Inveraray opens its doors

Ward is shut as virulent vomiting bug hits hospital

A HIGHLY contagious bug, causing diarrhoea and vomiting forced the

A feast of festival fun

Donald Melville tucks into a delicious plate of stovies from

Inveraray folk asked to back new centre project

A FRESH appeal for support has been issued as potential

MSP in music campaign

ARGYLL and Bute MSP Michael Russell has challenged the council

19 are held in drugs purge

A TWO-WEEK long drugs operation in Argyll and West Dunbartonshire

Survival cash for talking newspapers

WITH the proclamation: ‘Let the strawberry tea begin,’ Audrey MacDougall

Dangerous A83 bend set for major improvement works

SIX MONTHS of work is set to start to improve

If you go down to the woods ... clean your feet

FORESTRY Commission Scotland is urging all forest workers and visitors

Argyll apprentices await award results

TWO OF Argyll and Bute Council’s apprentices are in the

A highlight of the Scottish piping calendar

A FOUNDER of the Kintyre Piping Society (KPS), in 1951,

Positive about Argyll as young film-makers explore opportunities

THERE are plenty of opportunities in the arts around Argyll

Credit to the council as welfare group scoops award

A COUNCIL group has been recognised for top performance in

Silverware presented for prize Inveraray memorials

THE PEOPLE behind Inveraray’s two award-winning war memorials have received

Jamie set to represent Scotland in Canada

AN 18-year-old from Argyll and Bute has been chosen to

WEST COAST MEMORIES

IN THIS edition we continue a remarkable series of vintage

All systems go for Tarbert orchard

TARBERT Castle was a hive of activity with a work

Want to quill, bake and have a good old blether?

A VERY warm welcome awaits any lady who would like

Fraser jumps to it for Autism Argyll

‘I hope that I have helped in some way to raise awareness for autism in our local community’

Cancer charity coffee morning

ARDFENAIG Care Home in Ardrishaig is set to host a

MacNab pips McCaffery to Tarbert title

FOURTEEN members and guests gathered for the Lamont-Mac-Kenzie fifth major

Excitement all the way for round Shuna pursuit race

LIGHT conditions did not provide the most auspicious start for

Tarbert start for reconditioned ultra marathon

NEXT YEAR’S Kintyre Way Ultra Marathon will see cyclists rocket

Scottish AFL results and fixtures

LAST Saturday’s results: Premier Division – Inverclyde v Oban Saints,

Sun sets on another fantastic Best of the West

SMILING faces said it all at Best of the West

The best weekend

FEW of the 5,000 or so people who thronged the

Nasty little bug

READING descriptions of the symptoms of the norovirus, this is

opinion

With reference to last week’s Clock Lodge story in The

What is CARS?

A CONSERVATION Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) is a jointly-funded grant

Scottish canals

SCOTTISH Canals will re-open its Refuelling the Crinan Canal exhibition,

Views sought on future of hall

NICOL HALL will be part of Doors Open Days on

Inveraray gets new lease of life

A COLLABORATION between private home owners, the local housing association

Breathing new life into the buildings

THE MARRIAGE of old and new technology will be used

Past skills developed for the future

INVERARAY CARS is not just about bricks and mortar, it’s

Knockout blow for nostalgic charity event

A NOSTALGIC charity event due to be held this weekend

THE BIG Friendly READ SUMMER READING CHALLENGE 2016

THE END of the Tesco Bank Summer Reading Challenge is

Fabulous fashions coming to Lochgilphead High School

STYLE and chic design is coming to Mid Argyll later

Fyne Flowers is bloomin’ great

AFTER launching earlier this year, Keli Mac-Dougall’s floristry business is

Tarbert promises cracking weekend of musical fun

BARELY has the dust settled on MAMA Fest and Best

Lady Claire visits Dalmally sale of lambs

CELEBRITY cook and restaurateur Lady Claire Macdonald witnessed an impressive

Return for council business briefings

BUSINESS owners in Argyll will be able to pick the

Tarbert business burns brightly at music festival

A TARBERT-BASED candle business took its chance to shine at

Digital Boost workshops spreads to the islands

THE RANGE of free Digital Boost workshops available to businesses

100,000TH ELECTRIC VEHICLE

FIVE years after the launch of its first electric vehicle,

Thought for the Week

IT WAS blowing a real hooley on Sunday and we

Clipped for charity

GALLANT Inveraray lass Emma Rodden is set to Brave the

New site for post office?

A PUBLIC consultation ended this week on moving Arrochar Post

The kelpies are coming . . .

TEN-FEET-high replicas of Andy Scott’s famous kelpies are coming to

Music for a summer afternoon

LOCAL musicians Liz Robertson and Gordon Hunter, together with regular

GILLIES

Peacefully, at the Lorn and Islands Hospital, Oban, on September

LEWIN

On September 11, 2016, suddenly at home, Derrick Peter Lewin,

MACKILLOP

Peacefully, at the Mid Argyll Hospital, on September 10, 2016,

MCGOWN

Peacefully, at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, on September 12, 2016, after

ROBERTSON

Hugh Fulton, peacefully, after a brief illness, at the Queen

STIMSON

Peacefully, after a short illness bravely borne, in the Sunshine

HOLDER

- Malcolm, died September 19, 2015. Much loved and missed

MACKINNON

- Treasured memories of Peggy, who passed away on September

MCGEACHY

- Alexander McLellan McGeachy, died September 7, 1982, and Angusina

MCGOUGAN

- In loving memory of my dad, Donald, passed away

MCMURCHY

- In loving memory of my husband, Archie, died September

MCSPORRAN

- Alastair, dearly beloved husband of Christine, brother, brotherin-law, uncle

SARGENT

- In loving memory of my darling wife, Senga, died

SARGENT

- Treasured memories of our mum, Senga, died September 18,

SARGENT

- Precious memories of a loving sister and auntie, Senga,

Oban side aim to end 20 years of hurt

IT’S TIME once again for shinty’s ‘big day out’ as

Beauly draw fails to hit right note for Inveraray

INVERARAY and Beauly’s promotion hopes are hanging by a thread

Summer’s final fling as famous winter league beckons

LAST Saturday saw the Lochgilphead Golf Club gents playing the

Brochan’s a winner in Argyll sports awards

A WELL-KNOWN Mid Argyll character and coaching veteran was among

Kilmory leave themselves too much to do

THERE was disappointment for Kilmory as they narrowly failed in

Tarbert prize pot now four figures

A BUMPER jackpot of £1,000 is up for grabs in