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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Wind Farms

Community Council Meeting – 9th May 2012

5 days ago

by Lochgelly | Views 104

The Lochgelly Community Council held their monthly meeting at the Royal Oak Community Club on the 9th May 2012, starting at 7pm. Apologies were received from Linda Erskine, Helen Ross, Brian Schulz and Jean McDonald. Local Councillor Ian Chisholm was absent with no apologies, and local Councillor [...]

Another Industrial Turbine – Kirkton Farm

6 days ago

by Lochgelly | Views 124

Another Wind Farm scoping application has been submitted to Fife Council, this time for a 98 metre turbine (321 feet), which is bigger than the Scott’s Monument (200 feet) by 121 feet. The developer is Lomond Energy Ltd and the turbine will be located within close proximity of the Mossmorran [...]

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Environmental Protection?

1 month ago

Community Council – March 2012

1 month ago

by Lochgelly | Views 322

These are not the official Community Council minutes. The article is compiled from the notes taken at the public meeting The Community Council held their monthly meeting on the 14th March at the Royal Oak Community Club (The Phoenix). Before beginning the meeting, the Chair informed the members of [...]

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“Culture of denial” at Fife Council about visual, landscape and health impacts of turbines on local communities

2 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 245

Eleven organisations and groups from across Fife have written to the Chief Executive of Fife Council to complain that the Planning Department is failing local communities and individual residents threatened by turbine applications. Planning reports, which Councillors use to decide applications, [...]

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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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Is Wind The Answer?

2 months ago

by RWFGroup | Views 178

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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Mossmorran WInd Turbines Approved

3 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 573

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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Bonnie Scotland

3 months ago

by McKintosh | Views 214

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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