Forres Gazette
9 May, 2008
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ONLY IN THIS WEEK'S GAZETTE - Speed hump raises hackles... Police issue warning to bikers... Findhorn date for SCO... John plans Dutch pilgrimage tribute... Kestrels soar after final win... and more!

Moray Council employee Michael Little with some of the litter picked up in Grant Park last Monday morning following the weekend sunshine.

Litter 'disgrace' in Grant Park
Published:  07 May, 2008

THE sunshine last weekend was a welcome reminder that summer is just around the corner, but it also brought to the fore a problem that has blighted Forres in recent years... litter.

Local News 
Call goes out to help save rural phone boxes
Published:  07 May, 2008

RURAL communities around Moray are once again being targeted by British Telecom, who are planning to remove public phone boxes around the area.

Leader 
Think inside the box
Published:  07 May, 2008

TECHNOLOGY continues to move on a pace and things we held dear quickly go out of fashion, or indeed, out of use.

Local Sport 
Collins is the man for the Cans
Published:  07 May, 2008

FORRES Mechanics won a two-way race for the signature of Rothes captain Kevin Collins amid strong competition from Huntly, adding extra quality to an engine room already well oiled up and geared for a title tilt next season.

Letters 
Time for a dramatic update for Forres
Published:  07 May, 2008

Sir, – Our Royal Burgh's population has passed the 10,000 mark, and several hundred more houses, many for retirees, are in the pipeline or in the course of construction.

In the Spotlight 
Scots night at the kirk
Published:  07 May, 2008

SCOTTISH fiddle champion Paul Anderson will be appearing at a concert at St Margaret's Episcopal Church in Aberlour next Friday (May 16).

People and Places 
Girl Guide helper proud of highest award
Published:  07 May, 2008

KINLOSS Guider and RAF servicewoman, Catherine Clarke was celebrating enough for two after receiving the highest accolade awarded in the Girl Guiding movement.

Dear Diary 
Share your blogs with us – and the world
Published:  09 November, 2007

HAVE you a blog you think deserves a wider audience? This is your opportunity to get it known. We don’t mind what you write about as long as it keeps us interested or entertained and the subject or the author is from our area.

Times Gone By 
Bike club still rolling after 25 years
Published:  07 May, 2008

THE Highland Classic Motorcycle Club, which has at least a dozen members from the Forres area, is hoping for a good turnout to a fundraising effort planned for the end of this month.

The Music Room 
Put your music online with the Gazette
Published:  09 May, 2007

CALLING all musicians in the Forres area. The Forres Gazette wants you – and your music – on our website.

Supplements 
Enjoy some online reading
Published:  07 May, 2008

TAKE a break with the latest Gazette supplements.

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