District News, May 14 2021
News from around the districts
Tag: skipness
News
District News, March 12 2021
‘The B8001 is in dire condition and is causing increasing concern for residents and delivery services’
Campbeltown
Gardening event is all set to grow and grow
Experts will be on hand throughout the day to answer all gardening queries
Columnists
CalMac’s Lochranza bonanza
A year round Cloanaig to Lochranza service may reinvigorate trade between one of Arran’s iconic villages, Skipness, Tarbert, Kintyre and Islay.
Letters
Letter: Tarbert iCentre concerns
Living in social housing myself I know, all too well, the challenges in persuading housing associations to act on any complaints.
Districts
Whole salmon in Skipness sale success
The sale attracted visitors from near and far with some from Glasgow, Devon, Yorkshire, Colorado Springs and Maine, USA.
Kintyre
Poor visibility likely cause of Skipness coast air crash
The aircraft, a Piper Cherokee, callsign, G-CEOF, plunged into the sea, off Skipness, on May 25 last year.
Kintyre
Kintyre pylon replacement – last chance to comment
Proposed new overhead lines would operate at 275kV as opposed to the current 132kV. The towers, or pylons, would therefore be taller – 46 metres against the existing 26 metre pylons.
Districts
Pianists tinkle the ivories for charity
This year’s concert follows the 2016 successful event in St Brendan’s Church which raised £350 for Marie Curie cancer research and Skipness church funds.