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New directors

THE region’s largest social landlord has appointed two new executive directors to its board.

Work is expected to start soon to repair the historic window above the altar in the Church of Our Lady and St Joseph in Selkirk. Pictured is Father Robert Afayori

Church window ‘may blow off in strong wind’

Work is expected to start soon to repair the historic window above the altar in the Church of Our Lady and St Joseph in Selkirk.

Rowlands Street Work. Julie Smith, project facilitator (left) and Susan Law youth development worker.

Rowland’s takes to streets with new project

Rowland’s Dry Bar in the West Port is taking its youth work onto Selkirk’s streets to engage with more of the town’s young people, writes Sandy Neil.

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Dealer involved in drug-death tragedy avoids jail sentence

A DRUG pusher has said he wished he was dead instead of local footballer Greg Alexander.

Plea to youth hostel boss

Scottish Youth Hostel Association chief executive Keith Legge will be urged to save its Broadmeadows facility from closure at a crunch meeting on Monday.

Beat bobby’s crime round-up

ALTHOUGH police attended 144 incidents in Selkirk in the past month, only 11 crimes were recorded and, of these, three have been solved.

Cllr. Vicky Davidson and David Murphy selkirk by-pass project manager discuss the plans.

BYPASS ROUTE march

WHEN it comes to the delivery of a Selkirk bypass, it would appear that hell hath no fury like local politicians scorned.

Selkirk, UNITED KINGDOM -  17 June 2011: 
Selkirk Common Riding


(Photo by Rob Gray / Freelance)

Plea for more common riding cash as budget approved

SOME of the extra money which has been set aside by Scottish Borders Council to assist the funding of “events” in the coming year should go to common ridings.

Shear joy for ladies at The Woll

LADY members of the Woll golf course at Ashkirk were given the star treatment when students from Borders College beauty department came to visit.

Teanagers fly kites at the proposed Gala Rig community windfarm. They are amongst the age group to be allowed to air their views andcast a vote on the project.

WIND IN THEIR SAILS

AS a debate is played out nationally over whether 16-year-olds should be allowed to vote in a referendum on Scottish independence, Selkirk is set to raise the bar on youth enfranchisement.

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Dog Waste Bin

Patrols catch out dog offenders

A DAWN raid on dog fouling was launched in Selkirk last Thursday in the war against owners who fail to clean up after their pets.

New proposals should help SBHA deal with antisocial tenants

The Selkirk-based Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has welcomed the Scottish Government’s new proposals and consultation this week on radically changing the way 600,000 houses in the social rented sector are allocated and managed.

Pillow talk

Monday Club: At 2pm on February 20, at St Joseph’s Church Hall, Pat Neil will give a talk on quilting.

Antiquarian society meeting

Antiquarian society members gather on Wednesday at 7.30pm in Selkirk Parish Church Hall.

Turbine Project Options

Consultation meetings to discuss Selkirk wind farm options

BACK in 2009, a public vote in the town gave the Selkirk Regeneration Group a mandate to “seek to develop a wind farm of up to six turbines on the North Common”.

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Muriel Lightly (89) of Ettrick Bridge knits wool hats for the soldiers in Afghanistan with other members of The Ettrick Bridge Craft Group. Muriel Lightly (89) of Ettrick Bridge knits wool hats for the soldiers in Afghanistan with other members of The Ettrick Bridge Craft Group. From left, Kay Ross, Beverley Strawson, Muriel Lightly and Carol Beveridge.

Beanies for bonces – Ettrickbridge ladies help keep our troops warm

A crafting group from Ettrickbridge are busy knitting hats to keep British soldiers’ heads warm under their helmets in Afghanistan.

Muriel Lightly (89) of Ettrick Bridge knits wool hats for the soldiers in Afghanistan with other members of The Ettrick Bridge Craft Group. Muriel Lightly (89) of Ettrick Bridge knits wool hats for the soldiers in Afghanistan with other members of The Ettrick Bridge Craft Group. From left, Kay Ross, Beverley Strawson, Muriel Lightly and Carol Beveridge.

Amelia’s design is pitch perfect

Lilliesleaf Primary School pupil Amelia Purkis was on the ball when it came to a national competition, writes Sandy Neil.

Selkirk High School,Fair Trade tea shirt/poster comp winners l-r are ...
Kirstrin Scott (Selkirk Fair Trade),Jo Marr S3 winner Fashion Show Poster,Harry Murphy S2 winner t -shirt competition,and Judith Thompson,Teacher of Art/Design Selkirk HS

The fine art of fair trade

Selkirk Fairtrade’s competition for Selkirk High School pupils to design a Fairtrade cotton t-shirt promoting the cause has been won by second-year student Harry Murphy.

Youth diversionary project launched at Knowepark Primary School in Selkirk. Youths are given plastic bottles to cut up for recycling.

Mutual respect is key to success of project as teenagers get ‘stuck in’

A GROUP of teenage boys in Selkirk are at the centre of a groundbreaking initiative which seeks to sew the seeds of harmony across the generational divide in the town.

Minister puts the brakes on bypass hopes

HOPES that Selkirk may finally get a bypass after a wait of 60 years – raised last year when the scheme was included for consideration by the Scottish Government – look to have been dashed again, writes Mark Entwistle.

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Rig on track for refurbishment after cash award

Selkirk’s rig, reputedly Scotland’s oldest horseracing track, has been awarded £10,800 for refurbishment from the Payback Sports Facilities Fund.

SELKIRK,  UNITED KINGDOM - 05 Feb 2012
Body Found in burn near to River Ettrick

(Photo by  ROB GRAY/digitalpic/freelance )

Family requests colourful tribute

MOURNERS attending the funeral of a man found dead in a burn at Bannerfield have been asked to wear bright colours.

REGENERATION WAIT

NO cash has been allocated over the next two years by Scottish Borders Council for the much-needed regeneration of Selkirk’s town centre.

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Getting ready to Boogie on down at Philiphaugh

OVER the years, Souters have raised untold thousands for Cancer Research.

Cll. Kenneth Gunn looks over Selkirk Hill.

Councillor sees red over green list

IT may have moorland, ponds, trees and meadows, as well as being home to a myriad of birds and other wildlife, but that has not prevented Selkirk Hill from being left off a list of key local green spaces by planners.

Knowepark replacement

COUNCIL planners have listened to pleas that the search for a site for a replacement for Knowepark Primary School should formally be included in the Local Plan, writes Mark Entwistle.

Court bosses are told Selkirk closure would be ‘sheer madness’

SELKIRK Community Council has sent a strong message that it will not countenance the loss of the town’s Sheriff Court, writes Andrew Keddie.

Jim Hogarth with the Dryden field map of where the spitfire came down.

Jimmy recalls the night Canadian pilots fell out of the sky at Dryden

REMINISCENCES from readers about the crash of an RAF Beaufighter in the Dryden area near Selkirk during the Second World War are still generating plenty of interest in Selkirk and beyond.

Councillor David Parker and Neil Calvert at the Scottish Borders Council Headquarters in Newtown St. Boswells ahead of the announcement of the final budget.

Young ‘should make a stand’ in May poll

Scottish Borders Council leader David Parker was this week asked if he felt the gloomy outlook for sustaining local authority spending and developing projects to stimulate the economy would deter people from standing for election on May 3, writes Andrew Keddie.

Gunn says closure could lead to incest

A SELKIRK councillor’s plea for the registration of births and deaths and the posting of marriage banns to be maintained in every Borders burgh fell on deaf ears at last week’s meeting of Scottish Borders Council, writes Mark Entwistle.

Reading the small print on independence referendum

Oh well, I suppose enough of the great independence referendum plot has emerged into the public domain for us to believe it might eventually take place – so I reckon we had better get on with it.

A jubilant objector, Stuart Bell with the 20 kilometre Broadmeadows visibility map which contributed to the rejection of the proposed windfarm

IT’S SO APPEALING FOR VALLEY

EIGHT giant wind turbines proposed for the heart of the Yarrow Valley would have had an unacceptable impact on the landscape, according to the Scottish Government reporter who this week threw out an appeal by the company involved.

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Power chiefs in current affairs talks

SCOTTISHPower bosses will meet with householders in the Ettrick Valley on Tuesday (7.30pm) to discuss their winter without electricity.

Ten youths targeted to curb Selkirk disorder

THE police have identified 10 local youngsters who, it is claimed, are responsible for most of the calls involving youth disorder in the town.

Lamont says Salmond’s vote date is a leap too far

Selkirk’S Tory MSP John Lamont has welcomed Alex Salmond’s preference for a single question in Scotland’s independence referendum – but said it must be held sooner rather than later.

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Kelso back on cards for Selkirk punters after ‘rip-roaring’ disappointment

BETTING shop manager of the year Andy Bennett admitted this week he was “absolutely gutted” that he and around 90 of his punters at Scotbet in Selkirk had been unable to enjoy a free day out at Kelso races.

THE PILGRIM

Right, pay attention at the back. This is important stuff you all need to know, excepting maybe those who already know it, in which case keep quiet for now or find yourselves something useful to do until this is over.

Dougie Young, Lochcarron sales manager, with the company's new Help for Heroes tartan.

SELKIRK FIRM HELPS THE HEROES

A SELKIRK mill has answered the call to produce a tartan for Britain’s largest charity supporting wounded servicemen and women.

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