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Auchterarder Common Good Fund meets

AUCHTERARDER Common Good Fund committee this week discussed an application for financial assistance from the Auchterarder Leisure and Recreation Association.Read

Plenty of activities for all during the Strathearn Community Campus open weekend

A WIDE range of activities and sporting events took place over the Strathearn Community Campus open weekend.Read

Perth & Kinross Council confirm improvements to MacRosty Park

PERTH & Kinross Council have confirmed this week that improvements to MacRosty Park are set to get underway in late June 2010 when the main contractor is expected to set up on site.Read

Santa piped into party in Comrie

A SPECIAL visitor arrived in Comrie last week. Santa was piped into the Parish Church hall by Robbie Ronan and Tay.Read

Pubwatch encourages locals to have a safe Christmas

AS the Strath capital approaches what is traditionally a very busy period, Crieff’s Pubwatch Scheme is encouraging locals to make sure they have a safe and secure festive season.Read

Strathearn Community Campus open weekend is resounding success

OVER 2,500 people visited the Strathearn Community Campus last weekend to take part in the broad spectrum of events put on to celebrate the opening of the new facility.Read

Residents driven round the bend with worry over flooding

LOCAL MSP Roseanna Cunningham has contacted the roads authorities to express concern about recent flooding on a number of stretches of the A85 in and around Gilmerton and their response to those incidents.Read

Crieff Drama Group perform Tam Lin to appreciative audience

AS part of the festivities to celebrate the switching on of Crieff’s Christmas Lights an assortment of entertainment was advertised.Read

Kids author visits Auchterarder school

LUCKY pupils at the Community School of Auchterarder have been treated to an exclusive reading by ‘Mr Gum’ author Andy Stanton, after winning a national reading challenge.Read

Crieff Community Initiative raises over £4,500 from Christmas ball

OVER 70 revellers gathered at the Royal British Legion Scotland Clubrooms in Crieff on Saturday for the annual Christmas lights ball - and oh, what an occasion it was.Read

Borrowed car lands in ditch

A WOMAN drove off in her ex-partner’s car after she was thrown out of his Crieff flat during adrunken row.Read

Shops prepare for Crieff’s late night shopping event

CRIEFF traders are preparing themselves for tonight’s (Thursday) late night Christmas shopping event.Read

Supermarket transformation to commence in Spring

CRIEFF’S Somerfield supermarket in Union Terrace begins its transformation into the Co-operative in the Spring.Read

Trading Standards issue warning about bogus callers

PERTH & Kinross Council Trading Standards is warning members of the public to be on their guard against bogus telephone callers.Read

Take the Floor festive show recorded in Crieff

ONE of Scotland’s longest running radio shows was produced in Crieff on Monday.Read

Strathearn Community Campus open weekend

A FREE shuttle bus will run from James Square to the new Strathearn Community Campus on Saturday to allow even more people to access the wide variety of events being staged during the open weekend, writes Caroline Boxer.Read

MP welcomes new BBC transmitter in Crieff

OCHIL & South Perthshire MP Gordon Banks has welcomed news that the BBC has built and fully installed a new transmitter at Turleum, Crieff.Read

Red kite badly injured in unlawful shooting

TAYSIDE Police are appealing for information after a red kite was found shot on the outskirts of Braco last week.Read

Historic hostelry calls time

WHEN Johnny Gorrie arrived with his wife Kate and three children to take over the Foulford Inn in 1912 there was no mains electricity and the water pump was frozen.Read

Muthill residents invited to open day

RESIDENTS in Muthill are being invited to an Open Day on Saturday, December 12 to meet Fiona Clark, the Project Officer of the Muthill Low Carbon Community Project. Anyone interested in finding out more about the project can drop in for a coffee and a chat at the office at 33 Drummond Street between 10am and 3pm.Read

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