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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Magazine

Web of Trust Helps You Surf the Web Safer

6 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 506

This article is republished from the magazine and was written by Deborah Salmi from the Web of Trust based in Finland. During a discussion with my 80 year old Aunt Pansy about her genealogy research online, she asked “How can I tell if a website is safe?” My 70 year old mother answered immediately, [...]

Magazine Outlets

6 months ago

by James | Views 429

Terry and myself have just been around the local businesses distributing the magazines, and we would like to thank all the businesses for supporting the project by agreeing to distribute the magazines through their premises. We haven’t had a chance to go to all the shops, so there is still some [...]

businesses distributed distribution local Lochgelly magazine

Loch of Shining Waters – Issue 1

6 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 503

We apologise for the delay but we have finally manages to start getting the magazine out in the community. We had a problem getting them out in the one go, so we have had to settle getting them out in dribs and drabs. Currently the magazine is being made available at the following locations: All [...]

issue 1 losw magazine

Community Magazine – Competition

9 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 597

Lochgelly – Loch of Shining Waters will be releasing a free 12 page gloss magazine for the local community after receiving funding money from Scotland Unltd and Nominet Trust. The magazine will be published in July and only 1000 copies will be made available. We will be distributing the magazine [...]

art competition consultation free magazine photograph