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.
Read More...Tags: fountain, the square, Kintore, Volunteer
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’.
Read More...Tags: Citizen of the Year, Kintore, Action Kintore, Kintore & District Community Council
25/04/19 14:14 Filed in:
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.
Read More...Tags: Garden, Kintore, waste
20/04/19 10:49 Filed in:
NewsAlison McCall has sent us this picture of the plaque that is now in place on 41 1/2 Union Street in Aberdeen.
Read More...Tags: History, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: rail, rail station, transport, Kintore, Kintore & District Community Council
20/03/19 10:14 Filed in:
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.
Read More...Tags: rail, rail station, Kintore, transport, Kintore & District Community Council
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.
Read More...Tags: the square, Kintore, Town House
15/02/19 13:45 Filed in:
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.
Read More...Tags: flood, flooding, Kintore, River Don, inverurie
07/11/18 15:21 Filed in:
NewsThe Kintore Fundraising Team is organising the switch on of the Christmas Lights at the Town House and along our main streets on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 4pm.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, Christmas, Kintore Fundraising Team
31/10/18 11:34 Filed in:
News | Community councilKintore and District Community Council wants to know your views on the A96 Dualling project routes around Kintore.
Read More...Tags: A96, roads, Kintore, Kintore & District Community Council
28/10/18 11:42 Filed in:
blogWould you welcome more traffic on the A96 between Kintore and Aberdeen?
Read More...Tags: A96, roads, Kintore, Aberdeen
17/10/18 15:13 Filed in:
News | Community councilAt last night's Kintore and District Community Council meeting, disappointment was expressed at the way that Kintore seems to miss out on community facilities.
Read More...Tags: Kintore & District Community Council, Kintore, Facilities, community
14/10/18 11:38 Filed in:
News | Community councilKintore and District Community Council has submitted a representation to Aberdeenshire Council, calling on the council to reject moves to remove road improvement conditions for a proposed development at Thainstone. Thainstone is within the community council’s area.
Read More...Tags: Thainstone, Kintore, roads, development, Kintore & District Community Council
08/10/18 20:51 Filed in:
NewsWhen the route options for the A96 from Huntly to Aberdeen
went on display today in the Inverurie Town Hall, there was a shock in store for residents of Kintore, Keithhall and Kinmuck and Balbithan.
Read More...Tags: A96, Kintore, Balbithan, roads
27/08/18 17:29 Filed in:
NewsIf the Kintore Summer Festival is to run again in 2019, the festival team need to recruit new volunteers.
Read More...Tags: Kintore Summer Festival, Kintore
19/09/18 12:52 Filed in:
News | Community councilLast night’s Kintore and District Community Council meeting heard of concerns about the bus service from Kintore to Inverurie being cut back to every hour, rather than every half hour.
Read More...Tags: bus, Kintore, transport, Kintore & District Community Council
27/07/18 10:11 Filed in:
NewsA new restaurant is currently considering opening in Kintore.
Read More...Tags: restaurant, Kintore
16/07/18 14:09 Filed in:
NewsAccess to Tuach Hill is to be reinstated. It has been closed for some time following the discovery of asbestos fragments.
Read More...Tags: Tuach, Kintore
20/06/18 10:40 Filed in:
NewsThe following planning applications were highlighted at last night’s Kintore and District Community Council meeting.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, planning, station
12/06/18 13:12 Filed in:
NewsThe Institution of Civil Engineers have been in contact to say they have a postcard in their collection of a “Shakin’ Bridge, Kintore”. Can any of our website users shed any light on it?
Read More...Tags: History, Kintore
21/03/18 11:34 Filed in:
NewsLast week’s
Kintore Railway Station exhibition, at The Bothie in Kintore, has been rated as a great success with more than 200 people attending.
Read More...Tags: rail station, Kintore
02/03/18 12:03 Filed in:
NewsPeople just outside Kintore who live beyond the 1,200-metre distance from fibre broadband connection boxes have been dealt another blow in their battle to receive a decent broadband service.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
13/02/18 10:52 Filed in:
NewsKintore Angling Club has just signed a lease to take over the Common Good Ground waters that belong to the people of Kintore. It means the club can now offer, Salmon, Sea Trout and Brown Trout fishing, right on your doorstep.
Read More...Tags: Angling, Kintore
01/02/18 10:17 Filed in:
Action Kintore | NewsAction Kintore, Kintore’s community charity, has unveiled a new look as it starts initial work on a project aimed at bringing the Royal Burgh of Kintore’s iconic 18th century Town House back into community use.
Read More...Tags: Action Kintore, The Bothie, Kintore
23/11/17 11:08 Filed in:
NewsA new beauty salon is due to open on Kintore’s School Road, starting with an open day on Saturday. Trading will start on Tuesday (Nov 28).
Read More...Tags: Shops, Kintore
22/11/17 13:01 Filed in:
NewsResidents in the Balbithan area of Kintore have submitted a bid to improve their broadband services.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Balbithan, Kintore
22/11/17 12:39 Filed in:
NewsPlans have been submitted for a three apartment flat on a site at Gowanlea, Forest Road at the junction of Forest Road and Allendale Gardens.
Read More...Tags: planning, development, Kintore
09/11/17 10:22 Filed in:
News | EventsThe Kintore Christmas lights will be switched on on Saturday, December 2 at 4.30 pm in The Square, Kintore, in front of the Town House.
Read More...Tags: Christmas, Kintore
03/11/17 21:33 Filed in:
NewsOur thanks to Lewis Mackland a 16-year-old amateur photographer from Blackburn who was quick off the mark in sending us these photos from tonight’s Kintore Fireworks event.
Read More...Tags: fireworks, Kintore
20/10/17 11:17 Filed in:
News | CommentFinally we have some news on broadband for those of us living in the Balbithan and Wester Fintray areas of Kintore.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
10/10/17 15:16 Filed in:
Events | NewsAberdeenshire Council is seeking confirmation that Kintore Angling Club is interested in taking on the council’s beat for salmon, sea trout and brown trout, from 2018.
Read More...Tags: Angling, Kintore
21/06/17 11:08 Filed in:
NewsA meeting has been scheduled for Kingsfield residents to discuss flood prevention, following the floods in January 2016.
Read More...Tags: flood, flooding, Kintore
13/05/17 17:41 Filed in:
News | Community councilThis is the agenda for the Kintore and District Community Council meeting on Tuesday, May 16 at 7 pm in Kintore Primary School. All interested are invited to attend.
Read More...Tags: community council, Kintore
20/04/17 15:41 Filed in:
NewsActress Penelope Keith has visited scores of rural communities in her ‘Hidden Villages’ series for Channel 4. Now she is taking on her biggest challenge yet – to scour the length and breadth of Britain to crown one village ‘
Village of the Year 2017’.
Read More...Tags: Kintore
07/04/17 10:45 Filed in:
OpinionThe 2017 Aberdeenshire local development plan has now been published. But has it been simplified, or falsified, asks Paul Davison.
Read More...Tags: development, Kintore, Kintore East, Tuach
27/03/17 10:49 Filed in:
News | Community councilA survey organised by Kintore and District Community Council reveals a widening broadband divide in and around the Aberdeenshire town.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, broadband
17/03/17 11:58 Filed in:
NewsThe road between J&G Dossett and the Town House will be closed for urgent utility work by BT from today (Friday, March 17), for three days.
Read More...Tags: roads, Kintore
06/03/17 15:16 Filed in:
NewsStagecoach is making changes to its timetables that are planned for introduction on May 1, 2017. The consultation closes on March 10 –
so if you wish to make comment please respond quickly.
Read More...Tags: bus, Kintore, transport
01/03/17 11:35 Filed in:
NewsKintore Angling Club has launched its permits and tickets for 2017.
Read More...Tags: Angling, Kintore, fishing
22/02/17 14:59 Filed in:
NewsA new roundabout is being proposed for the junction of the B987 (the road from the Broomhill Roundabout into Kintore) and the B994 to Kemnay.
Read More...Tags: planning, roads, Kintore
22/02/17 12:29 Filed in:
NewsIf, like us – you are more than 1200 metres from a fibre connection and are struggling with a connection that drops as low as 1.5 MB, when people just a mile or so away are enjoying up to 50 MB – then you may look to
community fibre partnerships as a potential solution to bring our broadband into the 21st century.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
21/02/17 12:41 Filed in:
News | EventsRachel Lewis, from The Bothie, in Kintore and her team area heading back to Kenya and they are organising a coffee morning this Saturday (February 25) to raise money for supplies to take with them.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, fundraising
11/04/17 11:36 Filed in:
NewsThe B977 is to close in two locations for during April. But the dates have changed since the original notification.
Read More...Tags: roads, Kintore
31/01/17 11:17 Filed in:
NewsThe Princess Royal will open the new Midmill School in Kintore on Wednesday, March 1.
Read More...Tags: school, Kintore
10/01/17 12:24 Filed in:
News | EventsAnyone looking for a personal challenge and keen to help a local cause, will soon have the chance to try fire walking.
Read More...Tags: fundraising, Kintore
09/01/17 12:18 Filed in:
NewsCouncillor Martin Ford has welcomed progress being made towards a cycle route between Inverurie, Kintore, Blackburn and Aberdeen.
Read More...Tags: Aberdeen, Kintore, inverurie, cycle
22/12/16 11:09 Filed in:
NewsWith the Scottish Government committed to providing 95% access to “superfast” (24-30 MB) broadband in the new year, many Kintore households who find themselves more than 1,200 metres from the exchange are still stuck with broadband well below the recommended household minimum of 10MB.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
05/12/16 12:21 Filed in:
NewsIt’s a case of good news and bad news for the re-opening of Kintore rail station. The good news is that the funding has been agreed. The bad news is that the opening date has been pushed back to 2019.
Read More...Tags: rail station, Kintore
16/11/16 12:37 Filed in:
NewsKintore’s new Midmill School has opened to pupils today. It is the town’s second primary school, with the existing Kintore School having moved into its new building ten years ago.
Read More...Tags: school, Kintore
18/10/16 10:50 Filed in:
Events | News | Community councilKintore and District Community Council are organising this year’s Kintore Fireworks at the Kintore School Playing fields on Friday, November 4, starting at 6.30pm.
Read More...Tags: event, fireworks, Kintore
17/10/16 15:11 Filed in:
News | OpinionLocal resident Paul Davison has produced a paper entitled “Tuach Hill and the developers… public engagement?’.
Read More...Tags: Tuach, Kintore, development, Kintore East
08/10/16 12:20 Filed in:
News | EventsKintore Angling Club are having a meeting on Sunday, October 16
Read More...Tags: event, Angling, Kintore
26/09/16 11:11 Filed in:
NewsAs the Scottish Government’s 2017 target looms for 95% of households to have access to superfast broadband, a survey in the Aberdeenshire town of Kintore suggests the digital divide is widening.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
15/09/16 12:55 Filed in:
NewsThe Scottish Government has set a target for 95% of the population to have access to superfast broadband by 2017. The recent experience, where ‘long lines’ are being classified as upgraded, even though they receive less than half the government target of 10MB, makes us keen to understand the state of broadband services in and around Kintore.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
06/09/16 19:27 Filed in:
NewsTwo years ago the Kintore exchange was upgraded to provide ‘superfast’ fibre broadband. Those of us who were struggling with slow speeds and throughput failures rejoiced at the thought of faster, more reliable broadband.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
31/08/16 10:33 Filed in:
News | Community councilKintore Town House, which has taken pride of place in the centre of Kintore since the 18th century, is a fitting centrepiece for a town that received its first charter as a Royal Burgh in the 12th century.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, Town House
22/07/16 12:18 Filed in:
NewsAlan Benton has sent in photos showing the progress on the new Kintore school at Midmill.
Read More...Tags: school, Kintore
11/07/16 11:19 Filed in:
NewsThe road by Hillhead, from the junction with Forest Road to the junction with B994 Kemnay road will be closed from July 25, 2016 for two weeks.
Read More...Tags: roads, Kintore
01/07/16 11:00 Filed in:
NewsAt the end of the 2016 fishing season, Aberdeenshire Council are going up the leases on the salmon and trout fishings on the River Don at Kintore. Kintore Angling Club would like to take over the lease and retain them for the people of Kintore.
Read More...Tags: Angling, Kintore
09/05/16 13:04 Filed in:
NewsThe new cycle path running from Kintore to Port Elphinstone along the east side of the A96 Aberdeen to Inverness trunk road, has taken a big step forward.
Read More...Tags: cycle, transport, Kintore, A96
05/05/16 14:50 Filed in:
NewsTrying to get information about the availability of super-fast broadband, through the programme publicly funded by the Scottish Government and its partners, is proving an almost impossible process.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
03/05/16 18:26 Filed in:
NewsA planning application has been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council for a change of use of the former Peerie Pantry premises to change them to a take-away food shop.
Read More...Tags: food, Kintore, Take-away
05/04/16 14:40 Filed in:
NewsIt is now two years since Kintore was connected to the fibre network. So, now, all those who want superfast broadband are able to enjoy it, right? No.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
01/04/16 17:02 Filed in:
NewsWe have received this update from Aberdeenshire Council with a round-up of information on the flooding emergency earlier this year.
Read More...Tags: flood, Kintore
20/03/16 12:10 Filed in:
News01/04/16 11:58 Filed in:
NewsMore and more people are realising the benefits of growing their own produce.
Read More...Tags: allotments, Kintore
17/03/16 11:28 Filed in:
NewsThe barber’s shop in Kintore has been taken over by Laura Summers and will be opening on April 1 under the new name of
Wiseguys Barber Shop.
Read More...Tags: Shops, Kintore
15/03/16 11:44 Filed in:
NewsAberdeenshire Council has issued the following bulletin with information, contacts, support and advice for those affected by the flooding in Garioch.
Read More...Tags: Aberdeenshire Council, flood, Kintore
26/02/16 12:27 Filed in:
NewsAberdeenshire Council has issued the following bulletin with information, contacts, support and advice for those affected by the flooding in Garioch. Also at the bottom of the bulletin we’ve added and offer of help from Garioch Community Kitchen.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, flood, Aberdeenshire Council
24/02/16 11:36 Filed in:
NewsScottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc are organising a public consultation meeting over the corridor for an upgrade to the electrical grid.
Read More...Tags: Grid, electricity, Kintore
23/02/16 12:31 Filed in:
NewsThe following drop-in sessions have been organised for those in Garioch affected by flooding.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, flood
19/02/16 15:21 Filed in:
NewsWe got the sad news that the Peerie Pantry is to close after six years as a favourite stopping spot for locals and visitors seeking coffee, tea, home bakes and meals.
Read More...Tags: cafe, Kintore
17/02/16 12:17 Filed in:
News | Community councilFollowing the devastating flooding in Kintore last month, Aberdeenshire Council have asked Kintore and District Community Council to identify what it believes are the three highest flood prevention priorities in the town.
Read More...Tags: community council, Kintore, flood
25/01/16 16:33 Filed in:
NewsThe
Scottish Flood Forum will be continuing drop-in sessions for flood victims in garioch running each week now until February 18.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, flood
20/01/16 11:48 Filed in:
NewsKintore Fish Bar, which was badly damaged in the floods of January 8, is hoping to reopen for business by the end of the month.
Read More...Tags: food, Kintore
20/01/16 12:22 Filed in:
NewsAs many anglers will know there are changes afoot for the Kintore angling beats on the River Don.
Read More...Tags: Angling, Kintore
16/01/16 19:00 Filed in:
NewsWhile going round to check on houses that were flooded a member of the team from Kintore and District Community Council received these photographs of the flooding last week in Kingsfield Road, Kintore.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, flood
15/01/16 18:11 Filed in:
News | EventsTo support those who were unfortunately flooded last week, the Scottish Flood Forum will be holding a drop-in session in Kintore next Thursday (January 21).
Read More...Tags: Kintore, flood
15/01/16 12:02 Filed in:
NewsYou may have heard enough about flooding. In which case, switch to another story now. But, I’m grateful to Abby Miller for who has found a book on Google that talks about even more horrendous floods in this part of Scotland in 1829.
Read More...Tags: History, Kintore
13/01/16 12:27 Filed in:
News | EventsThe
Scottish Flood Forum, who provide support for people affected by flooding, are organising a drop-in sessions TOMORROW (Thursday, January 14) in the Garioch area.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, flood
13/01/16 11:33 Filed in:
NewsOver the past ten days, during the flood emergency, we have been posting useful information on our Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/Kintore/. But some of that information has now dropped off the main page with the volume of posts.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, flood
09/01/16 10:22 Filed in:
NewsAs were were recovering from any excesses on Hogmanay or New Year’s Day, our feeling of bonhomie was interrupted by a looming crisis. It rapidly became clear that Kintore was about to face a huge challenge.
Read More...Tags: flood, Kintore
03/12/15 11:45 Filed in:
NewsBetween now and December 16, you can have your Christmas cards delivered in Kintore for just 25p per card with all the money going to support Kintore School Parent Council.
Read More...Tags: Christmas, Kintore, school
22/11/15 14:48 Filed in:
News | EventsThe Kintore Christmas lights will be switched on on Saturday, December 5 at 4.30 pm in The Square in front of the Town House.
Read More...Tags: Christmas, Kintore, Kintore Fundraising Team
20/11/15 15:26 Filed in:
News | Community councilIn the spring there were a series of public consultations aimed at producing a Community Action Plan for Kintore.
Read More...Tags: community action, Kintore
11/09/15 20:59 Filed in:
News | EventsKintore author Nancy Jardine is giving a talk at the Kintore Library, on Monday, September 14, entitled “Ancient Romans raikin aroon Kintore”.
Read More...Tags: book, Kintore
05/09/15 13:19 Filed in:
NewsKintore butcher J & G Dossett has been declared the North of Scotland champion for Traditional Steak Pies.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, Shops
03/09/15 10:18 Filed in:
NewsThe B944 Kemnay road will be closed between the roundabout with the B987 and B977 and the Business Park junction for five days from September 28. This is for water main works.
Read More...Tags: roads, Kintore
01/09/15 12:46 Filed in:
NewsAn application has been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council for a change of use for one of the units at the new retail development at Midmill, Kintore. The application is for a change of use from a food take away to a café-wine bar.
Read More...Tags: Midmill, Bar, Kintore
31/08/15 10:47 Filed in:
NewsGood to see improvements taking place in The Square, which will hopefully restore some of its prestige as the centre of our town.
Read More...Tags: the square, Kintore
20/08/15 09:15 Filed in:
News | Community councilAs we now have a Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) to be installed on the First Photographic building in the square, KDCC have arranged a PAD and basic emergency first aid training course.
Read More...Tags: community council, medical, Kintore
01/07/15 10:56 Filed in:
NewsThe temporary traffic lights at the Midmill Business Park and Kemnay junctions in Kintore are causing considerable problems, particularly at rush hours.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, roads
08/06/15 16:14 Filed in:
NewsThe new Kintore primary school at Midmill had been scheduled to open in August 2016, in time to take pupils for the 2016-17 school year.
Read More...Tags: school, Kintore
08/05/15 10:27 Filed in:
NewsAs part of a landslide of SNP gains in the 2015 General Election, Alex Salmond was elected as the MP representing the Gordon constituency (which includes Kintore).
Read More...Tags: politics, Kintore
22/04/15 12:00 Filed in:
News | EventsThis is a sneak preview of the programme for the Kintore Summer Festival, which takes place on Saturday, May 23 at the Kintore School Playing fields
.
Read More...Tags: Kintore Summer Festival, Kintore, events
15/04/15 11:36 Filed in:
Community council | News | gatewayThe proposed Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan has now been published and is now open for representations, with this period ending on May 8, 2015.
Read More...Tags: community council, Aberdeenshire Council, planning, Kintore, Gateway Kintore, housing, business, Town centre, park, Gateway Kintore, housing, Tuach
03/04/15 11:49 Filed in:
News | Community councilKintore is to get a life-saving emergency automated external defibrillator (AED), thanks to the efforts of Kintore and District Community Council.
Read More...Tags: medical, Kintore, emergency, community council
03/04/15 11:03 Filed in:
NewsA public inquiry into land acquisition for schools, including the new Kintore Primary School, will take place on Wednesday, April 15 in the Garioch Community Centre, Inverurie, starting at 10am.
Read More...Tags: schoool, Kintore
04/03/15 15:05 Filed in:
NewsLiving in Kintore we don’t need reminding that we are are only about six miles from the world’s busiest commercial heliport at Aberdeen International Airport.
Read More...Tags: helicopters, Kintore
26/02/15 11:46 Filed in:
Events | NewsThe Rotary Club of Kintore is organising their Annual Golf Tournament in aid of local groups and causes on Friday, June 5, 2015.
Cost is £220 per team of 4, which includes the golf and all food. For information contact Kenny Thomson
kennythomson241@btinternet.com or Brian Shanks
brianshanks8033@btinternet.com.
Tags: golf, Kintore, Kintore Rotary
25/02/15 15:52 Filed in:
NewsFollowing yesterday’s refusal of planning permission
to divide the historic Kintore Arms Inn into two Class 3 food and drink units, East Garioch councillor Martin Ford has urged the owners not to delay and open the premises as soon as possible.
Read More...Tags: Kintore Arms, Kintore, Bar, restaurant, accommodation, Town centre
24/02/15 09:23 Filed in:
News | blogWe all know what it’s like when the lights go out. Infuriating isn’t it? Fortunately, it doesn’t happen often. We are used to our services just working 99% of the time.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
23/02/15 15:57 Filed in:
NewsNo, this is not a piece about Martians walking their pooches around Kintore. Green Dog Walkers is an initiative to tackle the mess that dogs can leave.
Read More...Tags: dog, Kintore
20/02/15 16:29 Filed in:
NewsWhat do you want to see in the Kintore of the future? Well, you have an opportunity to influence future planning and talk about what it would take to make Kintore a better place in which to live, to work and to enjoy yourself.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, planning, development, community
20/02/15 16:16 Filed in:
NewsThis is the current concept design drawing for the Kintore rail station which is expected to open in 2019.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, transport, rail, rail station
27/01/15 16:34 Filed in:
blogWe have an amazing variety of wildlife on our doorstep, which is being placed under increasing pressure, none more so than our lovely red squirrel.
Read More...Tags: wildlife, Kintore
21/01/15 09:57 Filed in:
NewsHow is your broadband performing? If you are having continuing connection or speed problems, Kintore’s councillors want to hear from you.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: community council, children, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, community council, schoool
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.
Read More...Tags: roads, Kintore
01/12/14 09:18 Filed in:
NewsThe December edition of Kintore Konnect is out now and you can download it from this website.
Read More...Tags: Kintore Konnect, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: Gateway Kintore, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: event, Christmas, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: sport, football, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: Shops, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: photo, fireworks, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: Gateway Kintore, community council, Kintore, Kintore East, schoool, TownHouse, renewables, fireworks
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.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: Gateway Kintore, supermarket, Kintore, community council
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.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
22/10/14 11:22 Filed in:
News | EventsFurther details have now been announced for the Kintore Fireworks display on Thursday, November 6.
Read More...Tags: event, Kintore, community council, Kintore Rotary, fireworks
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.
Read More...Tags: community council, event, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: Art, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, supermarket, Shops, Kintore East
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, TownHouse, Shops, supermarket, filling station, hotel, Gateway Kintore, Kintore Fundraising Team, Kintore Summer Festival
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.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: the square, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: Gateway Kintore, Kintore, Facilities, supermarket, filling station, hotel
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.
Read More...Tags: Gateway Kintore, Kintore, Facilities, filling station, hotel, supermarket, Kintore & District Community Council
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.
Read More...Tags: Gateway Kintore, Kintore, supermarket, hotel, Aberdeenshire Council
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.
Read More...Tags: events, Kintore Summer Festival, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: medical, Kintore, bus
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: TownHouse, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: sport, Kintore, events
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.
Read More...Tags: rail, rail station, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: supermarket, Shops, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: inverurie, Kintore, A96, roads
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, flood
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, Gateway Kintore, supermarket, development, housing
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.
Read More...Tags: events, publichall, Kintore
17/01/14 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.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
29/11/13 10:25 Filed in:
NewsAn application has been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council for a 78-metre turbine on the Midmill Industrial Estate.
Read More...Tags: wind turbines, Kintore
13/11/13 09:31 Filed in:
News | Events- The Kintore Christmas lights will be switched on on Saturday, December 7 at 4.30 pm in The Square in front of the Town House.
Read More...Tags: events, Christmas, Kintore
08/11/13 13:23 Filed in:
NewsThe owners of the Torryburn on School Road in Kintore have applied for a warrant to demolish the former hotel and clear the site.
Read More...Tags: hotel, Kintore
07/11/13 14:18 Filed in:
News | gatewayResponding to a question by Councillor Fergus Hood at last night’s
Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan meeting in Kintore School, a council official said that the 1,000-name Gateway Kintore petition would not count as a representation in the consultation for the 2016 plan.
Read More...Tags: Gateway Kintore, rail, rail station, Kintore, medical centre
03/11/13 20:52 Filed in:
News | Community councilGauchhill Road in Kintore will be closed for two week from November 25. The closure will be from Melrose Place to Gauchhill.
Read More...Tags: roads, Kintore
01/11/13 19:11 Filed in:
News | gateway | Community council | EventsKintore and District Community Council is urging members of the local communities to take part in a consultation for the Local Development Plan on Wednesday (November 6) at 7.00pm in Kintore School.
Read More...Tags: Gateway Kintore, Facilities, Kintore, supermarket, communitycouncil, filling station
16/10/13 12:27 Filed in:
Events | NewsYes, it is that time! Time to start thinking about Christmas shopping and the Kintore 0-3 Group are quick off the mark with this event.
Read More...Tags: Christmas, Kintore, fundraising
12/09/13 09:22 Filed in:
News | gateway | blogOn Tuesday you will be asked to approve a development that will result in the building of up to 1,200 new homes in Kintore. This will be a massive expansion of Kintore which already has a population of 4,447.
Read More...Tags: Gateway Kintore, Kintore East, Kintore, development, housing, supermarket, community facilities
11/09/13 11:52 Filed in:
News10/09/13 14:44 Filed in:
News | Events | Community councilAre you interested in putting something back into the community that thou live in? Do you have an interest in Kintore and its future?
Read More...Tags: communitycouncil, Kintore
24/06/13 11:45 Filed in:
News | Action KintoreThe Bothie, the new meeting place for Kintore’s young people, is taking shape with the foundations having already reached floor level. It is expected the building will be completed by mid-September.
Read More...Tags: The Bothie, youth, Kintore
26/05/13 13:01 Filed in:
News | EventsThe full programme has just been announced for the Kintore Summer Festival which takes place this year on Saturday, June 8.
Read More...Tags: Kintore Summer Festival, Kintore
11/05/13 13:18 Filed in:
NewsIn the last month, Kintore’s broadband infrastructure has been creaking under the strain of the growing number of households and businesses in Kintore. Broadband outages and slow speeds seem to be affecting a large proportion of the population.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
19/04/13 09:46 Filed in:
blogLast night’s fire at the old Torryburn Hotel has brought the matter of fire cover in Kintore to mind.
Read More...Tags: fire service, Kintore
27/02/13 12:47 Filed in:
News | gatewayA petition carrying the names of more than a thousand people has been handed over to local councillors urging
Aberdeenshire Council to approve a plan that would bring new facilities for the expanding town of Kintore.
Read More...Tags: Gateway Kintore, communitycouncil, development, Kintore, supermarket, filling station
26/02/13 14:06 Filed in:
NewsSusan Staniforth is starting up a new Martial Art Class for SooYang Do on Fridays from 6.30 to 7.30pm
Read More...Tags: sport, Kintore
18/02/13 12:12 Filed in:
PhotosA montage of the Kintore sunset yesterday, over the period of an hour. Note the distinctive silhouette of the Town House clock Tower.
Read More...Tags: photo, Kintore
06/02/13 11:49 Filed in:
News | gatewayA master plan for the proposed Gateway Kintore development in Kintore has been handed over to
Aberdeenshire Council planners in a bid to get the proposal considered by councillors.
Read More...Tags: Gateway Kintore, Kintore, supermarket, filling station
30/01/13 15:11 Filed in:
NewsThe Scottish Wildcat on Hill of Balbithan made another appearance today for the camera.
Read More...Tags: wildlife, Kintore
30/01/13 11:10 Filed in:
NewsHow good is your favourite food shop, cafe, take away or restaurant? No, not just whether the food is tasty – are the food hygiene standards good enough.
Read More...Tags: food, Kintore
30/01/13 11:06 Filed in:
NewsPlans have been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council for the expansion of Hillhead Caravan Park in Kintore, adding 17 new caravan stances and tent pitches.
Read More...Tags: planning, Kintore
29/01/13 10:06 Filed in:
PhotosThanks to Sammy Murray for sending us this lovely winter sunrise picture taken yesterday morning.
Read More...Tags: photo, Kintore
19/01/13 13:53 Filed in:
NewsKintore butchers J&G Dossett have been out hunting on the slopes of Bennachie to bag the haggis ready for Burns Night.
Read More...Tags: Shops, Kintore
27/12/12 10:23 Filed in:
News | PhotosIt used to be the River Don, but twice this month it has looked more like the Loch of Kintore.
Read More...Tags: photo, flood, Kintore
10/12/12 11:50 Filed in:
NewsKintore butcher J&G Dossett has made the message very clear. This is their new shop front windows urging you to support local business and producers.
Read More...Tags: Shops, Kintore
10/12/12 09:15 Filed in:
PhotosSammy Murray sent in this wonderful picture of a “rainbow cloud” over Kintore on Sunday afternoon, with the distinctive silhouette of the Town House in the foreground.
Read More...Tags: photo, Kintore
07/12/12 11:02 Filed in:
NewsTransport Minister Keith Brown has announced that Kintore will have a station again, 50 years after it was closed in the era of ill-considered rail closures.
Read More...Tags: station, Kintore, rail, rail station
20/11/12 18:25 Filed in:
News | EventsThe Christmas lights and Christmas tree will be switched on on Saturday, December 1 with the programme starting at 4.30pm in The Square, Kintore.
Read More...Tags: Christmas, Kintore
13/11/12 11:00 Filed in:
NewsStrong public support has encouraged developers of the proposed
Gateway Kintore in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, to produce a master plan as a means of taking the development to
Aberdeenshire Council for a decision.
Read More...Tags: Gateway Kintore, supermarket, Kintore, filling station
13/11/12 09:28 Filed in:
News | EventsAberdeenshire Council is organising an open event to view and discuss the draft plans for a Community Campus in Kintore.
Read More...Tags: community campus, events, schoool, Kintore
23/10/12 17:30 Filed in:
NewsThe Scottish wildcat on the Hill of Balbithan has been photographed once again.
Read More...Tags: wildlife, Kintore
04/09/12 11:33 Filed in:
NewsAlison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, today launched a comprehensive survey asking people in the Kintore area for their views on opening a railway station in the town.
Read More...Tags: rail, rail station, Kintore
27/07/12 10:26 Filed in:
News | EventsKintore author Nancy Jardine is holding a Garden Party and book signing session at 39 School Road, Kintore, on Saturday, August 4 from 2pm to 4pm.
Read More...Tags: book, Kintore
26/07/12 12:49 Filed in:
News | EventsAn exhibition showing early etchings by a Kintore-based artist who, during her lifetime, was recognised as Britain’s oldest working artist, will take place at Balbithan House on selected days from Sunday, July 29 to Sunday, August 19.
Read More...Tags: Art, Kintore, Balbithan
24/07/12 11:58 Filed in:
NewsThe Badentoy Trust and AJC Homes have submitted a planning application to Aberdeenshire council for a development of 11 houses (four of which would be affordable homes) at Gauch-hill Road in Kintore.
Read More...Tags: housing, development, Kintore
18/06/12 12:22 Filed in:
News11/06/12 14:44 Filed in:
NewsThe latest issue of Kintore Konnect, the newsletter produced in association with Kintore and District Community Council and Kintore Parish Church, is now available on this site.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, KintoreKonnect
29/05/12 13:54 Filed in:
NewsAberdeenshire Council’s Garioch committee have deferred a decision on the
proposed 150-house development in Kintore.
Read More...Tags: housing, development, Kintore
23/05/12 10:03 Filed in:
NewsAberdeenshire Council is recommending approval for a
planning application proposing up to 150 new homes in a residential development at Midmill in Kintore. The development comes at a time when the community council is campaigning for more facilities, including
Gateway Kintore, before more houses are built in the town.
Read More...Tags: housing, Kintore, development
26/04/12 11:32 Filed in:
News | EventsThe programme of events for this year’s
Kintore Summer Festival has been announced. To see full details of what is on and where, go to the
Kintore Summer Festival page.
Read More...Tags: events, Kintore Summer Festival, Kintore
05/04/12 11:07 Filed in:
NewsThe Scottish Government has announced a £30 million programme of improvements for the rail network.
Read More...Tags: rail, rail station, Kintore
20/02/12 14:36 Filed in:
NewsA new Facebook page has been launched for mums in Kintore. The Kintore Mums page is at
www.facebook.com/groups/297382763658539/ Read More...Tags: web, Kintore, parents, Facebook
20/02/12 09:43 Filed in:
EventsPampered Chef Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook Fundraiser for Georgie MacKenzie and Daniel Spark's trip to Madagascar.
Read More...Tags: cook, Kintore, fundraising, events
13/02/12 12:55 Filed in:
News | EventsThe RNLI Inverurie and District Branch are having another of their much-loved quiz nights in the Kintore Public Hall on Friday, March 23 at 7.30pm.
Read More...Tags: charity, quiz night, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: wind turbines, Kintore
01/02/12 09:25 Filed in:
NewsAn application has been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council for two wind turbines on the new industrial park at Midmill, close to the Broomhill Roundabout.
Read More...Tags: wind turbines, Kintore, planning
02/02/12 13:06 Filed in:
NewsThe Local Hub has been closed for several months, due to its financial unsustainability as a café.
Read More...Tags: The local hub, Kintore, community
26/01/12 11:21 Filed in:
News | Events | Community councilAberdeenshire Council is holding a
public consolation meeting on Thursday, February 2 from 7pm to 9pm at Kintore Primary School.
Read More...Tags: events, Kintore, Kintore School
23/01/12 14:22 Filed in:
News | EventsKintore Public Hall AGM on Monday, February 27 at 8pm.
Read More...Tags: events, publichall, Kintore
03/11/11 10:43 Filed in:
EventsCoffee morning on Saturday, November 5 10am to 12 noon.
Read More...Tags: events, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: carbon capture and storage, Kintore
28/10/11 09:38 Filed in:
NewsRoger Summers has produced a book entitled “The memories of a Loon fae Townhead Terrace”.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, book, History
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, planning, development, supermarket, filling station
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.
Read More...Tags: planning, supermarket, filling station, development, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, broadband
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.
Read More...Tags: fundraising, Kintore, Christmas
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore Pipe Band, Kintore
08/09/11 20:44 Filed in:
NewsKintore Konnect issue 5 has been published and can be downloaded from this website.
Read More...Tags: Kintore Konnect, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: events, Kintore, Kintore Fundraising Team, Christmas
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.
Read More...Tags: events, Kintore, Kintore & District Community Council
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.
Read More...Tags: photo, wildlife, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: Archaeology, History, Balbithan, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: KintoreKonnect, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: carbon capture and storage, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: charity, Kintore Rotary, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: secondhand, Kintore, Kintore School
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, planning, development
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.
Read More...Tags: events, The local hub, Kintore, wildlife
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, development, Kintore East, housing, planning, transport, infrastructure
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, roads, transport, development, Kintore East
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, development, housing, infrastructure, transport, planning, Kintore East
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.
Read More...Tags: News, Kintore, housing, development, Tuach
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.
Read More...Tags: TownHouse, Kintore
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.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, rail, rail station, transport
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.
Read More...Tags: weather, Kintore
19/12/10 16:00 Filed in:
NewsCouncillor Martin Ford, who represents the East Garioch ward that includes Kintore has urged the new Scottish Transport minister to give the green light to reopening a rail station in Kintore.
Read More...Tags: station, rail, rail station, Kintore
15/12/10 11:29 Filed in:
NewsWe received a message from a fellow resident of Kintore that there have been several cars and garages broken into in Kintore recently, as well as two cars stolen.
Read More...Tags: crime, Kintore
05/12/10 16:43 Filed in:
PhotosMore winter photos from Kintore.
Read More...Tags: photo, Kintore, Bennachie
05/12/10 14:53 Filed in:
Photos- Great photos by John Stewart from last night’s Christmas lights swtich-on in The Square, Kintore.
Read More...Tags: photo, Kintore, Christmas
01/12/10 09:16 Filed in:
NewsA couple of times in the winters after we arrived in Kintore, some kind soul took a snowplough up the road to our house. Despite our best efforts, we never could find out who it was who did it, so we could thank them. But it was typical of the kind-hearted community we live in. So, during the current freeze, let’s continue our support for others.
Read More...Tags: freeze, Kintore, community
25/11/10 18:32 Filed in:
NewsFollowing a report by the BBC which showed that parts of the Aberdeenshire had some of the lowest broadband speeds in the UK, North East Conservative MSP Nanette Milne has urged the UK Government to include Aberdeenshire as a pilot area for broadband improvements.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, Aberdeenshire, broadband, internet
19/11/10 10:42 Filed in:
NewsNanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has launched a campaign to secure better broadband for communities across the North East.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, broadband
18/11/10 10:23 Filed in:
News | Community councilA name is being sought for the new road into the new development of 24 houses at Gaughhill, Kintore.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, housing, development
15/11/10 10:11 Filed in:
NewsThe National Grid is looking at the possibility of building a new above ground installation at Fordtown, between Kintore and Leylodge, as part of a carbon capture and storage project.
Read More...Tags: Kintore, carbon capture and storage, National Grid
15/11/10 09:19 Filed in:
EventsThe Kintore Christmas lights will be switched on Saturday, December 4 at 4.30 pm at the Town House.
Read More...Tags: events, fundraising, Kintore
13/11/10 17:54 Filed in:
NewsKintore Youth Forum has secured the use of two rooms in Kintore Town House, while fundraising and planning goes ahead for the development of The Hub.
Read More...Tags: Kintore Youth Forum, TownHouse, Kintore
06/11/10 14:52 Filed in:
EventsMusical Coffee Morning is being held on Saturday 13 November from 10 am to 12 noon at Kintore Public Hall.
Read More...Tags: events, Kintore
01/11/10 12:04 Filed in:
NewsGood to see Kintore Town House looking more ‘cared for’ with a much needed fresh coat of paint on the doors and woodwork.
Read More...Tags: TownHouse, Kintore
01/11/10 11:01 Filed in:
EventsChristmas Craft Fayre Sunday 14 Nov at Fintray Village Hall.
Read More...Tags: events, Kintore
31/10/10 18:57 Filed in:
PhotosView the pictures of Halloween at the Hub on the Kintore Flickr Group.
Read More...Tags: photo, The local hub, Kintore
21/10/10 14:58 Filed in:
EventsGet ready for a Coffee Morning on Saturday November 6th at Lawrence Court in Kintore.
Read More...Tags: events, Kintore
04/10/10 18:05 Filed in:
PhotosPhotos of summer in Kintore by Alice Morrison.
Read More...Tags: photo, Kintore
05/10/10 17:43 Filed in:
NewsFancy 40Mb broadband? Thought so! Well, between now and Hogmanay we have the chance to vote for Kintore to be among the first to have the new super-fast broadband.
Read More...Tags: broadband, Kintore
03/09/10 09:29 Filed in:
NewsNorth East Conservative MSP, Dr Nanette Milne has called on Aberdeenshire Council and SEPA to investigate foul smells coming from the rendering plant, at Upper Cottown, Kintore.
Read More...Tags: rendering plant, Kintore
23/08/10 09:00 Filed in:
NewsBuilding work on Kintore’s new youth cafe,
The Bothie, should start next year. That’s the news from Kintore and District Community Council’s July meeting, the
unapproved minutes for which have just been published.
Read More...Tags: The Bothie, Kintore
Read More...
Read More...
Read More...