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Council is slated in education inspection

HER MAJESTY’S inspector has called for ‘urgent and sustained action’

Young designers are top mosaic makers

CASTLEHILL primary pupils placed tiles into a sign to create

Campbeltown led Scotland for Boys Brigades

THE BOYS’ Brigade (BB) is celebrating 100 years of working

Kintyre farming champions’ offspring peaks sales at West Darlochan

SALES of livestock peaked at £1,350 at the sale of

Life-saving equipment to be installed

WEST KINTYRE community council will make an application to the

Driving while using a mobile phone

A 38-YEAR-OLD man was charged after he was stopped by

Assault and racially abusive behaviour

AFTER a report of a disturbance at a farm near

Drug possession

AT ABOUT 10.35pm on Sunday March 19, a 48-year-old man

Double success for brass band musician

AMY PATERSON blew away the opposition at Campbeltown Brass band’s

Make Kintyre a Worldhost destination

FREE training aims to make Kintyre’s customer service second to

Police drop-in session

INSPECTOR Julie McLeish will hold a community surgery in Campbeltown

Whisky tax hike inflames MP

THE CHAIRMAN of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Scotch

Baking admin students’ charity sale

A GROUP of Argyll College NC admin students are doing

Electric car charges round British coast

AN EVANGELIST for electric travel recharged his batteries at a

Romans march to town hall

AN EXHIBITION created in 2011 about the Italian Grumoli family

Celtic dance kings headline 25th MOK Fest

THE HIGH octane Peatbog Faeries and Scotland’s nine-man Ska juggernaut

Help the Red Cross feed starvation

CAMPBELTOWN volunteers will be hosting a ‘hunger’ lunch in aid

Community gardeners dig in for a battle

THE POSSIBLE closure of Auchinlee care home has left Campbeltown

Gigha ice-cream licks the competition

AN ICE-CREAM maker and retail milk seller lapped up the

Rock stars of yesteryear raise Stronvaar’s roof

IN A NEVER to be repeated show some of rock’s

Carradale guild hold open night

SCENES, songs and stories relevant to Argyll and performed by

Beautiful bulbs at annual show

The event was enjoyed equally by everyone who entered the

Community group boosted by Seniors Forum

MONDAY afternoons are much anticipated in Southend for that is

Scouts sketches leave audience in stitches

SOUTHEND Scout Group joined forces with Dunaverty Players to present

Latest chairs improve kidney dialysis

IN AUGUST 2015 life changed for Kintyre dialysis patients with

Emotional visit to First World War French memorials

KINTYRE’S Great War dead were honoured during a visit by

Fourth green flag for Dalintober

DALINTOBER Primary School is flying high after being awarded its

Lorne and Lowland Church becomes a department store

REVEREND Philip Wallace opened the Lorne and Lowland Guild’s sale

Hearts and crafts sale boosts funds

WALLHANGINGS in the shape of hearts made from discarded jigsaw

Rotarians crowned quizmasters

A DOZEN teams battled to win the Rotary Club of

Players blind bake for teatime treats

PENINVER Drama Club stages its world renowned Sunday tea event

Eyes down for dialysis group bingo night

IT IS bound to be a full house at Kintyre

Adam Bergius 1925-2017

Wartime hero and whisky leader

Thought for the Week

MONDAY was international Happiness Day, and I have been thinking

TWENTY4-FIVE YEARS AGO FRIDAY MARCH 27, 1992

CAMPBELTOWN’S singing dustman retired last week after 15 years service

FIFTY YEARS AGO THURSDAY MARCH 30, 1967

Drumlemble school unfit, says new man THANKS to swift action

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO SATURDAY MARCH 24, 1917

UNDER the scheme of allotments inaugurated by the Town Council

MOK Fest heads outside

MOK Fest’s popular Doon the Green Saturday afternoon concerts started

Benevolent fund’s support

PEOPLE from Kintyre who worked in the licensed trade but

Spirited spectators are welcome at Glen Scotia race

THE ORGANISERS of the Glen Scotia marathon are looking forward

Kilpatrick are culled in league and cup double

PUPILS youth played a league and cup double header with

Tie at top of darts league

AILSA B and Burnside tied in the final darts league

Lottery draw

THERE were no winners in Dunaverty’s three number lottery draw

Kintyre runs away with the competition at athletics final

KINTYRE’S young athletes raced ahead of the opposition to dominate

Could Education Scotland do better?

SINCE the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development published its

Sandy takes on top job

A KINTYRE farmer has mucked in and set to work

EASTER TRADITIONS

Since its origins, Easter has been a time of celebration and feasting and many Traditional Easter games and customs developed, such as egg rolling, egg tapping, pace egging and egg decorating

BIRD

Peacefully, in the Sunshine Room, Campbeltown Hospital, on March 16,

CONNELLY

Peacefully at home, 3 Ardminish, Gigha, on March 10, 2017,

HART

- Suddenly, but peacefully, at Auchinlee Care Home, Campbeltown, on

KENNEDY

– Peacefully, at Ardfenaig Care Home, Ardrishaig, on March 20,

MAULE

- Suddenly but peacefully, after a short illness, Stanley (Stan)

MCMILLAN

Suddenly, on March 13, 2017, Alasdair W McMillan, of 11

CRAWFORD

Treasured memories of our mum, Margaret, who died March 22,

CURRIE

– In memory of my dad, Donald, died March 25,

GILMOUR

In loving memory of our mum, Sheena, who died March

MACKINNON

– In loving memory of Hector, a dear husband, father

MCDOUGALL

– In loving memory of Iain McDougall, who died on

PATERSON

In loving memory of my much loved sister, Flora (McCallum),

PATERSON

- Flora(McCallum), a very special friend, who left us on

SMITH

In everlasting memory of our dad, Jim, 6 Cairnbaan Camp,

Moonwalker makes a midnight march

A CAMPBELTOWN woman who has suffered from cancer will walk

Half a dozen 180s fail to secure darts singles title

SCORING six triple tops in the Campbeltown league singles darts

Carradale clobber Cardross in sizzling six-goal thriller

THE OPENING half hour of exchanges left former ‘Dale’ goalkeeper

Islay golf winner

I MACCUAIG’S nett 51 gave him the win in Islay

Dunaverty AmAm

DUNAVERTY Golf Club holds its annual AmAm, four ball, best