A GORSE fire which swept across the Hill of Doune in Macduff last Tuesday was probably started deliberately, the fire service has said.

A SUMMER night on the beach, tents, plenty of the opposite sex, alcohol, and most important of all, no adults to say STOP.

DEVERONSIDE rounded off their season with an impressive 4–1 victory away to Bishopmill United.

A MYSTERY about a lost Macduff soldier from World War I is holding up the publication of a book.

A LOCAL artist has issued a call for photographs and reminiscences of the Tarlair pool for a digital arts exhibit at the forthcoming Coast art festival.

IT was first time lucky for a local photographer who captured the beauty of the Banffshire coast to win a prestigious competition.

AS we enter the month of May, we are afforded the chance to reflect on what can only be described as a momentous year for Scotland.

WHAT do you think about these wrestling bouts that are sometimes seen on television?

I HAVE traced my father-in-law's tree (William Fetch Chalmers) as far back as I can to James Chalmers (b Alvah 1717) who married Christian Cheyne (b 1720) in Alvah on 27th May, 1744.