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NewsA round up of news from Kintore and District Community Council
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NewsLast week Agile Energy mounted the first of their exhibitions in the lead up to a planning application for an Energy from Waste incinerator on the Kirkwood Business Park site, close to the old paper mill.
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News | Action KintoreHappy birthday to The Bothie, the youth initiative of Kintore community charity, Action Kintore. The Bothie opened its doors on Saturday, December 7, 2013.
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NewsMonarch Developments is holding a consultation on Friday (November 29) for masterplan for Bridgend at the north end of Northern Road, near where the new station is being built.
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News | Community councilThree representatives from the Leo Group, owners of the Kintore rendering plant, attended this week’s Kintore and District Community Council meeting.
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News | Action KintoreAction Kintore, Kintore's community charity that runs The Bothie youth project, is continuing to progress its long-term plan to bring our magnificent 18th century Town House back into use for the community.
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NewsThe latest in a series of proposals for the junction of the B977 and B994 Kemnay road has been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council’s Planning Department. The deadline for public comments is December 12.
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News | EventsThis year’s Kintore Christmas Lights Switch-on will be particularly special. We have new festive lights to enjoy!
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NewsAs you will surely know by now, there is to be a General Election on Thursday, December 12.
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NewsInspectors have praised acting head teacher Katie Finch and her team at Midmill Primary School Nursery for creating a ‘very positive ethos with children and families placed at the centre of their work.’
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News | Community councilIt is now four years since the Scottish Ambulance Service handed over the first public-accessible automatic defibrillator (AED) to Kintore and District Community Council, Since then, the device, installed on the front of First Photographic in The Square, has been available 24-hours a day to save lives.
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News | Community councilI’m sure we all appreciated the colourful floral displays in Kintore yet again this summer. With the winter bedding plants already in bloom, we can also look forward to colour throughout the winter months.
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NewsWe have received the following notification from SEPA about the possible reopening of the rendering plant at Cottown. The plant closed when the operators Dundas Brothers went into liquidation in 2004.
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News | Community councilFollowing the passing of our 'Citizen of the Year', Chairman of our Community Council, Secretary of Action Kintore and a person whose life was so involved with community matters, Fiona Cooper's family have asked us to share this acknowledgement.
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NewsYou may have noticed that Kintore Church and Kintore Town House are illuminated in purple each night at the moment.
Read More...It is with great sorrow that we report the death of Fiona Cooper, our ‘Citizen of the Year’ who lost her battle with cancer yesterday.
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News | Community councilSpeed limits, defibrillators, Hillhead Caravan Park and the forthcoming Local Development Plan were among the topics discussed at this month’s Kintore and District Community Council meeting.
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News | Community councilAt the Kintore and District Community Council meeting on September 17, the council heard that there had been a maintenance issue with the fountain that had resulted in the filter becoming blocked.
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27/09/19 15:04 Filed in:
News | EventsAberdeenshire Council is working with Dougall Baillie Associates and JBA Consulting to produce a detailed study to examine the flood risks around Inverurie and Port Elphinstone.
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27/09/19 14:57 Filed in:
NewsAberdeen Health and Social Care Partnership want to hear your views on their draft Strategic Plan
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19/09/19 11:16 Filed in:
News | EventsAction Kintore – Kintore’s community charity which runs The Bothie for the benefit of young people in Kintore and district – has its annual general meeting on Monday, October 7.
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13/09/19 10:29 Filed in:
NewsAberdeenshire Council will be putting stickers on the blue recycling bins, with the intention of reminding householders about the materials that can be put into these bins.
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NewsFive-year-old Klara Main has been cleaning up litter around Kintore. Not only is this helping the community directly, but Klara has also raised funds for charity through her efforts.
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23/07/19 15:45 Filed in:
News | Community councilYou will have seen the fountain is repaired and was back in operation this summer. But it is not operating at the moment because, to keep it running, we need at least four volunteers who are willing to take their turn at tending it.
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NewsAction Fraud have received an increase in reports and intelligence where elderly victims are being targeted by individuals purporting to be police officers or traffic wardens.
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News | Community councilKintore and District Community Council has submitted this response to the current consultation on the dualling of the A96.
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03/06/19 10:39 Filed in:
NewsFiona Cooper, chairperson of Kintore and District Community Council, has been announced by the Rotary Club of Kintore, Kemnay and District as the ‘Citizen of the Year’.
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17/05/19 15:05 Filed in:
NewsAberdeenshire councillors have agreed changes to kerbside collection of recycling and waste, with the aim to push up recycling rates and send less to landfill. The new collection schedules will happen next year.
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06/05/19 15:46 Filed in:
News | Community councilAn update from Kintore and District Community Council with news on transport projects, town centre regenerations, how you could get involved and waste and recycling.
Read More...Tags: transport, rail, roads, rail station, A96, A96 dualling, the square, waste, recycling, Kintore & District Community Council, Town House
26/04/19 16:03 Filed in:
NewsFollowing the
shelving of a planned new waste strategy, due to funding issues, Aberdeenshire council is to roll out new procedures for kerbside collection of recycling.
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News | Community councilDo you have ideas how to improve Kintore as a community, supporting local groups and individuals and promoting our town?
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NewsThis year there will be a garden waste recycling point in Kintore. The Kintore collection point will be in the Kintore Primary School car park every Saturday from 1pm to 4pm, from now until November 2.
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22/04/19 10:33 Filed in:
NewsFor most of the year Rachel Lewis – our current ‘Citizen of the Year’ in Kintore – works as the Youth and Volunteer co-ordinator with Kintore’s community charity Action Kintore.
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News | Community councilKintore & District Community Council chair, Fiona Cooper, wants your views on the proposed routes for the A96 Dualling as they affect Kintore. There are two options being proposed.
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NewsAlison McCall has sent us this picture of the plaque that is now in place on 41 1/2 Union Street in Aberdeen.
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NewsDisappointing news that the Deer’s Den is to close on Sunday. But, we’re all looking forward to the opening of expanded bar, hotel and restaurant at The Square.
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Community council | NewsAt the Network Rail Drop-in session yesterday in Kintore Golf Club, we heard that the new Boat of Kintore level crossing will have more substantial barriers than the current single barriers.
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21/03/19 10:23 Filed in:
News | Community councilNetwork Rail addressed the Kintore and District Community Council meeting this week to give more detail about the current upgrade of the Aberdeen to Inverness rail line.
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News | Community councilThere was dismay at last night’s Kintore and District Community Council meeting when it was revealed the opening date for the new Kintore rail station had been pushed back to summer 2020.
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News | Community councilAt our last meeting, we said goodbye to our community policeman, PC Steve Middleton (pictured holding his certificate with Aberdeenshire Councillors and members of the community council).
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News | blogThe Scottish Government has set up a £50 million Town Centre Regeneration Fund. Of that, £3.29 million has been given to Aberdeenshire Council for projects in this area.
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28/02/19 10:44 Filed in:
NewsThe historic granite fountain in front of the Town House in The Square, Kintore will be working again this summer after many years out of action.
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NewsA consultation linked to the area’s emerging planning blueprint has reached the halfway point, and anyone with an interest in local planning policy and land allocation for development is encouraged to take part.
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NewsThe
Inverurie and Port Elphinstone Flood Study meeting took place last night at Inverurie Academy. It transpires that the flood scheme, currently being developed, covers Inverurie and Port Elphinstone only.
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30/01/19 14:53 Filed in:
News | EventsThose who were affected by the flooding in Kintore, Port Elphinstone, Inverurie and Kemnay in January 2016, will vividly recall the events of that month.
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NewsThe Square Bar and Lounge is launching a new venture – The Deer’s Den Bar and Diner.
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28/01/19 14:16 Filed in:
News | Community councilAn update on some of the issues raised at the January meeting of Kintore and District Community Council
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NewsSTOP PRESS: In an echo of the confusion over the closure of the level crossing in 2017, we have received an alteration to the timing for the closure of Kintore level crossing.
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NewsAberdeenshire Council is rebranding its sports and cultural facilities, plus its its developmental services.
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News | Community councilKintore and District Community Council has donated money raised by its popular Kintore Fireworks display ito local organisation that helped with the organisation.
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16/01/19 15:06 Filed in:
NewsStudio Niro, from Edinburgh, is working with Aberdeenshire Council to develop artworks for the new Kintore Railway Station. And they want to get you involved.
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NewsGet those new calendars and diaries at the ready and note down the date of the 2019 Kintore Summer Festival.
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