Questions concerning Little Raith Wind Farm

We had a meeting with the developer of Little Raith Wind Farm (Kennedy Renewables) and their PR/Political Lobbying group (Invicta PA) back in October. Unfortunately, most of our questions couldn’t be answered at the time, but the developer took note of the issues and concerns raised, and notified [...]

Industrial Wind Farm for Kelty, Cowdenbeath, Lumphinnans and Lochgelly

Attending the Lochgelly Community Council meeting, last night (08/02/12), we heard a presentation from Banks Renewables who are seeking to build 6 x 125 metre turbines in close proximity to the Lochore Meadows, Kelty, Cowdenbeath, Lumphinnans and Lochgelly communities. The developers stated that [...]

Is Wind The Answer?

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 [...]

Lochgelly Galleries

Lochgelly (Gaelic: Loch Gheallaidh) is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly [1] to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. According to the 2007 population estimate, the town has a population of [...]

Local group under threat of closure

With the ongoing ‘austerity’ measures enforced on local authorities we have seen reduction in public services and quality of service as the local authorities try to juggle services to fit into tight budget limitations. The austerity measures have also had an impact on many local charity groups as [...]

Stop ACTA

The biggest tech news in America recently was the possible passing of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) which has currently been put on hold due to large scale online protests from groups, individuals and other corporations concerned that the act, which on the surface, is aimed at stopping File Sharing [...]

Mossmorran, will the incident on June 2011 be repeated?

On the 11th June 2011 at 3:10am, Mossmorran suffered an incident which resulted in excessive noise pollution, vibration and light pollution which caused one local to write a darkly comic doric poem, titled; ‘Dawn Chorus O Mossmorran‘. This article was the most commented article to ever appear on [...]

Lochgelly North School to improve the local environment

In celebration of the Queens Diamond Jubilee, the Lochgelly North Special School in partnership with the Woodland Trust have committed themselves to planting 61 trees in a bid to help regenerate and improve the local environment. Other groups committed to planting trees includes Foulford Primary [...]

General News

Lochgelly Cancer Study

1 week ago

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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 [...]

Recycle Staff Defiant Despite Raids

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Two raids in January saw fuel stolen from a Lochgelly company along with electric cabling. Staff at Recycle Fife saw them lose the best part of a day’s work collecting and recycling the host of items, which has made the social enterprise a highly successful operation. Company Director at the [...]

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Recycling made easy for local businesses

1 week ago

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Whether you are an office, factory, club or pub it’s easy to get into the recycling habit using our commercial recycling services. We provide comprehensive recycling services to businesses throughout Fife from pubs and clubs through to offices, universities and police services. And you’ll be [...]

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2 weeks ago

Author Tim Moore has visited some of the most unloved places in Britain for his new book ‘You Are Awful (But I Like You)’ and shared his experience of Lochgelly and Cowdenbeath online on The Telegraph. An outsiders view of the 2 areas provides some insights as we have all grown used to our towns, and while some of it may be offensive, it is funny at the same time. Wee gems include;

The towns lay no more than three miles apart: a five-minute drive or a 25-minute wait for a bus..

Shardy’s, a tough little cream-coloured cube with bars on the windows, looked more like a cowboy prison…

The Silver Tassie gets a mention as well as the Golden Fry. To read the full article please visit: Wish you were here? Tim Moore’s travels through unloved Britain

Lochgelly North School to improve the local environment

2 weeks ago

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3 weeks ago

If you haven’t seen the Fife Times yet, a freed sex offender (Andrew Whitelaw) has been caught with the biggest stash of Child Pornography in Lochgelly. The prosecutor stated that 204,000 child porn materials were found with more than 6000 being extreme, and a further 3001 video files were found with nearly 250 videos at the most extreme scale. For the full report visit the Fife Times website: Biggest ever child porn haul found in Lochgelly

EU governments did not do their homework on wind energy

1 month ago

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It now appears that wind farms may have no benefits at all According to the European Platform Against Wind Farms (EPAW), which represents over 500 associations from 23 countries, the National Renewable Energy Action Plans adopted by EU States in June 2010 have failed to answer two essential [...]

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Lumphinnans Losing a Community Resource

1 month ago

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We were down at Lumphinnans Pond about a week ago and it was nice to see that the area is teeming with wild life and bird life. We have also been told that it is a good fishing spot. When visiting the area we also noticed a lot of dog walkers enjoying the area, but what surprised us, is that no one [...]

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1 month ago

One of the drivers involved in the accident on the A909, near the Mossmorran entrance died at the scene of the crash. The accident happened around 7:15am. A female driver was taken to the Queen Margaret Hospital but appears to be uninjured.

1 month ago

The A909 is currently closed after a serious car collision near the main gates of Mossmorran. It has been reported that 2 cars had a head on collision with one person seriously injured. This has resulted in slow moving traffic in both directions between the B925 Junction and A92 Junction. Police are directing the traffic and will be providing an update later.