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  • Down Memory Lane

    THIS week's Down Memory Lane photos have come from Sandy Wyse, from Ayrshire. Sandy, who left Benarty in the early 80s, inherited these photos from his late aunt and are from a period when Glencraig was a bustling village. The top picture is

  • Gilruth selected for Kinglassie seat

    SNP members have re-selected Mid Fife & Glenrothes MSP, Jenny Gilruth, as their candidate in next year’s Scottish Parliament elections. The local politician was first elected in 2016 in the Kinglassie seat, having worked previously as a teacher

  • £21,000 sent to help in Beirut

    COWDENBEATH has played its part in the North of Scotland Rotary District 1010's £21,000 donation to the Beirut Explosion Disaster Fund. The Cowdenbeath Rotary Club made a donation of £250 to the District fund, which has been set up by the 80 clubs

  • SEPA move no more than communities deserve

    THE decision by SEPA to put a May 7 deadline on the fitting of the new flare tip at the Fife Ethylene Plant, which will reduce noise levels during flaring, is no more than local communities deserve. That is the view of Cowdenbeath MSP Annabelle

  • Image of the Week

    THIS week's Image of the Week comes from Crosshill man Eddie McMaihin, who said: "This is the Bow Fiddle Rock, Portknockie, in the Moray Firth." If you have a photograph you have taken that you would like to see in our Image of the Week feature send

  • Virus has made it a frustrating year for Colin on two fronts

    COWDENBEATH'S Colin Sneddon couldn't have picked a tougher year to start his new funeral director's business in the town. It was in the early weeks of 2020 that Colin opened his Station Road funeral parlour and within six weeks the coronavirus crisis

  • New way ahead for petro site to be debated on Tuesday

    GREEN MSP Mark Ruskell will lead a debate in the Scottish Parliament next week on a 'Just Transition' for the Mossmorran gas plants. The motion, due to be debated in Holyrood on Tuesday evening calls for the creation of a Just Transition board at

  • Deadly disease captured Nicola at only 33

    THE dangers of bowel cancer can never be more underlined by the story of a young mum who died at only 33. It was on May 7 2019, that Nicola Anderson lost her fight against the disease leaving behind her two little girls, Maia (10) and Louise (7)

  • Hearts and Primrose have their eyes on making a major impact

    CHALLENGING for a second successive title and continuing Premier Division progression are the Kelty Hearts and Crossgates Primrose season's goals – if things go to plan on and off the pitch. With last term having been cut short due to the Covid-

  • Delight that eyesore was removed

    DEAR Sir, following my letter last month on the terrible Kelty car park eyesore mess that had been allowed to exist over time, I am pleased to report that overnight the whole sordid mess vanished. I am sure all Kelty residents, shoppers, businessmen

  • Much changed Blues get win at Broughty

    Broughty Athletic 1, Cowdenbeath 2. COWDENBEATH broke new ground once again when they visited Whitton Park in Dundee on Saturday and it was another good friendly workout. Opponents Broughty Athletic were in second place in last season’s East