Recently added articles from Mearns Leader (Stonhaven, Scotland):
FROM POST OFFICE TO MOBILE KIOSK.
Aug 01, 2008 ... AUCHENBLAE Post Office is to be reduced to a mobile kiosk operating for just a handful of hours each week, the Leader has learned. On Wednesday Royal Mail announced its decision on the future of branches across the North-east and there was no reprieve for the Mearns. ...
WEBSITE HOPES TO PROMOTE TOWN AS FOOD HAVEN.
Aug 01, 2008 ... STONEHAVEN could soon be branded the North East Food Town, as the Stonehaven Business Association (SBA) prepare to launch an initiative. SBA Secretary Gordon Ritchie explained how the idea came about on the group's website. He said: "When I visited Castle Douglas near ...
PLANS TO SET UP RURAL BASE APPROVED.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A TAXI firm in Laurencekirk has been granted permission to base its premises in the countryside, sparking criticism from councillors over a lack of business space in the Mearns town. Stewart Wight, owner of the SafeDrive Taxi firm, has been trying to secure larger premises for ...
SHIPWRECKED WALKERS RAISE [pounds sterling]3000 FOR CHARITY.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A GROUP of fundraisers from Johnshaven took part in a sponsored walk last Saturday, which saw them raise almost [pounds sterling]3000 for charity. The intrepid team of 39 set out from the Ship Hotel in Johnshaven at 11am, on a 12 mile route which would take them to Gourdon and ...