Station Olympic theme for Mearns Gardening Group

Mearns and Coastal Healthy Living Network gardening groups for older people have been having a lot of fun making our local area look beautiful. The Mearns group have been busy gardening with pupils from Laurencekirk primary school, planting up a beautiful display at...

Archery lessons coming to Laurencekirk

The coaches for Links Archers will once again be running a 6 week Archery Beginner course starting on Wednesday 24th August, from 7.00pm to 8.30pm at Mearns Academy Sports Hall. The Course Fee will be £50. For more info contact club coach Alan Wood via the Academy...

Heritage Club visit nature reserve

Members of the Howe O’ The Mearns Heritage Club visited the Scottish Natural Heritage Reserve at St Cyrus on Tuesday, succeeding to conjure up warm and sunny weather in this north east nook which boasts several species of wild flowers and insects more commonly...

P & J Win a Minibus – can you help?

Mearns Community Transport are collecting tokens for the “Win a Minibus” competition in the Press and Journal. Please drop off any vouchers you can at the MAP office, 44 High Street, Laurencekirk (opposite the Post Office). The minibus is a valuable asset...

CFINE Development Work Manager job vacancy

Salary: £25,000 – £28,000 (full time, 36.25 hours/ week) (Fixed term contract until 31 March 2017 but ongoing subject to finance) Want to Make a Difference Socially, Environmentally; Economically? This is a new post within Community Food Initiatives North East...

Old Academy to be demolished

Aberdeenshire council have decided that the former Mearns Academy is to be demolished and the ground sold on the open market. The playing fields, which have been the focus of a campaign to save them for the community, are being retained. You can read the news release...
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