Author: Kathie Griffiths
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Cheers for the inspiration
A dram of nostalgia on Islay for the founders of the world’s most northerly distillery above the Arctic Circle
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St Conan’s Kirk open day
The historic building has just announced National Lottery Heritage Funding and will be giving site tours of planned developments at its open day on Saturday November 4 from 10am to 4pm
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Many happy returns Mary
Reading her weekly copy of the Oban Times all these years, has kept 102-year-old Mary Greaves in touch with the hometown she left during World War Two to work in a Yorkshire factory
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Team gets out of this world kit
Oban Galaxy 2012 sports club has about 20 young people who train weekly and play league games on a Sunday – nowthey have a new kit too thanks to sponsors Jewson and pipe maker Polypipe.
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Bridge over less troubled waters
Argyll and Bute Council hoped to lift any remaining weight restrictions on Kilmelford’s new bridge today (November 2) at 4pm
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Significant blow to Dalmally’s anti-pylon campaigners
No More Pylons (Dalmally) campaigners are disappointed that Ofgem’s approval decision has been made in advance of the outcome of a recent local public inquiry into SSEN’s proposed new 275Kv OHL between Creag Dhubh and Dalmally
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Floodhit businesses call for rents and rates amnesty
Businesses worst affected by October’s severe weather want answers and action as part of a campaign to recover and save themselves before the next disaster hits
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Spreading the word about Gaelic on Mull
Mull & Iona Gaelic Partnership is spreading word of its informal pop-up evenings to encourage more use of the language.
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New date for Kilmelford gig
Melfort Music promoter Matthew Anderson has now re-scheduled the Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton, with Owen Sinclair gig for December 1 after road closures meant the October 20 concert had to be cancelled
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Issy touches more lives
Luing’s Issy McGrath is chairperson of Deafblind Scotland and thanks to funding from the National Lottery and Argyll and Bute Council she is taking her awareness workshops into communities far and wide