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Police find body of local land owner

A TOP banker who owned an estate near Coupar Angus has been found dead. Read

Residents to split a £30,000 lotto jackpot

RESIDENTS in east Perthshire were celebrating after sharing a £30,000 jackpot courtesy of the People’s Postcode Lottery. Read

Pupils entertain at Rattray prize-giving

RATTRAY Primary School held their presentation of awards and prizes in the school on Friday afternoon. Read

Village set for annual festival

KIRKMICHAEL will become the focus of rural Eastern Perthshire this weekend as hordes gather for the village’s annual summer festival. Read

Pupils learn art of noise

ENVIRONMENT Service officers visited schools in Perth and Kinross as part of Noise Action Week 2009. Read

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Cannabis factory ‘gardener’ jailed

A FOUR-BEDROOM flat in a quiet street was turned into a cannabis factory, Perth Sheriff Court was told. Read

Arsonist teenager is jailed

LESS than two months after being given community service on a fire-raising charge, a teenager torched a timber sunhouse at the rear of a Perthshire holiday home, writes Les Stewart. Read

Cash trail leads cops to thief

A BLAIRGOWRIE man who stole almost £300 from a local church to help fund his drug habit was jailed for four months at Perth Sheriff Court this week. Read

Hair-raisers cycle for Maggie’s Centre

A GANG of generous hairdressers from Blairgowrie are getting on their bikes to raise crucial funds for the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre in Dundee, writes Johnathon Menzies. Read

Green town gets an energy library

A INNOVATIVE energy-saving library has been created in Alyth to encourage residents of East Perthshire to reduce their carbon footprint. Read

All change at Blair HS

SEVERAL members of staff at Blairgowrie High leave this Wednesday (July 1) as they move on to another phase of their lives. Read

Blairgowrie bike victim

THE man killed in a car-motorbike smash on the A93 Perth-Blairgowrie road on Friday has been named by police as 27-year-old David James Guthrie, of Cedar Drive, Blairgowrie. Read

Obituary: Eddie Wilson

TRIBUTES were paid to former Kirkmichael Primary School head teacher Eddie Wilson, who died last Monday (June 22). Read

Welcome inn for £500,000

AN east Perthshire inn is on the market with a price tag of around £500,000. Read

Veterans in top gear

RURAL Perthshire is the venue this weekend for a rally by the Scottish Section of the Veteran Cycle Club. Read

Tories investigate Shire’s honey pot

PERTHSHIRE Conservatives became beekeepers for a day when they visited the Heather Hills Honey Farm near Bridge of Cally, one of the largest honey-producing farms in Scotland. Read

Parents night for Black Watch lads

THE Black Watch Battalion ACF youth and community outreach project held their parents and awards evening at the Union Street Drill Hall, Blairgowrie. Read

Drink led to headbutt

DURING a drink-fuelled argument with his partner, a Perthshire man headbutted her on the face, causing her nose to bleed, Perth Sheriff Court was told. Read

Young Citizen picks up prestigious prize

BLAIRGOWRIE Army Cadet Corporal Connor Boag (16) has been awarded the 212 Squadron Perth and Kinross Council Young Citizen Award for 2008-09. Read

Quiz league raises cash for Christmas

BLAIRGOWRIE Quiz League triumphed in the trivia challenge with Alyth Quiz League, with the Victoria Hotel coming out as the top team in the competition. Read

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