The Barthol Chapel Burns supper is on Friday 3rd February
Barthol Chapel School
Doors open 6:30 PM and the Haggis arrives 7:00 PM
Tickets from Jennie Chalmers 873963
Adult £6 and child/concession £4
Special family ticket £16
Tickets must be in advance to help with catering numbers.
This is always great entertainment….all welcome
A return to the area for Broken Rivers, the Americana style band. As a fairly new band, Broken Rivers are starting to make a noise among the scene with people starting to take notice. They capture a room with their Folk/Americana sound that you can’t tire of listening to and walk away with it stuck in your head wanting more. But don’t take it from us, Here is a link to their soundcloud page!
https://soundcloud.com/brokenrivers/desire
A businessman has launched an online petition calling on Aberdeenshire Council to rethink the closure of a major rural commuter route next week.
John Cooper, who owns Formartine’s Visitor Centre near Haddo House, claims the local authority has given “no notice” of their plans to shut the B9170 Methlick road.
The route, between Burngrains to Keithfield, is due to shut on Monday for resurfacing works.
But hundreds of people have voiced their anger at the lack of forethought and bad management by the local authority. The same section of road was closed in November for repairs, but “due to issues with weather” the council were forced to leave the works only 50% complete.
Motorists were diverted to Fyvie, which led to an increased volume of traffic on adjoining single-track roads as drivers tried to avoid the 15-mile diversion.
Keen to avoid a repeat situation, Mr Cooper is urging the council to put in a traffic management or convoy system to allow the work to be finished and has created an online petition to find public support. He said he was previously told by the council that the work would be finished in February, so made staffing arrangements and organised events at the centre accordingly.
He added last night: “There are real safety issues with this road closure, a school bus came off the road last year – drivers just tear around these narrow roads at 60 or 70mph – I was forced off the road myself.
“It affects people using public transport even more – some people had a six hour trip just to get to the doctors in Pitmedden.”
More than 450 people signed the petition within 24 hours of it going online, with many commenting about the “outrageously short notice” and it being an “accident waiting to happen”.
Lord Aberdeen, of Haddo, also supports the idea of a convoy, and cannot understand why the council would say the road is too narrow.
A spokesman for Aberdeenshire Council said: “Work on this section of road in November was not completed due to issues with the weather.
“We have done what we can to make sure these resurfacing works have minimum impact on the local community, but carrying works out under traffic lights is not an option as the road is too narrow.”
May I take the opportunity to remind you all that the deadline for the next edition of the TBC magazine is FRIDAY 6th FEBRUARY 2017.
As Doreen is on holiday at the moment, could you please ensure your articles for inclusion in the magazine are sent to my email address which is:
OPEN MEETING RE NEW PHARMACY IN PITMEDDEN / HOURS REDUCTION TARVES
There is an open meeting on Wednesday Feb 8 between 15.00-19.00 in in the Melvin Hall, Tarves, hosted by NHS Grampian regarding the impact of the proposed new pharmacy in Pitmedden and the one already in Tarves.
You may want to go along if you have any questions or concerns about the fact that both pharmacies will be covered by a single pharmacist, meaning that there will be occasions that at either pharmacy there may be restrictions on when prescriptions and certain medication can be dispensed.
