MSP for the Cowdenbeath constituency Alex Rowley is this week calling for action to be taken to address the ‘constant speeding problem’ on Main Street Lumphinnans. Mr Rowley has written to the Head of Transportation at Fife Council and the Regional Commander at Police Scotland raising with them a recent […]
Category: Mid Scotland & Fife
Alex constituency work and important updates
Skills and training must be priority
Fife Council leader Alex Rowley has used a visit to the Benarty Regeneration Action Group (BRAG)in Crosshill to highlight the need for more action on employability initiatives to support people into work. He was joined on the visit by Willie Clarke Chairman of the Cowdenbeath Area […]
Kelty Rock Club
Kelty Rock Club which previously run for 25 years and gave artists such as Hazel O’Conner, KT Tunstel and Snow Petrol gigs as they were starting out is back and running in Kelty Clubs front lounge and is proving to be once again a popular […]
A Garden for Heroes
This week saw the opening of the ‘Garden for Heroes’ in the shadows of Dunfermline Abbey and brought to an end a campaign by Kelty woman Linda Buchannan to have a place of reflection where people can go and remember their heroes. Linda lost her son […]
Investment for Lochore Meadows
Lochore Meadows is to receive an annual increase in its running budget of £120,000 as part of the proposals contained within the Fife Council Labour Administration draft budget published last week. The proposal states; “Lochore Meadows Country Park is due to transfer from the Council […]
Gearing up for Christmas in Kelty
Local councillors have agreed to provide £4,960 for the Kelty Winter Festival which is a range of events including a Christmas feyer, Santa’s grotto, torchlight procession and other events involving the community centre, nursery, schools and local groups in the lead up to Christmas […]
Death of Helen Eadie MSP
Fife Council Leader Alex Rowley has paid Tribute to Helen Eadie MSP for Cowdenbeath who died today. He said; “Helen Eadie will be mourned in every community of Fife grateful for her 30 years of faithful and dedicated service first as a community worker then as […]
Tenants ‘Welcomed back” to Sheltered Housing in Graham Court
The tenants of Graham Court Sheltered Housing in Lochore are celebrating the reopening of the complex following extensive refurbishments. Over the last year, Fife Council has made a significant investment to convert outdated bedsits into 20 units of modern flatted accommodation, along with replacing the roof and updating the fire […]
Making progress with opencast restoration
ST NINIAN’S opencast mine near Kelty has a new start, with news that coaling and restoration operations will resume. Hargreaves Services PLC has reached an agreement with Fife Council and the other regulatory bodies to win the remaining coal and fully restore the site which […]
Celebrating Halloween in Kelty
I had a great evening attending Sense Scotland Fife Halloween Party the Moray Institute in Kelty. All the staff, service users and many kids dressed for the occasion and the Kelty group won the pumpkin competition which I judged but did not know the local connection! […]
