Nov 26, 2020 | Laurencekirk
Having been out of commission for some months and generally out of puff, I have become aware of the shortage of public seating around Laurencekirk. From the sheltered housing to The Scotmid store there were until last week no seats other than one in the children’s...
Nov 23, 2020 | AB30, Laurencekirk
The Rotary Club of Laurencekirk and District has launched a 2021 calendar featuring local landmarks, which is on sale for £5 at various outlets around the Mearns including the Laurencekirk Post Office, Mearns Hardware, Charles McHardy Butchers, the Fettery shop, the...
Nov 23, 2020 | AB30, Laurencekirk
The waiting is over. The new minibus for Mearns Minibus Link arrived in Laurencekirk on Friday 20th November. Having been ordered during the last few days of February, it was hoped that the minibus would be delivered in June. It was not to be. For reasons that we all...
Oct 28, 2020 | AB30, Laurencekirk
With Covid restrictions still existing for clubs meeting up, Laurencekirk and District Inner Wheel held their second meeting of the year 2020 – 2021 via Zoom. There was a good turnout of 16 ladies including one member using Zoom for the first time. Chair for the...
Oct 10, 2020 | AB30, Laurencekirk
The waiting is almost over. Following our tremendously successful campaign to buy a replacement minibus for the old Mercedes minibus operated by Mearns Community Transport, we are delighted to say that the new Renault Master Minibus is scheduled to be arriving in...
Sep 22, 2020 | AB30, Laurencekirk
In an effort to bring some form of “normality” to the club, a meeting was arranged for the time and date that the members would have usually been commencing the year 2020/21, albeit from the comfort of their own homes via Zoom and not at the usual venue of the Panmure...
Jul 21, 2020 | AB30, Laurencekirk
At the beginning of July the Rotary Club of Laurencekirk and District changed Presidents as it does every year at this time. Alan McNaughton took over from Philip Cooles in a windy back-garden ceremony under Covid conditions! The Club raises a lot of money for local...
Jun 1, 2020 | AB30, Laurencekirk
The Rotary Club of Laurencekirk and District is happy to announce that the joint winners of the Community Award for this year are Roy Allet from Marykirk, and Lily Barnett from Laurencekirk. Roy, on a daily basis, goes out on his cycle (or his van if the weather is...
May 1, 2020 | AB30, Laurencekirk
The campaign to replace the old Mearns Community Transport minibus has made tremendous progress over the last year. The new group, Mearns Minibus Link, was set up just over a year ago by volunteers from the old group and set about gathering the necessary funding to...
