July

Cowdenbeath taxi drivers were relived that they still had a rank on High Street as the town's refurbishment work gathered pace.

The wheels were in motion following a public meeting to create a mining heritage centre at Lochore Meadows Country Park.

Stacey Gunn, of Lochgelly's Zodiac Dance School, was one of the guests at the Royal Garden Party held at Holyrood.

Hater of heights, Elaine Fotheringham, went abseiling and raised over £1,000 for Cowdenbeath FC' Club 135.

A year of planning came to a shining success when Lochore Meadows Country Park housed the Pipe Band Competition on the Saturday and then Benarty Gala took place on the Sunday and the two events attracted a total of 11,000 people to the facility in glorious weather.

Glencraig man Arthur Nevay became the 1,000 person to sign the Benarty Boundaries Group's petition to see the village remain within Benarty Community Council's remit.

Brave Lochgelly woman Janet Kerr, who suffers from Parkinson's Disease, strapped on her skates and set off on a 26 mile sponsored roller skate for Parkinsons.

Shell were fined £40,000 for under reporting greenhouse gas emissions between 2013 and 2015 from the Mossmorran NGL plant.

A charity show held at Lochore Institute raised more than £6,000 for the Sepsis suffered Marguerite Henderson and the woman who lost three limbs to the condition described the public's response to her situation as 'totally incredible'.

Cowdenbeath Community Police Team had praise heaped on them by councillors at the Area Committee meeting.

At times Lochgelly Medical Practice has 3,600 patients being cared for by one GP, as Fife's lack of family doctors developed into a crisis.

Tributes were paid to Cowdenbeath man Steven Cunningham who was found dead in Dumfriesshire.

Lochgelly Youth Performing Acts took their version of the Addams Family to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and played to full houses.