TESCO'S long-awaited Banff superstore project has been given the final nod by Aberdeenshire Council, more than 12 years after the plan to build on the derelict former Crown Motors site in Bridge Road was first mooted.
Published: Tue 21 May 2013
FIRE crews in Aberchirder and Portsoy have been bolstered by a successful recruitment campaign - backed by 'The Banffshire Journal' - which has ensured that the communities are safer places to live.
Published: Tue 21 May 2013
CULLEN'S Seafield Arms Hotel, which closed its doors and ceased trading almost two years ago, has been put back on the market.
Published: Mon 20 May 2013
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond visited Turriff Academy last week to unveil a Scottish Government initiative on educational trips to World War One battlefields, ahead of next year's centenary.
Published: Mon 20 May 2013
TWO Macduff musicians are one step closer to realising their dream of playing at one of the summer's biggest music festivals. Liam Watt and Gavin Allan are members of the heavy metal band, Semperfi, which has entered a contest offering unsigned British acts the chance to perform at the Download Festival at Donnington Park.
Published: Tue 14 May 2013
BANFF has been propelled into the forefront of the war against drugs on the streets of the North-east by the new national Police Scotland force. The crackdown on the drug menace in Banff stepped up a gear when four local addresses were raided by a team of officers from the Aberdeenshire and Moray division, armed with warrants.
Published: Tue 14 May 2013
A FINAL decision on plans to extend a Whitehills hotel is now in the hands of Historic Scotland after councillors approved the application. Billy Gatt, of the Seafield Arms, wants to demolish a vestibule and create a dining room extension at the Chapel Street hotel.
Published: Tue 14 May 2013
PROPOSALS to build new depots in Macduff and Turriff for roads and home repair services were met with concern from councillors last week. Members of the Banff and Buchan area committee were asked to comment on Aberdeenshire Council's depot strategy at a meeting last week, and had reservations over some of its aspects.
Published: Wed 08 May 2013
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after windows were vandalised at Whitehills Parish Church. As a result of the incident, which happened on Saturday, May 4, a low four figure sum of damage was caused to four frosted glass windows, which were smashed.
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