TOMORROW evening’s meeting of Stonehaven and District Community Council will be the first ’round the table’ gathering since the pandemic. But to assist those who would rather dial in via their phones or laptops, the meeting, which will take place at the former courthouse, will also be hosted on Teams – the link is below. […]
FOR those of you who may be interested in the readership of The Bellman, here’s a screenshot of our statistics for September. Our readership has always been content-driven ie, if there’s a story that get’s folks excited/interested/furious, then the numbers soar. So which story piqued Stonehaven’s interest on September 20? It was the story written […]
From Live Life Aberdeenshire – As a Participatory Budgeting project progresses to decide how £1.8million will be spent developing local sports and leisure infrastructure in Stonehaven, locals have a few weeks left to submit their ideas and views on the proposals so far. Since the announcement earlier this year that the community will have a […]
AT their awards ceremony this afternoon, Beautiful Scotland awarded Stonehaven a Silver Gilt certificate for our entry in the Coastal Town category. And a special discretionary award was made to the recently renovated Burns Memorial Garden – which will now need a plaque celebrating it as the Beautiful Scotland winner 2021 of the Haddington 700 […]
THAT is the question determining the future of Stonehaven’s schools our councillors will be asked to consider when the Kincardine and Mearns Area Committee meets tomorrow – and they have two options: both schools could relocate or only Dunnottar Primary. When Aberdeenshire Council announced its new budget in March this year, it made a commitment […]
WHEN the Tour of Britain peloton takes to the road in Stonehaven tomorrow, the riders will pass the birthplace of a man who made their sport possible. Robert William Thomson was born at 8 Market Square on June 29, 1822. On December 10, 1845 he applied to patent the pneumatic tyre – Patent No 10990 […]
PLANS have been submitted to the local authority for the transformation of the former Keystore in Stonehaven to a fitness studio. Impact Fitness are seeking change of use permission from Class 1 (Shop) to Class 11 (Assembly and Leisure – Gymnasium) at 46 – 48 Allardice Street. The premises have been vacant since the closure […]
The final stage of the Tour of Britain is coming to Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City on Sunday. Some of the worlds best riders will take on the climbs and sprints when the race leaves Stonehaven at 10.30am for a much-anticipated ascent of the famed Cairn o’Mount climb in the opening kilometres. You can see the […]
STONEHAVEN film maker, Nat Rowbotham, has an atmospheric film featuring in this year’s Doric Film Festival. The result of a collaboration with local writer Alistair Lawrie, Homecoming was based on a poem written a few years ago in response to one of Alex Salmond’s Homecoming celebrations. The poem is edgy and darkly satirical – speculating […]
The complete Arts Centre performance of plays/monologues by Mearns Writers performed at Aberdeen’s Arts Centre on Saturday night is now available on line.