A FIVE-TONNE steel work of art inspired by postcards drawn by schoolchildren will find a home in a new housing development on the outskirts of Haddington. The artwork is expected to be in place within a matter of weeks at the new civic square –
FOUR-WAY traffic lights could replace a roundabout at one of Dunbar’s busiest roads. Ambitious plans to develop land to the rear of the town’s Asda store are in the pipeline, with a variety of retail, office, leisure, distribution and residential
ROWERS are being given a helping hand to get back on the water. Dunbar Coastal Rowing Club was given £1,325 by Dunbar Community Council, which administers a community benefit fund. Alasdair Swan, treasurer of the community council, asked members
A VIRTUAL awards ceremony recognising the best of East Lothian will take place shortly before Christmas. East Lothian Tenants’ and Residents’ Panel (ELTRP) has announced that its Sparkle Awards will be held on December 16. Information regarding
A HOUSE planned on high ground next to the former Heugh Reservoir on the southern edge of North Berwick – with a sloping green roof of planted sedum and a lift inside – would spoil local views, says the town’s community council. A planning application
IT IS LIGHTS, camera, action for a local history group as it teams up with a film-maker to produce a movie about the history of the Co-op. The living history group Catching The Past is joining forces with short film maker Carl John Barber of Secret
MEETINGS of Tranent Rotary Club have had a transatlantic flavour, with the club taking part in joint online gatherings with a Rotary club in California. In May, the Rotary Club of Moraga, near San Francisco, joined a meeting of the Tranent club
BOTTLES of urine are being dumped on a road leading to a popular sculpture. Dunbar Against Litter had a bin in place on the road, beside the town’s Asda store and garden centre, but removed it due to the number of bottles of urine being left behind
A DOG owner who pushed an angler into the sea after claiming the man had kicked his puppy has been ordered to pay compensation. Anthony Kearney grabbed hold of sea angler Steven Raeburn by the t-shirt and shoved him over rocks into the choppy waters
A MACMERRY resident who was caught with a quantity of cannabis has appeared in court. Ben Ramsay, of Station Court, was found to have the Class B drug on his person by police officers at Fort Kinnaird shopping centre in Edinburgh. Ramsay was arrested
