Leading north-east cancer charity, Clan Cancer Support is hosting a volunteering event in Banchory next week to encourage people to use their free time to support local people impacted by cancer.
Bancon Homes has obtained planning approval for the third phase of new homes to be built at its highly sought after Lochside of Leys development in Banchory.
Douglas Lumsden MSP and Alexander Burnett MSP have voiced concerns that plans for a new Ellon Health Centre and health hub in Banchory have been “pushed further back in the queue” following a freeze on NHS projects.
Students at Banchory Academy have been awarded a Certificate of Recognition in the eighth annual Pocket Garden Design Competition, run by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful.
A special service was held in Banchory this week to mark the beginning of a year of celebrations of the arrival on Deeside the families of the Burnett of Leys and Irvine of Drum.
A major fundraising campaign has been launched to raise funds for the erection of a life-size bronze statue in Banchory of the renowned musician and fiddle music composer, James Scott Skinner – the Strathspey King – who died almost 100…