FIVE north east groups are to benefit from a share of council cash.
PLANS to send all Blackdog school students to "close to capacity" Balmedie School have cleared a key Council hurdle.
TWO local causes are to get a funding boost from Aberdeenshire Council.
Planners have backed an application for the C-listed building which was used as the interior of the fictional Macaskill Arms in the film Local Hero
Community work is being supported in Collieston, Methlick and Tarves thanks to the area committee budget.
Plans to demolish the popular Port Paper Shop and replace it with a new larger shop have been approved.
Aberdeenshire councillors have voted against plans to return the ancient Book of Deer back to its “rightful home” for good.
Seven Garioch based projects have been awarded a share of cash from Aberdeenshire Council’s Energy Efficiency Fund.
Support includes cash towards the provision of a stairlift at Peterhead Prison Museum and kitchen facilities at Maud Old Mart for cookery classes.
Aberdeenshire Council’s managing visitor group was awarded funding to widen the road down to the beach.
The roads at South Park School will be closed to traffic for an hour in the morning during school drop-off and again in the afternoon during pick-up.
COUNCILLORS will discuss plans to start garden waste kerbside collection service in Aberdeenshire later this week.
Peterhead’s former police station will be brought back to life as a modern business hub with hopes it will become a “centre for entrepreneurship”.
The fate of the school was decided at a meeting of full council following consultation with parents.
Chairman John Ross described the plans as "an abomination" and resigned in protest along with three other members.
Ahead of a decision at next week's meeting, the site visit lasted just seven minutes.
Concerns raised over bins and positioning of an extractor fan led councillors to call for a site visit.
The application which was first heard in April is seeking to change part of the Greens of Ellon shop into a hot food outlet.
The final decision will be made in the coming weeks by the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit following positive comments from councillors.
Nature campaigners fear Scotland’s largest solar farm could lure birds to their death.
