The scheme works by using Grampian Regional Council school minibuses, driven by volunteers, at times when they were not required for educational purposes, to provide a scheduled public bus service in outlying areas.
A total of seven community buses are already in operation, organised by the local community with assistance from the local authority and they include Arbuthnott to Stonehaven via Inverbervie and Catterline.



50 YEARS AGO

Friday February 5 1960

KINCARDINSHIRE'S newest fire station, that at Inverbervie, was opened last Thursday afternoon by Viscount Arbuthnott, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire, and chairman of the North-Eastern Area Fire Board. Following the opening of the Inverbervie unit of the North Eastern Fire Brigade gave a display of drill in the yard.
Provost Mrs C Strachan, Inverbervie, who presided, said she felt proud and honoured at being asked to take the chair on such an occasion. She recalled childhood days when it was her greatest delight to see gleaming fire engines streaming past and hear the fire-bells ringing in response to a call!
Speaking about the firemen of today, she said she hoped that no one present would have occasion to enlist the services of the fire brigade but, at the same time, she did not think anyone would dispute the fact that of all branches of the services in the county of Kincardineshire, and indeed throughout the whole country, none deserved more credit and encouragement than the fire brigade.

***

MR JOHN Reid, assistant county planning officer, was waiting in an ante-room at Viewmount on Tuesday to go into a meeting of the Roads committee when he saw a white light rise from behind Downie Point and pass across the sky from north to south before disappearing. "It reminded me of a tracer bullet," he said.
Mr Reid reported the matter to the police who in turn informed the coastguards on bad weather watch. Investigations proved fruitless, however, nothing unusual being reported from any other source.


100 YEARS AGO

Friday February 3 1910

THE snowstorm and frost which lasted for over a week gave way on Monday. During is prevalence a good deal of damage through flooding by burst pipes took place, and plumbers had a busy time of it. Skating and tobogganing was largely indulged in on the rivers and slopes in the neighbourhood. With the change in the weather the Cleansing staff were kept bust, and they very soon brought the pavements back to their accustomed cleanliness.

***

IN consequence of the severe nature of the weather last week the Bervie Primary School was closed for a few days; the ink-pots in the schoolroom were frozen hard. The mails from Bervie to Fordoun have had to be carried in horseback and milkmen have had to take to the fields.