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Scottish Water charges frozen for 2012/13

In April 2012 household water charges will remain frozen and Scottish Water say this will ensure their customers continue to get value for money.

Improvement works

IMPROVEMENT work has begun on a piece of land adjacent to Stonehaven Open Air Pool.

Committee to discuss future of Stonehaven’s Heugh Hotel

COUNCILLORS on the Kincardine and Mearns area committee will decide next week if the Heugh Hotel in Stonehaven can be turned into a house.

Portlethen schools set to be discussed

ABERDEENSHIRE Council have responded to calls from Portlethen residents for a follow-up meeting regarding schools provision in the area.

Smith plea on heating oil

Sir Robert Smith, MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, has called for more to be done to help those reliant on heating oil.

Sport rss

Mind boggling score for Stonehaven duo

Last week former Captain Sandy Walker and his partner, Malcolm MacEwen had an unbelievable nett score of 52 for the best score of the winter at Stonehaven Golf Club.

Portlethen top league

Portlethen United marched on at the top of Division One East of the Aberdeenshire Amateur League with a win over Stonehaven Athletic on January 21.

Bervie exit cup quarter-final

The pitch at Gourdon was playable on Saturday, as Bervie Caley managed to beat the freeze and host Dee Amateurs in the quarter-final of the Dickie Trophy.

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Large turnout for the AGM

The Captain, Sandy Walker, welcomed a large turnout of members to Stonehaven Golf Club’s Annual General Meeting last week.

Lace up for the Meningitis Trust

If you were lucky enough to get a place in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival, why not support the Meningitis Trust as a volunteer runner?

Lifestyle rss

Station celebrates gold

A short column this month as there’s not a lot to update you on as we’ve all been enjoying a well deserved break over the festive period.

Alan Davies returns to stand-up with date in Aberdeen

After more than a decade since his last British stand-up show and following a hugely successful tour of Australia in 2011, Alan Davies, the much-loved star of iconic television series such as Jonathan Creek and QI, makes a long-awaited return to the UK stage with his new live show later this year.

Spring Festival Fever

PLACES for Aberdeen Arts Centre’s fun filled Spring Arts Festival are literally selling like hot cakes thanks to the new-look, action packed two week programme of dynamic drama and arts based workshops for 3-16 year old April 2 - 13.

Full house at cultural conference

The organisers of the AB Positive (AB+) “A Step Change in the Cultural Life of Aberdeen” conference, being held at Aberdeen Arts Centre and The Lemon Tree today (Thursday January 26), have had to put up the ‘house full’ signs.

Old themes, new tellings

Robert Tressell’s The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, has become a classic of working-class literature since its first publication (albeit abridged) in 1914.

Community rss

Station celebrates gold

A short column this month as there’s not a lot to update you on as we’ve all been enjoying a well deserved break over the festive period.

Athletics event changes venue

THE AVIVA & UK Autumn/Winter Sportshall Athletics Startracks that was to be held at Mearns Sports Centre, Laurencekirk on Saturday February 4 will now be held at the St Laurence Hall in Laurencekirk on the same date.

Read On! February Woodend Barn

Woodend Barn is renowned for the variety and scope of its arts’ provision locally, but until now has stepped aside from the book group phenomena of recent times. However, that is set to change, and this February sees the launch of Read On! a brand-new book group, which has the aim of bringing together people from across the community who are united by their love of reading.

Learning opportunities

In this article we are going to look at what training opportunities are available to both the organisation and those who manage volunteers and also for the volunteers within the organisation.

Corn Trade

If any trade should hold a Burns Supper it is the Scottish Corn Trade which draws its members from the whole spectrum of farm trading but predominately the cereals sector. This was their inaugural Burns Supper and they chose the Grassic Gibbon Centre as the venue because it lies in the heart of the Burns Fatherland – so close to Clochnahill where Burns’ father William was born. Some one hundred members and guests attended with visitors from as far afield as Oxford, Belfast and Dublin.

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Weather for Stonehaven

Saturday 04 February 2012

5 day forecast

Today

Heavy rain

Heavy rain

Temperature: -0 C to 3 C

Wind Speed: 43 mph

Wind direction: South

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Sunny spells

Temperature: 1 C to 5 C

Wind Speed: 16 mph

Wind direction: West

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