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Visitors at the Craft Fair at Letham Glen on Sunday, May 5

Making fun days out at the Glen a regular thing

The recent Craft Fair at Leven’s Letham Glen was so successful, organisers have already put the wheels in motion for the next one!

Rev Les Isaac
street pastors founder
visitng Levenmouth and Kirkcaldy pastors end of May 2013

Visit by top street pastor

THE man who started the internationally successful Street Pastors movement is to visit Levenmouth on his first ever Scottish tour.

Rod Campbell MSP supporting Al-Anon campaign in Scottish Parliament

MSP backs drink support group

THE Al-Anon Family Groups charity in north east Fife, which is run by volunteers, has drawn acclaim from its local MSP.

Silverdyke Park, which opened just outside Anstruther in March

New holiday park for the East Neuk

THE East Neuk has a brand new holiday park thanks to the final realisation of a dream from a mother and daughter team.

MSP David Torrance lends his support to the MS support week.

Torrance in MS pledge

PEOPLE in Fife living with MS should be given the right treatment, care and support, according to a local MSP.

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Angela Bryne, a volunteer with the Cambo Green Team, pictured with one of the new foals and its mother at the Cambo Estate

Spring arrivals at Cambo

SPRING has finally sprung at the Cambo Estate, with the very welcome arrival of some new additions.

Bawbee Bridge, Leven

Your chance to have your say on Levenmouth

THE first school visit before Leven’s very own community charette has been hailed as a success by organisers of the event.

Chance to meet and greet Scots artist at museum

VISITORS to the current art exhibition at the Anstruther Fisheries Museum have the chance to meet and greet the artist who created it.

New interim head teacher at Buckhaven High School, Grant Whytock

New head for Buckhaven High School

Grant Whytock, former deputy rector at Buckhaven High School, has been announced as the new interim head at the Levenmouth school.

Medieval Methil members at the Haggis Hunt festival on May 12 in Letham Glen, Leven

Taming the beastie of Letham Glen

THEY infested a beloved Leven beauty spot in large numbers at the weekend, prompting fears on Sunday of a not-so-Glorious Twelfth.

Maureen MacNeill and her partner Ian Young. Photo: WALTER NEILSON.

Television ad campaign helped save Ian’s life

LEVEN woman, Maureen MacNeill, helped save her partner’s life after he suffered a stroke last weekend thanks to a television advert.

Taxis - photo: WALTER NEILSON

Stark contrast in condition of Fife hire cabs

TAXI drivers in Levenmouth and north east Fife have been congratulated and criticised in fairly equal measures over vehicle maintenance standards.

The Standing Stane Road

Calls for speed control on Standing Stane

RESIDENTS and councillors have called for action from Fife Council after a two-vehicle collision on the Standing Stane road last week.

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Buses at Leven Bust Station

Hunter angry at Council bus plans

A LOCAL councillor has reacted angrily to claims by Fife Council that it has retained bus services in Levenmouth, despite financial pressure.

Diageo's plant at Leven's Banbeath industrial estate

Top boss in line to leave Diageo in good spirits

BOARDROOM changes have been announced at the very top level of the firm which is Leven’s biggest employer – Diageo.

Thomas Bremner, left, of Kennoway, and Sandy Cuningham of Leven, who are doing a six-day charity cylce run from Leven to Belgium in aid of veterans' charity PoppyScotland.

A special bike journey to remember

TWO Levenmouth men will be climbing into the saddle to pedal from Leven to Belgium, raising vital funds for Scottish armed forces veterans .

Stagecoach makes presentation to Comic Relief after efforts by Aberhill depot in Methil; picture taken at Leven

Bus firm drives home business with pleasure

THERE were smiles all round at Methil’s Aberhill bus depot, as it did the business for Comic Relief in a special contest.

We’re happy at school!

Nearly 80 per cent of children who attend school in the Levenmouth area who took part in a recent survey feel happy at school.

Seated from left, Margaret Duffy (past president), Betty Mitchell (ladies' president), Betty Napier (vice-pres), David Duffy (general secretary). Standing from left, David Guild (past president) and Andrew Harper (president) at Buckhaven Bowling Club's new lounge (picture by Neil Doig,

Club looking good with new lounge

BUCKHAVEN Bowling Club has plenty to celebrate after receiving over £9000 worth of funding which has resulted in a brand new lounge.

Improvements and renovations to prominent buildings in Anstruther; Dreel, Hew Scott Hall and Anstruther Wester Town Hall.

Tranformation of Dreel Halls begins

RESTORATIONS and conservation works to Anstruther’s historic and highly visible Hew Scott Hall, St Nicolas Tower and Anstruther Wester Town Hall, have recently begun.

Playpark in Hendrie Crescent, East Wemyss.

PROBLEM AT THE PARK

SWIFT action is being taken by a local Levenmouth councillor to call time on drinking in a public playpark in East Wemyss.

PIC � Sandy Young

BiFab celebrates as work begins on £50m project

THE ceremonial first cut of steel for the construction of sub-sea jackets in a major offshore project was celebrated last week at Methil’s BiFab yard.

David Sneddon next to the burst water pipe on his property in Rose Terrace, Leven

Spring is here – and bursting out all over!

A LEVEN man has said he is worried that someone may get seriously hurt if a burst water pipe in his garden is not fixed soon.

Budding entrepreneurs from Levenmouth can win a share of �50,000 in the Coalfields Community Challenge

£50K for jobs in former mining towns

The Coalfields Regeneration Trust has launched a £50,000 job creation challenge to would-be-entrepreneurs in Scotland’s former mining towns and villages.

Clockwise from bottom left: Cameron McAlpine-Mackay (6), Mungo Somerville (11), Morgan McAlpine-Wemyss (11), Isla Timmermans (11)  at Elie's Scarecrow Festival, Elie

Wurzel would have been so proud of scarecrow delight

STRAW was spun into gold, figuratively speaking, as the Elie Scarecrow Festival made a spectacular return over the weekend.

Fife Council leader Alex Rowley welcomed Chan Hee Son from Samsung Heavy Industries to Methil in January 2012

Scottish Government backs Samsung turbine at Fife Energy Park

The Scottish Government has given consent for Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) large 7 MW offshore demonstration wind turbine at the Fife Energy Park in Methil.

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Cellardyke fire rescue

A MAN in his 50s was taken to hospital last night (Tuesday) following a fire at a flat in Cellardyke.

More turbine proposals at Methil Docks have created further controversy.

2B eyes up test booster

DEVELOPER 2-B Energy is reportedly seeking to expand its interests at Fife Energy Park in a bid to erect a pair of turbine demonstrators.

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New 'hot boxes' have been bought by Fife Council which will make it easier to fill potholes in the Kingdom

Hot boxes to help ease pothole hell

NEW equipment has been bought by Fife Council to help ease the scourge of pot-holes across east of Fife communities.

Fife Police Wildlife Crimes Officer Ian Laing

Wildlife crime highlighted

THE links between animal crime and organised criminality has been highlighted after 300 wildlife incidents were recorded in Fife last year.

GATES CLOSED: This could become a familiar sight at schools across Fife on Friday afternoons.
Kirkcaldy, school gates. Pic by Walter Neilson.

We don’t want a shorter week!

PARENTS in Levenmouth and the East Neuk have slammed a radical proposal to reduce the amount of time pupils spend in the classroom.

Remploy Factory, Banbeath Industrial Estate, Leven.

Glimmer of hope for Remploy workers as bids are received

THE Remploy factories in Leven and Cowdenbeath have both received “viable bids” from interested parties, throwing workers a glimmer of hope they may remain open.

Largo Road is expected to be closed for several hours while Police investigate the collision

Road accident

A man has been critically injured after he was knocked down by a lorry at the east end of Lundin Links, near to Mercury Motors, around 11.45am today (Tuesday).

Blaze the puppy.

Blaze offered a home by kind Methil family

AN unwanted Staffordshire bull terrier puppy, born with a missing foot, has been adopted by a kind-hearted Methil family.

Photo of car with two tyres slashed in Adamson Avenue, Kirkcaldy

car Tyres slashed in mindless vandalism

Callous vandals have caused more than £1000 worth of damage after a tyre-slashing spree in Leven’s Broom Estate.

Tracey Bastable with husband Peter and son Joshua

Leven family rescued from chain walk

A Leven woman has spoken of her panic after she and her family became stranded and had to be rescued at Elie Chain Walk.

David McClure

Buckhaven boss on the move

THE HEAD teacher at Buckhaven High School, David McClure, is moving to Madras College in St Andrews for a temporary spell in charge.

EXTENDED HOURS: The Secret Bunker can now host events until 3.00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Late-night parties at Secret Bunker

A popular tourist attraction near Anstruther has been given permission to host late-night functions for up to 700 people.

Public toilets at Anstruther Harbour

Public outcry over toilets

Plans to close several public toilets in the East Neuk have prompted calls for action from locals.

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