Councillors will today (Thursday) be asked to approve more than £330,000 for North-east community transport initiatives.

Help for Heroes has announced that there will be another Colossal Cake Sale in 2012. This year’s event will take place between Monday, March 26 and Saturday, April 7.

The Play Service at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital (RACH) has benefited from a range of new toys and games, after members of the Kintore Boys Brigade Company set themselves a serious cycling challenge.

The new community training kitchen, which officially opened its doors at the Wyness hall last week, has been hailed a huge success.

Following the closure of Kintore’s ‘Hub’, Langstane Housing Association’s Initiatives Manager, Matthew Reid has supported early re-opening of the resource in Kintore as a community facility for use by groups or individuals for a range of community events. He emphasised that this would be dependant on it being self-financing.

A NEW community training kitchen facility has been officially opened in Inverurie.

The Inverurie Academy S3 YPI final held last week, attracted a good turnout of parents, pupils, friends and representatives of the various chosen charities.

This month’s lecture was given by Nicholas Morrice whose talk was on bookbinding and the preservation of books, documents and maps.

President George Cadenhead welcomed members at the latest meeting of the Garioch Probus Club before asking Bob Sczerbo to introduce his guest speaker, Erica Wilkinson who gave a presentation entitled ‘The Beekeeper’s Year’.

A KINTORE woman could not believe her luck after winning a new car for the second time in a charity raffle.

A PROPOSED wind turbine at Premnay that was subject to a site visit by members of the Garioch Area Committee, had planning permission refused on Tuesday (January 31).

AN application for planning permission in principle to demolish existing workshop and offices at Forties Business Centre, School Road, Kintore and replaced with a mixed use development comprising retail units and short stay serviced apartments for tourism or business purposes was refused at the meeting of the Garioch Area Committee on Tuesday (January 31).

AN application for a commercial developments at Inverurie was deferred by members of the Garioch Area Committee on Tuesday this week to allow further negotiation over the size and location of the main building with the applicant.

AN application for two wind turbines at East Leylodge, Kintore by Muirden Energy, Turriff was deferred by members of the Garioch Area Committee on Tuesday, (January 31) to allow members to visit the site.

PLANNING permission for the erection of a new Visitor Centre at the Harlaw Centre, Pitcaple was approved by members of the Garioch Area Committee at their recent meeting on Tuesday, (January 31).

PRESIDENT George Cadenhead welcomed members to the latest meeting of Garioch Probus Club. Ranald Allan was admitted to club membership and was then introduced by member Eric Rae as guest speaker.

THE HALLKEEPER in Kemnay for nearly twenty years has called it a day.

Plans to provide a Christmas lights display in Inverurie this year are moving forward.

A KINTORE man has returned home after successfully completing a gruelling climb in the Andes.

Inverurie Academy S3 pupils have been working on a Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) as part of their Curriculum for Excellence.