Action on Community Projects – Proposed meeting
Action on Community Projects – If you want to see action taken to improve the fabric and heart of our villages – Stow and Fountainhall – come along to the meeting on Monday 29th April. ...read more
Spotlight on Alan McNeilly
Why would someone volunteer to be Treasurer of the Community Council? Most people might think that such a person has a perverse delight in bean counting or perhaps a measure of insanity. So I asked the current incumbent, Alan McNeilly, why he has been Treasurer for over ten years and uncovered some interesting answers. Alan […]
Windfall for Stow & Fountainhall
SSE are holding £27,000 which has been allocated to Stow and Fountainhall as a lump sum grant. Initially, this was for earmarked for an energy efficiency project, now any project that has full community backing is eligible. Initial ideas and proposals are invited to be presented at a meeting to be held at 7pm Monday, […]
Update on Stow Park
Councillor Sandy Aitchison has held discussions with Council officials and it is apparent that there is no one solution that can improve the park and that a number of measures will have to be taken to get it back to its old glory. The first step is to look at drainage and investigations will be […]
Campaign for Borders Rail Feb Update
As anticipated in the previous newsletter, responsibility for progressing the railway was handed over to Network Rail with much fanfare at the Mining Museum in Newtongrange early last November. Just over a month later Network Rail announced that it had appointed BAM Nuttall as main contractor for the actual delivery of the railway in a […]
New Stow Bike Repair Service
I’ll go over all the nuts, bolts, brakes and more to make sure your bike is ready for anything the harsh winter months may throw at it! See my page in the business section, stow bike repair service
Multi Court Revamp
The rejuvenation work being carried out to the Multi Court is well under way. The erection of new bounce walls has now been completed and the specialist firm of DOE Sport have started lifting and replacing the Astro Turf carpet. Weather permitting; the works will be completed by Friday 30th November.
Stow Old Time Dancing
Get your dancing shoes on and have some fun with the music of Wullie Macfarlane on December 8th, Stow Town Hall 7:30. Tea and coffee provided! We shall be dancing every second Saturday of the month until the end of April 2013. Come and give it a whirl! Contact Bill on 01578 730355 or Tom […]
Stow Parish Trust
Many people in the community are aware of the existence of the Stow Parish Trust. It was set up in 1997 to secure parcels of land within Stow for the benefit of the community. Over the years, the Trust has received an income from the sale of small sections of land. The Trust’s annual outgoings […]
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