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East Ross youngsters (from left) Gemma Lohsa (16), Calum MacLean (17), Jordan Thomson (14), Megan Luke (13), Mark White (16) – with organiser Tina McCaffery – sign up for the petition. Ian Rhind 01349 877218 |
Published: 02 July, 2009
CAMPAIGNERS battling to stop a giant waste-to-energy incinerator being built in Invergordon have called in an unlikely army of troops.
Their latest front-line forces are senior pupils from the area's three secondary schools, and this week they turned out in force to sign a petition and letters demanding Highland Council throw out an application for the £43 million development.
Published: 02 July, 2009
NORTH Star letter writer Duncan L Macdonald, is to be congratulated on his research into the Highland Council's need for suitable incinerators (three devices for burning rubbish) throughout the council's area.
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Published: 02 July, 2009
COUNTY'S six summer signings help kick off a new era for the club on Saturday when they face the friendly fire of Highland League side Huntly at Christie Park.
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Published: 02 July, 2009
NOWADAYS we hear only too often that the younger generation don't give a jot about what's going on around them, preferring a life of fun, frivolity and countless computer games to the real issues that surround them.
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Published: 02 July, 2009
A ROSS-shire man is preparing to get on his bike and cycle more than 680km across Central America as a payback to a cancer charity which provided invaluable support to him and his family.
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Published: 11 January, 2008
HAVE you a blog you think deserves a wider audience? This is your opportunity to get it known. We don't mind what you write about as long as it keeps us interested or entertained and the subject or the author is from our area.
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Published: 02 July, 2009
TWO newsletters landed on my desk this week with one from the Scottish Badgers group with eight pages. The other was the Summer Newsletter 2009 from Butterfly Conservation Scotland, with 15 pages.
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Published: 08 December, 2008
CALLING all local musicians: the North Star wants you – and your music – on our website.
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Published: 18 June, 2009
TAKE a break with the latest North Star supplements.
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