A successful year for the Mearns community minibus campaign

It is now just over a year since the old Mearns Community Transport minibus finally gave up. It suffered a major mechanical breakdown and on investigating the cost of spare parts it was decided that it was not worth repairing, and the decision was taken to scrap it. A...

Ben wins Rotary Club Young Chef competition

The Rotary Club of Laurencekirk and District recently sponsored a Young Chef competition at Mearns Academy, and the winner was Ben Walker of S5. The standard of all the entrants was fantastic. Many thanks to Lynne Howe at Mearns Academy for organising. Below are a few...

Mearns Minibus campaign gathers pace

The campaign to provide a minibus in the Mearns moved forward in the last 2 weeks. A very successful coffee morning was held in the Masonic Hall, Laurencekirk, with £1,200.00 taken from the door and stall takings. In addition a further £1,000.00 was taken in donations...

New Community Minibus on the horizon

The Mearns area around Laurencekirk has been without a Community Minibus since December last year when the old Mercedes minibus decided it had had enough. It broke down and due to its age it proved very difficult to source replacement parts. When the parts were...

Laurencekirk Artists’ Society Annual Exhibition 2019

The annual exhibition of work by members of the Society takes place in The Venue, High Street, Laurencekirk over the weekend of Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th October. 16 members of the Society are exhibiting a wide range of works in a variety of media. There is...

Mental Health – a personal perspective and community cinema event

The topic of mental health has become more and more prevalent over the last few years. Up until fairly recently the mention of mental health or any associated problems meant to me that someone was seriously ill and needed either medication or extensive therapy to get...
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