Killearn Horticultural Society and Friends of Guiding are holding a coffee morning and gardeners’ market
Go along to Killearn Church Hall this Saturday, May 18 to buy your summer bedding and locally grown herbaceous plants.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Central Scotland Police are appealing for information about a car and driver that hit a woman outside Glengoyne Distillery, Dumgoyne, near Killearn.
The incident happened on Sunday, January 6 at around 5.55pm on the A81 Blanesmithy to Blanefield Road.
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A Killearn businessman was awarded an MBE last week for his services to the business community and charity work spanning 20 years.
John Fortune-Fraser (80) was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday honours list and presented with the award by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace last week.
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The police slammed parents for being ‘niave’ after they had to ‘babysit’ over 100 teenagers who met in Killearn for a drunken party.
Children aged 13 to 14 from nearby Stirlingshire villages met up in the posh village on Saturday, October 13 after telling parents they were going for a sleepovers with pals.
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The next meeting of Killearn Community Council will be held on Wednesday, October 24 at 8pm in Killearn Primary School.
The first item on the agenda will be a presentation by Murray Cook, Stirling Council’s archaeologist, on his recent work in the area.
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KILLEARN’S first ever beer festival at The Old Mill at the beginning of June has been hailed as a phenomenal success this week by the organisers.
Despite the rainy weather everyone enjoyed the fortnight of fun, frolics and community camaraderie thanks to a fantastic line-up of events for the village Hoolie.
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Killearn Primary School is going to celebrate the 50th anniversary of moving to its present site in the village and 10 years of the new building with a special concert in June.
There has been a school in Killearn since 1875 – the ‘Old Nursery School’ just off Main Street.
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