Dizzy Rascals hosted a very successful event to raise funds for the Laurencekirk Bonfire Night & Fireworks Display to be held on Sat the 2nd of November 2013. Organised by Laurencekirk Business Club, the evening had huge support from the local...

P7 pupils help with Station planters

The Mearns and Coastal Gardening Group, who care for the 16 whisky barrel planters at Laurencekirk train station under the “adopt a station” scheme recently had the help of P7 pupils from Laurencekirk Primary School. A very productive and enjoyable...

Towering over the Howe

Deciding whether wind turbines will have a negative visual impact on their surroundings is widely debated. This depends where they are placed and where you view them from. So there will be an almost infinite range of views at each location. A site visit would really...

Family Fun event for fireworks this Friday

This Friday, Laurencekirk Business Club will be holding a Family Event at Dizzy Rascals, to help raise funds for the upcoming Bonfire Night & Fireworks Display. There will be lots of attractions for all the family, including face painting, glitter tattoos,...
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