Oct 11, 2017 | AB30, Laurencekirk
With the rocketing popularity of online streaming apps, it’s never been easier to watch the latest films at the touch of a button. Yet people still flock to the cinema, whether it be to the city multiplexes for the new blockbusters or the smaller independent cinemas...
Sep 17, 2017 | AB30, Arbuthnott
An exhibition of photographs celebrating the landscape of The Mearns is to be held at the Grassic Gibbon Centre next month. Among the photographers is Laurencekirk’s Peter Reilly. The exhibition, called Mearns Perspectives, will be formally opened on the evening...
Sep 16, 2017 | AB30, Auchenblae, Laurencekirk
The fascinating story of James Taylor, the great Mearns man from Auchenblae has been told in the newly published book “Tea & Empire – James Taylor in Victorian Ceylon”. Author Professor Angela McCarthy is holding her Mearns Book Launch on Friday...
Jul 20, 2017 | AB30, Laurencekirk
The Mearns and Coastal Healthy Living Network Past Times Group enjoyed a fun and informative afternoon at Ardoch of Gallery farm with farmer Willie Officer and his son Logan. The Past Times group is a social and active group for people with early stage dementia or...
Jul 19, 2017 | AB30, Laurencekirk
Friends of Denlethen have received a commendation at Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards 2017. The underlying principle of the awards is that people from across Scotland work hard to support their local community and the environment and the Awards provide a way to...