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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 Centre – Official Reopening (images)

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 [...]

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 [...]

Little Raith Wind Farm

Questions concerning Little Raith Wind Farm

2 weeks ago

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Community Council knew possible health risks of Little Raith

1 month ago

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We recently requested the Lochgelly Community Council minutes dating back from 2007 from Fife Council, through a Freedom of Information request. Unfortunately the earlier minutes are very brief with lengthy discussions summed up in a very short space, so it is hard to determine the activities of [...]

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Community Council – December Meeting

1 month ago

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The Community Council held their monthly meeting on the 14th December at 7:00pm, after the Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year ceremony. None of the local councillors were present and apologies were received from Community Councillor James Haddow, in attendance was a Community Police Officer from [...]

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Doric Ode Tae Wind-Farms

3 months ago

by McKintosh | Views 215

by McKintosh Move aside, get oot the way Progress is comin’ tae oor hills an’ braes Giant machinery strides across oor land Neither beauty nor beast can stop the demand. Wi’ diggers and lorries rippin’ an’ tearin’ The countryside noo looks sich a blight Wi’ churned-up earth piled oh so [...]

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Little Raith, How many homes will be powered?

3 months ago

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If we look at West Coast Energy site for Little Raith Industrial Wind Farm, they provide the following claim, that the the Industrial Turbines will power 15,400 homes. This figure is also touted in local press reports with the addition that it is enough energy to power all homes in Cowdenbeath, [...]

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Community Council (Oct 11)

4 months ago

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One of the site coordinators; James, attended the latest Community Council meeting (12th October) to raise the issue of Little Raith Wind Farm. At the same time, this has given us an opportunity to provide an update on the Lochgelly Community Council. Note: The report below may contain errors as [...]

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many thanks for your research on mossmorran and the little raith wind farm

4 months ago

by chic | Views 401

well done on your work regards the wind farm being dumped on our door step i live in watson st cowdenbeath and i think it a disgrace that the council pass these applications without regard for the well being of the community, as for mossmorran it would be very interesting to see a survey done now [...]

Little Raith Wind Farm – Setback Zones

4 months ago

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In a previous article we discussed the ‘Community Benefit‘ to be provided to the local communities through the 4 Winds Development Trust. The amount offered (£45,000) is pennies compared to the additional costs the local communities will be losing amounting to £763,950.00, which will increase per [...]

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4 Winds Development Trust

5 months ago

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As part of the Little Raith Industrial Wind Farm a new community group has been formed; 4 Winds Development Trust. This has been formed to distribute up to £45.000 per year between the four communities of Auchtertool, Cowdenbeath, Lumphinnans, and Lochgelly. This money is paid by everyone in the UK [...]

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Environmentally Friendly?

5 months ago

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Despoiled Land I live at the top end of Lochgelly and face towards Mossmorran. I am against the industrial wind turbines being built between the dual-carriageway and the cracker plant. The evidence is growing that they don’t work, cause health problems and are detrimental to the land they are built [...]

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