18/12/14 10:01 Filed in:
NewsThe December issue of the Garioch Partnership’s newsletter has been published.
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15/12/14 11:32 Filed in:
NewsA planning application has been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council for the conversion of the Kintore Arms Inn to split the existing building into two units selling food and drink.
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15/12/14 09:17 Filed in:
News | Community councilAberdeenshire Council Landscape Services department are looking for feedback from the people of Kintore about the play parks in the town.
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13/12/14 09:52 Filed in:
NewsA public exhibition of the proposals to redevelop part of the former Inverurie paper mill site at Porth Elphinstone will now be held on Tuesday, December 16 in the Acorn Centre, West High Street, Inverurie.
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10/12/14 18:51 Filed in:
NewsAberdeenshire Council has expressed disappointment that as a result of the various objections lodged by landowners, the Scottish Government is seeking to hold a Public Local Inquiry (PLI) into the council’s proposed compulsory purchase of a site for the new Kintore Primary school.
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05/12/14 11:15 Filed in:
NewsThe B977 Kintore to Hatton of Fintray road will be closed at the level crossing at Boat of Kintore for five days from Monday, January 12, 2015.
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01/12/14 11:20 Filed in:
NewsKintore School Parent Council are running their annual Christmas Post Service at 25p per card for addresses within walking distance of the centre of Kintore. The Last Day For Posting Monday 15th December at 12 noon.
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01/12/14 09:18 Filed in:
NewsThe December edition of Kintore Konnect is out now and you can download it from this website.
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27/11/14 15:11 Filed in:
News | gatewayKintore and District Community Council has welcomed today’s decision of the Infrastructure Services Committee of Aberdeenshire Council to include the Gateway Kintore development in the new Local Development plan.
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25/11/14 15:56 Filed in:
NewsThe Kintore Christmas lights will be switched on on Saturday, December 6 at 4.30 pm in The Square in front of the Town House.
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22/11/14 13:35 Filed in:
blogIt is quite obvious from the recent survey on broadband in Kintore and the comments received at kintore.org.uk and on our
Facebook page, that a substantial number of people are having problems with broadband disconnecting intermittently.
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21/11/14 17:26 Filed in:
NewsKintore United F.C 2005 age group are currently looking for players to add to our existing squad. Kintore United’s aim is to promote youth football to the children of Kintore and all surrounding areas.
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18/11/14 16:32 Filed in:
NewsWe’ve been contacted by an Aberdeenshire Council official who is speaking to BT about disconnection issues. He is looking for phone numbers that are affected.
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17/11/14 10:24 Filed in:
News | Events'The Kintore Summer Festival will take place on Saturday 23rd May 2015 and due to the success of our new location last year we will be holding this festival at the school playing fields and school again.
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13/11/14 13:53 Filed in:
News | EventsBessie the PlayTalkRead bus is coming to Kintore on Thursday November 20 between 10am and 1pm and 2pm and 4pm.
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11/11/14 16:00 Filed in:
NewsA variation to planning for the proposed mini-supermarket on School Road, Kintore has been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council to allow for additional deliveries.
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10/11/14 10:22 Filed in:
NewsAberdeenshire Council planners are recommending Aberdeenshire Councillors grant the application for planning permission in principle for 600 houses, a neighbourhood centre and infrastructure for Kintore East.
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07/11/14 09:23 Filed in:
News | PhotosThe Kintore Fireworks Display has been voted a great success with a huge crowd and very appreciative feedback.
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05/11/14 09:40 Filed in:
NewsNHS Grampian are organising a public drop-in session to see the latest plans for the proposed Inverurie Health and Care hub.
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04/11/14 11:14 Filed in:
NewsA survey conducted in Kintore reveals widespread dissatisfaction with broadband services in the town. While some of those who are able to get fibre broadband enjoy speeds over 65MB, a significant number on conventional wired broadband report their service appears to be deteriorating.
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03/11/14 11:32 Filed in:
News | Community council | gatewayBrian Johnston, chairman of Kintore and District Community Council presents his update of news from the community council.
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29/10/14 09:53 Filed in:
NewsThe B977 Kintore to Hatton of Fintray road will be closed on Thursday, October 30 from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.
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27/10/14 13:31 Filed in:
News | EventsKintore 0-3 Group are organising a Christmas Shopping Night on Friday, November 14 in the Kintore Public Hall.
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22/10/14 14:41 Filed in:
NewsEarly results from a community broadband survey in Kintore suggest that there is something of a postcode lottery to broadband services in our town.
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22/10/14 13:41 Filed in:
News | gatewayGateway Kintore may go back to Aberdeenshire Council for reconsideration of its inclusion in the forthcoming Local Development Plan.
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22/10/14 11:22 Filed in:
News | EventsFurther details have now been announced for the Kintore Fireworks display on Thursday, November 6.
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16/10/14 10:28 Filed in:
NewsIt may be only 10 weeks to Christmas, but some people in Kintore are already thinking of summer 2015. That would be the committee of the Kintore Summer Festival.
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15/10/14 12:22 Filed in:
Events | NewsMake a note in your diary for the evening of Thursday, November 6. That’s when the Kintore Fireworks display will take place.
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15/10/14 12:16 Filed in:
EventsKintore Rotary are organising Casino Night fundraiser in Kintore Public Hall on Saturday 15 November.
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16/09/14 14:31 Filed in:
Community councilReport by the chairman of Kintore and District Community Council to the council’s annual general meeting on September 16, 2014.
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06/09/14 15:55 Filed in:
News | EventsPeerie Pantry is taking part in the North East Open Studios event with a photographic exhibition from September 6-14.
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22/08/14 09:45 Filed in:
NewsFollowing hard on the heels of the news about Sainsbury’s Local opening a convenience store at Midmill comes news of a second “mini supermarket” planned for a site about a tenth of a mile along School Road.
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01/08/14 15:12 Filed in:
blogThe closure of the Kintore Arms (albeit maybe temporarily) has flagged up an important issue in the town. Instead of being a reasonably self-sufficient village, Kintore is increasing being forced to become an outward-looking town.
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30/07/14 11:02 Filed in:
blogSo the fibre broadband installation in Kintore is well underway. Poor broadband connections have long been one of the hottest topics on Kintore.org.uk and our associated
Kintore Facebook page.
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22/07/14 09:07 Filed in:
NewsThe Kintore Arms Inn in the centre of Kintore has been sold and has now closed. Future plans for the inn and the identity of its new owners are unknown.
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14/07/14 12:05 Filed in:
NewsAberdeenshire Council has submitted proposals for environmental improvements around the 18th century Town House in the The Square, Kintore.
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03/07/14 13:16 Filed in:
News | gateway | Community councilAt their meeting this morning members of
Aberdeenshire Council’s infrastructure services committee voted not to include the Gateway Kintore in the new local development plan.
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02/07/14 09:37 Filed in:
News | gateway | Community councilOn the eve of Aberdeenshire Council’s infrastructure services committee meeting that will decide if
Gateway Kintore should be included in the new local plan, Brian Johnstone, chairman of Kintore and District Community Council has urged councillors to listen to the community.
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15/06/14 11:47 Filed in:
NewsA
planning application has been submitted for the demolition of existing buildings at Midmill and the development of four retail or commercial units and a hot-food takeaway unit at Midmill in Kintore.
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05/06/14 14:15 Filed in:
News | EventsThe Queen’s Baton will visit Kintore on its route to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. It is due to pass through Kintore on Sunday, June 29.
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05/06/14 14:14 Filed in:
NewsAberdeenshire Councillors have approved the Kintore East masterplan that envisages a substantial expansion of Kintore to the south and east.
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28/05/14 19:54 Filed in:
News | gatewayAt today’s Aberdeenshire Council meeting councillors referred the Gateway Kintore development to the Infrastructure Services Committee with a view to including it in the new Local Development Plan which will come into force in 2016.
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26/05/14 11:40 Filed in:
News | gateway | blogDespite a 1,000 name supportive petition and 340 representations to the council, planners from
Aberdeenshire Council are still refusing to include
Gateway Kintore in the
Aberdeenshire Council local plan.
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22/05/14 10:55 Filed in:
NewsKintore station should re-open in 2019 according to the latest estimate.
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22/05/14 10:45 Filed in:
NewsNews that the new Kintore School will be delayed by a year has been met with dismay in Kintore.
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22/05/14 10:39 Filed in:
News | EventsThe Kintore School Football Tournament takes place on Saturday, June 21.
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08/05/14 10:54 Filed in:
News | EventsThe Kintore Summer Festival will take place on Saturday, May 31 at a new venue. After many years based in The Square in the centre of Kintore, the organisers have moved this year’s festival to Kintore School and the playing field.
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02/05/14 09:37 Filed in:
NewsLobbying regarding a proposal to cut the bus service connecting Kintore to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary has been successful. The proposals would have meant taking two buses to get to the hospital for work, appointments or visits.
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28/04/14 11:22 Filed in:
NewsJust received a question that we cannot answer. A keen wargamer has move to the area and wants to know if there is a local Kintore group, or a people interested in starting one.
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28/04/14 09:51 Filed in:
EventsBirds and Beasts Exhibition at Balbithan House from May 3 to 25. Art Exhibition featuring work by Marga Schnell, Mel Shand, Alison D Brown, Winifred Fergus, Mary McMurtrie, Elspeth Haston, Gillian Ferns, Linzi Russell, Mairead Amos, Emma Palmer and Craftyweebirdie. Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12pm - 4pm.
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25/04/14 09:47 Filed in:
blog | News | Community councilIt is good to hear that attentions are turning to finding a new use to give a new lease of life to Kintore Town House. It is a magnificent and historic building that has been the jewel in the crown at the centre of our
Royal Burgh of Kintore since 1747.
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24/03/14 12:46 Filed in:
NewsWork for the reopening of the Kintore rail station is not likely to start until 2016. Originally in the
NESTRANS schedule to reopen in 2009, our local councillors have been trying to get a date from the Scottish Transport Minister.
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21/02/14 10:24 Filed in:
News | gatewayYou may have seen the story in the Press and Journal this morning “Delight at store hope for Kintore”. Well, just a word of caution before you start celebrating.
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13/02/14 16:21 Filed in:
blogTwice in the past few months I have been in meetings where the line of the Aberdeen to Inverness dual carriageway was highlighted as being a burning issue for those with an interest in the future of this area.
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06/02/14 09:55 Filed in:
NewsThis is proving to be one of the wettest periods for years with a series of rainstorms sweeping the country and it has resulted in three flooding closures of the B977 Kintore to Hatton of Fintray road in the past month.
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31/01/14 15:03 Filed in:
News | gateway | Community councilKintore and District Community Council chair Brian Johnstone has submitted the community council’s response to the Main Issues Report consultation, which ends tomorrow (February 1, 2014). In it, the community council chair argues that the Gateway Kintore site should be included in the Aberdeenshire Council Local Development Plan 2016.
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27/01/14 15:02 Filed in:
News | EventsKintore Public Hall is one of the key assets we have in the Royal Burgh of Kintore – a venue for all sorts of community and private events.
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17/01/14 10:31 Filed in:
News | gateway17/01/14 10:16 Filed in:
NewsThis week we have received the welcome news that many in Kintore has been waiting for. After years of problems with slow downloads and services like BBC iPlayer being almost impossible to use at peak times, Kintore is due to get high-speed fibre broadband this summer.
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