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Community backing helps young mum beat blaze
BALLINGRY woman Bailie Connelly cannot believe the support she has received from the Benarty community after fire severely damaged her Cleikimin Crescent home. Bailie had been on a camping break last Friday night and was shocked when she got a phone
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All set for bark in the Park 2019
DOG owners will be heading to Lochore Meadows Country Park this Sunday for the Bark in the Park experience. The Second Chance Kennels event is a favourite with doggy people from all over Scotland and there will be more than 2,000 of them at the
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Splash Owt for Nowt!
AS the temperature rises this week, youngsters in the Cowdenbeath-Lochgelly area are being offered an unbeatable offer to cool down with free swimming. Fife Sports and Leisure Trust – the region’s leading provider of sports and leisure services
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Saturday downpour poses more worries for Mossbank residents
A HEAVY downpour of rain on Saturday left a Cowdenbeath man wondering if the flooding he had experienced the previous week would be repeated. A very heavy shower at around 11am saw Ian Thomson concerned at what might happen as the road in Mossbank
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Voter canvass is important
HOUSEHOLDS in Cowdenbeath-Lochgelly area will soon be receiving a form asking them to check whether the information that appears on the electoral register for those living at their address is correct as part of Fife’s annual voter registration canvass
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Lottery jackpot is £700
THE Blue Brazil Lottery draw took place on Friday, at Diamonds Bar, Cowdenbeath, when the required numbers were 3 – 6 – 7 – 8 - 11 – 13. The jackpot of £600 was not won and so rolls over to £700 next week. There were three winners of the booby
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40 years on from being inspired by lodging house
KINGDOM Housing Association has marked its 40th anniversary with a visit by board members, tenants, management, staff reps and other stakeholders and partners to on-site building projects in Ballingry and Perth that will deliver 150 homes for social
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He said he'd 'petrol bomb' her house and 'take her head clean off'
A BALLINGRY man who repeatedly threatened his former partner with violence has been jailed. The threats included to “smash her jaw”, “petrol bomb her house” and “take her head clean off”. He also threatened a friend of the woman and police officers
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Image of the Week
THIS week's Image of the Week comes from Geoge Walkingshaw, one of our regular contributors who said: "This is one I had took at Castle Gylen on the island of Kerrera." If you have a picture you would like to see in our Image of the Week feature send
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Win tickets to see Jimmy Carr
THE very funny Jimmy Carr is coming to Dunfermline's Alhambra Theatre in September and we have a pair of tickets up for grabs for the show. Jimmy’s brand new show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things. Terrible things that might have
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Stuart's epic ride raises £2,000 for Macmillan
AN epic 152-mile bike ride from Ballingry to the north of Scotland has helped a Benarty man generate more than £2,000 for charity. As reported in last week's Times, Stuart Dalgarno, of Ballingry Crescent, teamed-up with pal Mark Soutar to pedal
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Jamie wins thriller to take Welfare title
JAMIE Munn emerged the winner of the Lochore Welfare Summer Darts tournament. Friday saw a worthy finals night to the competition where good darts were thrown by all finalists, and the organisers would like to congratulate Jamie Munn on becoming
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Bethany's ready to run for Scotland!
KELTY athlete Bethany McAndrew will go for gold today (Wednesday) as she takes to the startline for Scotland in an international match. The talented teenager, who in 2017 competed at the Commonwealth Youth Games, is one of 28 competitors that were
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Repulsive act failed to stop determined volunteers
I HOPE that the perpetrators of the malicious blaze at the Meedies before Benarty Gala Day will not have been folk from the area. It was a horrible thing for these people to do on one of the Benarty community's biggest weekends of the year. Why
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INSIDE THIS WEEK'S TIMES
INSIDE THIS WEEK'S TIMES HELPING YOUNG MUM BEAT BLAZE TWO MEN ASSAULTED BY DRUNK IN CAR PARK MARIE IS SCOTLAND'S BEAUTICIAN OF THE YEAR RAPIST JAILED FOR FIVE YEARS SATURDAY DOWNPOUR CAUSES MORE FLOOD WORRIES IN MOSSBANK LOCH FLY-TIPPER
