Mearns Camera Club Exhibition Starts 1st August till the 31st. Every year, in August, Stonehaven’s Library is the venue for a local photography exhibition. The pictures won’t necessarily be local but they will have been submitted by people from the local area. It will be upstairs (lift available) and well worth a visit. The Mearns […]
STREETLIGHTING was being installed today to enable the opening of the temporary bridge and footpath this evening. Then on Friday, the boardwalk will be closed from Salmon Lane to the harbour entrance, while contractors McLaughlin and Harvey remove the original beach bridge. There will be signs in place advising of the diversion. Aberdeenshire Council would […]
No clear support for raised sea walls along promenade by Jane Cruickshank – FOLLOWING the recent public consultation on options for the town’s coastal flooding protection, the Stonehaven Flood Action Group, SFAG, are taking a stance against the current short list of proposals to raise our sea walls by approximately one metre. Instead, they are […]
TWO Stonehaven households have been given the ok to return to their homes after they were evacuated following a nearby road slippage. Earlier today, the A957 between Invercarron Cottage until A92 in Stonehaven was closed due to subsidence. The occupants of two neighbouring properties were advised to relocate as a precaution whilst the extent of […]
STONEHAVEN Police are making an appeal for information after vandalism at the old coastal radio station. They say youths have entered and vandalised the interior with graffiti using spray paint. Anyone with information is asked to contact 101. All information will be treated in confidence.
A section of Stonehaven’s beach boardwalk will be closed for one day today for work on the town’s Flood Protection Scheme. The council’s contractor (McLaughlin and Harvey) will be carrying out works to disconnect the existing sewer and connect to a temporary sewer. It will be closed from Salmon Lane to the Harbour and signs […]
by Jane Cruickshank of Bellman News – THE first pint of Festival Ale has been poured and local musicians are in action at this year’s festival bar run by the Stonehaven Lions. A special Festival Ale by local brewer Six Degrees North is just one of the attractions at this year’s fund-raising event. As always, […]
From Andrew Newton of the Tolbooth Association – Following on from the recent announcement that the Stonehaven Tolbooth Association, which runs the Tolbooth museum, was to receive the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, last week saw an impressive gathering of volunteers at the museum. The occasion was the formal presentation of the award and associated […]
From the Bear Scotland website – £400,000 CARRIAGEWAY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THREE LOCATIONS ON A90 NEAR STONEHAVEN A90 Stonehaven northbound slip roads, A90 Glasslaw on-slip & A90 Glasslaw southbound Works start Wednesday 10 July Three sections of the A90 near Stonehaven are set to benefit from £400,000 worth of carriageway and slip road improvements with works […]
THE boardwalk will reopen this afternoon following successful completion of the works under the bridge. There will be a temporary closure on Wednesday from 8am until 4pm for the connection of the pipe. The date of the opening of the temporary bridge will be decided next week following completion of all enabling works. In addition, […]