THE head teacher at a Perthshire nursery school was left terrified after she overheard the grandfather of one of the youngsters threaten to return with a shotgun – and “harm” people in the building.Read
A CRAFTS project in Blairgowrie is to host a jumble sale fund-raiser this Saturday (October 24) to raise funds for its work supporting adults with mental ill health.Read
MANY of the competitors at the Blairgowrie Ploughing Association annual ploughing match at Muirton of Ardblair on Sunday had also taken part at the Alyth event the previous day.Read
“CELEBRATE Blairgowrie” is the cry from Strathmore and the Glens as they hold their Community Market in the Wellmeadow this Saturday (October 24) with the return of a number of regular stallholders.Read
BLAIRGOWRIE and Rattray Regeneration Company are in the process of setting up an office, One Voice, in Upper Mill Street, next door to the Toy Box, and hope it will be open in about four weeks.Read
Jill Davies, originally from Blairgowrie, has taken up the post and returned to the local area after some years working in Wales on a similar town regeneration project.Read
A PARTY of S5 pupils at Blairgowrie High School packed their suitcases for a cultural and language trip to Barcelona, offered for the second time to seniors studying either Spanish or art and design.Read
EXTRA investment of £1m. announced in Perth and Kinross Council's February budget is helping businesses in Blairgowrie and East Perthshire through the economic downturn, and protecting local jobs, figures have shown.Read
AFTER a break of a year horses returned to Alyth and District Ploughing Society's annual match on Saturday at Jordanstone, Alyth, by kind permission of the Marshall family.Read
TWO War Memorial plaques situated at Cray Kirk, which is no longer used as a church, were re-dedicated on Sunday (October 11) at Glenshee Church by the Rev. Dr Malcolm MacRae.Read
PEOPLE wishing to submit objections to planning applications should submit their comments as early as possible, the Council’s Development Control convener has urged.Read
THE Scottish Government is washing its hands of any responsibility to sort out the problem of annual flooding in east Perthshire, claims Mid-Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser.Read