28/12/11 09:38 Filed in:
NewsA planning application has been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council for a 51-metre turbine at Womblehill, south west of Kintore.
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22/12/11 12:43 Filed in:
NewsKintore is to get a faster broadband service by summer 2012. BT has made the announcement that Kintore will be among 47 communities in Scotland to receive the new service that promises speeds up to 20Mbps.
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03/12/11 18:03 Filed in:
NewsA large crowd attended the Kintore Christmas lights switch-on late this afternoon at Kintore Town House this afternoon.
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03/12/11 13:39 Filed in:
NewsKintore School Parent Council is organising the usual Christmas Post for delivery to addresses in Kintore.
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30/11/11 09:50 Filed in:
NewsCalling all Kintore Local Community Groups - The Kintore Summer Festival Committee would like your community group to participate in the 2012 Summer Festival.
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28/11/11 10:14 Filed in:
NewsThe time has come to honour the best. Kintore Rotary have launched their hunt for the ‘Citizen of the Year’ from Kintore and Kemnay.
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24/11/11 12:44 Filed in:
NewsSo, after many phone calls and emails to BT, we finally seem to be seeing speeds return to where they were. But, it is galling that they are still barely half the global average.
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21/11/11 16:35 Filed in:
News | EventsThe Kintore Fundraising Team invite everyone to come and enjoy the Kintore Christmas Lights Switch-on in The Square, Kintore at 4:30pm.
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05/11/11 16:54 Filed in:
NewsWell, the crunch has happened.
Just as we predicted, the onset of winter has resulted in more broadband usage and, as a result, broadband in the town slows to a crawl each evening.
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04/11/11 10:44 Filed in:
EventsChristmas Fayre, Kintore Public Hall on Sunday, December 11 from 1 - 4pm.
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03/11/11 10:43 Filed in:
EventsCoffee morning on Saturday, November 5 10am to 12 noon.
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29/10/11 13:11 Filed in:
News | EventsThe Kintore Summer Festival next year will take place on Saturday, May 26.
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28/10/11 15:47 Filed in:
NewsThe proposed National Grid pipeline for the carbon capture and storage project will not now go ahead following a decision by the Department of Energy and Climate Change not to go ahead with the construction.
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28/10/11 09:38 Filed in:
NewsRoger Summers has produced a book entitled “The memories of a Loon fae Townhead Terrace”.
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13/10/11 18:19 Filed in:
NewsWe now have copies of the plans for the proposed development at Broomhill Roundabout that would incorporate a supermarket, filling station, hotel, restaurant, sports facilities and offices.
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07/10/11 15:35 Filed in:
NewsPlans went on show today in Kintore for a new commercial development beside the Broomhill roundabout on the A96, with a supermarket, filling station, hotel, restaurant and offices.
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06/10/11 14:50 Filed in:
NewsAs the autumn chill takes over from last week’s Indian summer, more people are turning to the internet for their evening entertainment and that, in turn, means that Kintore’s broadband infrastructure comes under greater strain.
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26/09/11 09:18 Filed in:
News | Photos | videoTo conclude their 90th anniversary celebrations on Saturday, Kintore Pipe Band Beat Retreat in front of Kintore’s 18th century Town House.
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26/09/11 09:16 Filed in:
NewsThe Kintore Fundraising Team are delighted to announce that we raised £1.005 at our Quiz held on September 23.
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16/09/11 19:17 Filed in:
News | EventsThe Commercial Manager of Stagecoach Bluebird, Wiliiam Mainus, will be attending the Kintore and District Community Council meeting on September 27. So if you have any questions about the bus services to and from Kintore, this is your opportunity.
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09/09/11 10:09 Filed in:
CommentThe Bothie project for a youth cafe in Kintore, constructed using sustainable strawbales, may be back on track assuming the costs can be brought within budget.
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08/09/11 20:44 Filed in:
NewsKintore Konnect issue 5 has been published and can be downloaded from this website.
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07/09/11 09:49 Filed in:
News | EventsKintore Fundraising Team are organising a Quiz Night on Friday, September 23 to raise funds for Kintore’s Christmas lights.
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03/09/11 18:56 Filed in:
News | EventsThe Annual General Meeting of
Kintore and District Community Council will take place at 7pm on Tuesday, September 27 in Kintore School.
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29/08/11 13:58 Filed in:
News | PhotosThe so-called Highland Tiger, a rare Scottish Wildcat, has made another appearance on Hill of Balbithan just outside Kintore.
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23/08/11 13:42 Filed in:
EventsMarie Curie Coffee Morning on Saturday, August 27 in Kintore Public Hall.
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23/08/11 09:14 Filed in:
News | EventsKintore Pipe Band is celebrating its 90th Anniversary with a special event in the town on Saturday, September 24.
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21/08/11 16:58 Filed in:
NewsA team from Headland Archaeology is currently excavating a Bronze Age house in Balbithan Forest, near Kintore and visitors are welcome.
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06/07/11 16:58 Filed in:
NewsThe Scottish Government has said that access to the next generation of high-speed is a key priority. The government’s aim is to have “access for all” by 2020.
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16/06/11 13:04 Filed in:
NewsThe Local Hub community café in the centre of Kintore has closed.
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13/06/11 09:58 Filed in:
NewsWith just over a week to go to the summer solstice, this is the sunset last night in the far north-west at 10pm, photographed from just outside Kintore.
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13/06/11 09:51 Filed in:
NewsThe June issue of Kintore Konnect features marks the 90th anniversary of the Kintore Pipe Band with a front page photo and feature inside.
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27/05/11 11:35 Filed in:
NewsNational Grid is part of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) consortium with ScottishPower and Shell U.K. Ltd developing a carbon capture, transportation and storage scheme.
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27/05/11 11:20 Filed in:
CommentThe AGM of Action Kintore Ltd was held in Kintore School on the evening of Thursday 19 May and Directors took the opportunity to invite local businesses, Grampian Police and Aberdeenshire Council, to thank them for the support given to Kintore Youth Forum by financing the use of two rooms within Kintore Town House.
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27/05/11 11:15 Filed in:
NewsKintore Rotarian Jim Thomson has been working with members of Friends of St Andrews to organise a fundraiser and a sponsored Sunday Stroll involving Rotarians and staff, pupils and supporters of the School was held through Kintore Quarry on 8 May.
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25/05/11 14:58 Filed in:
NewsNanette Milne, Scottish Conservative MSP for North East Scotland, has renewed her call for the Scottish Government to take action on rural broadband blackspots.
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22/05/11 17:14 Filed in:
CommentHow’s your broadband speed? Living just about a mile outside Kintore our line is rated at 5mb of the supposed headline figure of 8mb quoted in BT’s adverts.
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20/05/11 17:27 Filed in:
EventsCup Cake Decorating for Kids during the Kintore Summer Festival on 21st May
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12/05/11 15:18 Filed in:
PhotosEarly summer photos in Kintore.
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12/05/11 14:39 Filed in:
EventsThe RNLI are holding a Cheese and Wine Evening in St Mary’s Church Hall, St Mary’s Place, Inverurie on Friday, May 27 from 7pm to 9.30pm.
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09/05/11 17:27 Filed in:
Comment | Action KintoreThe decision has been taken to cancel
The Bothie project which had envisaged a youth cafe in the centre of Kintore, to be constructed using sustainable strawbales construction methods.
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23/04/11 15:51 Filed in:
EventsThe programme for the Kintore Summer Festival has been announced. As usual the main events take place on Saturday, May 21 and centre on The Square in Kintore.
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23/04/11 15:31 Filed in:
EventsThe Kintore Summer Festival Committee is organising a Cookery Demonstration by the Two Fat Laddies on Friday, May 13 in Kintore Public Hall.
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23/04/11 15:22 Filed in:
EventsNearly New Sale on Saturday 7 May 2011 at Kintore Public Hall 10am to 1pm.
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18/04/11 09:14 Filed in:
PhotosMore spring photos from Kintore. The bridge and the River Don, geese, Kintore sunset and gathering cloud.
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15/04/11 16:21 Filed in:
News | PhotosPhotographs of one of Scotland’s rarest mammals near Kintore Golf Club have caused quite a stir in wildlife circles.
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15/04/11 14:43 Filed in:
PhotosThree photos of Kintore from Alice Morrison.
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29/03/11 12:43 Filed in:
NewsOn April 1, last year, Grampian Police introduced a new community focussed policing model that provides dedicated Local Policing Teams (LPTs) to each of the 24 local policing areas across the three territorial divisions.
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21/03/11 10:03 Filed in:
NewsBag2School collects good quality second hand adults and children`s clothing, sheets, blankets, curtains, soft toys, shoes, belts and handbags. All items collected are for RE-USE.
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21/03/11 09:08 Filed in:
CommentDave Chouman the architect and Steven Laing the builder recently confirmed the start date for building the foundations of The Bothie as being late April (now, late June), weather permitting.
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18/03/11 11:29 Filed in:
EventsThe Inverurie and District Branch of the RNLI are holding a fundraising quiz night on Friday, April 29 in Kintore Village Hall.
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17/03/11 21:07 Filed in:
NewsThe latest issue of
Kintore Konnect is now available for you to read online. For the third issue, dated March 2011, Kintore Konnect looks ahead to the annual Kintore Summer Festival which takes place this year on the weekend of May 20-22.
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17/03/11 11:59 Filed in:
EventsA Public Meeting about The Bothie project in the gymnasium at Kintore School starting at 7pm on Friday 25 March.
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15/03/11 10:31 Filed in:
EventsCoffee Morning in Aid of the British Heart Foundation. Saturday, 19 March 201 10.30 - 12.30 Kintore Church Hall
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04/03/11 13:32 Filed in:
NewsPlans have been for a new car sales showroom and workshop on land adjacent to the Broomhill Roundabout at Kintore.
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03/03/11 14:19 Filed in:
EventsThe Local Hub is holding a talk on Wednesday 9 March at 7pm - 8pm "Internet Security for Kids" by Andy Till.
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18/02/11 16:02 Filed in:
NewsWould you like to see more wildlife in your garden? If so, mark Wednesday, February 23 in your diary now.
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17/02/11 12:37 Filed in:
NewsWe now have the complete set of Kintore East Masterplan exhibition panels online, along with a copy of the feedback form which you can download, complete and return to give your views.
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13/02/11 13:05 Filed in:
NewsThe public exhibition for the proposed Kintore East expansion of Kintore has put the focus on the proposed new junction to replace the Broomhill Roundabout on the A96.
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12/02/11 14:22 Filed in:
NewsThere was no sign of apathy today (Saturday, February 12) at the Kintore Masterplan Public Exhibition in Kintore Public Hall. On show were plans by the Kintore Consortium to develop “Kintore East” with between 1,000 and 1,200 additional houses, a public park, sports fields, commercial developments and land for new schools.
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10/02/11 18:19 Filed in:
NewsKintore Rotary Club will be setting up a
Shelterbox tent. Firstly, it will be in the foyer of Kintore School, on Monday, February 21 and Tuesday, February 22 to start Rotary's
Thanks For Life week.
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02/02/11 16:48 Filed in:
NewsPlans are to be unveiled for a major expansion of Kintore to the east of the town, with housing, community facilities, new schools and a new park focussed on Tuach Hill.
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01/02/11 10:38 Filed in:
EventsThe AGM of the Kintore Public Hall will take place on Monday, February 21 at 8pm in the hall ante-room.
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28/01/11 09:46 Filed in:
NewsWhy on earth does it take so long for anything to happen in this country? The re-opening of a rail station in Kintore has been on the cards for ten years and more. It featured in the NESTRANS plans with an opening date of 2009. Now, as we embark on 2011 it seems further away than ever.
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27/01/11 10:12 Filed in:
NewsKintore & District Community Council has secured funding from Aberdeenshire Council to provide new flower tubs and hanging baskets for the centre of Kintore.
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22/01/11 09:59 Filed in:
PhotosOn Thursday morning those with a view of Bennachie were greeted with the sight of a brilliant moon behind the northern slopes of Bennachie.
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22/01/11 09:23 Filed in:
NewsWe won’t tempt fate by suggesting that we have seen the last of it, but those who have endured November and December in – not just Kintore, but the whole of the UK – know that it has been a very severe winter.
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20/01/11 09:39 Filed in:
NewsMany of you will have received copies of the new Kintore Konnect newsletter which is now in its second edition, which was published at Christmas.
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