Machrihanish’s space race takes another step

Macca gives items to fundraising effort

FORMER Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has donated three signed items

Kintyre drama festival’s feast of comedy capers

AFTER almost 20 years, the 68th Argyll-Kintyre Drama Festival promises

Auchinlee meeting date fixed

SAVE Auchinlee Action Group met Cross-Reach and discussed the possibility

Police warning

Police files: A PAIR of teenagers stopped in the early

Child assaulted

A REPORT was sent to the procurator fiscal after a

Abusive conduct

POLICE arrested and charged a man aged 29 for suspected

Trust’s annual meeting date

SOUTH Kintyre Development Trust’s (SKDT) eighth annual general meeting is

Rubbish rodent raiding bins caught and killed

SOCIAL media was full of comments when a Campbeltown man

Punch at fast-food counter results in prison

A SINGLE punch thrown in a Campbeltown chip shop resulted

Saddling up for a cycle route

CYCLISTS hoping to create a Campbeltown family-friendly route will crank

Love bites at coffee morning

SPECIAL Valentine’s biscuits might be quickly snapped up at a

Prize bingo

ROUND up your friends to attend a sheep dog trials

Business as usual for local veg man despite shortages

DESPITE the national vegetable shortage it’s business as usual for

Cinema and Seasports projects bid for share of CHORD cash

A COUNCIL committee rejected negative reports about Campbeltown’s Picture House

Campbeltown’s loony toon dookers cool cash collection

DALINTOBER’S Dip for Dosh, which saw 55 swimmers plunge into

La-La Land activity heralds council elections

It is as well that we know Alastair Red-man, from

Islay rubbish collection a disgrace

As Kintyre and the Islands unitary council candidate for the

Your chance to make a difference

HARDLY a week goes by in The Courier letters page

Green candidates announced

KINTYRE man Ed Tyler is among the candidates announced for

Portavadie said ‘I do’ for a Confetti award

LOVE was in the air for Portavadie’s wedding team when

£350,000 funding for Kyles of Bute broadband

BUTE and south-west Cowal’s community broadband recently reached a critical

Cinema’s behind the scenes slide show

THE RED curtain was opened at Largieside SWI to give

Carradale Guild news

THE FISHERMAN’S Mission superintendent for Kintyre and Oban reeled out

Tenement rebuild wins empty homes award

THE £450,000 restoration of a derelict Campbeltown tenement recently won

Royal Mail deliver new contract to Loganair

LOGANAIR has been awarded a new five -year contract by

THE BRIDEGUIDE

Despite the stresses and financial strains that the current economic

MacDonald’s uncovered at Largie

THE DEATH of a Kin-tyre professional soldier in a wartime

Thought for the Week

WHEN I was a child my dad delighted in telling

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14, 1992

ISLANDERS on Gigha are facing up to an uncertain future

FIFTY YEARS AGO THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16, 1967

SHAKE and Devoted to You are the songs that could

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO SATURDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1917

ON SUNDAY evening a special meeting was held under the

Moving and thinking masterclass

A MOVING masterclass by a health and well being specialist

Joining fee slashed to boost Machrihanish Golf Club membership

THE COURSE with the reputed best first hole in golf

Golf club lotto numbers

THE WINNING numbers in Dunaverty’s three number lottery on February

Young Pupils training for 11-a-side success

C A M P B E LTO W N Pupils

Muneroy meringues may delay runners

ATHLETES planning to tackle the first ever Glen Scotia Mull

Kilbrannan ‘A’ retain dart’s captains’ cup

THE CAPTAINS’ cup pits the captain and vice captain from

Fair weather golfers give morning ballot a miss

WEATHER conditions were so bad that no-one turned out for

SAFL results and fixtures

LAST Saturday’s results: Scottish Amateur Cup, sixth round – Tarbolton

Racquet day

PRIMARY age shuttlecock aces will be able to prove their

Rodents on the rampage

Our councillors who seem to think that a return to

Tip of the iceberg

WHILE writing this column, some unbelievable prices are being charged

Spaceport site should be an enterprise zone

It has been great to see the Campbeltown spaceport site

McLean Place owners not ‘a problem landlord’

Last week the Courier cited McLean Place as a building

Unelected prime minister’s antics on world stage

Sir, Recently we have had to endure the nauseating spectacle

From Peru and looking to trace a long-lost friend

I wondered if your readers could help me locate an

Piping hot Burns supper

KINTYRE Piping Society’s recent Burns supper line up was not

T2:Trainspotting on track to roll into Campbeltown this weekend

RENTON and his motley crew of Trainspotting friends will return

Highland Cattle Society set for spring show and sale

THE HIGHLAND Cattle Society hosts its 126th spring show and

Family-run firm offers personal service

THE CAPABILITIES of insurance brokers varies greatly, as does the

Management to buy United Auctions

A MANAGEMENT consortium has agreed terms to acquire the entire

Planning System Consultation ‘Step In The Right Direction’ - SPF

A CONSULTATION on proposals to reform Scotland’s planning system is

GONE WITH THE WIND: TIPS FROM IAM ROADSMART

WITH the constant change of weather it’s amazing that many

BARR

At her home,Duisdale, Lochgilphead, on February 5, 2017, F L

MACCUISH

On February 4, 2017, peacefully at home, James (Jimmy) MacCuish,

MACQUARRIE

On February 7, 2017, suddenly at home, Neil MacQuarrie, in

REVIE

Suddenly at home, 19 Lorne Campbell Court, Campbeltown, on February

SHAW

Peacefully, at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, on February

WALLACE

Derek James McKenzie, on February 1, 2017, at Ayr Hospital,

Feathers fly at secondary schools badminton championships

EIGHTY pupils from Campbeltown Grammar School, Lochgilphead High School, Oban

‘Dale disheartened after player takes an early bath

TROUBLE flared at the West of Scotland AFL tie against