Homemade Dandelion Cordial

If your looking at trying something new and cheap this week why not make the most of the abundance of Dandelions growing about us in Lochgelly. Here is a really easy recipe to try and it makes for an amazing alternative to squash. Ingredients: As many Dandelion heads as you can get, [...]

Corporate Hospitality from Mossmorran

It emerged at the Lochgelly Community Council meeting for March, that Mossmorran has been offering and providing gifts and events, to community representatives that serve on the Mossmorran Community Liaison Group. This may also extend to local representatives that serve on other Mossmorran [...]

Share your local News & Views

We are making a call to members of the local community who would like to create and share their local news and views about Lochgelly and the surrounding areas. There are many local issues within the Lochgelly area, and many positive and negative developments and news, but due to time [...]

Blue alert! Bluebells on their way – and earlier than last year…

The Woodland Trust is calling for the public to find their nearest wood and record the first appearance of native bluebells, as it tracks the arrival: http://www.naturescalendar.org.uk/map/current.htm?rsid=164&reid=3&ry=2012&rs=S of the flowers across the country this spring. The conservation [...]

Archive for February, 2012

Excellent web site! :-)

2 months ago

by Debs Pender | Views 311

Good web page! Here to support your group and if anyone would like to support us by joining the Facebook & Web groups below that would really help us. Like you we are desperate for more members, If you do not want our posts on your FB page you can untick the Notifications box. We must all join [...]

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2 months ago

STV has reported that a 21 year old woman has been in court, retelling her ordeal of rape in the Lochgelly area. The 21 year old told the court that she was raped by Robbie Grieve, Daniel Watson (both 18, and from Lochgelly) and Jamie Lee McLaren (16, Lochore) after drinking with family and friends at an address in Lochgelly. The 3 accused forced themselves upon her as she tried to sleep and filmed the incident. To read more visit the STV site: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/east-central/299285-woman-described-how-three-teenagers-raped-her-one-after-the-other/

Fife, the 2nd most watched population in the UK

2 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 364

It has recently been reported that Fife has the 2nd highest number of CCTV cameras out of all the local authorities in the UK, after the group Big Brother Watch conducted a series of Freedom of Information requests. The group had a 98.6% respond rate from the UK local authorities, and discovered [...]

Sunflower Nursery

2 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 332

The Sunflower Nursery has recently been featured in a Scottish Government video, highlighting the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) and the work and activities of the Sunflower Nursery. Congratulations to the staff for their hard work and getting the recognition they deserve. For further information [...]

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2 months ago

Mossmorran has been fined £2.8 million for failing to report Carbon Dioxide emissions from the plant in 2008 according to the Courier. Mossmorran failed to report 33,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2008, which only recently came to light, and SEPA issued the fine under regulations that state $100 (USD) per tonne of emissions is imposed, a total of $3.29 million (£2.8m GDP).

The article doesn’t appear to be online as yet, but is available in this weeks Courier (page 19). We’ll add a link once it has been published online.

Is Wind The Answer?

2 months ago

by RWFGroup | Views 177

Experts to debate in St Andrews Public information event organized by Cameron Community Council St Andrews Town Hall, 7.15pm 1st March 2012 Love them or loathe them, wind turbines are coming to Fife. From industrial-scale wind farms to back-garden turbines, Fife is facing a torrent of [...]

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Lochgelly Centre – Official Reopening (images)

3 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 575

The Lochgelly Centre was officially reopened on the 14th February 2012. As part of the celebration Lochgelly High School Brass Band and Choir were on hand to provide music throughout the ceremony. Councillor Brian Goodall cut the ribbon to mark the opening, and then an acrobatic performance was [...]

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Mossmorran WInd Turbines Approved

3 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 572

Thanks to one of our site commentators, we have learned that another set of turbines have been approved that will affect the Cowdenbeath area and will possibly have a cumulative impact on the Lochgelly area. The comment that alerted us was; Two 100 metre wind turbines have just been approved as a [...]

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Lochgelly Cancer Study

3 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 183

I am currently seeking funding for a study into the possibility of a cluster of cancers of various types within Lochgelly and surrounding towns. This follows three funerals this week alone of under 40 year olds who all died of cancer. This is in very early stages but I have created an email [...]

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Bonnie Scotland

3 months ago

by McKintosh | Views 213

Bonnie Scotland by McKintosh Welcome tae bonnie Scotland, land o the wind Tur-bin, Ower by yon bonnie banks an by yon bonny braes, Please jist ignore thon bird-kill, it disnae mean a thing. Ye cannae see the hills fer aw the giant wind-mills, Bit ye’ll no hae tae walk ‘cos they’ve built aw they [...]

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