TONIGHT a Buckie community group’s bold bid for cash to create an arts hub will be screened on prime time TV. STV News at Six is to feature Buckie Community Theatre Group’s Art Hub project and their aim to secure £48,468 in lottery funding to help refurbish the upstairs of their premises off Low Street. … Read more
THERE was relief all round in Cullen at the weekend when the toilets at the links opened their doors again. The facility near the golf club was closed last June, along with the one in the village’s Millennium Square, by Moray Council in a bid to balance the books. However, last Saturday, thanks to efforts … Read more
MEMBERS of FitLife can now enjoy free access to leisure facilities in four other local authorities. Moray Council announced there will be access to gyms, public swimming pools and fitness classes across the Highlands, Argyll and Bute, Orkney and the Western Isles at no extra cost. It will also offer access to other public sessions … Read more
CRAIG Dorrat has been put on Buckie Thistle’s transfer list as part of manager Graeme Stewart’s squad-trimming exercise. With several of Jags’ injured stars now returning to fitness, assistant boss Lewis Mackinnon said the player pool at Victoria Park has become too large to manage and there will be several departures before next season. The … Read more
NOT one but three local schools have been hailed for their contribution to the wider community at a prestigious awards ceremony. The Moray Young Citizen Awards saw Portknockie Primary pick up a Highly Commended, while Findochty Primary and Buckie Community High School’s Year of Young People (YOYP) group both went back home clutching Commended awards. … Read more
THE deadline for submitting ideas for exciting projects in Buckie is drawing nearer. Artists have until Friday to submit their designs for a gateway feature to Buckie. So far more than two dozen artists have expressed an interest in creating the feature, which is to capture and showcase the heritage of the town. A full … Read more
WORK has begun in Portknockie to repair damage caused by major landslips. Contractor Morrison Construction had already set up a base of operations at the harbour the week before, but last Wednesday saw a digger and other vehicles start work on the back road to the harbour leading up to Patrol Road. Also included on … Read more
TOP Scottish author, translator and Scots language champion Matthew Fitt made a marvellous return visit to Moray secondary schools as part of their World Book Day celebrations. During his two-day tour of Moray earlier this month Mr Fitt visited five secondary schools (Buckie Community High School, Keith Grammar, Milne’s High, Elgin Academy and Forres Academy) … Read more
FITNESS was to tell against Buckie Thistle on Saturday as they went 2-0 at Wick on Saturday. Marc Macgregor’s well- taken double – a shot from the edge of the box three minutes before the break, then a lob over Lee Herbert just after the hour mark – secured all three points for the home … Read more
THERE were two bumper reasons for a Buckie-based Moray charity to celebrate when they scooped grants totalling almost £150,000. Moray Reach Out (MRO), who unveiled their new HQ in the town’s East Church Street last November, have not only been awarded £123,253 from the National Lottery Community Fund, they have also been handed £23,000 from … Read more