Author: Kathie Griffiths
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Oban hosts shellfish growers’ celebration
Where Do We Go From Here? was the theme for the annual conference of the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers (ASSG) this year at Obam’s Corran Halls.
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St Columba travels to Islay
Touring St Columba will be at Islay Gaelic Centre from tomorrow, October 27 until next Spring.
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Danger of biblical midges!
Join author Caro Ramsey at Oban Library on November 16 from 7pm to 8.30 pm, for Lifechanging Adventure and the Danger of Biblical Midges.
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Emergency fund activated
Although there will be emergency funding help from the UK Government’s Bellwin Scheme, Argyll and Bute will still have to fork out the first £529,000 for repairs and rebuilds after severe rainfall took its toll on the region’s roads network and services.
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Lost and found: Misha is back
Misha, who was well known for keeping Obanites and visitors entertained up at McCaig’s Tower, vanished 20 months ago leaving his owners Fiona and Tam Ferris fearing the worst – until they got a surprise phone call saying he was alive and well 200 miles away.
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Divers join Oban RNLI fundraisers
Oban lifeboat’s fundraising team gets a boost from nine new members from SAMS diving club
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Enterprising plan for Kilmelford and Kilninver
A steering group looking at setting up a community enterprise company for the Loch Melfort area is running its first fundraising event – a tabletop sale in the Kilmelford Village Hall on Sunday October 29.
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New group offers child loss support
The Forget-Me-Not group will meet at 7pm on the last Monday of each month at the Rockfield Centre.
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Praise be! Art show helps save church
More than 100 people supported an art show at Torosay Church on Mull and organisers hope it will inspire others to now get involved in preserving the place of worship for the future
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Homecoming for orphaned otter
Almost exactly to one year after Dobhran was found near a greenhouse in the north of Mull, he has been returned from a sanctuary on Skye and released back into the wild.