Scottish car firm founder Sir Arnold Clark dies

Sir Arnold Clark, the founder of Britain’s biggest independent group of car dealerships, has died at the age of 89.

The billionaire was born in Glasgow, where he set up his first showroom in 1954 after leaving the RAF.

Read it on the BBC News website.

More of Killearn now has fibre broadband!

Great news even more parts of Killearn now have fibre broadband. Find out if you can get it, by checking your phone number at dslchecker.bt.com.

Cabinet 1 has just gone live!

Best places to live in Scotland revealed in new guide

A new guide has named 12 locations in Scotland in its list of the best places to live in Britain.

Killearn was named in The Sunday Times Best Place to Live list.

Read it on the stv news website.

Future of Killearn Hotel is in question

Almost 100 people have joined a facebook group called “Save the Black Bull” in a bid to save the Killearn Hotel building (formerly The Black Bull Hotel).

Plans have been lodged by a developer with Stirling Council to build residential apartments on the site.

Read it on the Milngavie Herald website.

FUTURE OF THE KILLEARN HOTEL PUBLIC MEETING

FUTURE OF THE KILLEARN HOTEL PUBLIC MEETING
THURSDAY 9th MARCH 7.30pm

If you are interested at all in the future of the Killearn Hotel building, please come along to a public meeting tomorrow evening at 7.30pm in the Village Hall Garden Room. The meeting has been arranged at short notice following almost one hundred members of the community joining a Facebook Group “Save the Black Bull” which was created less than a week ago.

A full planning application to develop residential apartments on the site has been lodged with Stirling Council by a developer. Tomorrow’s meeting may be the last chance for members of the community to have a say in the future of the building. Whatever your views, they are most welcome.

Save the Black Bull on facebook!

Please can everyone from Killearn and worldwide please join “Save The Black Bull” group on facebook!!

Killearn Annual Fireworks Extravaganza 2016

Killearn annual fireworks event:
Please note that it is on Friday 4th November this year.
Gates open at 7.00pm
Display starts at 7.30pm

Also there will be no procession this year from the CO-OP to the Village Hall!

Killearn Annual Fireworks Extravaganza 2016

Killearn Fireworks Extravaganza, help wanted!

As the organisers are expecting higher than normal numbers of spectators to come along to thus evening’s Killearn Fireworks Extravaganza we’re putting out a call for an extra 8 volunteers to shake a bucket to collect entrance donations on the gates. If you’re able to help this evening, please come along to a meeting in the Church hall at 6.00pm (4th November 2016) to collect your buckets and a steward’s hi-viz vests. Thanks.

If you can help, please message us via www.facebook.com/Killearncommunityfutures/