Poor marketing has been blamed for Killearn’s public park being the only one in the Stirling Council to be nominated for national recognition as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Eleven local parks were put forward by the council for the Queen Elizabeth Fields Challenge, which seeks to retain and protect 2012 playing fields and parks across the UK, including 214 in Scotland.
Read it on the Stirling Observer website.
Keen cyclists are being urged to sign up for a wheely special charity cycle run this June to raise cash for Glasgow University Cancer Trust.
Participants will set off from Drymen on Saturday, June 23 continue to Balmaha and then they will travel by ferry to Luss.
The event is sponsored by The Oak Tree Inn, Balmaha, Killearn Garage, Pottery Tearoom, Drymen and Strathendrick Cycle Group.
Read it on the Milngavie Herald website.
Stirling Council has approved plans to improve access to and the quality of the area’s internet connections.
The council’s finance and economy committee backed moves to enhance local access to fibre-optic broadband.
Read it on the BBC News website.
Let’s just hope this only the start and it gets rolled out to all the towns and villages in the Stirling Council area.
A bus came off the road near Killearn in Stirlingshire in snowy conditions. No one was injured in the accident.
A bus came off the road near Killearn in Stirlingshire but nobody was injured. Credit: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
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Accidents were reported around the country and a school bus came off the road between Killearn and Balfron in Stirlingshire but nobody was injured in the incident.
The Met Office has put out a renewed warning of snow for eastern and south west Scotland which lasts until Saturday.
Read it on the BBC News website.
Developers are embarking on a new bid to transform the former Killearn Hospital site.
The site has been considered an eyesore by many for decades, with several ideas for redeveloping the site failing to come to fruition.
Read it on the Stirling Observer website.
STRATHENDRICK Pals meet for their first day out of the year when they undertake a shopping and theatre visit to Callander.
The show on Saturday, March 23 is the musical Anything Goes at Callander Park School.
Read it on the Milngavie Herald website.
AN EXCITING project to transform a dilapidated old town hall in a rural village into a state-of-the-art facility is well underway.
The former Stirling council building in Balfron Road, Killearn, is undergoing a miraculous transformation which is due to be completed by May this year.
Read it on the Milngavie Herald website.
CANCER sufferers from Killearn and Balfron are going to benefit from a new free transport service to hospital appointments for radiotherapy treatment.
The ‘Rotarun’ scheme was introduced by the Rotary Club of Strathendrick after they discovered that many patients who need radiotherapy treatments at the Beatson Hospital or elsewhere have experienced difficulty with transport.
Read it on the Milngavie Herald website.
Some trails on Scotland’s famous West Highland Way will be improved with £750,000 in government funding.
The cash injection will be spent improving parts of the 96-mile-long route from Milngavie to Fort William.
Read it on the BBC News website.