Garry McCartney
Editor at Forres Gazette
Reporter at the Forres Gazette, covering Forres, Kinloss, Findhorn, Dyke, Dallas, Alves, Kintessack, Logie, Brodie, Dunphail and Nairn too.
Articles
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6 days ago |
forres-gazette.co.uk | Garry McCartney
A local school has partnered with a supermarket and charity to set up a breakfast club for pupils. Forres Academy collects produce including bread, eggs, bakery items, fruit and vegetables from Tesco Forres that would otherwise go to waste, to provide healthy breakfasts to students requiring additional support.
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1 week ago |
forres-gazette.co.uk | Garry McCartney
Teenage actors are set to wow audiences for the third time in three years with a brand new production of a dramatic tale. Following sell-out performances of ‘Grease’ in 2023 and ‘Legally Blonde’ last year, Highland Youth Theatre (HYT) seniors are performing ‘Fame Jr’ at Forres Town Hall from June 5-7 at 7.30pm each night.
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1 week ago |
northern-scot.co.uk | Garry McCartney
A long-vacant former garage and showroom in a booming Moray town has re-opened as a large convenience store. The Premier Forres shop - one of a number of businesses approved for the old Pedigreed Cars premises on Bogton Place - is being managed by Arul Palaniappan, owner of the Bishopmill and New Elgin petrol stations in Elgin. He said: “We’ve been looking to open a store in Forres for the last few years.
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1 week ago |
forres-gazette.co.uk | Garry McCartney
The designer of expensive beach huts at a seaside village has admitted that some of the oldest are decaying. Ian McCook of 1 Architects in Kinloss has responded to an observation from Findhorn visitor, Micky Sunshine, who was shocked by the state of some of the cabins on the north shore built nearly a decade ago and on sale then for £25,000. Mr Sunshine said: “I was sad to see that the Findhorn beach huts are decaying so rapidly.
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1 week ago |
northern-scot.co.uk | Garry McCartney
A Moray town in dire need of a new secondary school has taken another step towards its construction. The detailed design phase of the Forres Academy project has started, with the aim of delivering a modern, sustainable learning environment by Autumn 2028. Chairwoman of the Education, Children’s and Leisure Services Committee, Councillor Kathleen Robertson (Forres, Conservative), is confident that local education will benefit.
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