Tranent
THE great and good of Tranent are to be honoured at the town’s first official awards ceremony.
Around 40 of Tranent’s ‘elite’ will attend the first Citizens of Merit awards ceremony on Thursday evening, to recognise the achievements of six town ‘heroes’.
Gala tickets will be on sale from Monday
AS Tranent Gala Week draws near, tickets for the town’s annual celebrations go on sale from Monday.
NEARLY two years after East Lothian Council held a radical cleaning ‘strike’ in Tranent, residents remain unconvinced that the litter problem has been solved – and have laid the blame on local school pupils.
MULTIMILLIONAIRE philanthropist, Sir Tom Farmer, congratulated senior pupils at Ross High School’s annual ‘Celebration of Success’ evening last Wednesday.
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BUSINESS leaders are to discuss possible ways of assisting troubled Haddington-based Corsie Group, amid growing fears for the company’s 35-strong workforce.
SPEEDING drivers on the county’s rural roads could soon be caught on camera and brought to book.
Planning chiefs get tough with housing developers
EAST LOTHIAN planning chiefs have vowed to take a tough line over developers who fail to meet agreed conditions, after hearing this week that residents have been waiting for four years for a playpark which has still failed to materialise.
HOLY matrimony took on a whole new meaning for Prestonpans minister, the Rev Robert Simpson, when he tied the knot with Susan Sadler, his partner – and parishioner – of two years!
A NINE-year-old girl is said to be in a state of distress after a youth indecently exposed himself in front of her.
ARTEFACTS from the life of Nigel Tranter, hailed as Scotland’s greatest storyteller, have been immortalised in a public exhibition in Athelstaneford Parish Church.
REVISED plans for a £1.6 million veterinary surgery and canine rehabilitation centre in Haldane Avenue have been given the green light by councillors – despite objections from nearby residents and the town’s community council.
A MAN was taken to hospital after fire tore through a kitchen in Wallyford on Saturday.
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