RESIDENTS in Portlethen claimed at a public meeting last week that they had been forgotten about after Aberdeenshire Council announced last year that they had no plans to build a promised new primary school in the town.

Vandalism at the toilets on the beach front at Stonehaven was so bad last year that the Community COuncil had to close them a month early as the writing on the walls was so bad they “wouldn’t want families seeing it.”

The chair of the Kincardine and Mearns area committee has claimed that there was no way to save the Heugh Hotel and that the committee was “forced” to grant the change of use application.

Nearly a year after councillors submitted it to Scottish Ministers, Aberdeenshire Council is hopeful the results of an examination of its Local Development Plan will be received in coming weeks.

Pizza, pasta and profiteroles are all time-honoured Italian cuisine. We’re a nation of Italian food lovers, but have you ever considered learning the language?

Grampian Leaders sportscotland Programme Aberdeenshire has just been awarded the Olympic Inspire Mark for excellence.

Work on the building of the new Mearns Awcademy is to start this summer.

A FARMER’S wife and mother-of-two from the Mearns has taken up an unexpected hobby, after discovering a talent for stand-up comedy.

Muffins Coffee Shop in High Street, Laurencekirk is to cease trading on February 25.

the rail service in Stonehaven and surrounding areas was described as “unpredictable” and “appalling” by members of Stonehaven and District Community Council at their meeting this week.

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Developer Kirkwood homes have lodged new plans with Aberdeenshire Council for the development of the burnt-out St Leonard’s hotel.

AN application to temporarily erect a 40.5 meter high Anemometer near Netherley was given the go-ahead by Councillors at the Kincardine and Mearns Area committee this week.

COUNCILLORS at the Kincardine and Mearns area committee were divided over the application for change of use of Stonehaven’s Heugh Hotel.

Local Liberal Democrat councillors have called on Kincardineshire residents to put their views to the Scottish Government on the future of railway services.

residents and visitors to Johnshaven turned out in force on Tuesday morning to bid farewell to a 100 year old Norwegian open fishing boat that carried four courageous men across the North Sea in WWII.

A TEMPORARY speed restriction on the southbound A90 at Muchalls is expected to be in place until the end of April.

Councillors met last week to consider a five year budget for Aberdeenshire Council and agree a balanced budget for the next three years.

Sir Robert Smith, MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine has given his support to the national charity Beating Bowel Cancer in their effort to save lives from the UK’s second biggest cancer killer.