Alex constituency work and important updates
The learning centre at the Moray Institute in Kelty is under threat from closure following an announcement from the Adam Smith College that they wish to pull out. The college say the greatest cost to them is the room hire which they pay Fife Council for. I have met with Fife Council’s executive director for […]
An announcement that the Adam Smith College is to pull out of its college@Kelty has brought anger to the village of Kelty where learners and the local councillor are pledging to fight to retain the facility. Alex Rowley has now written to Adam Smith College Principal Mr Craig Thomson seeking a meeting to discuss the […]
The row over the issue of dog fouling has continued with Lochs councillor Alex Rowley asking the public to report any instances to the council offices or by phoning the contact centre. He told the Times; “Sadly the SNP councillors in this area refused to discuss the concerns around the this issue at the last […]
A new feature was unveiled in Kelty to remember that for decades a railway line run up through the village connecting the main rail line off the Great North Road and Kelty Railway Station to the Blairenbathie colliery in Blairadam Forrest. Whitegates in Kelty got its name from the gates that used to close off […]
Councillors Report My apologies that I am unable to be at the meeting tonight and also apologies from Willie Clarke. We are both looking forward to the miners service at the Library and would like to take this chance to thank everyone involved with the Christmas lights as they make a difference in the […]
A Fife Councillor has called for a ‘war of action’ against dog fouling which he claims is ‘out of control’ and is ‘a blight on our streets’ and needs tackled with some urgency. Alex Rowley has lodged a formal motion to the next meeting of the Cowdenbeath Area Committee calling for the committee to […]
Officials from Fife Council’s Transportation Service have proposed a solution to the difficulties facing primary school pupils wishing to use the service bus in Kelty after recent changes to local bus services meant that pupils could no longer get the bus to school in the morning. The Council is suggesting that pupils from the […]
The condition of roads in a number of Kelty streets are unacceptable according to local councillor, Alex Rowley, who has written to Fife Council transportation bosses asking for action to be taken before the severe winter weather comes. Mr Rowley said: “I know that it takes time to get round all the streets that need […]
The leader of Fife Council Labour group Alex Rowley is calling for a review of housing allocation policy which he claims is ‘creating needless disruption for families’ as a result of its failure to recognise the ‘value and importance of family and community’. Mr Rowley has written to Executive Director of Housing and Communities Mr […]
Kelty and Blairadam Pipe Band is celebrating being back on the pipe band competition circuit for the first time in over a decade after a new band was formed to play in the novice juvenile grade. For Dusty Miller, who played with Kelty when it was a Grade 2 band performing in many countries across […]