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The community was thrilled to see inside the newly transformed village hall in Killearn when it opened last weekend.
Ownership of the dilapidated old town hall was transferred from Stirling Council to Killearn Community Futures Company (KCFC) at the end of 2012 and building work started in May the same year after they secured a £1.5 million grant plus £500,000 in donations and other grants.
Read it on the Milngavie Herald website.
After years in the planning the wraps come off the new state of the art Killearn Village Hall this weekend.
A development group was formed way back in 2008 to look at the possibilities of a revamp with considerable resaerch undertaken over a two year period including visits to other halls and youth clubs across Scotland and meetings and presentations within the village itself.
Read it on the Stirling Observer website.
IT’S a fair swap. The Killers will bring the sunshine and we’ll give them our whisky.
OK, so the last week has been lovely and hot anyway but just to be sure, drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr has vowed to pocket the Las Vegas sunshine, “divide it into my hand luggage and bring it to Scotland. That’s a fair trade”.
All he wants in return is whisky.
And he’s not even asking for a freebie. Instead he’s planning to go to the Glengoyne Distillery, near Killearn, Stirlingshire, on Monday.
Read it on the Daily Record website.
Killearn Primary School has Scotland’s highest ranked Lacrosse team in twenty years.
The seven strong primary school team were runners up in the Plate Play Off at the British National Pop Lacrosse Championships held in Hatfield, London on Sunday, June 16.
Read it on the Milngavie Herald website.
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.
Read it on the Milngavie Herald website.
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.
Summer football is back with us – at least in the shape of the Forth and Endrick League which will start this weekend.
Eleven teams will take part this season. Thornhill have retained their membership of the association but unfortunately have not yet been able to find the personnel to let them resume in the competitions.
Read it on the Stirling Observer 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.
Read it on the ITV News website.
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