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Christina celebrates her 100th birthday

CENTENARIAN Christina McRostie from Auchterarder is pictured with members of her family during her birthday celebrations at Parkdale Care Home. Read

Houses are bathed in Christmas glow

MANY houses in the strath are lit up for the festive season but in one street in Comrie almost every home has an outdoor display. Read

MP Gordon Banks' New Year Message

THE beginning of a new year gives us all a chance to look forward to the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. I trust you all had a restful Christmas and are ready to meet the new challenges of 2009. Read

New Year Message by Roseanna Cunningham

PEACE and prosperity. Two things we often wish one another at this time of year and two things that can seem in short supply in the world today. Read

Review of 2008, January-June

COMRIE Development Trust receive a huge boost with the news the Triodos Bank has approved a development loan of up to £150,000 to help the village with the next stage of its plans for Cultybraggan Camp. Read

Winner of Great Sugar Mouse Hunt

The mouse detectives are pictured with Kim Donaldson, daughter of competition sponsor Graham Donaldson of Gordon and Durward and Pat Campbell, chairman of Friends of MacRosty Park, who run the event. Read

On-line shopper clicks on to festive disappointment

A CRIEFF resident was one present short on Christmas day after the Nintendo DS that she had ordered on-line was impounded by customs. Read

Police probe car break-ins

OVERNIGHT on Tuesday, December 23 three motor vehicles were broken into in Ochilview Gardens and Nellfield Road, Crieff. Police would like to hear from anyone who has been offered a car stereo or portable DVD player for sale. Read

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Strath set to party into the new year

WITH THE Christmas hang-over now a distant memory the people of Strathearn are gearing themselves up for the next big party – Hogmanay! Read

Blackford rail plan still on track

REOPENING Blackford railway station is still on the table despite being left out of major transport proposals for Scotland, an MSP has been assured. Read

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Christmas trees feel the force of nature

THE weekend’s stormy weather put a dent in Crieff’s festive display when one of the illuminated trees in Burrell Square was blown down. Read

New Comrie Development Trust office opens

THE new Comrie Development Trust office is now operational in Dunira Street. Comrie Primary School Eco committee members Anya Brzeski and James Coultart helped CDT chairperson Cathy Tilbrook cut the ribbon at the official opening ceremony two weeks ago. Read

Auchterarder's concerns over telephone mast

WE’LL fight it tooth and nail – that’s what Auchterarder Community Council Chairman John Yacomeni is vowing in response to news that O2 is planning to locate a telephone mast on a busy corner of the town’s High Street. Read

Yo, ho, ho and no bottles of rum!

A FORMER sailor from Strathearn got more than the usual bottle of rum on the occasion of his latest birthday. Read

Hefty fine for Strathearn drink driver

A STRATHEARN motorist, caught behind the wheel with more than three times the legal alcohol limit, was fined £1000 and banned for five years at Perth Sheriff Court. Read

Crieff churches to spread Christmas joy

TO help lift the festive mood and to share the Good News of Christmas to the community, members of the congregations of Crieff’s churches will once again be Carol Singing in James Square on Christmas Eve. Read

Poems about Comrie

COPIES of the highly acclaimed book Comrie in the Distance Fair by Peter R McNaughton M.Ed, FSA Scot. are currently available from Aiton Fine Arts in King Street. Read

Greenloaning Primary School

PARENTS of children due to start school in August 2009 are invited to an enrolment day at Greenloaning Primary School on Tuesday, January 20, between 9.30am to 12noon and 2pm to 3.30pm. Parents wishing to enrol their child should bring with them the child’s birth certificate and child benefit book or letter. Read

St Dominic’s RC Primary School

THERE will be an information session for all parents of Primary 1 children due to start school in August 2009 on Monday, January 12 from 6pm to 7pm. This will provide an opportunity for new parents to meet key staff, have a tour of the building and to find out more about life at St Dominic’s RC Primary School. Read

Council festive holiday arrangements

MOST of Perth & Kinross Council's offices will close for the festive period at 3.30pm on Wednesday, December 24 and re-open at 8.45am on Monday, January 5, 2009. Residents can contact their local office directly before December 24 to find out about their own arrangements. Read

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