New lease of life for colliery site
A FORMER colliery site has been given a new lease of life in the energy market thanks to the latest green power technology.
View ArticleSpectacular opening for new look Lochgelly Centre
THE official opening of the new look Lochgelly Centre had a fiery finale.
View ArticleTributes paid to 'larger than life' ref
ONE of Lochgelly's best known characters has died suddenly and this week tributes were paid to Bobby Greenlees.
View ArticleAlf awaits answers over wife's death
THE distraught husband of a woman who fell 30 feet from a hospital window is finally to get an answer on the circumstances surrounding her death.
View ArticleLochore man's hospital hell
COLIN Vergo spent Christmas and New Year feeling decidedly ill in Victoria Hospital's new multi-million pound wing.
View ArticleBeath to the fore at festival
ONCE February arrives it is time, once again, for the Fife Festival of Music and Beath High pupils were very prominent.
View ArticleHigh hopes for John Thomson sports campus
CARDENDEN could have its own £500,000 sports campus if plans being formulated by a special steering group come to fruition.
View ArticlePiping guru's Queen Mary experience
OVER the course of a year Cardenden piping guru Bob Shepherd covers a lot of air miles. But his latest sojourn to judge a piping contest took him to an interesting venue in California.
View ArticlePanel backing for youth initiative
THE Central Fife Community Safety Panel is promoting a communication initiative supporting the work and activities organised by the Cowdenbeath Youth Strategy Group.
View ArticleCowden-Gelly comments bring sharp reaction
THE comments by author Tim Moore, contained in The Sunday Telegraph magazine recently, about various small communities included items on Lochgelly and Cowdenbeath.
View ArticleFoundation injection will increase facilities at Sunflower
THANKS to the Mary Leishman Foundation a Lochgelly nursery will be able to expand the facilities it has for children.
View ArticleComunity council to fight stopover moves
LOCHGELLY Community chiefs say they will fight any plans to site a stopover base for travelling people near the town.
View ArticleMiner's poet's works captured in book form for first time
THE works of the Miner's Poet, Robert McLeod, have been captured in a book for the first time.
View ArticleConsultation on village requirements
THE condition of facilities at Humbug Park has led to a move to carry out a public consultation on what the improvements the people of Crossgates want to see at the village sports ground.
View ArticleIt's time to move for Cowden
COWDENBEATH FC could move to Lumphinnans as plans to find the club a new home gather pace.
View ArticleMan shocked at desecration of sister's grave
A COWDENBEATH man was shocked when he went to visit his sister's grave in the town's cemetery on Thursday.
View ArticleTrust's thousands help good causes
THE Muir Dean Environmental Trust has given £40,000 to good local causes over the past 12 months.
View ArticlePPI caller alarms pensioner
AN elderly man from Lochgelly was told he would receive a refund for PPI if he gave his bank account details over the phone.
View ArticleCommunity couple's diamond day
JANET and Jimmy Buist have celebrated their diamond wedding and were presented with a gift from Fife Council by local councillor Alex Rowley.
View ArticleAndy beats heart murmur to join army
A COWDENBEATH teenager this week embarked on his dream career after finally being able to persuade the Army that he is totally ready for the physical challenge of life in the paras.
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